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Reply to What are the best TB Fantasy RPG/RTSs out there? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

As Supronar said, Dominions can take a while to get a handle on but it is well worth it. Pick a single race but make sure you read the guide for that race in both the manual and also in the Dominions forum. Your choices in the setup make a massive impact on the game. Also play against only a few other races initially rather than filling the world. Fall From Heaven 2 is a free mod for Civ4 and this also has a fairly steep learning curve but is a wonderful gaming experience. E

Reply to Late Game Slows to a crawl in War of Magic Elemental Forums

If you are wanting to finish games you can turn on the cloth map in the options. Then the game goes quickly again but without the eye-candy.

Reply to Late Game Slows to a crawl in War of Magic Elemental Forums

This is being discussed here; https://forums.elementalgame.com/391334 This is also the main reason I've stopped playing the game for now.

Some initial reviews in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Just had a quick look at Metacritic.com to see if any reviews have been lodged yet. So far not looking good. :( This one is a french site so is translated: Gamekult . Rating of 30%. <a href="http://www.1up.co

Reply to I am on the fence and this is not a troll. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"] 1. Is the game entertaining and fun? 2. Will it let me develop strategies to win or lose against the AI? Today or Tonight? 3. Is the game polished and fixed enough to play decently? 4. There is no 4. 5. Is the AI difficult and will I find challenges in against the AI in single player? Can I lose (not due to a glitch or bad luck... but because I was out played or out leveled or

Reply to Why Elemental doesn't have a hex grid, and why it should. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I wonder if in the CivV forums there is the 'parallel universe' discussion going on about the same subject. ;)

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Yarlen" reply="298" id="2739129"]Pleased to report that codecritter is making good progress on this internally. Hopefully everything will test out with it so we can include the changes with the next update. [/quote] Thanks for info. You have no idea how much the stress levels drop when you guys post - even if it isn't anything conclusive. :) Next update won't be today though, will it?

Reply to How Lore made the factions fade to grey in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I think you are right on the money here. It does appear that the cart is driving the horse in that the game has been restricted to fit the Lore. And the Lore has been restricted to fit the book. Another point is the way there are only two 'factions' with five 'races' inside them. Personally I think the terms are arse about in as much I would expect factions to exist within races. In reality the 'factions' are to split the forces of good and evil, or life and death, so I would have pre

Reply to Elemental - a look at the The Imperfect, the Unbalanced, the Exploit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Ditto what the others are saying. I doubt anyone wants a RTS Tactical Battle element, but gamers that play TBS tend to like a little more complexity, flavour and differentiation.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Hmmm. This is really getting frustrating! I'm reluctantly going to be putting Elemental aside until this issue is resolved. Just waaaaaaay to painful. Sorry to say it, but despite the assurances this game really wasn't 'ready' for launch. :( Shame, because there is so much to like about it. Has there been any indication yet from the devs that the source of the problem has been located? Just trying to get a mental ETA of when I should check back in. Hours, Days,

Reply to [1.06] Can't build on Water Shards (Edit:user error!!!) in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Doh! Of course. I invaded and captured an earth shard but was wondering about the water. Thanks. ;)

[1.06][Bug?]Monster units with mana in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Not sure if I'm missing something but I have a bunch of monster units in my army with small amounts of mana but as of 1.06 the spell book is closed and they can't use it. Fire and Stone giants are fine because they have their spells in the status window. But the others can't use it.

[1.06][Bug] Placement of units in tac battles in WOM Support Elemental Forums

If an army has too many units for a tactical battle it ends up piling all the extra units in a single tile right next to the enemy. Seen this in both 1.05 and 1.06. There should be a limit to the number of units allowed in an army.

[1.06][Tweak] Pathfinding in WOM Support Elemental Forums

The pathfinding in the game is still really poor. Units will decide to move along the edge of a forest and restrict movement than move out onto the plains even though the number of actual squares needed to travel won't change. Ideally, if a unit had say a movement of 2, it would move out to a plain on the first move, then look for defensive terrain on the second move.

[1.06] Can't build on Water Shards (Edit:user error!!!) in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Water Shards are giving back feedback that I don't have the capacity to build on them yet Water magic is in my mix of spell books.

Reply to [gameplay] Dump the Diplomacy Tree. in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Agree. Split what's in there between the Adventuring and Civ trees and replace it with a race-specific tree to try and get some differentiation between the factions/races.

Reply to Why Elemental doesn't have a hex grid, and why it should. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Here's the solution... The game already has larger tiles that are split into 4. This is to allow placement of the small-tile (1x1) city building. The large-tile (4x4) buildings can overlap the larger game tiles. So why can't the game place the larger tiles in a brick pattern rather than a grid pattern , allowing the smaller tiles to manage the placement of roads etc?

Reply to Shards not working, not increasing damage at all in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="LikeTheWhirlwind" reply="76" id="2738296"]I'm starting to think that squads having DEF equal to (individual unit DEF * NumberOfTroops) is a mistake. What do you guys think about this?[/quote] It does seem a little much. But just having (individual unit DEF) would be too weak. What about (individualUnitDEF + (individualUnitDEF / DEFfactor) * (NumberOfTroops)) where DEFfactor is a variable that defaults to say 10 but can be affected by objects/tiles/stance. So puttin

Reply to Patch 1.06 won't load in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Mine just kicked in. Try downloading now.

Reply to Patch 1.06 won't load in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Is there any way we can bypass the Sydney server and load directly from the USA? Something ain't right. I've cancelled the download and started again. Now stalling at 5.71Mb.

Reply to Patch 1.06 won't load in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Yarlen" reply="16" id="2737039"]Try pausing the download, then click resume. That sometimes jump starts it. For those of you in Australia, there's two servers down under in Perth and Sydney. However, it's possible that the data is still syncing across the network.[/quote] Thanks for the info. Nice to know someone is monitoring things through your night-time. :)

Reply to Patch 1.06 won't load in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Confirmed. :( Stalled at 6.93Mb. I'm using Westnet as my service provider.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Not sure if you saw my earlier post about PNG vs DDS for the textures (buried a few pages ago now) but from the limited amount that I know about 3D animation PNGs don't have mipmaps while DDS can. DirectX uses mipmaps off the bat allowing the GPU to render without any interpretation which should in theory allow the GPU to handle all the graphic work. While a PNG needs to be converted before it can be used for graphic display (CPU I guess). As many of the textures appear to be PNG file

Reply to Elemental - a look at the The Imperfect, the Unbalanced, the Exploit in War of Magic Elemental Forums

While I am really enjoying the game, the approach is already becoming some-what predictable. I find myself nodding in agreement to your points and conclusions. Good post and I think the criticisms are constructive. Hate to say it but it feels a bit like we have transitioned from Alpha into Beta at this stage. I think it is a good game now and still think this will be a great game in the coming months.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Been doing a bit of comparative testing with MSI Afterburner: Elemental . Uses around 15 to 20% of the GPU with spikes up and down. Frame rate less than 10 for 3D, around 50 for cloth map. Battlefield BC2 . Uses a steady 20% of the GPU. Frame rate at 35fps. Victoria2 . Uses between 20% and 60% of the GPU. Frame rate at steady 60fps. Star Ruler . Uses 12% of the GPU. Frame rate steady at 70fps.