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Reply to Races in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm hoping like hell that we have only been given a small glimpse of the racial diversity of Elemental during the beta. If it ends up that dwarves are indeed the Ironeers of the beta and to be honest I can't even differentiate which of the races is supposed to represent elves, and that the moddability of the game doesn't allow us to get where we should be as far as races are concerned, then I for one will be extremely disappointed. During the beta phase of the game the racial

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

By the way, the Third Age mod doesn't just require Medieval II, it also requires the expansion pack 'Kingdoms' as well.

Reply to Randomized Buildings? in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

It looks like it will allow multiple models to be listed because some of the XML files do this. Looks like you just list the possible tiles and it randomly chooses. Even random positioning of tiles could ultimately be possible because the tiles are just XML collections themselves, but I would think it would also need a Python script to control the randomisation in that instance.

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

I'd strongly suggest you try out the Third Age mod for Medieval 2. Not because it is a great mod (which it is), but because of how they handled the same sort of story-line issues we are discussing. I enjoy playing that Mod up to a point then get bored with it, but they have done a good job balancing the realms of Middle Earth. And the settings are before the Fellowship of the Ring so they are dealing with the world rather than trying to squeeze the story into their game-play experience. They

FOS Podcast about Modding in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2010/08/03/three-moves-ahead-episode-76-modding-strategy-games/ Flash of Steel podcast where they interview Soren Johnson from CivIV fame and Derek Paxton who made the incredible Fall From Heaven mod. Really interesting listening.

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I guess XML can look a bit daunting until you get into it. As has been mentioned you don't need special programs to edit it, although some of the free programs will colour-code it for you and make it look nicer. The structure is really simple. There is a line at the top that basically just says that the file is XML. Don't worry about this. Just copy it from file to file. After that it is usually just a series of instructions that start and finish with meaningful inform

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="skirby359" reply="39" id="2704228"] For a true modder ... The XML will be awesome. We may need a 'sanity' check on the faction for online gaming to prevent overpower factions from coming in.[/quote] Balance will tend to find its own level. The game 'Dominions' has a fairly active modding community and when a modder releases a new race for that game there is a lot of discussion about balance. The beauty of Elemental will be rebalancing will be relatively ea

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="CreeDakota" reply="27" id="2703911"]Several people have pointed out the negatives of the xml approach for faction and race creation and modding; namely accessibility and balancing. What is the upside? What is the sophistication that Frogboy hints at?[/quote] The downside of only having an in-game editor is this... A purpose-built editor within the game needs to be able access and use resources. It would be built based on what is currently there. That's f

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

I don't see the ring particularly as a game-breaker. And I don't think that corruption needs to be applied directly to the character using the ring if it empowers Sauron. Basically does the same thing. I'll try to spell out what I mean and how magic/essence could be tied in. 1. Most characters and races don't use essence. Only Sauron, Saruman, Gandalf have a fair amount of essence, lets say 10 to start with each. Lesser magic figures such as Elrond, Galadrial, Radagast would h

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="95" id="2703946"]The Ring... well that presents all sorts of problems. How do you make it both tempting to use and perilous to use at the same time? If the goal of the game is to win, why would you care about being "corrupted" if it lets you win? Gandalf, Elrond, etc didn't use the Ring because they were "good" but most players won't care about being good if being evil lets them win.[/quote] That was why I was thinking if the ring dramatically improved def

Reply to Posts w/ new background in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Happy to help. :) I've got to say, I don't envy you your job. ;) The .alt is actually looking a little too bright now. I just tried changing line 130 of style.css to #151510 and it seems to sit a bit more comfortably. Also, the .quote is looking good but the .Article_Quote looks a little too light. Sorry to be a pain.

Reply to The Lord of the Rings The Rise of Mordor [Mod] in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

This mod looks interesting. :) The magic system in Elemental doesn't really fit but perhaps each 'channeller' from each race can start with a bonus that is called upon. Eg. The 'Horn Of Gondor' is the only spell item for Boromir and when cast/blown in a battle it raises the attack value of those around him. If the magic system was basically just assigned at the start of the game and the spell research and temples were removed it would simplify the system a lot. Basically no sp

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm sure the existing editor will still remain but just won't be 'pushed' as the best option. It is an XML editor but it has limitations. I interpret the statement as they were going to make it part of the game start options but when they found that building factions didn't differentiate enough they decided to move this out in the Workshop mod area. After all, the tool just generates XML anyway - but it is limited. By encouraging us to mod to the full extent and going beyond the tool

Reply to Posts w/ new background in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Just had a quick play in FireBug and made some edits to the style.css file... :) Looking at one of Brads posts with a lot of text, here is the original: And here is one with a bit of tweaking: <img src="http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/Das246/Elemental/suggested_typography.gif" alt="" width=

Reply to Elemental Modding: Part 2 – New Factions in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

This is looking VERY powerful. I'm excited! :D One question, can a faction house multiple units from different races. Eg skeletons and vampires where the basic units for swordsmen and archers use a skeleton model but the higher level uses humanoid/vampire models. Or goblins, orcs and trolls for a single faction where each step up uses different models and has different stats, costs etc?

Reply to Can we create units with the editors? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Ultimately we should be able to do either. I've had a brief look at units and monsters in the XML but haven't played with them at all. Basically the unit is called into the game via the XML. In there you dictate various parameters including the model, stance animations, etc. If you designed, for example, a NightMare horse you could build the model with bones I guess and then, via the XML, just tie in the animations with the existing horse animations (there are a few four-legge

Moving through the diagonal in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I guess I am a bit of a 'purist' when it comes to strategy games and have always preferred playing on hexes than on squares for a number of reasons. 1. Hexes allow more natural movement. 2. Hexes allow for better formations. 3. Hexes allow for simpler zones of control, facing, and surround modifiers (none of which Elemental has - but who knows in the future). Now I know that it is way too late to push to try and have Elemental use hexes but the issue is that mo

Reply to [Beta 4 Feedback] 20 more thoughts on Beta state in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Michael_Zett" reply="21" id="2701458"] I would like to see my equipment detail screen from within the shop. Alternatvely it would be necessary for the starting equipment to be real equipment, because it hppens all the time in the beginning that I go into the shop and don't know what my main weapon is. I then have to leave the shop, go into my detail, memeorize my starting-equipment, go back into the shop and decide what to buy. Also i would get rid of my old stuff o

Reply to [Beta 4 Feedback] 20 more thoughts on Beta state in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

+1 CHiZZoPs. These suggestions would improve the strategic quality of the game.

Reply to [0.98v0.85] [Suggestion] Attributes: Buying and losing in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Temporary would be cool.

Reply to [.98][Beta4][Feedback]WTB Sovereign Classes in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

This would make a nice mod. :)

Reply to Regular lighting vs. advanced lighting in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I like regular lighting because after playing for extended periods I think the eye tries to automatically sharpen the image which I suspect leads to eye-strain if there is already too much of a blur. Anti-aliasing is good - just not the soft blurring. My eyes are getting worse anyway so most things give me eye-strain now-a-days.

Reply to [Beta 4 Feedback] 20 more thoughts on Beta state in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I wonder if the problem is actually Combat Speed itself rather than the weapon. I find that I only ever select Combat Speed as my heroes level up because it just has such a massive impact on tactical battles. I have never selected anything other than Combat Speed - and I mean ever. If I was going to build a Legolas character I would expect that my main attribute should be dexterity. If I was wanting a Gimli character my main attribute should be constitution. Boromir should be strength

Reply to General Beta Recommendation in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

That's a big download. :( Is there a way we can delete the offending files and get the system to correct itself?

Reply to Monitor edge not respected with multiple monitors in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Same here with nVidia 285. There is supposed to be a setting somewhere to contain the cursor within the game but I've not been able to activate it.