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Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Remember when Stardock hired that guy who worked on that other game? That was really exciting! Let's talk about it some more!

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I personally am really excited that Jon Shafer is bringing his talents as a grand-master multidimensional hyper chess player to the Stardock team! His PhD's in Nuclear Physics, Rocket Science and Brain Surgery should also help. On his way to work this morning he rescued a kitten stuck in a tree! Also he foiled a bank robbery and did the voiceover narration for a documentary about Unemployed Circus Elephants (who are hard-hit in these rough economic times). During his

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Or look at it from this angle: he's not in charge of Elemental the way he was in charge of Civ5. Or look at it from this angle: Elemental needs all the experienced game developers it can get. Or look at it from this angle: If the game improves you can still hate him because he's just one person on a team of people working to make Elemental better.

Reply to Who is the mysterious third employee? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="MattSan" reply="10" id="2860159"]THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN [/quote] I don't know... it's just kinda sitting there in the grass. At best, maybe the gauntlet was dropped. Really it looks like it was gently placed. THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SITUATED IN THE GRASS

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that ruined the 20-year old Civilization franchise??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="44" id="2860153"]Hate to say it but the naysayers have made a cogent point.[/quote] which is what? I have failed to find a cogent point in this discussion. Brad and his team personally interviewed a qualified candidate with major experience. They looked at his resume and portfolio, I am sure that their understanding of Jon's role with Civ5 is far greater than Rebelito's. I'm also quite confident that their understanding of the ne

Reply to rotating the map in elemental in War of Magic Elemental Forums

your Logitch mouse driver software apparently has its middle mouse button click set to Minimize the current application. Look in the Windows toolbar for the Logitech mouse control utility double click on that icon to view your mouse settings. You should be able to change the Middle-click button to "default" or something that doesn't minimize the current window. Also, the last time I used it, the Logitech control panel also had a "Game Mode" which you might be what

Reply to Comprehensive UI Thread in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Tactical battles need better feedback for when units are near death.

Reply to movement points disappear when joining groups? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Diardiamond" reply="5" id="2844903"]think of it as that unti isn't able to turn back time after having to wait around for "Bob the village idiot" to be ready. I will agree its a bit to harsh, but not really all that bad. It limits the movement of your fastest troops... armies never moved much faster than their supply wagons unless they didint mind risk going hungry.[/quote] Sure sure. <img src="http://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Glare%20Left.

movement points disappear when joining groups? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

If my unit Bob has 4 moves left and he walks into a group with no movement points left, how come Bob immediately has no moves left? This also happens in when you have multiple units stationed in a city, they all start the next turn with the slowest unit's movement points. I can only assume that it's not a bug, but an intentional "feature" since it's implemented so consistently. But I don't really understand the motivation for it.

Reply to AI WARS! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="14" id="2843868"]Not only do I see no war, I hear no sound. Does anyone else hear sound?[/quote] Well, marlowwe did try to start a flame war in this thread. [e digicons]O:)[/e]

Reply to Tactical battle - Spell casting ! in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[e digicons]:digichet:[/e] very cool idea. no reason in my mind that this same mechanic couldn't be applied to physical "special abilities" as well - a power-up attack that does double damage (useful against high defense) - a "quick strike"/"intense focus"/"stone skin" mechanism where you meditate for a turn which ups your speed/accuracy/resitance the next. - a "wall" mechanism where units take damage in the next turn as they move past your unit</p

[Bug/Graphics] Total mess of triangles drawn over all graphics in WOM Support Elemental Forums

The game screen is inundated with graphical glitches. It's hard to describe except to say that the game seems to be drawing multiple giant triangles or different colors and sizes across the entire map, blotting out anything underneath them. they're all directional, so it's almost like it's drawing the light source, or something. It starts with the game as soon as everything gets drawn, repeatably. There's a moment where I can see my sovereign surrounded by w

Reply to [Bug/Graphics] White Overlay on the whole screen in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

here's my dxdiag output as well http://pastebin.com/nm9T97Bf

[Crash] Units attacking in series in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Tried to attack a beasty with just a selection of the group on the current square. Shift-click on each soldier and send them into battle. The result was each soldier attacked individually (so that's what that does). First soldier attacked and died (battle report displayed). Second soldier charged in to attack (certain death)... CTD Debug.err http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6130973/debug.err Memory dump: http://dl.dr

[Bug/Graphics] White Overlay on the whole screen in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

I'm having issues with random white stuff overlaying the screen. It doesn't move when I scroll around, it doesn't show when I view the cloth map, but zooming out to the cloth map doesn't get rid of it. When I zoom back in, the overlay is still there. This happens in multiplayer as well as single player. <img src="http://content.screencast.com/users/sweatyboatman/folders/Jing/media/6f28affe-981e-4dd8-a1b0-1c02cf004e43/elementalscreenshot.png" alt="" w

Reply to Tactical Combat discussion continuation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="yaromir" reply="104" id="2630234"]WINNER. TAKE. ALL What I always held is that tactical combat should be allowed to span multiple strategic turns. Combat lasts 10 tactical turns and then 'stops' to be resumed on the next strategic turn. Both armies are pinned to the tile during "Strategic Phase".[/quote] this is brilliant! [e digicons]k1[/e] I wonder that no one thought of this before you did. in terms of MP gameplay: as the game

Reply to Experience vs Essence in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I find the implementation of Essence in the game confusing, so this is an interesting thread. I don't know what Stardock has in mind for essence, but it would seem to me that Sovereigns should build essence for doing sovereign-y things. As in, that's the reason they're reworking the world and raising new civilizations, to build essence to make themselves more powerful. My quick thoughts on the matter... - essence builds each round based on: 1) the popu

Reply to Elemental: Advisors in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Along with a tutorial and in-game encyclopedia, I think it would bring an added dynamic if NPCs and friendly AIs might comment on your efforts. It would make the world seem more alive and interesting and for new players, the tips would link to the encyclopedia. An NPC walking past your struggling city could say suggest a way it might be improved: Jerk NPC: "Ha! What a dump! This place will never amount to anything without a [ Farm] ."

[.299 CTD] Build Earth Shard Improvement in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

CTD when trying to upgrade a Earth Shard building in a town when I already had a Pioneer unit on it. Debug.err Dump

Reply to [.299 Bug?] Unable to move through cities in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

when you put your unit in the city, you can select their profile icon and then right-click to move them out of the city where you'd like. Of course, it would be nice if they would pathfind through the city.

[.299 Bug/Graphics] Combining Town Border Awkwardly in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Town borders are crossing instead of combining into a larger shape. Forgive me if someone else posted this problem before. I can not figure out an efficient way to find other posts that match my own.

[1Z Bug/Gameplay] Infinite Faction Points [FIXED] in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

When creating a faction, you can effectively get unlimited faction points. for efficiency, first switch to the weaknesses page and uncheck everything, switch to the Strengths page to store. then switch back to the weaknesses page. 1) check to included all the weaknesses 2) change the race (all the boxes will clear) 3) repeat faction in the screenshot has 102 points! <a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/sweatyboatman/folders/Jing/me

Reply to Logic over Fun in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sethfc" reply="75" id="2587028"] Solution Combine two in a simple fashion by creating a complex echonomy but making it capable of being automated and delt with easily therefore those that want depth have it and those that want to ignore it can. Same idea with city building gov's can be automated so long as they stay in the city and thusly it can build for its self and manage its self according to a simple diagram you lay out *build defensively build economically et

Reply to Logic over Fun in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Sethfc, I think you're not making a compelling case for how the added complexity improves the game. [quote who="Sethfc" reply="13" id="2585052"] its complex to code yes but its not all that complex for the user so long as it can be set to auto or done manually *setting up special routes etc.* most of this stuff in reality falls right in li

Reply to Civ 5!! Bad timing. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="KillzEmAllGod" reply="90" id="2579869"]i think Civ 5 will fail to elemental because elemental is something new in turns of being fantasy and having RPG elements(way better then FFH2), while Civ 5 is based on the older ones like citys being one tile so on.[/quote] given the state of the video game market, there's very little possibility of such a high-profile failure. even if Civ 5 delivers only the gameplay in Civ 4, it'll still sell like hotcakes. the brand is