Mapping Frenzy! :O

[veroslow]

Valleys Compilation! Tum TuTuTum!


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Stormy Sea Compilation!


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The intresting thing is the coherence of the stormy sea with the ships movements points ;D


And this is the last version of my map and the final version (hoping) D: Attacment!
This version is designed for the hard mode.
I have added A mini quest for the start with dungeons and some more faith dungeon, just for make Great Temple freeing a bit more fast in the hard mode, also I have added a lot of dungeons,encounters and sprites in the desert area of the map. The only bug that I see for now (only for multiplayer) is the easy way how a player can bloc water passage for ships in the middle of the map whith "create plain", even if the water player will open those passage again, anyway it will be imballanced (evil faction have not the water "Create plain" ability) Maybe it will be fix with village water mage tower, but I haven't do nothing like that for now. :\

I remambar to you that in single player mode you will erase capitals etc with map editor for play 2v2 or 3v3 and if you find the game too easy you will try 1v2 or 2v4 or 1v3 etc also ever even if your faction (evil/good) win you will start the war for the conquer of the world.

Now some questions:


.Will you add in your mod the opportunity to choice if the AI players start with Great Temple already freed? (even in easy/medium mode).
Becouse AI are really idiot and a lot of times they free each hoter G.T. and the game get annoyng.

.How can I read the stealt factor in the unit stats? (how it work)

.If I have understand right you have added the Archers>infantry>cavalry>Archers, This is a perfect idea but how you have ballanced faiths with this new mecanic? For example how is possible that Chaos (cavalry based) is now ballanced against the life (archer based)? I talk like a totally inexperienced about ballancing so this is just a curiosity.

.I like the idea to cut the mercenaries from the capital (especially for multiplayer) but I have seen that the AI are not designed for this mecanic and they steal each hoter capitals and G.T. continiusly, will you at last say to AI to hold many more units to guard the capital and the G.T. ?

.The icon whith the javelin and 2 numbers in the ranged units stas mean: missile damage/missile range or missile range/aimed missile range? Where can I find the missile damage?

.What do you think about a new map makers section in the forum?

THX

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[Boaster]

I'm gonna give you some time to do this, but you probably didn't know about this.

Don't post full pictures please. Post thumnails which link to full size pictures. My suggestion is to use imageshack.

Please go through and remove direct links to those pictures and post them as thumnails first.

Nothing personal, just have to keep the forum orderly.

If this does not occur within the next 24 hours, I'll have to edit your post myself.

[Boaster]

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.Will you add in your mod the opportunity to choice if the AI players start with Great Temple already freed? (even in easy/medium mode).
Becouse AI are really idiot and a lot of times they free each hoter G.T. and the game get annoyng.

Hard Mode always makes other faiths start with their Great Temple. On Easy, only Death and your opposite. On Medium, same as Easy except some additional faiths also have their Great Temples.

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.How can I read the stealt factor in the unit stats? (how it work)

Stealth Factor is a little bit of a mystery to myself, even. The lower the number the better. I may yet tweak the game to make stealth a little simpler.

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.If I have understand right you have added the Archers>infantry>cavalry>Archers, This is a perfect idea but how you have ballanced faiths with this new mecanic? For example how is possible that Chaos (cavalry based) is now ballanced against the life (archer based)? I talk like a totally inexperienced about ballancing so this is just a curiosity.

Cavalry are generally faster than Archers, in terms of movement. In addition to having higher armor than most other military units, it makes them more resistant to taking damage. In addition to this, Cavalry have missile resistance, so they take less damage from missile attacks.

I balanced things this way so it isn't just Cavalry or Missile units in armies anymore. One is better than the other, for the most part.

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.I like the idea to cut the mercenaries from the capital (especially for multiplayer) but I have seen that the AI are not designed for this mecanic and they steal each hoter capitals and G.T. continiusly, will you at last say to AI to hold many more units to guard the capital and the G.T. ?

The AI will do many things that a player normally cannot. I'd have to look into things more with the AI.

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.The icon whith the javelin and 2 numbers in the ranged units stas mean: missile damage/missile range or missile range/aimed missile range? Where can I find the missile damage?

Top number is Ranged Attack (Attack in Ranged combat) and the bottom number is Missile Range (how near you have to be to launch your weapon).

Sept 24, 2009 5:58:38 GMT -6 veroslow said:

.What do you think about a new map makers section in the forum?

THX

I think that players can post their maps at any time. Just be wiser about the screenshots they post (i.e. not full size pictures).

[veroslow]

hey mantera I have another question: Why so serius?

[Boaster]

Sept 24, 2009 8:32:50 GMT -6 veroslow said:

hey mantera I have another question: Why so serius?

Wanna know how I got these scars?

[veroslow]

Ok I can improve my question: Why so serius with enthusiastic new members of this little and desertic forum?

[Boaster]

Sept 24, 2009 12:44:06 GMT -6 veroslow said:

Ok I can improve my question: Why so serius with enthusiastic new members of this little and desertic forum?

I like to remain fair across the board. Fairness is important to me.

[veroslow]

Ok np your choice ;D

Other 2 questions plz thx

. How work "artifacts located" when your thief spy? (I don't mean "artifact information" when you interrogate or torture a prisoner) These are two different things. I was hoping to see the icon of the artifacts on partys or structures, workyng in the same way of "units location" but I haven't seen anything.

. Will be possible to add "Observe only ally combat" (maybe based on political relationships) becouse "observe all combat" have no sense and is bugged with AI for example when maraduin party attac an AI Thief, battle start and no one unit moves for like 5 minuts [Laugh out Loud].

THX

[Boaster]

Sept 24, 2009 13:27:35 GMT -6 veroslow said:

. How work "artifacts located" when your thief spy? (I don't mean "artifact information" when you interrogate or torture a prisoner) These are two different things. I was hoping to see the icon of the artifacts on partys or structures, workyng in the same way of "units location" but I haven't seen anything.

Artifacts located means your thief knows the artifacts of that player's other parties.

Artifact information gained means you only know what artifacts they have and not which parties have them.

If your intelligence of a party you're stealing from or spying on is low, you won't even be able to see what artifacts they hold in hand or in inventory.

Sept 24, 2009 13:27:35 GMT -6 veroslow said:

. Will be possible to add "Observe only ally combat" (maybe based on political relationships) becouse "observe all combat" have no sense and is bugged with AI for example when maraduin party attac an AI Thief, battle start and no one unit moves for like 5 minuts [Laugh out Loud].

No, sorry.

[veroslow]

Artifacts located means your thief knows the artifacts of that player's other parties.

Artifact information gained means you only know what artifacts they have and not which parties have them.

If your intelligence of a party you're stealing from or spying on is low, you won't even be able to see what artifacts they hold in hand or in inventory.

How can I see on the map wich partys have the artifact?

thx

[Boaster]

Sept 25, 2009 12:21:59 GMT -6 veroslow said:

Artifacts located means your thief knows the artifacts of that player's other parties.

Artifact information gained means you only know what artifacts they have and not which parties have them.

If your intelligence of a party you're stealing from or spying on is low, you won't even be able to see what artifacts they hold in hand or in inventory.

How can I see on the map wich partys have the artifact?

thx

You have to open a spy steal dialog for each individual army.

[veroslow]

Ok nice.
Becouse generally you have to spy before for steal artifacts, I suppose.
But I think wich spy befor steal is anyway a good idea. No?