Brand New Lords of Magic Mod. (Future.)

[renagade]

   Hello Mantera, and all the other Lords of Magic fans out there who read this!

   I'm sorry Mantera but I want to remake the G5 mod completely, you had some good things in it but there are a lot of things you added that ruined it even worse than what Lords of Magic: Special Edition already is. Some things I liked are: The increased amount of seen stats when you click on your characters, some of the displays you added for the menus, you switched the name of Lancelot to be just the Legendary Knight, you made the map larger it seemed (Or did you just move the temples?)… Things I didn't like were: The see through menus that look confusing with the backgrounds at times, I didn't like the longer names, it was bad that you could choose random names and 75% of them or more were super lame, the 3 lords at once is also lame, I don't like the resource maximum put up to 25 for each city; it's kind of like you were trying to cut corners instead of making something of true quality like Lords of Magic: Special Edition is. I have to reinstall Lords of Magic: Special Edition now that I put this lame mod onto the computer. I like you Mantera, but this mod needs a lot of work and I'm taking a course in C++ soon so I'll help you.


   So... I think we should make these changes instead to Lords of Magic: Special Edition:


* We need to keep everything about the towns and cities the same as in the original game except we are going to bring the city upgrade limit up to level 5 to make a longer game. At Level 4, the city size increases in diameter on the map, at level 5, it increases a bit more. I'm a great artist so I can take the right kind of patience  and creativity to make this happen.

* Then we need to make a raze city feature to permanently make ruins out of each of the 5 levels for every city including level 0. And permanently raze the barracks, thieves guild, mage tower, and library. Permanently raze the great temples.

* Bigger maps.

* Remove ruins feature. (So you can completely annihilate a faith's record of ever being there.)

* And we are going to work on the graphics so they're a lot less choppy, more smooth, and much more beautiful. Maybe even make the whole game 4k and HDR.

* If you really want longer names then we have to completely redo the whole interface to make the entire name readable at all times instead of just part of it.

* We got to take the Pegasus at level 1 places out.

* (I have more ideas but that's it for now.)


Good bye guys!
        

[Boaster]

Dec 21, 2018 16:12:05 GMT -6 renagade said:

   Hello Mantera, and all the other Lords of Magic fans out there who read this!

   I'm sorry Mantera but I want to remake the G5 mod completely, you had some good things in it but there are a lot of things you added that ruined it even worse than what Lords of Magic: Special Edition already is. Some things I liked are: The increased amount of seen stats when you click on your characters, some of the displays you added for the menus, you switched the name of Lancelot to be just the Legendary Knight, you made the map larger it seemed (Or did you just move the temples?)… Things I didn't like were: The see through menus that look confusing with the backgrounds at times, I didn't like the longer names, it was bad that you could choose random names and 75% of them or more were super lame, the 3 lords at once is also lame, I don't like the resource maximum put up to 25 for each city; it's kind of like you were trying to cut corners instead of making something of true quality like Lords of Magic: Special Edition is. I have to reinstall Lords of Magic: Special Edition now that I put this lame mod onto the computer. I like you Mantera, but this mod needs a lot of work and I'm taking a course in C++ soon so I'll help you.


   So... I think we should make these changes instead to Lords of Magic: Special Edition:


* We need to keep everything about the towns and cities the same as in the original game except we are going to bring the city upgrade limit up to level 5 to make a longer game. At Level 4, the city size increases in diameter on the map, at level 5, it increases a bit more. I'm a great artist so I can take the right kind of patience  and creativity to make this happen.

* Then we need to make a raze city feature to permanently make ruins out of each of the 5 levels for every city including level 0. And permanently raze the barracks, thieves guild, mage tower, and library. Permanently raze the great temples.

* Bigger maps.

* Remove ruins feature. (So you can completely annihilate a faith's record of ever being there.)

* And we are going to work on the graphics so they're a lot less choppy, more smooth, and much more beautiful. Maybe even make the whole game 4k and HDR.

* If you really want longer names then we have to completely redo the whole interface to make the entire name readable at all times instead of just part of it.

* We got to take the Pegasus at level 1 places out.

* (I have more ideas but that's it for now.)


Good bye guys!
        

Hi, Renagade.

Glad to see you like some of my work. Interesting that you hate some of my work. Yeesh, a complete uninstall and reinstall. Your hands must have felt very dirty for such a washing. Though, I am confused on some parts.

3 Lords at once? Are you referring to the Lord Editor? This is purely an optional piece.

Longer names? Allowing for longer champion names is not good?

Choosing random names is bad?

75% of them were super lame?

You don't like the increase in follow allocation. Not everyone did.

I don't get how I was trying to cut corners.


I don't ask this in a pompous manner, but where were you 10 plus years ago?

At that time I was in my early 20s and the game had already been around for nearly 10 years. I had a lot of time to devote into the game I loved (and still do love, with a a lot less time). I had learned how to mod this game with there having been little-to-no information on how to do so.

I suspect you are in your late teens or early 20s with plenty of time on your hands. But spelling your name "renagade" does suggest maybe mid-teens. Also, if I may include my observation of your brashness: at an earlier age, I tended to be this way.

These days, I work 2 jobs, and work over 70 hours a week.


I took aspects of this game which I thought needed improvement. The developers/makers of LOM back then did not have a lot of time to make AND test the game. When LOM was developed, the ideas of "balance" was not quite the same as in years following warcraft 3 and starcraft.

Ideas behind my mod include, but are not necessarily limited to:
- Making the game bigger and longer.
- Re-balance Lords among Lords, Champions among Champions, Creatures among Creatures, and so on...
- Breathing new life into old spells, increasing their value and continued usability.
- Expand the interface: stat screens, artifact screens, etc.


I also agree my mod needs a lot of work... to take it to the next level, the GS6, but I don't have time to devote to the game anymore.

Certainly feel free to modify my works to the ways that feel pleasing to you. Although, unless you start from scratch, I believe a big deal of your mod will be a re-work of mine.

Wish you the best in your endeavors. You do have some interesting ideas.

[freedomfriend]

So gracious Mantera! I am trying to mod from scratch but I cannot figure out how to change the menu screen to identify my mod and a lot of what was changed in your mods is very difficult to follow to alter. So far, I am trying to balance the units against each other to start with. Thank you for all your hard work on this game!