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Reply to How to rotate camera? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="jecjackal" reply="3" id="2675265"]I have 8 mouse buttons. I wonder which is the middle...[/quote] Well on my wireless one, I had to specifically set a button to act as the third button, the "Middle Button". Because my middle button was designed to be a Universal Scroll button, so when I clicked it it like the normal 3rd button i.e. the Middle Button it wouldn't register here in Elemental as such. So, I remapped one of my other buttons and thus have to hold i

Reply to Preventing the steamroller effect in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="89" id="2675074"]If you have enough optional ways to victory instead of the most powerful and the ability to get to those options before a steamroller player can roller over everyone then you have a very challenging game to the end. Let players turtle and let them steamroll, but, have those avenues that other players can do that beats both of those types of players in their wakes and makes them cry and cry and cry foul foul foul. lol One thing I enjoyed in G

Reply to Elemental BETA 3-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="80" id="2674409"]It's kind of academic anyway because no one in the beta will ever likely play the RTM version (unless you ordered the box version). The version over 90% of beta testers ordered is the digital version which has a "gold" date of August 17th.[/quote] The interesting factors to this post are as one mentions.. academic. Things that one would hear, Spock say "Fascinating." And Teelc "Indeed." 90% of the

Reply to Elemental Army Updates in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="47" id="2675023"]The easiest way for both us to verify, and for you to submit, is to post a screenshot like this. For anyone concerned that one person got points for not an exact link, it really evens out because they won't get double credit for posting it again. [/quote] Thank you Island Dog for the clarification. I guess the other side we can also use in this endeavor too is to also post a comment, within the post there.. w

Reply to Elemental Army Updates in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Hey All, I have no problems with the questions, so no worries. The part about Elemental and Facebook, what I did was ask initially how they were going to be processed, what would be the best way. And in my case, I saw another person had a good number of them just listing the elemental facebook page. And since I hadn't gotten a specific response here, I went with what I saw. So, what I did then was submit all my likes up to a certain point, and since they all were listed for th

Reply to Videos of us playing with our builds in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="7" id="2674024"]Nice stuff, but I thought that we gonna see some tactical combat related gameplay footage as well. [/quote] That will be soon enough. But not for this 3A. From what I was anticipating, my guess it won't come till the 4th run.

Reply to Videos of us playing with our builds in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

That was a fun video to watch. Seeing things discussed on your end, for the multitude of reasons. I definitely liked the "Insider" feel of it. But also was really excited to see that map. Wow that is a great looking map to explore. Hey Brad, that 2nd video, seems to be a duplicate of the first video but cutting out a bit of the beginning and the end.

Reply to Elemental BETA 3-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Leeovold" reply="37" id="2673726"]One more thing...Gorstagg keep those videos coming they are great! [/quote] You betcha, my goal is to continue doing them, for as long as were doing these! Glad your enjoying them!

Reply to Cool graphical texture thing in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It looks like the Beautify land spell, aftereffect.

Reply to Elemental BETA 3-A Preview in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hey Brad, can you trick the Pioneer's into starting to autoexplore seeking a special resource, or going to a special resource that was found, tagging it for the city to be aware of in the future, and then add in a requirement of a minimum distance away from the home city, and then require that they then have to build a city next to a resource? I have other questions too. Is it easier to build beaches with raise land, and also set harbors into place? And will the Sages b

Reply to [Performance]Very slow graphics and stuttering sound in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="M0rdred1" reply="1" id="2672959"]A restart seems to have helped this issue. The introduction remains the same but the performance hit seems to recover after a few minutes (which it did not before).[/quote] Well right now they're testing aspects of multicore threading. That's what's causing your system to essentially choke. And the video it was trying to play is an intro video, you can disable that in the options menu on the first page. From there, you need t

Reply to Took the Wife to see the new Twilight in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

As I've seen all three movies now with an ex-girlfriend, I can say these are some ridiculous comedies. In my opinion, and that opinion doesn't devalue others who find enjoyment in it for other reasons. I find myself aggravated though watching it because they are all vapid little creatures. I get the idea of a love triangle and their attempts to facilitate her falling in love with two different guys at the same time. That doesn't make her a slut in my book. That just makes her

Reply to Some Elemental Beta 3 Videos - New Stuff in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Thanks for the kind words StevenAus. And to let everyone know I've got a 6 new videos Empire oriented videos that run near 50 minutes of gameplay. Which includes faction creation and sovereign creation. As always give them sometime to be fully processed by YouTube, and when they are fully complete, they'll be visible in up to 1080p HD quality level. Now I'm going to bed, gotta keep that third shift approach even on days off. (I Hope you all enjoy the new videos.)

Reply to Random encounters in Beta 3 in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Try the multiple continents - Medium map. You'll find some trolls to the east. That one is much more difficult.

Reply to blue screen crash in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Update your Sound Card as well. That's been a headache in other games I've seen over the years. One that is often overlooked.

Reply to How do you generate mana? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Krynus" reply="7" id="2672236"]So will anyone ever spend that 5 essence for those wolves in that cave quest? [/quote] I did in beta 2B, and got 2 Eben wolves. They were pretty tough creatures. Not worth 5 essence then and my guess is not now either. But that's the point of save games.

Reply to [Beta 3]Crash when loading autosave in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

Good to hear SuperTimo!

Reply to [Beta 3]Crash when loading autosave in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

As I've experienced, and not sure if your issue is similar. But you need to wait before loading any save game. Until the computer has had a good 15-20 seconds of choking on the multi-threading it's trying to do. Basically the game is stuttering along for a good 30 seconds at times. But wait till the music starts playing again without any choppiness, and then it should load okay.

Reply to [Beta 3] [Crash] Often freezes on load, corrupt save files? in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

You can tell when you watch the background screen, as it starts flying down towards that city in the background. Wait till the music also stops stuttering, and then starts playing smoothly.. thats when you can try to load it. But don't try to load it until it stops basically choking on itself. If you do it'll choke every time.

Reply to Lousy Starting Locations in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="7" id="2672110"] Quoting Sethfc, reply 5I like the variance. Maybe have an option to have a map generator 'equalize' starting locations or to allow it to be random for map generation. I got a start location yesterday where after 15 minutes the ONLY resource I'd found was a shard. There's variance, and then there's "you're totally crippled this game, sorry". I mean I had almost every spell in Procepinee's staring spellbook researched by then, and I di

Reply to Some Elemental Beta 3 Videos - New Stuff in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2671840"]Like watching these. Provides an excellent way to look at the game from a fresh angle.[/quote] Glad to hear it Brad. I figure it would show what a tester who's trying things out see's. While also still trying to "Play" to see what's there. And see what ideas pops into my head as I'm doing it. It's sort of how I test things. Approaching it as if it were a real version, each time. And see what stands out. Now I just need to get a harbo

Reply to Playing with monsters in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hey Brad, You've really hit upon the head what needs to happen to increase the "Fun" of the game. One thing I've kept thinking about through this beta so far as is that, "Where Are the Random Monsters"? And the idea to have them spawning from areas out there like the forests or swamps, or coast lines, is just great. Genuinely. And I'm liking the fact you want to make them dynamic, having them group up at times. Wouldn't it be cool though if after a certai

Reply to Some Elemental Beta 3 Videos - New Stuff in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Alright, got 4 more videos for you all to enjoy. Another 32 or so minutes worth of videos!

Reply to [Bug/Gameplay] Can't load troops on transport ship in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

What's your secret for building the harbor? Cause I've been trying, even when I clear room to place next to the harbor, it won't let me.. how much needs to be in the water, or is it 2 pieces of beachfront property and 2 regular connected to the city.. this is really getting frustrating.

Reply to The art of map generation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm up for randomized maps, with a variety of good huts, and the ever important starting resources. (Though I would give some gold to find out why I can't build a harbor when I have beach front property available. Cause that's kinda left me in a bizarre situation that I'm land locked (Large Map/Multiple Continents) and I'm the only one on it. And have 3 cities by the water, with beach front property and room to build it, but it as of yet will not let me do so.) And those are cities 5,