Thanks for the reply. Had a brief look at the Havok website. It would appear that while the modelling import and export is available for Max and Maya, the behaviour and animation packages are proprietary and need to be bought. Not sure how much this would cost as they don't provide details but another link was talking in the range of $50,000. Guess I won't bother exploring this much further.
I know there will be a modders guide coming out soon but I was wondering what the basic plans are for community 3d assets. 1. Where is a good place to learn more about the HKB format? 2. Will packages such as 3D Max be able to import/export the HKB format? 3. Most of the textures at the moment are PNG format. If there are massive armies/tactical battles in future should we be using DDS format for textures? 4. Are boning and basic animations handled within the H
I'm glad to see some of the old Age of Wonders modders lurking here. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="Reianor3" reply="2" id="2679073"] Quoting Das123, reply 1They will be changing the system I believe to allow the influence area to dictate what can be built on these tiles rather than the city linkage. Where this comes from? A link if you may.[/quote] I've had a look for it. Brad had it in one of his developer posts I think. But I can't find it now. [e digicons]:\[/e]
That's nice to know. :) I've always just disabled the second monitor before playing. Should that setting be on as a default?
Can't wait. :) Thanks Brad for keeping us so well informed throughout this process. It is very much appreciated.
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I've experienced the same thing after alt tabbing out. Left a strange looking pattern in a box where the HUD should have been. Some cities were OK and others were affected.
They will be changing the system I believe to allow the influence area to dictate what can be built on these tiles rather than the city linkage. :)
Brad has consistently said that the Beta phase won't be 'fun' but I am also worried that there is too much to do to meet the release date in 6 weeks. I hope I'm wrong. :) Like the others in this thread I want Elemental to have the best launch it can so it doesn't end up trying to catch up after the initial reviews have come in. I want Elemental to continue on and on and on - which means it needs a solid launch. I'm certainly enjoying aspects of the game but support the general comment
A couple of times I've had soldiers instead of heroes end up on the last goodie hut and complete a quest. But they don't retain the item they find. Also, how do you transfer items from character to character. It appears you can drag items around but they don't actually go anywhere else.
I think that if you click on an entry in the tech screen that should bring up the Heirgammon (or whatever it is called) it will cause the computer to freeze if it can't find an entry that means a complete re-boot. Specifically, Research Diplomacy. Click Treaties. Then click the 'Peace Treaty' entry in the description. Also noticed that Embassies are given from two Diplomacy areas.
I had a unit on horseback move into the fog of war and there happened to be an NPC on the same tile which I couldn't see when the horseman started. Instead of flagging an issue and stopping, the unit attacked the NPC which then damaged my relationship with the other 'Men' kingdoms.
I'm not sure if this is the way it is supposed to work but units can only enter transport ships if the unit is inside a city and the transport ship is adjacent to the harbour tile. I was expecting units could be dropped off and picked up from beaches but picking up from a beach doesn't work. This means you must develop the second island with another harbour before you can pick up any unit you drop off there. I've also had a problem in one city where the harbour was facing inland (not
I still get the problem but not as much now as in earlier versions... The shot above is with Advanced Lighting turned on. Note also how dark it makes things. Sometimes I've had the picture clear but the colour darkened. ------------------------------------------------------------- So the answer is supposed to turn off Advanced Lighting. This clears it up in t
These are pretty much old issues. I had already reported them a few Betas ago. I'm sure the game will be fine come release which is why I asked that the stability be given some priority now instead of at the end. I would guess that many of the nVidia graphics card players are experiencing the same issues (seems to be the common denominator from what I've read) and I would think that the feedback is less than it could be because of it.
I'm very excited about the coming launch and have been playing the beta from the start. But each time I try to play, the performance and stability issues make the process too frustrating. So I stop before I really get to test the balance and game-play aspects you are wanting us to look at. Then the next Beta comes out and the hope is that the issues have been fixed. And so on. I don't know if many other testers feel the same but the stability issues seem to have been around for ages.<
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Had this as well. XP Nvidia GTX285
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Same here
I have multiple monitors and also run Object Dock. The game doesn't constrain itself to a single monitor so the cursor can drift out of the game. Also, Object Dock can encroach over the game if the cursor hits the hot-spot. Would be nice if that didn't happen, but many games now have this issue. If you alt-tab out of the game and then come back in you get a Fatal Error - DX Error and then the game crashes to desk-top.
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I've been playing Sins Entrenchment for two days and didn't know any of that information. I've tried to find information in the change-logs but as Towarf says, it's all just too hard. The sooner a manual or guide comes out the better.
Everytime I browse the Stardock forums (Sins in this instance) the experience is very slow. At first I thought it was the connection hops between the host and my computer but then I used the forum in Impulse and it was fast. I'm thinking that the site doesn't allow caching of the images used in the forum (or the whole site for that matter) and that is why everything takes so long. I ran a quick test and it seems that only the body.bg.jpg and button.createpost.png images are cached wit
Love the chess analogy. :) I suppose I like to play to win. The most interesting time for me is the middle game where the races are established and balance is relatively even. Once this portion is over I like to win or lose quickly. Mega events draw the game out at a time I just want to finish it so I can start a new one.
Is there a list of the so-called Mega Events? IMO they are way too powerful so in future I will have them turned off. I was playing a really enjoyable game until a couple of events completely changed the course of the game. It sort of seems 'what's the point?!' if some random dice roll can take away all the benefit of your research and construction. First event I had was that the galaxy decided that they didn't like my culture any more. This was just after I had researched the infl
Is there a list of the so-called Mega Events? IMO they are way too powerful so in future I will have them turned off. I was playing a really enjoyable game until a couple of events completely changed the course of the game. It sort of seems 'what's the point?!' if some random dice roll can take away all the benefit of your research and construction. First event I had was that the galaxy decided that they didn't like my culture any more. This was just after I had researched the infl
In a recent game the Arceans surrendered to me. They had three planets and I particularly wanted one of the planets. The turn before the surrender I had offered peace terms in exchange for the planet - which they rejected. Next turn they hand over their entire empire. I assume that I had worn down their economy to the point of bankruptcy but it would be good to have an understanding of the algorithm used to make the decision.
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