Battle Simulator ?

iRichard · #1 October 30th, 2003, 11:47 PM

I'm quite surprised to see that nobody pointed out the lack (???) of battle simulator.

I don't own Dom1 but IMHO it is the only missing feature of the Dom1 demo. (understand : the only significant diff between game and demo for a casual "pretender")

I will own Dom2 and I hope this won't be THE missing feature.

Have a good time spreading your dominions...

[ October 30, 2003, 21:49: Message edited by: iRichard ]

Saber Cherry · #2 October 30th, 2003, 11:49 PM

Um, yeah, so far it's not scheduled for inclusion. But it is on the Master List of things people want.

-Cherry

Gandalf Parker · #3 October 31st, 2003, 01:53 AM

It didnt really serve the purposes for the advanced players. They just learned how to add a few lines to a .MAP file so two races had the units they wanted, then played a game on it.
Not much slower and much more controllable, not to mention more realiztic

iRichard · #4 October 31st, 2003, 10:52 AM

Gandalf, I don't think that new or casual players (I don't like that word : newbies) have time to use complicated trick to learn how to defeat indep without using too much ressource/gold or to kill their god...

I don't think Illwinter/Sharpnel say : we improved UI and GFX, welcome to you new players !!

and add :

Oh, BTW, we forgot to included the "school of tactical fighting", sorry, ask vet for any information you desire.

PhilD · #5 October 31st, 2003, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
It didnt really serve the purposes for the advanced players. They just learned how to add a few lines to a .MAP file so two races had the units they wanted, then played a game on it.
Not much slower and much more controllable, not to mention more realiztic

Still, including the simulator in the game would make life much simpler for most people (not everyone is as happy as you are changing their files, Gandalf).

And, letting one set all relevant variables (using an "advanced" button) would help, too. Would it really be that hard? I mean, the battle engine must access all that data to resolve battles, so it should be a minor pain to code...

Endoperez · #6 November 1st, 2003, 02:18 AM

This might not be that important anymore, depending from what we can do with the map editor. If we are able to add units/commanders, or even if we can add a spesific code to a certain province from the mad editor, much more people will be able to do it easily. Besides, a fan-made map editor could do this if one is ever done.