BITTERFROST II - Development Thread!

[Arthedain]

Ditto, will try it out when I get time for it

[N35t0r]

I'll go adding comments:

First, is the title supposed to be Black and White?

[Edit:]

Also, the hills and mountains are quite difficult to differenciate. Perhaps making the latter more jagged and unhospitable? (emphasizing the fact that they are impassable)




The 'Gem of Hidden Wisdom' WoW does not appear in the civilopedia, is this intended? (all other WoW's built at the start do appear)



The Irrigation graphic is too obtrusive. You can barely see the terrain underneath (or rivers)

[Harry Tuttle]

Curt I'm impressed. This is a real feast for the eyes. This looks like your best.

[curtsibling]

Hey - Cheers chaps!
You guys enjoying the scen is my great buzz...

@N35t0r:
*Yep, that title is a placeholder for the eventual title I have in mind...

*I thought the Mounts and Hills looked quite different,
but when they are clumped together they might confuse.
And keep in mind, not all units have problems with impassable terrain!

*I will look into this WoW issue. Keep in mind that the civlopedia is still to be completed...

*The current irrigation was the best I could get, compared with the alternatives...
Suggestions welcome on this one!

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by curtsibling
Hey - Cheers chaps!
You guys enjoying the scen is my great buzz...

@N35t0r:
*I thought the Mounts and Hills looked quite different,
but when they are clumped together they might confuse.
And keep in mind, not all units have problems with impassable terrain!

Yes, I typed that when all I had seen was the clumps around the Coven's starting location.


[edit:]

As for the Irrigation, removing some of the patches does wonders. I'd also add some more green, so that it sticks out some more with the everpresent white


Also, the one from 2194 Days of War looks nice.

[curtsibling]

When you see the other ranges of the mountains, you might the see the difference...

If other people share the same view about irrigation, I will make a change!

[N35t0r]

Yes, I've seen them by now, but they'd look better if they were less rounded, much more jagged.... (IMHO, of course)

[edit:]

Also, the top corner of the cursor that blinks when you move units overlaps the unit, you should remove it...

[N35t0r]

One more thing:

When you look under the 'Happyness analysis' tab in the city screens, the 'people' appear as uniformly coloured rectangles, is this intended?

[curtsibling]

The rectangles are intended, as there is only one series of tiny faces to cover all the civs.

The Undead or Zatarn would not look right with human faces for that function....

[N35t0r]

Thought so, and they are good

And I found something while skimming through the events to check if I had recieved something for taking Primeval Cove:

@IF
UNITKILLED
unit=Irene the Maiden
attacker=Crusader Kingdom
defender=ANYBODY
@THEN
JUSTONCE
TEXT
^
^^ Slode the Slyfoot joins the Crusader Kingdom!
^
ENDTEXT
CREATEUNIT
unit=Irene the Maiden
owner=Crusader Kingdom
veteran=yes
homecity=None
InCapital
locations
202,164
endlocations
@ENDIF

Shouldn't the text popup read differently?

[curtsibling]

Aha!

Well-spotted, sir!
The dangers of mass-cut-and-pasting...

I never lost Irene to anyone, so I never noticed this one!



*adds to fix list*

[N35t0r]

One more thing. I just took Halls of Iron, and I'm pretty sure I didn't recieve anything as a reward. The same happened with Primeval Cove.

Cheking the events, it looks like I'm supposed to be able to build a wonder for each of those conquests, but it does not happen that way.

[curtsibling]

In Primeval Cove, you get the book 'Saga of the Stones'...
And the Mysterious Schematics are gained from the Halls of Iron...

Check the cities improvement lists or the wonders of the world (F7) screen...

[N35t0r]

OH!

But they get built in Primeval Cove, rather out of the way (defense-wise), it'd be nice to get them in Stavarga...

[curtsibling]

I will change the events so that these important rewards are bestowed in the main city...