POMARJ Development Thread

[DarkCloud]

Mercantilism is better.

The Hanse- that reflects the Hanseatic League... very out of place for a fantasy game.

[Cyrion]

Mercantilism it will be, as there are no camel on Pomarj!

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by Cyrion
@ N35t0r and Justinianum : excellent, I'll add some of them to my list, as well as "Ancient Scrolls", and that'll do nicely!

And Adamantite is already a (non present ) terrain ressource

Mithril is Uranium

So?


Take, for example, Hides, Silk, Oil in standard civ... both bonuses and commodities. In nay case, it does make sense...

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by N35t0r


So?


Take, for example, Hides, Silk, Oil in standard civ... both bonuses and commodities. In nay case, it does make sense...

Yeah, I know! Mithril is both too! It just meant I hadn't forgotten it!

[Cyrion]

Playtest officially launched !

I have the great pleasure to announce that the link to the playtest file has been PMed or Emailed to the playtesters, along with a "playtest readme" which I hope they'll read before starting!

I would like the feedback and resulting discussion to take place here so that we can all share it!

I said I hoped to launch it before the end of July, it seems I barely did!

[N35t0r]

Okay, I just got my @$$ royally kicked... believe Cyrion when he says it's hard... anyways, here's what I got from that game:

The text box is bigger than the screen. (even with my
1152 x 864 resolution)

Finvil can make amphibious assaults, but he is mounted. a bit unrealistc? (but helpful!)

Rename airbases

Under f3, the capital cities of the Evil Allies and Barrier appear as black rectangles.

I took Blue on the first turn and plundered 800 gold... is this intended, or am I gettin all their gold?


Okay, after getting my ass royally kicked (didn't stack my ships, so a demon killed a merchant ship full of troops on the first turn, and by the third, most of my forces were recovering or dead, when some pirates came and took port blue back, marking my defeat.

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by N35t0r
Okay, I just got my @$$ royally kicked... believe Cyrion when he says it's hard... anyways, here's what I got from that game:

yes, there is a trick that could help from start! Good luck to find it...

The text box is bigger than the screen. (even with my
1152 x 864 resolution)

You mean the box from the text introduction?? That box content will change for the final version (once the real readme is written), as well as its size!

But how can I put a scrolling bar on its size so that you can see it all??

Finvil can make amphibious assaults, but he is mounted. a bit unrealistc? (but helpful!)

Yes, the four "hero" units can make amphibious assault! Even if Finvil is depicted as mounted, I think it is necessary!

Those 4 units should be vital to your strategy and to crack tough nuts!

Rename airbases

Yes, I forgot that in my "still to be done" list!

Under f3, the capital cities of the Evil Allies and Barrier appear as black rectangles.

Yes, the cities for those "pseudo-civs" are used only for the mechanics of the game, and I didn't want them to show on the map once the equivalent of "Apollo" is built, thus the black square!

But maybe I'll just remove them from the contact list, so that they don't show under F3!

I took Blue on the first turn and plundered 800 gold... is this intended, or am I gettin all their gold?

Intended, because you really need some money to:
- build a council room (palace) at once
- rebuild fortifications if you were unlucky enough to see them destroyed during you assault!

Okay, after getting my ass royally kicked (didn't stack my ships, so a demon killed a merchant ship full of troops on the first turn, and by the third, most of my forces were recovering or dead, when some pirates came and took port blue back, marking my defeat.

yes, exactly what was intended!

As I said, there is a trick (which I won't say in the open) to timing you initial attack and greatly reduce the counter-attack, effectively securing Blue for a while!

Good luck!

And if it's too hard, PM me and I'll help...

[Cyrion]

Small mistake

I just noticed an error: the prerequisite tech for the catapult unit should be CoL instead of Gun!

I'm sure you all know how to change that

And if not, just ask and I'll send the corriged rules file!

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Cyrion

But how can I put a scrolling bar on its size so that you can see it all??

@SCENARIO
@width=450
@listbox=18
@title=%STRING0
^
^^=== Dainichi Sekai Taisen (Second World War) version 2.0 =========
^^ a single-player scenario by Kobayashi
^
@options
.
. == USE THE DOWN ARROW KEY FOR EASY SCROLLING ==
.
. 1 BRIEFING AND OBJECTIVES


etc.

[Cyrion]

Thanks Kobi

Implemented!

[Arthedain]

Can't download the scen.
I only get to this link http://apolyton.net/link.php

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by Arthedain
Can't download the scen.
I only get to this link http://apolyton.net/link.php

rjm had the same problem!

Did you try from the pm I sent this morning as well??

Anyway, I just sent you 3 mails with:
1) the files
2 and 3: the sounds!



were the others able to download??

[Arthedain]

After two trys I magaed to Capture Blue and hold on to it. The game almost lasted to week 30 (week 25-28 I believe). Then Blue was raised. One of the biggest cons is to speed up the size of Blue (only managed to get size 2). The Humanoids just sent tons of units against me, even dragons which were a big problem.Bandits terrorised me here and there, Pirate ships harrased me.
I managed to secure Twin Fangs and even Deep Roots for a while (Fingolfin did that by himself) but the two cities were burned to the ground. After that the big attack wave came and I manage to build a fortress at 108,54 which helped for some turns. But I lost my heroed too easy to the enemy (some too early) so I didn't stand a chance. Fingolfin was the only one alive when Blue was destroyed.

I did enjoy the fight but some of my units (like the Adventurers and the Dragons) were just too bad. Maybe I even used the dragons the wrong way.

Btw, airbase should be renamed.

[Arthedain]

Just made a second attempt. A very smooth first turn. But onthe AI's counterattack, the two deamons killed Finvil and Wilfried instantly and my city turned size one. I must come up with a trick to lure the demons somewhere else.

Edit: Or maybe the player should be able to build fortifications? They're always destroyed during the capture of Blue.

[curtsibling]

By the gods, this is a hard scen!

Sadistic types will love this, as it punishes the player quite harshly...

But I would advise making the heroes a bit harder on
defence...Somewhere near the red dragon's stats...

I was wiped out within 20 turns! Holy crap!