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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">What key command is this? This is the first I've heard of one ...

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"w"

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks, Cherry! This is *SO* cool. I wish I'd known this weeks ago! It'll make my AAR write-ups a bit faster to do.

Too bad the grid makes the terrain disappear. I was expecting bright red/yellow/blue lines or some such overlaying the ground, instead of the an entirely different battle map.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This feature is definitely needed... hopefully available in one of the upcoming patches.

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Arryn, if you want to keep the background use "G" instead of "W".

Quote:

Originally posted by Kryx: [qb] I think we all agree that a commander-per-commander DON'T CAST/DO X would be nice.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I do not agree.

For one, this would exponentially increase the micromanagement from scripting mages.

For two, such absolute control would require a re-balancing of many spells.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks! That's much better. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No, his strategy is to rely on his own mages casting spells as often as possible, such as the very useful raise skeletons/drain life/ raise skeletons/drain life combo that the AI is very good at doing. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thank you, Graeme. I got so damn pissed when I read this comment by Arryn. I was going to explode in flammage until I read your comment.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">POOF!

Isn't this what happens to your undead when they are confronted by semi-competent priests and mages? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[ March 02, 2004, 20:07: Message edited by: Arryn ]

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Orders to not do certain things might indeed require immense micromanagement of magi.

But I don't mind that. Especially since hopefully ctrl-# would copy everything about the mage including "don't do X" orders.

Of course, I'd settle for a global or nationwide "don't do X" order that would apply to all of your combats. Because magi do some things that are really annoying like casting breath of the dragon on ulm black plate infantry that can hardly be affected by opposing infantry. Like turning adjacent mages berserk (though I hear some of that was fixed in 2.08). And sometimes you don't want your mages summoning masses of undead.

I don't want my astral 5 or astral 6 starspawns (starshine skullcap and banner of the north star) casting mind burn against massed crossbows when stellar cascades is so cheap.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">POOF!

Isn't this what happens to your undead when they are confronted by semi-competent priests and mages? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">no http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif