magic site searches
 

Is there any way to see which provinces have been searched by which skill levels from the main map?

I know you can hit F1 and look it up. But it would streamline things immensely if you could determine this from the main map.

Also, as long as I'm making suggestions................

Please add a save feature. Most people play strat games to figure out which strategies work. Its a pain to start over from scratch because a strategic decision didn't work.

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Maybe it would work if those Site Search cubes were shown like the income box from the map options, but I still think it's just plain laziness to not want to hit F1 or just click a mouse to view your national statistics.

Also, I don't think a save feature is necessary. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be a choice; I just think it's not really necessary. If you just want to test a strategy, it really doesn't matter if you win or lose.

Sorry if I came too harsh.

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If you select an already-searched province, there should be some colored boxes with numbers inside them below the PD listing. The color represents the path, (if you're not quite sure which color means what, hover your mouse over the suspect box) and the number the level.

Or you could hit F1. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Oh, yes, and until someone makes a save feature, (Though it's unlikely) you can make a copy of the game file (look in C:\Program Files\dominions3\savedgames) and paste it elsewhere, then paste it back where it belongs to 'reload' the file. Not the most user-friendly thing in the world, but it works nonetheless.

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There already is an unofficial program that saves the turns. I think it can even be set to save them automatically at each hosting.

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Thanks for the help. I didn't realize that the earches are shown on the province screen. Thats a big help. Contrary to some opinions, it really is a hassle to go to the F1 overview and scroll through all your provinces to figure out what has been searched.

Yeah, I know I can save by copying the folder (I just drag it to the desktop). But it is a bit clumsy.

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I actually also find the F1 screen troublesome. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Let me boot this thread to put a request for a slight modification in the message report from successfull spell searches. A direct link to the new found site or province would be very nice (e.g. in stead of a link to the commander that casted the spell). If that is too complicated, would it be possible that the province number is included in the report. Finding the province back can take a long time with larger maps in the f1 screen. Let alone that repeated provinces names are common.

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I completely agree... the current "go to commander" is no help in locating the new magic site on large maps.

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Thats a good idea, a link to the land instead of the commander.

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I would like to back the suggestion to link to the province where your new magic site has been found. You want to see your nice new magic site not the boring old mage who you have had for turns casting detect magic site spells.

What would be really, really cool is when casting a site searching spell, it highlights all the provinces unsearched for in that sphere of magic for you. It could pop up with a number over each province ie...1,2 etc showing you at a mere glance what level if any magic search as been carried out in that province.

Computer gaming software user friendly dreamland/paradise I know but we can wish...