Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Back in the olden days when I used to play Dom II, a helpful soul made a battlefield map mod of sorts where I could easily pit any types of units against each other to test how effective certain units or unit combinations were against each other. Is there a similar mod for Dom III?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Basically, I want to test various units against each other to test their combat effectiveness. If this can be easily modded myself, please let me know too.

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

I think Gandalf Parker has what you want, but I'm too lazy to link it.

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

I browsed his website, but all his downloads were maps?

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Ah, I was thinking of the map he made that allows you to (inconveniently) punch in which units you want to fight which and then have the battle in only a few turns. Unfortunately, Dominions 3 doesn't have anything that simple.

There was actually a pretty long argument over whether a battle-testing option would go against the 'spirit of the game'.

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Yes, I remember this type of map for Dom II, but is there one for Dom III?

If so, please link? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

You could probably just use the one from DomII (Don't have, nor a link, so don't ask http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif)

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Oh, wait, Gandalf linked to the Dominions 2 one. At any rate, here it is. http://www.dom2minions.com/Mini.shtml

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Rather than use Shift-I to obtain commander and unit numbers, it's easier to just enclose their names within quotation marks, just as Gandalf has done for magic items.

For example:

#commander 356
#unit 10 369

is equivalent to:

#commander "onyx priestess"
#unit 10 "nightmare"

Either creates an Onyx Priestess commanding 10 Nightmares.

Edit: Thanks for the correction. I've changed it here, too.

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Note: quotation marks, not parentheses.

Re: Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?
 

Ok, fellows. I downloaded the map, but I don't seem to be able to edit the map file to try differnt unit combinations.

In fact, I can't even open it in order to edit it. I tried with both MS Word and NotePad and neither worked. What program do I need to edit the map file?

Thanks in advance.