A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

I'm probably missing a simple button press or something, but is there a way to look at the pretenders you've made with the game tools without going into the game? I make a lot of imprisoned pretenders and it would be useful if I could get a more accurate picture of who they are if I've been away for a while. I know you can check out the blessings on your prophet, but that's only ballpark.

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

Afraid there isnt. There was a third party tool for Dom2 written in C that did that but I doubt it would work with Dom3

You might make a game named for the god and just hit END until he shows up. Then either write it down or just keep the game around for reference.

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

Yeah, I've been naming them for their paths, but the worship of D6 ENWF4 Chaos isn't quite as compelling as following King Mob.

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

Only current solution is to make a screenie of the magic and scales and name them wuith prefix nation_pretendername_id ...
Rather tedious ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif If someone could make a small viewer utility (needs to have file format..)

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

This looks like a good place to make this Dom3 feature request: I want a "--loadgod" command line option or menu option. Use it and it drops you into the pretender design screen with the old god loaded there.

Right now, I see only 2 god actions you can take: create a new god and save to file, or load a file to use in a game. I want to be able to load a pre-existing god, edit it, and save it again. This would also satisfy the 'god browser' function Aleph is asking for.

Am I the only one who tries out a plan with a new pretender, and then decides it needs a tweak, that productivity scale is not helping much and I need more nature magic, etc. The only thing to do is start over with a tablula rasa and build from scratch again. What? I have to write it on paper, or hope to remember if it was A3E3N4D2 or A3E2N4D3 or ...? It would be _much_ better to just load the same god, click a scale, click magic, save under new name.

Sill

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

that would also give your opponents clues of what they are up against.

Strongly agree that a 'view god' option is urgently needed. or better still, a 'edit god' option in the 'Game tools' menu.

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

While we are at it I wouldnt mind if I could save a god from my solo games after I decide its a good build.

Re: A Simple Way to Check Premade Pretenders?
 

Yeah, that would be good. I typically start some test SP games before I start a PBEM game, but in the current setting, this means using the counter-intuitive "create pretender god" interface. Some "export pretender god" feature from in-game would be a godsend (pun intended).