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Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars February 5th, 2004, 02:55 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,947
Posted By Miles
Re: Anybody else dislike the endgame?

Most of my problems with Dom2's endgame is the busywork. I think the endgame would be much improved if we could get rid of some of the busywork. This might include:
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Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 27th, 2004, 02:00 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Miles
Re: Singleuser game balance

I have updated my Dom2 tutorial. Changes include:
- Seperation of the .pdf into parts. One for each lesson.
- Completed lesson 2 - Victory by Dominion.
- Cleanup of language thru-out.

I could...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 24th, 2004, 02:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Miles
Re: Singleuser game balance

Well, I have finished the first part of the single player tutorial. It is at:
http://grumpy.usu.edu/~miles/personal/tutor1.zip

It is about 500K. The bulk of it is a pdf file. The file contains...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 18th, 2004, 08:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Miles
Re: Singleuser game balance

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This is what I was thinking. However, a mod WILL be required. The problem is, you are forgetting how utterly unforgiving the initial experience is....
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 17th, 2004, 02:53 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Miles
Re: Singleuser game balance

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ok. I suppose that this means that I get to tick-off the developers. Great.

Inbalance in a person's capability to use Dom2 is most painfull when...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 17th, 2004, 01:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 777
Posted By Miles
Re: Could someone help?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I will make a stab at it. They hid the Mod enable/disable menu. After you copy the files to your mod directory you need to goto the 'Preferences' game...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 16th, 2004, 08:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,722
Posted By Miles
Singleuser game balance

In the "Topic: Oh...my....GODS!!!" thread at:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=74;t=000884

We have been discussing how game balance effects singleuser play. A...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 16th, 2004, 02:10 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,017
Posted By Miles
Re: largest map size people will play

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Seems like we can get most of the immediate benefit if somebody wrote a howto. The way I would approach this is to use GIMP (free and available on the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 16th, 2004, 01:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,566
Posted By Miles
Re: Graphics source for mods?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I downloaded somebody's unit-view map the other day. It looked like this. I edited the map file and added commander 1011 thru 1019 and more units...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 16th, 2004, 12:54 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,239
Posted By Miles
Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think that 'balance' is another concept that is unproductive in this discussion.

You see, it looks to me like balance is a multiplay ONLY...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 16th, 2004, 12:34 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,239
Posted By Miles
Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I should never have used the word 'suck' in this context. It is imprecise and unproductive (IE a lie.)

What I should have said is:

The beginning...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 15th, 2004, 02:56 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,239
Posted By Miles
Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Please don't think that I dislike the game. I love it. However, you have to realize the it doesn't really have singleplayer. It is ALWAYS multiplayer....
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 14th, 2004, 08:32 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,239
Posted By Miles
Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, now. When I unpack that, it looks like a Windows executable. I will have to add: "Linux game players are less likely to cheat in multiplayer...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 14th, 2004, 12:10 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,239
Posted By Miles
Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I know that you created the game. It is your baby. But, this blanket definition of cheating seems wrong.

What is cheating in a single player game?...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars January 10th, 2004, 02:10 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,875
Posted By Miles
Re: Feature Request

I have been playing Dom2 since it came out. I prefer single player. I enjoy beating up the AI's. There are a three things that I think would really improve Dom2.
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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 11th, 2003, 03:30 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,429
Posted By Miles
Re: Building Better Monsters

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks. I have already fiddled with those parameters. The problem is, currently monster combats fall into the following categories:
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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 8th, 2003, 09:46 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,429
Posted By Miles
Building Better Monsters

The dang Monsters are still too timid.

In tweaking the 'Monsters VS Galactic Patrol' mod I keep working my way thru these steps:
</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Make...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 7th, 2003, 02:38 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 47,690
Posted By Miles
Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Feel free. There is not all that much that is original. It is all mostly tweaks to existing stuff. I hope you enjoy it. Here are my notes on the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 6th, 2003, 10:37 PM
Replies: 387
Views: 47,690
Posted By Miles
Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

Well, I finally got up the courage to post my attempt to create a mod based on DevNull. Here is a copy of the announcement:

Here is the current (6Feb2003) Version of the Monsters vs Galactic...
Forum: SEIV Scenarios and Mods February 6th, 2003, 10:31 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 72,503
Posted By Miles
Re: Space Empires IV: AI Races/Ship Sets

Well, here goes nothing.

Here is the current (6Feb2003) Version of the Monsters vs Galactic Patrol Mod:

1044560754.zip (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newuploads/1044560754.zip)

This mod is...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 25th, 2003, 02:34 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 47,690
Posted By Miles
Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It seemed to be the easiest way to guarentee that the AI always provided a new colony with a sector cloak. The AI seemed to have a bunch of...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 25th, 2003, 02:26 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 47,690
Posted By Miles
Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Erg. My hacks are quite ugly. Please give me a couple days to tidy it up and I will send it to you.

You realize that this stuff is quite...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 7th, 2003, 03:33 AM
Replies: 387
Views: 47,690
Posted By Miles
Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is stable for me. I have played it a lot. It is my favorite mod. The only reason I am not playing it now, is the DYP (Double Your Pleasure) mod...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 31st, 2001, 01:21 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 20,767
Posted By Miles
Re: OT - bored with gaming ? Get philosophy!

So, LCC figured out how to get an SE4 AI to post to this forum. Which one is it?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 3rd, 2001, 02:33 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 7,665
Posted By Miles
Re: OT = How Does Shrapnel Stay In Business

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
... Back before MS Windozer plowed all the competition under I was writing relatively simple...
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