[Gandalf Parker]

Ability to store more than one god for each nation (very important imo)

If this is really important then you can simulate it. (yes I know you asked to have it in the game but if its important then here are some answers for now)

The gods are in the newlords directory of the dominions2 dir. You can copy them to another directory. You can write a quick program or bat file to swap them in and out.

You can create multiple icons (desktop shortcuts) and have them use different data directorys. You can have 9 different ones which all use different newlords dirs so each one can have a different god. This includes game saves. I find this handy if I want to test something like blood or maximum blessings or combat as pretenders for each race. I can create an icon for a "blessings" Version of Dom2, make "blessings" Versions of pretender for each race, and create a game named for each race. That way if I want to remind myself of what I did to test a blessings pretender for Man I can just click on the blessings icon and go into the game named "Man".

Lastly, you can create a pretender as part of a map file. So you can type out all the settings and have that map assign it as the god for Ulm as an example. This has lots of pros and cons. Its easy to bring it up again and look at the settings you chose and make slight changes. Playing that map will always give you that god even if you have created new pretenders for Ulm. Making a new one wont overwrite that one. Watch out though because I dont think it checks for the legality of what you pick. You can choose monsters that arent usually allowed as gods, give them magic and scale settings that exceed the creaton points, etc.

[ December 21, 2003, 23:03: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]