Just some thoughts from a Noob

Gandalf Parker · #1 March 13th, 2007, 11:58 AM

There are some 3rd party programs that you can run which will take video of your screen. That will allow you to record battles and save them to a common format.

Advantage of saving the full game directory:
being able to view it again inside the game to do things you didnt do before such as check a units stats, or zoom in one something.

Advantage of video save:
being able to share with people who dont have Dominions

Edi · #2 March 13th, 2007, 12:51 PM

Another advantage of savegame backup: You can create a video of it anytime if you decide you want one.

Jazzepi · #3 March 13th, 2007, 01:27 PM

http://www.fraps.com/

Jazzepi

Gandalf Parker · #4 March 13th, 2007, 04:16 PM

Im surprised that there arent more youtube movies on Dominions. I only found one Dom2 and one Dom3

jimkehn · #5 March 13th, 2007, 07:26 PM

Ironhawk. Point taken. The problem was that the turn before, Ulm had decimated my real army, and there was no way I was going to be able to hold the province (or the next 5 or 6) without the PD. Yes, I could have just let him have the province and hopefully taken it back at a later time, but until then, it is hard telling how many more provinces I would have lost (and the fortresses, temples, etc) until I could muster a force to face him.....if ever. I had a large treasury and a good number already there. By adding that many, I had an instant army where I needed it, when I needed it. But, generally, I would agree with you.

Taqwus · #6 March 14th, 2007, 12:28 AM

I've thought on more than one occasion that a battle recording playable in a stand-alone viewer would be good for marketing. Might be that YouTube's obsoleted the concept.

On huge battles... heh, I had a Seraph leading an army of summons (fewer than two hundred, I think) successfully defend against an AI army of approximately one thousand units, IIRC. Late game so lots of splashy Astral Fires and so forth.

LA Ermor vs LA R'lyeh could lead to some extremely large battles. Not necessarily *long* ones if there's Rigor Mortis, Astral Tempest, or other fun battlefield enchantments, but large ones, yes.

llamabeast · #7 March 14th, 2007, 09:06 AM

Hey jimkehn, if you want people to join your demo, I'd do the following. Make a thread on the Multiplayer forum called something like "Anyone for a demo game? (open)", and explain in it how people can join your game. One thing to emphasise is that people shouldn't hit the "start game" button unless you reckon there's enough of you already. Good luck finding an opponent!