Did you know that? (Dominions trivia) - Page 11

Dectilon · #1 December 19th, 2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by capnq

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Originally Posted by Dectilon

Sometimes when you add a large stack of units to a commander you can exceed their command limit.

Example: I added 82 Mermidons to a commander with 80 command

Are you sure about that? Normally, when you assign a stack of units, any excess beyond the commander's capacity simply isn't assigned. Two of those Myrmidons shouldn't have moved from the garrison or commander where they were when you selected them.

I'm sure. In retrospect I should've taken a screen shot :/

Soyweiser · #2 December 16th, 2008, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MaxWilson

It is, however, something useful to know. And I guess that's why you posted it here and not on the bug thread.

Your guess is wise, Mr Wilson.

MaxWilson · #3 December 17th, 2008, 12:36 AM

...you can gain experience stars in the middle of combat?

...globals can expire in the middle of combat too? For instance, if you kill the caster of Dark Skies, the sky will immediately brighten back to blue and your morale will go back up to its proper levels. I don't know if this applies to globals like Mechanical Militia and Fata Morgana, but I thought it was a nice touch. Good work, Johan!

-Max

JimMorrison · #4 December 17th, 2008, 02:43 AM

I'm confused by this RP mechanic.

Real RP = total paths + 2 + Magic scale effects ... right?

So a 1 path mage should have base RP of 3, Drain 3 is -2, so real RP would be 1 anyways....? How is it going to go negative? O.o

SlipperyJim · #5 December 17th, 2008, 07:01 AM

Some mages (like the Horite Shaman) have penalties to research.

Wrana · #6 December 17th, 2008, 08:00 AM

And actual Drain penalty to research is moddable - previous version of CBM set it at 3, for -3 penalty at Drain 3.

Gandalf Parker · #7 December 17th, 2008, 11:13 AM

... you do not have to turn on a mod to play your turn.
Anytime Dom3 receives a turn it will automatically turn on any mod needed as long as that mod is in your mod directory. And automatically turn it off again when you finish.

You only need to turn on a mod (enable) to START a game with that mod. Such as a solo game or one you are hosting. OR to create a god using that mod so you can upload it to a game using that mod. But once the game is started you do not need to re-enable the mod to do your turn.

It is also possible (now, since the command was recently fixed) to create a desktop link which loads dom3 with a mod enabled. That way you can have two links for dom3. One which runs dom3 with the mod, and one that runs without the mod.

lch · #8 December 17th, 2008, 04:49 PM

Yes, as said before, it seems that the mechanic is being applied correctly during hosting, but if I understood the original post correctly then the unit's info screen is showing it in a wrong way.

Soyweiser · #9 December 17th, 2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lch

Yes, as said before, it seems that the mechanic is being applied correctly during hosting, but if I understood the original post correctly then the unit's info screen is showing it in a wrong way.

Yep, as a mage always adds at least 1 rp. The info screen will always show at least 1 rp. Even when the actual rp including modifiers is negative. Currently you cannot see if this is the case on the info screen.

I never thought it was a bug. Just an interesting feature.

archaeolept · #10 December 18th, 2008, 03:48 PM

It looks like forging is done either in order of unit ID, or reverse order of unit ID, randomly decided on each turn. So your lowest ID forger either is the first of your mages to forge, or the last, and you'll either beat that other guy trying to forge the boots of the planes, or you won't

good solution, Johan