Battle simulator debug commands? Easter egg?

[llamabeast]

Max! Good to see you again! I was just thinking the other day it was a shame you weren't around any more. Hope you're well.

[lch]

What the what what? Why isn't this in the "Did you know" thread?

[Endoperez]

Perhaps no-one knew about this? I don't remember this ever having been brought up before, and I've been in here too much from the very beginning.

[MaxWilson]

Thanks, Llamabeast. I had to pull in my horns to work on my thesis. Now I've got a real job and more time on my hands than when I was in school. Seattle is pretty.

Ich, I'll mention it in the "Did you know" thread, but first I wanted to check whether it was 1.) well-known, or 2.) only in the demo.

-Max

[NTJedi]

I've been around these forums longer than most other members... and don't remember any posts about the battle simulator. I will have to meet with Kristoffer and Gandalf(The_White) on this forgotten gem before the next full moon.

[Kristoffer O]

It is a debug command, and is probably only working if you run the -d switch.

I have only used it in our debug console to create nice screens etc, so I had forgotten about it.

It is not too useful as a battle sim, since every new unit is in a new squad IIRC.

[Professor_Dyar]

I use the Macintosh version of the game. Do I need to do anything special to activate the debug mode? What other commands are available?

[MaxWilson]

Each unit is a new squad? Hmm, that's interesting. At minimum, I think this will reduce my frustration when I have a nice SC and I'm running around the map trying to find large armies for him to kill--because it's fun to watch--and yet the large enemy armies keep dodging. In other words, if I can blow off my hunger for carnage on simulated units, I can concentrate on actual strategy for the "real" moves.

Edit: P.S. Dyar, activate debug mode by adding "-d" on the command line. There's probably a MacIntosh property or something that tells you the command to execute when you click on the icon. On Windows you would change "C:\Program Files\dominions3demo\dom3.exe" to "C:\Program Files\dominions3demo\dom3.exe -d". I don't use a Mac, but if you're Mac-savvy that should be enough to help you figure it out.

-Max

[Professor_Dyar]

Very curious!

I tried running Dominions3 with the -d command, but it refused to run. Then I ran it in regular mode, and both "K" and "U" functioned, or "K" did in any case. I used "U" to add 10 Lords of Corruption to the battlefield, but they didn't do anything, and both sides seemed to attack them. Then the application crashed!

I think the problem was that I had more than one unique unit on the battlefield. I then, in subsequent battles upon reloading the game, added an Abomination of Desolation, a King of the World, an Eater of Dreams, and a Maker of Ruins. The latter actually disappointed me horribly: it got killed by chaff infantry! However, I seem to have some issue with which side whatever I create is on when it fights. Usually, things I add seem to fight for the attacking player, unless of course they are the aforementioned doom horrors, in which case there seems to be an about 50% chance of joining the attacker's side or being, well, independent horrors.

I tested every other capital letter on the keyboard, and am sad to say that there doesn't appear to be a create commander command, because I would like to explore some commanders now...

[Kristoffer O]

It might be that added units are on side 3, that is neither attacker nor defender. Not sure. Horrors are always unpredictable and might attack anyone.