thanks for all help and advice - im continuing the tutorial so its Mirvani(sp?) - ill have a look at the filters thanks, so far ive only really compared the Wiki minatour to my in game one - the one on the wiki page just looks sharper and almost 3d - anyway - the graphics are not the important part - thanks for help on the summons spell - i take it there is no way to take the initiative from the mage and say 'do what i damn well tell you to do?'
Tell him to cast spells that don't require gems. Other than that, no, unfortunately not. It's usually a good thing that they don't waste gems on weak armies, but it can be annoying at times.