Dom III sitll gets some parental attention

Dimaz · #1 January 19th, 2010, 06:49 AM

Don't see any problem with current blood hunt system, since ferrying slaves from 20+ hunting provs takes about 1/10 of the time needed to think what to actually do in current turn and these 2 tasks can be accomplished simultaneously.

Kheldron · #2 January 19th, 2010, 08:22 AM

Well, as an addicted blood-magic user I can only agree with Sombre. This is the *only* boring thing about late game in most of my games.

Additionnally, I often play at night when I can't find sleep after nursing the babies...and I can't count how many times I got a yelling "Stop those ******-****ing clicks please" or the like from my wife sleeping close by.
Not so surprisingly, it seems to happen a lot less when I play a non-blood nation...

Devs, please save my marriage!

Gandalf Parker · #3 January 19th, 2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Kheldron

Well, as an addicted blood-magic user I can only agree with Sombre. This is the *only* boring thing about late game in most of my games.

Additionnally, I often play at night when I can't find sleep after nursing the babies...and I can't count how many times I got a yelling "Stop those ******-****ing clicks please" or the like from my wife sleeping close by.
Not so surprisingly, it seems to happen a lot less when I play a non-blood nation...

Devs, please save my marriage!

The devs did add a click volume control switch for just that reason.
Whatever you hit to get into Dom3, you can add the volume switch to.
Mention what OS you have and someone can get more specific on how to do that.

And there are some player created files which will tone down some of the more obnoxious sounds such as screams and elephants.

Kheldron · #4 January 19th, 2010, 04:04 PM

Errr...I don't understand what you're talking about.

I'm speaking of a *mechanical* sound. When I play at night, I turn off all sound and music I'm not that crazy. Not with my wife 2 meters away.
But I don't see or ever heard of a way to soften the clicking sound of the mouse and don't understand how a software could do it.

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

The devs did add a click volume control switch for just that reason.
Whatever you hit to get into Dom3, you can add the volume switch to.
Mention what OS you have and someone can get more specific on how to do that.

And there are some player created files which will tone down some of the more obnoxious sounds such as screams and elephants.

Gandalf Parker · #5 January 19th, 2010, 05:13 PM

Ahhh....
you should take a look at the mouse driver (auto load program that runs the mouse).
It should have an option for that.

Stavis_L · #6 January 19th, 2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kheldron

Errr...I don't understand what you're talking about.

I'm speaking of a *mechanical* sound. When I play at night, I turn off all sound and music I'm not that crazy. Not with my wife 2 meters away.
But I don't see or ever heard of a way to soften the clicking sound of the mouse and don't understand how a software could do it.

You might want to look here:http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lent_mous.html

Of course, if it's just the sound your Operating System makes when you click with the mouse, aside from disabling the sound in your OS's appropriate location, you could just turn off/unplug your speakers.

UncleYee · #7 January 19th, 2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kheldron

Errr...I don't understand what you're talking about.

I'm speaking of a *mechanical* sound. When I play at night, I turn off all sound and music I'm not that crazy. Not with my wife 2 meters away.

Hee hee. I feel your pain, and I certainly mean no offense but it is a little funny how you've been misinterpreted. Those of us who play in bedrooms with sleeping girls nearby know well that turning off your speakers does not make your computer silent. I bought a keyboard with very quiet keys, but my mouse makes a racket. There's a reason that the mouse action is called a "click", and Dominions is a very click-y game.

ESPECIALLY if you're a blood nation using scouts to move slaves around. Clickity clickity click.

Kheldron · #8 January 20th, 2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleYee

Hee hee. I feel your pain, and I certainly mean no offense but it is a little funny how you've been misinterpreted. Those of us who play in bedrooms with sleeping girls nearby know well that turning off your speakers does not make your computer silent. I bought a keyboard with very quiet keys, but my mouse makes a racket. There's a reason that the mouse action is called a "click", and Dominions is a very click-y game.

ESPECIALLY if you're a blood nation using scouts to move slaves around. Clickity clickity click.

aaah someone else to share my burden

yeah that's why I said I didn't understand how an OS or software could possibly help me...

Sombre · #9 January 19th, 2010, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dimaz

Don't see any problem with current blood hunt system, since ferrying slaves from 20+ hunting provs takes about 1/10 of the time needed to think what to actually do in current turn and these 2 tasks can be accomplished simultaneously.

You can always think about something else while doing boring RSI inducing tasks. That doesn't excuse them.