New features suggestions thread

FrankTrollman · #1 October 6th, 2006, 01:00 PM

I'd like a gamma and volume control for the game. The picture is really dark and the music is really loud. A simple scroll bar should more than suffice for both aspects.

-Frank

B0rsuk · #2 October 6th, 2006, 01:15 PM

'?' key should also work in combat. As far as I can tell, battle screen has its own hotkeys. I'm pretty sure many players were forced to watch entire battles because they couldn't figure out 'q' key.

More visible province borders on manually made maps. It takes too much time to recognize province borders and be able to plan next moves properly. It probably can't be changed painlessly, because it's hardcoded into map image, but still something to remember about. Unfortunately, it will probably require replacing all .tga files, and they're pretty big to put into patch.

I'd like an alternate way to enter army setup screen: right click on commander icon (that one on the left). I know there are hotkeys for this, but it's a bit unintuitive. And, if I remember correctly, I still have to scroll through all available commanders to change battle orders of specific commander.

more to come.

Twan · #3 October 6th, 2006, 01:57 PM

New map filters :

*Commanders :
display a red X where you have one or more commander (or a red X + the number of commanders or one X per commander or a mini-box with the sprites of your commanders in each province)

*showing numbers on the map :
instead of forcing you to count sprites or click the provinces, show you on the main map the exact amount of the thing you search in your provinces, may be concerned...
- Supplies
- Ressources
- Leadership of each kind/units
- Income
etc...

(look at the maps in the manual pages 41, 42, I wonder why a filter like this has not been included, especially for supplies, the most useful value to have in mind when you move an army)

NTJedi · #4 October 6th, 2006, 02:24 PM

Maybe Nerfix doesn't read all the topics before creating new ones:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1

Nerfix · #5 October 6th, 2006, 02:40 PM

Quote:

NTJedi said:
Maybe Nerfix doesn't read all the topics before creating new ones:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1

Ooops!

Mildog · #6 October 6th, 2006, 03:55 PM

Yeah, commanders should be visible on the map just like dom2. They can be represended with sprites instead of X's now.

And an option to disband units and commanders would be a good idea. It's very frustrating to manage all those minor commanders you create to move your reinforcements to your borders... These are pretty easy features to add, i suspect. And much requested also... I remember seeing requests for a unit disband option in dom2 patch suggestion threads.

Ballbarian · #7 October 6th, 2006, 04:12 PM

Not a huge deal, but it would be nice if when renaming a commander the input box could retain his current name. Many times all I want to do is add "E2" so that I can tell at a glance that this is my mage with Earth level two magic.

DominionsFan · #8 October 6th, 2006, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Nerfix said:

Quote:

NTJedi said:
Maybe Nerfix doesn't read all the topics before creating new ones:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1

Ooops!

Eh.

Frostmourne27 · #9 October 6th, 2006, 08:00 PM

This is a bit of work, but I'll ask anyway: can we get a switch for starting pretender points? Like the resource/gold/supply multiplier ones? Having only the demo at present, I'm not sure if this one is in map commands, but It'd be nice in game too: an option to force players to take awake/dormant/imprisoned pertenders.