Wishlist: Mod Brainstorm-wishlist

[Gandalf Parker]

Yes. Great for solo play but I had something abit different in mind for server games.

[Theunderlord]

Here are my ideas so far:

An easy itemslots calculator
Warhammer 40k nations adapted for Dom3 (i'm working on a tyranids mod right now)
A MC-compatible Unitgen.

[elmokki]

Originally Posted by Theunderlord

A MC-compatible Unitgen.

UnitGen is designed to be compatible with any mods provided there are enough ID slots left after the mods. I figure I could also just add a feature to allow replacing vanilla stuff if so configured so there's no feasible way to run out of IDs unless your game is absolutely massive.

By default it is only compatible with CBM (actually 1.92 to be precise, I'll fix that eventually), but absolutely anyone can open forbidden_ids.txt and just write the id ranges the MC mods they want to use are using, and UnitGen will not write anything conflicting.

[Stagger Lee]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

Yes. Great for solo play but I had something abit different in mind for server games.

I don't think anyone has called you out on this comment yet, so here I go getting involved when I know I shouldn't. Your density is astounding. Unitgen is probably ok for SP, but is intended and actually works as an MP mod. There are several games running now with that mod and it has been a tremendous success. To dismiss this project in the way you do demonstrates the depth of the disconnect between you and all the creative people you have helped run off of this site.

Vets and regulars to this site will probably already have made up their minds, but new people should look at the invision site and compare the two. I continue to regularly check this site, but the other one has far more active and knowledgeable contributors, and is open to all. The banning from this site of many of those people created the need for that site, and has actually helped that site to become the better place for all things dominions, especially modders.

imho

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Stagger Lee

I don't think anyone has called you out on this comment yet, so here I go getting involved when I know I shouldn't. Your density is astounding. Unitgen is probably ok for SP, but is intended and actually works as an MP mod. There are several games running now with that mod and it has been a tremendous success. To dismiss this project in the way you do demonstrates the depth of the disconnect between you and all the creative people you have helped run off of this site.

Well thank you for that well worded opinion. But I said server not MP. Server games do not have to be MP games. IF you bothered to look at MY server you would see that the games I prefer to setup as always open games include many interesting variations and most of them allow Solo play for people who want to try such variations without figuring out first how to set one up. I also prefer that they can be played without requiring all players to download/run a mod.

I did a actually do some work along that line long ago and wrote a program to create a randomly created nation. But I could not come up with a way to include it in map commands. I dropped the project hoping someone else would pick up on it. So altho I love that Elmokki's program and love using it, it does not fit the idea I had for another server game.

Vets and regulars to this site will probably already have made up their minds, but new people should look at the invision site and compare the two. I continue to regularly check this site, but the other one has far more active and knowledgeable contributors, and is open to all. The banning from this site of many of those people created the need for that site, and has actually helped that site to become the better place for all things dominions, especially modders.

imho

I totally agree. Everyone should check out that site. The banning of such people did definitely create the need of a site for them and anyone else preferring such a forum. We now have two forums operating the way they want and serving as proof for the results of their policies. Not unusual for corp vs fan-run forums. It seems to be working out very well and is greatly appreciated.

imho