Is there a battlefield map mod for Dom III?

[Epaminondas]

Back in the olden days when I used to play Dom II, a helpful soul made a battlefield map mod of sorts where I could easily pit any types of units against each other to test how effective certain units or unit combinations were against each other. Is there a similar mod for Dom III?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Basically, I want to test various units against each other to test their combat effectiveness. If this can be easily modded myself, please let me know too.

[UninspiredName]

I think Gandalf Parker has what you want, but I'm too lazy to link it.

[Epaminondas]

I browsed his website, but all his downloads were maps?

[UninspiredName]

Ah, I was thinking of the map he made that allows you to (inconveniently) punch in which units you want to fight which and then have the battle in only a few turns. Unfortunately, Dominions 3 doesn't have anything that simple.

There was actually a pretty long argument over whether a battle-testing option would go against the 'spirit of the game'.

[Epaminondas]

UninspiredName said:
Ah, I was thinking of the map he made that allows you to (inconveniently) punch in which units you want to fight which and then have the battle in only a few turns. Unfortunately, Dominions 3 doesn't have anything that simple.

There was actually a pretty long argument over whether a battle-testing option would go against the 'spirit of the game'.



Yes, I remember this type of map for Dom II, but is there one for Dom III?

If so, please link? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Agrajag]

You could probably just use the one from DomII (Don't have, nor a link, so don't ask http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif)

[UninspiredName]

Oh, wait, Gandalf linked to the Dominions 2 one. At any rate, here it is. http://www.dom2minions.com/Mini.shtml

[solo]

Rather than use Shift-I to obtain commander and unit numbers, it's easier to just enclose their names within quotation marks, just as Gandalf has done for magic items.

For example:

#commander 356
#unit 10 369

is equivalent to:

#commander "onyx priestess"
#unit 10 "nightmare"

Either creates an Onyx Priestess commanding 10 Nightmares.

Edit: Thanks for the correction. I've changed it here, too.

[Valandil]

Note: quotation marks, not parentheses.

[Epaminondas]

Ok, fellows. I downloaded the map, but I don't seem to be able to edit the map file to try differnt unit combinations.

In fact, I can't even open it in order to edit it. I tried with both MS Word and NotePad and neither worked. What program do I need to edit the map file?

Thanks in advance.

[Epaminondas]

Actually, to be more specific, when I do open the map file with either MS Word or NotePad, or I see is garbled, indecipherable language.

[Endoperez]

That's strange. The .map file should be just plain text file, which can be opened in all possible text editors (although I find that Notepad might show newlines as boxes, and use Wordpad in those cases).

[Gandalf Parker]

Its text but its unix text (linux is the home system of Dom).
So notepad makes it look line one long line of text with boxes instead of carriage returns. Wordpad is easier but be sure to save it back as text.

[alexti]

To edit plain text file, you need plain text editor. Curiously enough neither MS Word nor notepad are that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif My preferred plain text editor (and more) on Windows is Crimson Editor.

[Epaminondas]

alexti said:
To edit plain text file, you need plain text editor. Curiously enough neither MS Word nor notepad are that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif My preferred plain text editor (and more) on Windows is Crimson Editor.



What are the typical plain text editors that come with Windows? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[alexti]

Wordpad is ok, unless you have to deal with Unicode.

[Epaminondas]

Oh, wait, Gandalf linked to the Dominions 2 one. At any rate, here it is. http://www.dom2minions.com/Mini.shtml

It's no longer there :(

[Edi]

There is an easier way to test units against each other in any battle replay, but I don't remember the key shortcuts that kill all units on the field and the others that pop new ones in there that will then fight it out. It works as kind of battle simulator.

[Gandalf Parker]

The link has been updated on my Dom3minions.com site but I let the registry on dom2minions lapse.
Check here...
http://www.dom3minions.com/downloads.htm

[Epaminondas]

The link has been updated on my Dom3minions.com site but I let the registry on dom2minions lapse.
Check here...
http://www.dom3minions.com/downloads.htm

Excellent; I will get to work.

Thanks!