Patch 3.24 - Thank you IW!

[WraithLord]

The new patch was released today :)
Here's what it brings (taken from the official announcement (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=45064)):
# Eliminated nations are now also shown in the graphs.
# Spell AI improved regarding when to cast Arrow Fend, Gift of Flight and Legions of Steel.
# Could get some kind of mine even though all site slots were full--fixed.
# New monster modding commands: #inquisitor, #shatteredsoul, #banefireshield, #uwdamage, #popkill.
# Some units like the vampire now actually takes damage from being underwater, just like they were supposed to.
# Description changed for Maggots to better correspond with its true effect.
# Djinn is now a unique monster.
# Increased maximum number of messages a player can send on a given turn.
# Fixed crash during turn generation.
# Support for PulseAudio on Linux.
# New resolutions! 1024*600 and 1024*576 (for netbooks).
# Dominions could crash when changing video preferences--fixed.

[Gandalf Parker]

And also the announcement that Dom3 is now a downloadable purchase.

[thejeff]

After all those "I want to download Dominions" flamewars? Wow.

I will love it if the AI fix actually makes Legions of Steel usable.

[Ink]

And also the announcement that Dom3 is now a downloadable purchase.

but the manual! it will spread like wildfire! it will be so easy to find even a caveman could do it!

oh wait...

[Gandalf Parker]

It was already out there so I dont think this will affect it much. For many reasons, this is a good time for Dom3 to go digital where it wasnt a good idea before.

[Trumanator]

Holy ****! This is awesome! THANK YOU ILLWINTER!!!11

[KissBlade]

Having it be downloadable will be a lot easier to convince my friends to actually buy the thing.

[Trumanator]

Having it be downloadable will be a lot easier to convince my friends to actually buy the thing.

Definitely. Though the $60 will be a difficult hurdle too. However, grats to shrapnel for making it to the 21st century :angel:

Edit: Oh, and lol for any poor saps who ordered it a day or two ago :p

[Vincenzo Beretta]

Edit: Oh, and lol for any poor saps who ordered it a day or two ago :p

Well, the physical manual is always better. And Shrapnel could graciously allow to all the registered owners access to the digital version too - the way other companies already do.

[Zeldor]

Huh, downloadable version, without any discount, without manual shipped and you can only pick one OS?

[DonCorazon]

Thanks for the patch Ilwinter!

PS I really love meaty, physical manuals. If I had the time, I'd volunteer to do some art for a revised manual. Would love to see some old school drawings illustrating the races and spells, like the old D&D player's manual. Even the old manuals from D1 iirc you can download on IW's website that list out all the spells and just have simple icon's are pretty cool.

[WraithLord]

I know this has been discussed to death but I can't help but wonder whether we'd ever see a dom-IV.

Hey, I now know for example that I'd never see a MoM 2. So was just wondering whether dominions series has come to a similar grinding halt with the latest installation.

[Gandalf Parker]

I see MoM2 projects popping up all the time. So far, none have completed but some have done some amazing work on it.

As for the price of Dom3 there is a price break for full time college students or american military.

[Foodstamp]

I see MoM2 projects popping up all the time. So far, none have completed but some have done some amazing work on it.

As for the price of Dom3 there is a price break for full time college students or american military.

What, why didn't I know about these price breaks? FFS!

[Ink]

if a person is both a full time college student and american military do they get a double price break?

do DoD employees operating in a civilian capacity (such as USACE) qualify as 'american military'?

[theenemy]

Man tackar!:D

[Ink]

For many reasons, this is a good time for Dom3 to go digital where it wasnt a good idea before.

do tell!

[Gandalf Parker]

if a person is both a full time college student and american military do they get a double price break?

do DoD employees operating in a civilian capacity (such as USACE) qualify as 'american military'?
I dont know. You would have to ask Shrapnel that.
Im wondering if my retired status counts (vietnam vet)

[Fantomen]

Man tackar!:D

Och bugar!

[Ink]

man tackar
och bugar

what are these strange tongues thou dost speaketh in?
speak English, like God intended.

[S.R. Krol]

Im wondering if my retired status counts (vietnam vet)

Yes, retired is okay.

[Tarrax]

The new patch was released today :)
Here's what it brings (taken from the official announcement (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=45064)):
# Support for PulseAudio on Linux.


Thanks for the patch. Can someone with Linux verify that this addresses the PulseAudio problem? Dom 3 still takes over all sound when it's run after the 3.24 patch for me (Ubuntu 9.10).

[Gandalf Parker]

Sorry I only run it in server text mode.
But its developed on Ubuntu so it should work.

There are some new switches though involving sound. Do a dom3 -h and see all the switches

[Krec]

forget the manual and the patch, what about those dominion girls? i bought the game based on the web site pictures......great game but where are the girls?

[sansanjuan]

forget the manual and the patch, what about those dominion girls? i bought the game based on the web site pictures......great game but where are the girls?

Krec,
Those girls are actual players. That's what I heard anyway. ;)
-ssj

[Stretch]

Awesome, thanks guys! It's great to see this game still updating to make it easier for everyone to keep playing it!

[Ink]

you don't thank someone for doing what they should have done years ago.

[13lackGu4rd]

you don't thank someone for doing what they should have done years ago.

better late than never...

[Krec]

wow, what i would do to be 20 years younger...............

[Jack_Trowell]

Thank you Illwinter ! ^_^

[Gandalf Parker]

you don't thank someone for doing what they should have done years ago.

Unless of course you want them to do it again.

Sometimes you have to look at your actions based on what result it is you are trying to achieve. Something I see sadly lacking in dealing with the devs and staff in this forum. Some even seem totally opposite almost to the point of considering it a conspiracy from competitors. :)

[Hadrian_II]

The new patch was released today :)
Here's what it brings (taken from the official announcement (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=45064)):
# Support for PulseAudio on Linux.


Thanks for the patch. Can someone with Linux verify that this addresses the PulseAudio problem? Dom 3 still takes over all sound when it's run after the 3.24 patch for me (Ubuntu 9.10).

Pulseaudio does not work for me either. but you might be lucky with the --pulseaudio switch.

[Fantomen]

forget the manual and the patch, what about those dominion girls? i bought the game based on the web site pictures......great game but where are the girls?

Krec,
Those girls are actual players. That's what I heard anyway. ;)
-ssj

Yep, and I'm one of them. So where is my sexy pics of Dom3 hunks? How the hell do they expect me to recruit my fellow ladies to the community without appropriate eyecandy? Well, I guess I can start with the lesbians...

[Johan K]

Pulseaudio does not work for me either. but you might be lucky with the --pulseaudio switch.

Strange. Could you start dom3 with "-dd" for debug and post a piece of the log where it says -- sound init --

[pyg]

Pulseaudio does not work for me either. but you might be lucky with the --pulseaudio switch.

Strange. Could you start dom3 with "-dd" for debug and post a piece of the log where it says -- sound init --


With --pulseaudio -dd I get:

-- sound_init --
Init sound
-- general_init --
-- start --


... but no sound. Ubuntu 9.10 (Intel 82801G ICH7 Family snd_hda_intel)

[Johan K]

... but no sound. Ubuntu 9.10 (Intel 82801G ICH7 Family snd_hda_intel)

Do you have libpulse-simple.so installed? It should be in /usr/lib/

edit:
The problem is probably that I used libpulse-simple.so instead of libpulse-simple.so.0
As a workaround you could "sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev" to get the missing file.

[Sombre]

On the one hand: Thanks for the patch. Awesome that you still support dom3 this far on.

On the other: Least interesting patch so far? I can't see a single thing in there that will make any difference to me. Hmm, maybe the spell AI.

[pyg]

Do you have libpulse-simple.so installed? It should be in /usr/lib/

edit:
The problem is probably that I used libpulse-simple.so instead of libpulse-simple.so.0
As a workaround you could "sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev" to get the missing file.


Yes, this fixes it. Thanks, now I can have The Prodigy for battle music!

[Humakty]

Thanks for the patch, it's good to know the Pantokrator is still thinking to us from time to time.

[Ink]

you don't thank someone for doing what they should have done years ago.

Unless of course you want them to do it again.

Sometimes you have to look at your actions based on what result it is you are trying to achieve. Something I see sadly lacking in dealing with the devs and staff in this forum. Some even seem totally opposite almost to the point of considering it a conspiracy from competitors. :)

The devs and contributing community members (yourself included) receive plenty of love, thank you.

[Gandalf Parker]

Least interesting? Yeah I guess they could have waited until it had more features.

* Units with the uwdamage attribute now actually takes damage from being under water.
* Spell AI improved regarding when to cast Arrow Fend, Gift of Flight, Legions of Steel.
* Djinn is now a unique monster.

Useful. Even if the Djinn thing is more of a "ahh rats, they fixed it"


* increased maximum number of messages a player can send on a given turn.
* Fixed crash during turn generation.
* Eliminated nations are now also shown in the graphs.

Big happiness on each of those.


* Support for PulseAudio on linux.
* New resolution 1024*576 (for netbooks).
* New resolution 1024*600 (for netbooks).
* Dominions could crash when changing video preferences, fixed

more like overlap with the new project but it will please some people. Nice of him to think of us and come back to include it.

[Johan K]

Do you have libpulse-simple.so installed? It should be in /usr/lib/

edit:
The problem is probably that I used libpulse-simple.so instead of libpulse-simple.so.0
As a workaround you could "sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev" to get the missing file.


Yes, this fixes it. Thanks, now I can have The Prodigy for battle music!

Great, thanks for helping me debug it little piggie!

[Tarrax]

Do you have libpulse-simple.so installed? It should be in /usr/lib/

edit:
The problem is probably that I used libpulse-simple.so instead of libpulse-simple.so.0
As a workaround you could "sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev" to get the missing file.


Yes, this fixes it. Thanks, now I can have The Prodigy for battle music!

I can happily report that this fixed my sound problem too. Thanks!

[PashaDawg]

Thanks for the patch!

[Gandalf Parker]

Way cool!
Interesting note on:
* Eliminated nations are now also shown in the graphs.

Even in games you are already playing, the first host you do with the new patch in place will put eliminated nations back into the score charts. It fills in all their past data so apparently it did remember it all along, just wasnt showing it till now.

At least it did for me. Solo game that started with 92 nations. Makes the score graphs much more interesting.

I have no reason to think it would be different for MP and/or Server games.

[Krec]

92 nations wow!! now thats a game. i would like to see that graph.

[Mysterio]

Since the game is now available in DD form, I'm assuming those who purchase the DD version will not be required to have the CD in the drive to launch the game. If this is true, will those who own the CD version be receiving a patch that removes the CD check?

[WraithLord]

What CD check???

[Mysterio]

What CD check???

That's weird. I remember having to take my CD with me on the road 6-9 months ago with my laptop in order to launch the game on it, but I can now launch the game without the CD on my desktop. Has this game never used a CD check? If so, I may be losing my mind.

[WraithLord]

never AFAIK and good thing that it doesn't - that check is so annoying.

[Edi]

There's never been a CD check on Dominions as far as I know. I've never needed it and I've played Dominions since Dom1 and almost all patch incarnations along the way.

[Wrana]

Thank you, developers!
Now, if Vanarus and/or EA/LA Machaka come around... ;)

[Burnsaber]

Yep, and I'm one of them. So where is my sexy pics of Dom3 hunks? How the hell do they expect me to recruit my fellow ladies to the community without appropriate eyecandy? Well, I guess I can start with the lesbians...

Here you go! All in the glorious purpose of getting more ladies into the community!


http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/picture.php?albumid=34&pictureid=452

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/picture.php?albumid=34&pictureid=453




(I know I'm sort of late to respond, but these images don't just happen! Took me all of 10 minutes to make)
(Images courtesy of google image search)

[BigDaddy]

What about the fat guy on the floor in his underwear with a disassembled computer?

[Fantomen]

Yep, and I'm one of them. So where is my sexy pics of Dom3 hunks? How the hell do they expect me to recruit my fellow ladies to the community without appropriate eyecandy? Well, I guess I can start with the lesbians...

Here you go! All in the glorious purpose of getting more ladies into the community!

(pics here)

(I know I'm sort of late to respond, but these images don't just happen! Took me all of 10 minutes to make)
(Images courtesy of google image search)

Yum yum...

I sense a tingling sensation down my spine, can it be love?

[getter77]

Definitely good to see another patch...makes things all the more interesting for when I finally get around to Dom 3 on this PC and period. Here's hoping more continue to follow!

[Grijalva]

it seems like the graphics have changed for a few spells, I noticed "numbness" looks more like "sailor's death" and such...nice extra touch there

[vfb]

Is it just my imagination, or is there a little extra blood splash for combat deaths? Probably just my imagination.

[WraithLord]

Yeah, I also noticed some difference in the gfx. Like the cold effect of the frozen brand. Also not sure whether it's my imagination or really the new patch.

[NTJedi]

Great patch... thanks Illwinter!!

[lch]

Yum yum...

I sense a tingling sensation down my spine, can it be love?

You missed an opportunity last month, my dear... *sigh* Let's meet in 2011?

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[Wrana]

Is it just my imagination, or is there a little extra blood splash for combat deaths? Probably just my imagination.

I definitely saw such in previous one.

[Ruefiesty]

Illwinter is GOD!! Thankyou!!!

[rdonj]

Is it just my imagination, or is there a little extra blood splash for combat deaths? Probably just my imagination.

I definitely saw such in previous one.

There definitely used to be a blood splash, but it seems much more pronounced now. Also I seem to notice a number of spells have slightly updated effects. Legion of steel, dust to dust, fire clouds, and cloud of death are all I've noticed so far. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more.

Also, thanks illwinter! At first I still wasn't able to play the game that spawned that crash message, but after giving it a few tries and turning off as many programs as possible, I was able to host a new turn and can play it again (dominions wouldn't crash, but would get stuck during turn generation). Great job.

[DonCorazon]

Yep, and I'm one of them. So where is my sexy pics of Dom3 hunks? How the hell do they expect me to recruit my fellow ladies to the community without appropriate eyecandy? Well, I guess I can start with the lesbians...

Here you go! All in the glorious purpose of getting more ladies into the community!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/picture.php?albumid=34&pictureid=452




Are those volume knobs?! - I bet this guy is a billionaire today. :)

[Lingchih]

Yep, and I'm one of them. So where is my sexy pics of Dom3 hunks? How the hell do they expect me to recruit my fellow ladies to the community without appropriate eyecandy? Well, I guess I can start with the lesbians...

Here you go! All in the glorious purpose of getting more ladies into the community!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/picture.php?albumid=34&pictureid=452




Are those volume knobs?! - I bet this guy is a billionaire today. :)

That's Steve Ballmer. Don't you recognize him?

[Rick L]

I use a Mac. I just downloaded and installed the patch. I think. When I click on about Dominions 3 it tells me I am using version 0.1. I expected it to say 3.2.4.

[djo]

They seem not to have updated the version number in the "get info" window (ever, apparently). Launch the app and look in the lower left-hand corner, you'll see the true version there.

Edit: and there are lots of Mac people on these forums to answer your Mac-specific questions. Just speak up!