The next patch
 

Any rumors on when it will be released ?
(?sometime this summer... or... ?sometime late this year?)

Any new events, beings, magic sites ?

Re: The next patch
 

i dont want to know details about the patch, just an ESTIMATED release date would be good. 1 month, 2 month ? more, less ?

Re: The next patch
 

I hope the next patch brings some new modding tools. And i really hope that it will be released in few weeks.

Re: The next patch
 

I hope it fixes the most important bugs which are, in order of importance (in my view):

1. Server crashes
2. Utgard theme
3. Call of the Wild works in non-forest

Re: The next patch
 

I don´t want to read the whole Bug Threat, but what is the "Utgart Theme" Bug?

I think it is more important to make the AI better:
-Bulding Forts
-Building much more racespecific Units :-(
-Changing Tactics

Re: The next patch
 

Utgard theme bug makes Utgard theme of Jotunheim start with Abysian home site Smouldering Cone instead of their own site, and the Seithkonas are normal soldiers instead of mages... That is, you ONLY have the special mages of Abysia (and Gygja?)... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: The next patch
 

I tried it 10 Minutes ago... how can this happen:(

Re: The next patch
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Two problems with the "improve the AI" thing. One is that is a SoloPlayer-only thing which kindof drops it on the list (personally Im 95% solo player but I can see that this is true). Although the fact that it would improve the demo and maybe improve sales might give it some points it still doesnt seem to hit the fun-to-do list. Something might get done but I dont think it will ever be as much as we SP's want.

The other problem is that while many say they want it improved, there is still very little work done by any of us to try and pinpoint specific suggestions. There is only one AI so it would take coming up with some specific rules on castles/national-units/tactics which are play-tested as though you were the AI (force yourself to play by those rules) and see if they hold up for just the one nation that comes to mind or for all nations. (there are a number of threads on this subject if you want to use the "search" to join in)

[ March 22, 2004, 13:46: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: The next patch
 

a misplaced comma or somesuch http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Utgard gets skratti, warlock apprentices, warlocks, and demonbred. they can also build lava warriors, and have access to seithkona using Gift of Reason.
Not too shabby, IMO. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: The next patch
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">A small error in the code can have unforseen consequences. Anyway, the other Jotunheim themes work fine, so it isn't too bad.

I'm tempted to say that the next patch is already on the download page, it's just nonexistant and unknown, but That Would Be Evil. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif