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Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 3rd, 2004, 11:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,475
Posted By magnate
Re: Trouble upgrading to 2.12

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Funny you should say that - I tried it as you were typing. Uninstalled, reinstalled, patched to 2.11 ... and lo, all three games are still "broken". ...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 3rd, 2004, 10:50 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,475
Posted By magnate
Trouble upgrading to 2.12

Sorry to bring this up again but it's driving me nuts. Can someone please help me work out what's going wrong. I have 3 saved games from 2.11, each of which has 3 files in the saved game dir:...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 3rd, 2004, 10:15 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,648
Posted By magnate
Re: Who uses an All-Paths Pretender?

I've played a RB but didn't bother using gems to upgrade paths. Instead I made a ring of sorcery, ring of wizardry, an elemental staff and the horror robe thingy that also gives you +1 all paths. It...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 06:09 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
Re: 2.12 VQ nerf

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is indeed - good thinking Batman. I've had a look through the fathrlnd files with a hex editor, nothing that looks like a path to a map file in any...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 30th, 2004, 12:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
Re: 2.12 VQ nerf

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ok, but surely in SP games there's only my .trn and .2h files, because the AI doesn't write them!

Maybe the map files are the problem - but surely...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 30th, 2004, 10:14 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
Re: 2.12 VQ nerf

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The "game directory" would be the directory with the name of your game, like "Fat_Obstreperous_Jerks", or something. If you put all your saved games...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 28th, 2004, 11:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
Re: 2.12 VQ nerf

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've now tried all my old SP games, and I get the same error for all of them. I didn't get it upgrading from 2.08 to 2.11, but I do now. Am I...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 28th, 2004, 12:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
Re: 2.12 VQ nerf

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hmmm. Did I preserve everything I needed? (I have reinstalled since I Last played 2.11) I saved the "newlords" dir and the game dir ("cc3"). Was there...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 28th, 2004, 10:10 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,550
Posted By magnate
2.12 VQ nerf

Hi all,

Back after a long relapse into Diablo II, and looking forward to investigating 2.12 .... but my half-finished SP game won't load, Nagot Gik Fel says "error - game is broken". It's a 2.11...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars May 14th, 2004, 11:43 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,022
Posted By magnate
Re: Recruting new players - Mission Impossible?

Let me ask a question: are you an hour-a-day gamer, or a ten-hour-sesh gamer? See, my theory is that Dom2 suits the former type. Games are loooong and involved (don't get me wrong, this is great)....
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 29th, 2004, 06:48 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,051
Posted By magnate
Re: I dont understand Serpent Cataphracts

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Assuming that this question was not rhetorical (which it probably was), the phrase is transparent: 'bad faith'. [/b]</font><hr /></blockquote><font...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 13th, 2004, 10:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,525
Posted By magnate
Re: TenToTangoDeux dropout

Um, thanks for all the replies - I didn't realise that setting to AI was irreversible. Still, since I've now missed about five turns in total, it's probably best. Sorry folks. Will argue against...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 12th, 2004, 01:20 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,525
Posted By magnate
TenToTangoDeux dropout

Well, I've returned from my Easter weekend to find the game upgraded to 2.11 .... fair enough, it was on the cards. I've upgraded too. All well and good.

But no. "Wrong dominions Version" when I...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 3rd, 2004, 02:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,198
Posted By magnate
The effective early NON-use of Pretenders in combat ....

Dear All,

If you are not playing an SC pretender, how do you decide when to go up against your indie neighbours? Do you use assassins? Do you wait for a certain number of particular units? (I know...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 3rd, 2004, 02:04 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,099
Posted By magnate
Re: F9-F12

Some form of commander inventory summary would be very helpful, both for items and personal gems. I am often sending commanders into battle without remembering to offload their blood slaves, for...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 2nd, 2004, 03:10 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,029
Posted By magnate
Scripting spells

I've begun to experiment with combat orders, such as attacking archers, or targeting commanders (attack rear) etc. There aren't too many to get my head around, and I can just about manage it at the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 2nd, 2004, 01:49 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,571
Posted By magnate
Re: slow PBEM game request

It is possible to switch AI on part way through, so no problems with dropouts.

I'm interested, and should be able to do turns even when I am on leave (end June/early July).

Have experience of...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars April 2nd, 2004, 01:35 PM
Replies: 196
Views: 25,755
Posted By magnate
Re: The next patch

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Another good alternative to this, and easier to program, would be to have map selection come -before- race selection. That way you know how many...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 30th, 2004, 12:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,341
Posted By magnate
Re: Countdown to death

Yes, somebody please post some wisdom about dispelling and/or overcasting global enchantments.

Pangaea cast Gift of Health many turns ago (>10). Does it get stronger with age?

I tried to cast...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 10:01 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,995
Posted By magnate
Re: MP Game -Ten to Tango Deux is FULL, recreated, and starting once all players re-sign.

Sorted. I'm the ninth to join, which makes me feel a little less stupid.

CC
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 09:11 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,995
Posted By magnate
Re: MP Game -Ten to Tango Deux is FULL, recreated, and starting once all players re-sign.

Ignore me, I am a total arse. The Readme very helpfully tells you to use "sh unix_install" and not "./unix_install". Doh.

CC
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 08:40 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,995
Posted By magnate
Re: MP Game -Ten to Tango Deux is FULL, recreated, and starting once all players re-sign.

Ok, I'm home and having trouble installing under Linux -

-su: ./unix_install: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: permission denied

... I'm not a *nix novice but I've never seen that before. Can anyone...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 03:44 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,995
Posted By magnate
Re: MP Game -Ten to Tango Deux is FULL, recreated, and starting once all players re-sign.

I'm still at work but should get signed in by about 1900 GMT. Apologies if that makes me Last.

CC
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 12:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,957
Posted By magnate
Re: Upkeep costs

Ooh yuck. I don't like the serpent priests - not nearly as good as the Theurgs. Any the hydrae are more expensive (300 vs 250).

Nope. Back to vanilla Pythium for me ... nothing to do with the fact...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars March 26th, 2004, 12:20 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,995
Posted By magnate
Re: MP Game -Ten to Tango Deux is FULL, recreated, and starting once all players re-sign.

I'llssssss takesssssss Pythhhhiumssssss pleasssssssse......

(I gather from this thread that I should play this game under Linux in order to view the vcrs .... that should be fine. I'm behind a...
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