V0.03o – Mini-Map Improvements, Call for Heroes

A smallish update: The wizard ability “Call for Heroes” is now functional and summons a hero, usually of a nearby culture. A bug related to cooldown on wizard abilities was also fixed.

The minimap can now be panned. It also has a border and draws fog of war. So it should be fully functional and usable now, and doesn’t give away anything it shouldn’t.

Oh, almost forgot: Double-clicking on a item in the order/unit overview will now bring the map to the that unit.

Download link: http://wizardsandwarlords.net/files/WizardsAndWarlords003o.zip
.NET 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851

V0.03n – Influence, Spies

Sorry for the long delay on an update. I wish I had an excuse, but I have really just been slack for the last 2 weeks. But of course, it should leave me invigorated to work faster now! One can hope 🙂

Today’s update has the influence resource – which is a new resource used for various actions. At the moment it can only be used to recruit spies – and only wizards with the “Master of Puppets” can do this. The spies will watch activity in their location, reporting enemy army or hero sightings, and can trigger various events. The UI for them could use a little bit of polish, since there is no way of actually seeing the spies you have placed once they are in operation. They are just that good! Even you won’t know where they are until they report back. Jokes aside, managing “agents” like spies et al, is something I will add to the GUI in a soon-ish update.

Also, the “Call for Heroes” ability is almost done. You can use it now and it will go on cooldown, but the effect isn’t finished and enabled yet. Should be ready for next update.

Download link: http://wizardsandwarlords.net/files/WizardsAndWarlords003n.zip
.NET 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851

V0.03m – Panning, Minimap, Non-Player Realms, Pandamen

Panning has been added to the dungeon and overland maps. Hold down the left mouse button and drag to pan. There’s also a first iteration of a minimap. You can click on this to instantly jump. Non-player realms are now generated according to cultural borders. This is still in rudimentary stages. More realm types and better AI will come. Also the option for diplomacy with these. There’s a few crashbugs fixed related to dungeons, and Pandamen have been added to the possible races.

Download link: http://wizardsandwarlords.net/files/WizardsAndWarlords003m.zip
.NET 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851