Game creation

[DemiImp]

Is it me or does the custom map section just not work at all? I set things up, have 3 people on my side, increase my points (whatever that does) and start the game and... I have 1 other ally and 2 enemies?

I'm confused

[DemiImp]

Well maybe the points thing is working? I'm not sure, I havent played around with it enough. But the team thing doesn't seem to work.

[Mark Pay]

Ah, I think you may need admin priveleges for the game ( or run it from a folder like "my docs" )
I couldn't get the global memory setup for the extension to work properly, so the game dumps the level seed data to a file and reloads it when the level loads, rather than holding it in memory between frames.
If the app doesn't have write priveleges, it can't write the file, so there's nothing to read in to overwrite the randomised default settings when the level starts.

[Mark Pay]

Scratch that! It's just buggy. The 'faction divider' settings don't seem to save, and there's a shortage of GUI objects.

I'll look at getting this fixed up for the next release. I've only been using 2/2 setups for testing so far.

[DemiImp]

Ahh, ok. I was going to say "Admin privilages? On xp?" lol.

This is really the first time I've played one of these tactics games. It's quite hard, probably because I haven't had any kind of tutorial to teach me correct strategies. The past 2 games I've played I basically just charged right in and attacked the enemies without setting them up in some kind of strategic form. I haven't really abused long-range weapons. I haven't been able to figure out if range affects accuracy or any of the underlying details :p

[Mark Pay]

I need to add a lot more in-game documentation!

Range does affect both accuracy and armour penetration.
Thanks for trying the game. Do please let me know any other feedback or thoughts you might have, as I intend to keep working on it. I may also adapt the engine for use in another setting in the future.