Dominions 2

[Artificial Intelligence]

For all the Fantasy strategy freaks out there.

Dominions2 works perfect in Ubuntu Linux (also tested it on Mandrake10). It runs both on Linux, mac and win and can be found here: www.illwinter.com (http://illwinter.com/)
Dominions2 can be bought at Gamers Front
(http://www.gamersfront.com/cgi-bin/store/category.cgi?item=45010&type=store)
Screenshots of Dominions2 (http://illwinter.com/dom2/screenshots.html)

Play single player or multiplayer with up to 17 players. There's special servers which you can test your godly skills. Normally there's around 100 multiplayer games running each day so you can easely find someone to play against.

More information about Dominions2 (http://illwinter.com/dom2/index.html)


Also the good news illwinter is making a Domionions3 :woot:



Artificial Intelligence

[panickedthumb]

Hmm, looks like a mix between Warcraft and Risk. Interesting.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Oh, I forgot say that there's a demo of the game which can be found here (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/6.htm) (limitation only 40 turns and limited spell reseach tree)

Another thing is that Dominions2 is moddable, like : making your own race, spells, units, weapons, maps etc. It's very easy, I'm working on a mod which give you the abilities to play Draconian race (Dragon humanoids)
http://thilockdominus.freehomepage.com/images/lofd.jpg

[franx]

Guys, once I download the demo, where do I decompress the files to? Thanks for any help.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Just decompress where you want to (eg: /home/<your place>/dom2)

[Artificial Intelligence]

How to install Dominions2 from the CD:

Open Terminal.


cd /media/cdrom
sudo sh unix_install

The terminal change so it says:


Dominions II install script
linux-gnu i386
---
Select installation type
1 Global Installation (require root priviledges)
2 Local Installation (to ~/dominions2)

Choose 1 - if you want so all the users on your computer can play Dom2 (a folder will be created at every users where personal configurations and alike will be saved, first when the user(s) start the game from their domain (/home/<username>/dominions2)). The important files will be saved at /usr/local/games/dominions2 and the executable file will be saved in /usr/local/bin.

Choose 2 - All the files will be saved in /home/<your username>/dominions2.


Done. Now you can start Dominions2 by writing dom2 in the terminal or the 'run application' function.

Enjoy.




Howto update Dominions2

Grab the latest patch here (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/6.htm)

Extract the files.

Open Terminal.


cd <where you extracted the files>
sudo cp dom2 /usr/local/bin


The next thing is to move all the files including the dom2 file (that's why copying in the first place) to /usr/local/games/dominions2

sudo mv dom2 /usr/local/games/dominions2
sudo mv army9.trs /usr/local/games/dominions2


When you're done moving the files, type dom2 and you're running the latest Dominions2 :)

[Artificial Intelligence]

New Patch is out!!!

Patch 2.15


New Features / Game Balance Changes v2.15:

This seventh patch for Dominions II encompasses new features, game balance changes and bug fixes, plus the Oceana Mod, This version is fully compatible with version 2.12 to 2.14. However players participating in multiplayer games should still use the same version as the host or the unfolding of battles will not be displayed correctly. If a game uses the Oceania mod then everyone participating must install it. But if it is not enabled the game works as usual.

* Support for the new Oceania mod that replaces Atlantis with the new Oceania nation that will appear in Dominions III.
* New monster mod command: #reinvigoration, #siegebonus.
* New weapon mod commands: #secondaryeffect, #secondaryeffectalways, #twohanded, #fire, #cold, #shock, #explspr.



* Dispel can now be cast under water.
* Utterdark has been slightly altered.
* Numbness castable UW.
* Voidlord has become headless.
* Smoking Mirror's jaguar shape, MR 5 -> MR 18.

Bug Fixes v2.15:

* Two Dominions games could get the same temp directory, resulting in errors after a crash (cannot start Dominions again) or when running two games simultaneously.
* Blood slave sacrifice (Abysia and Mictlan) could corrupt the amount of blood slaves that nation has.
* Some network fixes.
* Fixed bug concerning certain spells (e.g. Looming Hell) and sneaking commanders. This bug made the game crash when trying to view the resulting battle.
* Fixed some typos.
* Evening Star and the Shrapest Tooth didn't have correct stats.



* Holy deep one now has magic leadership.
* #nratt changed ATT instead of the nbr of attacks.
* Thunder whip did not count as a magic weapon.
* Blink, Rage, Mist of Deception and Lobsters could result in battle inconsistencies.
* Stability improvement.
* modding commands #secondarypath and #secondarylevel didn't work properly.
* No more Theurg attacks during utterdark.
* No more underwater wolves.
* No more uw snowfalls.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Found this:

Command switches for Dominion2 very usefull, though some of the options can be found within Dominions2 gui option list.

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-v --version Print version number and exit
-d Increase debug level
-g --host Generate new turn and exit
--verify Verify all 2h-files and exit (creates .chk files)
--statfile Create a player info file after each turn (stats.txt)
--scoredump Create a score file after each turn (scores.html)
--finalhost Generate new turn, send out final score msg and exit

******* Network Options *******
-C --tcpclient Connect to a Dominions multiplayer server
-S --tcpserver Start a Dominions multiplayer server
--ipadr XXX Use this IP-adr when connecting to server
--port X Use this port nbr
--preexec CMD Execute this command before each turn generation
--postexec CMD Execute this command after each turn generation
-t --hosttime X Y Host on day X (0=sunday) hour Y (0-23)
--minutes X Set host interval in minutes
-h --hours X Set host interval in hours
--pauseday X Stop timer on this day (0=sunday)
-q --quickhost Host as soon as all turns are done
-n --nonationsel No nation selection when resuming a network game
--noclientstart Clients cannot start the game during Choose Participants
--uploadtime X Nbr of minutes before game is created. (default off)
--closed X Nation is closed X=nation number (0-16)
--easyai X Nation is ai controlled X=nation number (0-16)
--normai X Nation is ai controlled X=nation number (0-16)
--hardai X Nation is ai controlled X=nation number (0-16)
--impai X Nation is ai controlled X=nation number (0-16)

******* New Game Options *******
--mapfile XXX Filename of map. E.g. eye.map
--research X Research difficulty 0-3 (default 1)
--hofsize X Size of Hall of Fame 5-15 (default 10)
--indepstr X Strength of Independents 0-9 (default 3)
--magicsites X Magic site frequency 0-75 (default 40)
--eventrarity X Random event rarity 1-2, 1=common 2=rare
--totalvp X Vic. points available in the world 0-25
--capitalvp One extra victory per capital
--requiredvp X Vic. points required for victory (default total/2)
--vicprov X Provinces required for victory
--vicdom X Dominion points required for victory
--richness X World richness 1-3 (default 2)
--masterpass XX Master password. E.g. masterblaster
--startprov X Number of starting provinces (1-9)
--renaming Enable commander renaming
--noscoregraphs Disable score graphs
--nonationinfo No info at all on other nations
-M --enablemod XXX Enable mod XXX. E.g. hoburg.dm

******* Video Options *******
-w --window Run Dominions II in a window
-u --fullscreen Use the entire screen
--bitplanes X Try to use a color depth of X bits per pixel
--gamma X Set gamma function (brightness) 0.1 - 5.0 (default=1.0)
-T --textonly Use this with --tcpserver to get graphicless server
--opacity X Set gui opacity 0 - 100
-r --res X Y Set screen resolution / window size (default=800 600)
--animback Use animated backgrounds
-a --noanimback Don't use animated backgrounds
--fade Use fade effects
-f --nofade No fade effects
--nopopups No helpful popups
--fps X Maximum nbr of frames per second (default=50)
--filtering X Quality of OpenGL filtering 0-3 (default=2)
-x --fastgrx Faster graphics (use 3 times for best performance (-xxx))
-p --perftest Run a performance test and exit
--badmouse Inverts y-coords in windowed mode. Cures SDL bug on Mac OS X

******* Audio Options *******
-s --nosound No sound effects
-m --nomusic No music
--musicvol X Set music volume, 0-100
--clickvol X Set mouse click volume, 0-100
--arts Route sound through aRts (default) (Linux only)
-o --oss Use direct oss sound output (best quality) (Linux Only)
--defsound Use default sound device (Windows only)
--directsound Use direct sound (Windows only)
--waveout Use waveout for sound (Windows only)

[HorstJENS]

I found out that with those commands (in your home directory):

cd dominions2
ln -s /mnt/windowsharddisk/games/dom2/mods mods

you can use your mod directory from your existing windows partition for playing dom2 under linux.
I also found out that my dominions2 runs better under ubuntu than under win98 :-))

[Artificial Intelligence]

Nice, didn't knew that.

Have you checked the Dom2 forum board? I'm working at a new mod. It's not finish yet but it's based on Warhammer Wood Elves Army.

I made this banner for it
http://thilockdominus.freehomepage.com/images/fol.jpg And I'm soon finishing the scripting.

[HorstJENS]

Nice, didn't knew that.

Have you checked the Dom2 forum board?
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Yeah, i check the shrapnel boards several times each day. Have to update my Chu-ko-nu mod to the new 1.15 patch. Too bad there is no #castledefensebonus modding command yet..

[Artificial Intelligence]

Yep, I'm also missing that command. (would fit quiet well for Glade guards 8) )