VCMI 0.72b - development version

[Zamolxis]

#7 - If we attack with multiple creatures on the same target, after any attack, we have to move the mouse cursor away, then back on the target to get the correct sword/arrow pointer. In H3 the pointer was updated automatically, depending on the default attack type of the next creature which had its turn.

#8 - Combat Animation Speed should not impact “passive” creatures. It should only impact the moving/attacking creature, the attacked creature and the spell animations. This was also reported some time ago in the 0.63b bug thread:

@Zamolxis

FUNCTIONALITY ISSUE

The Animation Speed should only have an impact on the - let’s call it - “active” animations: moving across the battlefield, attacks etc. Right now it also changes the speed of the “passive” animations, meaning the animation of the creatures who are just sitting there, waiting for their turn, unaffected by any kind of attacks. The result is quite obvious for example if we set the Animation Speed on Fast and we have a flying creature in our army. I almost started laughing when I saw how fast the Serpent Fly in my screenshot above was beating the wings, like they were desperate or something.

EDIT: I just noticed, I also reported this as 0.7#30, though the behavior changed a bit ever since: I see you’ve reduced the frequency of these static animations, but this only solves half the problem - the remaining issue is that when they do occur, the animations are still impacted by the Animation Speed chosen, which should not happen.

EDIT2: Thanks to the discussion at the end of the 0.7 thread, I realized that actually there are 2 animation types that should always be Slow:

• The “breathing” of all creatures, which occurs every couple of seconds, as implemented in VCMI (not in WoG)
• The special animations, customized for each creature, which happen when we hover over them in battle and - in WoG - they were also randomly occurring (about every 10 seconds) instead of the breathing.

#9 - Lost nice new functionality (introduced in 0.63b) that allowed us to see in the background the enabled/disabled View Hex Grid & Movement Shadow, while we were in the Combat Options screen:

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@Zamolxis

NICE NEW FUNCTIONALITY[/quote]

When we enable/disable the View Hex Grid & Movement Shadow options, we can actually see in the background how that affects the battle interface. This was not in the original game, but I actually find it very cool. I’m not sure what are your plans about it, but my advise is to leave it like this.

We will!

#10 - When a Scholar gives us +1 to a Primary Skill (because the Secondary Skill they wanted to boost is already at Expert) the subtitle mentions a +4 boost:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/Zamolxis/VCMI/VCMI%2007/090714-Scholar4whenExpertjustthemes.jpg (I had the same for Attack; probably it’s the same for all of them)