#Master of magic map editor full#

Units that cannot take part in the combat will remain in the ship. Combat on water is limited to units that can move on water or fly.Other location modifiers may also come into play in combat, so for example, city enchantments or fortifications.For example: Chaos node has boosted stats (resist, attack and defence) for Chaos units and non Chaos spells are dispelled (or attempt to be dispelled). Power nodes have special effects on them that modify the combat.

#Master of magic map editor full#

You enter combat with the maximum of nine units from the world map, and if you have the full set, you cannot summon additional units via spells (apart from taking over enemy units).Before you enter a battle, you have a choice to either fight manually,or to use the auto resolve (the possible outcomes are visible, so you can make an informed decision).Still, let us go through how tactical battles work. The reason this topic was not mentioned much before is really that we have not changed the battle mechanics much. We had a lot of people asking about combat in Master of Magic, so we’ll share some of the progress we have in that area. You can also zoom out more, for a broader view of the combat. Combat Work in Progress tactical battle map. The AI will bump up the trade value of that offer above what it will normally offer for it and it will try to trigger trade when it has such need. So the Ai may make special offers for something among player wares that the Wizard needs at the moment more than other things. Furthermore, when you do trade things that are valuable to the opposing Wizard, their relationship to you may increase/decrease accordingly. Furthermore, the ‘price’ you may receive for such trade will also depend on various factors, like: your relationship with the Wizard, their Personality and their current ‘need’ for the object you are offering. In our Master of Magic, you will be able to trade other things, like Mana, Gold or artefacts. We decided that this mode of exchange was fairly limited, and so we added more options. In the original Master of Magic, you could exchange or bribe the opposing Wizards with spells and that was that. One mechanic that we expanded on is trade. So a p eaceful Wizard will be much more likely to try and have a treaty with you, and much less likely to resort straight to violence, while a maniacal one will be almost the opposite, quick to attack and generally paranoid. Based on those personalities the Wizards will have modifiers to their behaviour both in tactics and diplomacy. The AI behaviour is based on the concepts from the original, so there will be the six personality types : maniacal, ruthless, aggressive, chaotic, lawful and peaceful. In the original game, there were a lot of things that never really worked beyond the concept, so we hope our AI will bring to life the ideas of the previous designers. All of this is of course handled by the AI that decides how and when a Wizard will react to the player and to other Wizards. This interaction ranges from the initial meeting, to trade agreements, peace treaties, throwing out threats or joining an alliance, as even though there can be only one, sometimes it is a good strategy to work together to beat a common enemy. It refers to the interaction between the Wizards. Diplomacyĭiplomacy is an integral part of the Master of Magic gameplay.