As good as the texts are, a substantial amount of information is described ambiguously, incomplete, or even wrong. However, even with this excellent system, there are flaws. The game comes with 807 help texts in total. Almost everywhere in the game, a right-click displays an information screen or help text for the respective item. One of the most striking features of this UI is the ease with which the player can access context-based help and further information. Sporting mouse-over information, detailed economy breakdowns, and small usability touches like graphical sliders, it included many features that were quite new for strategy games of that time, and far from being standard. To help players in dealing with that complexity, Simtex had furnished their game with a UI that was, for its time, excellent. While many players report that this complexity contributes to their enjoyment, others may feel a bit overwhelmed, and even competent players rarely know all of the rules and exceptions by heart. However, the huge amount of unique effects and special abilities also necessitated an intricate rules system, especially for combat (but, to a lesser degree, also for city development and spellcasting). One of its most popular features was the vast amount of content it offered: 214 spells with often unique effects, 84 distinct types of units (not counting the 35 different heroes) using dozens of special abilities, 33 city buildings, and 14 distinct races. Master of Magic was, and still is, a great game, one of the true classics in its genre. IMPORTANT: Installing the 1.40 patch after PLIGHT will overwrite PLIGHT, so you'll need to install PLIGHT again. Or here (but the version there is currently outdated): Note: Using the excellent unofficial MoM Patch 1.40 by kyrub is recommended, although PLIGHT will function with official 1.31 as well. Check the following link for updated versions, and leave feedback and error reports there: Replace the original HELP.LBX file with the one from PLIGHT (make a backup first).
Please don't discuss the issue in the thread, please understand that I'd like to reserve that for feedback on the project.Ī mod for Master of Magic that expands, corrects, and clarifies the in-game help texts If I receive several PMs, I'll look for another option. I don't want to cause any distress, so if someone's feels that this thread really shouldn't be here, please PM me. And imho MoM is (apart from the setting) much more similar to MoO1 and MoO2 than MoO3 is.
The "other games" section didn't really seem appropriate for a mod to a 15 year old game either. However, I really wanted to release this on CivFanatics (it's one of the very few forums where I'm a bit of a regular), and I didn't find a better place. Note: I know that this is the forum for Master of Orion, not Magic.
PLIGHT - Psyringe's Lush In-Game Help Text
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