+1

And it's not only snowy maps. It's also true for some other maps, I think sandy and also some of the ones inside.

So, may be it would be better to draw some sorte of border around the squares.

Also, this should not only be done for movement squares, but also for squares of zone spells (like fireballs, blizzard).

"Friendly units can now move through each other in tactical"

For me, this is ok IF this concern only FRIENDLY units. Indeed, it would be really wrong that ennemy units could do that too cause it wouldn't anymore be possible to use the map to create chokepoints that help you beat more numerous ennemies, etc.

I think the devs must have out of tune monitors because they don't seem to think this a problem.

The mind wobbles.

Maybe it has something to do with the lighting.  Any ideas on what to adjust to make the highlighted squares stand out more?

Features

Friendly units can now move through each other in tactical

YES FINALLY

+1.  Can you fix this on the strategic map as well?

I'm having trouble seeing the green movement ranges on some maps as well.

I also have issues seeing the movement option squares until I zoom in all the way (and I have calibrated my screensfor photo editing)

harpo

I hope we can have this patch soon.  I want to start a new game with the new tactical system.  Being able to move my units through units, should make for very interesting tactical battles.

Please make it soon....pretty please. 

Please god, the AI needs help still. Going 5+ turns without building anything? 

Plus, I shouldn't be able to see what they're building...but nonetheless, I can see that the Tarth went 5+ turns without building ANYTHING in their capital city. 

Wasn't there a thread about "not" building anything and it was discovered by that OP that the game actually couldn't display 1 Turn queues?

So the AI could be building something, but it would only show during turn advancement.

I hope they continue to improve the AI.  Too often, I see the AI sitting on its ass and not making use of its tactical and strategic spells.  Fix this please!

That's based upon an all-Insane world/AIs that, at that midstage of the game, had most cities 'not constructing' but when I watched a city carefully between turns (ie -- go to AI city, watch the city, hit 'end turn', and continue to watch the AI city) sometimes I'd see a message in that 'where units being constructed are listed' window flicker for a second mentioning a  1-turn units/building then it'd change back to 'no construction'.

So my guess is that (at least some of the time):

-city builds 1 turn unit/building

-city can't build >1 unit unit/building per turn

-city doesn't queue >1 unit (or it does, but the window that shows the next queued unit doesn't update so it's left 'no construction'?)

-after the 1 turn unit/building is built the queue is empty

-city screen is updated immediately after unit/building is constructed to show nothing being built

-so the notification of a 1 turn unit/building being built only flickers for a second during the AI's turn and if we aren't looking at that specific city at that momentary flicker time during the AI turn we miss it, so we think the city didn't build anything.

I could be wrong with my conclusion.  And if I'm right that doesn't mean every 'no construction' city is doing the above (or doing it every turn).

I'm still playing that game and probably 90% of the AI cities I see are 'no construction'.  They may have built all the buildings they can by, but they still could (and should) build units (as I'm coming for them!) and even if not, they could/should build gold/production.

only a couple of versions ago during Beta the enemy factions suddenly started to use strategic spells at all, so that was already a major step concerning AI behaviour and challenge.

Regarding 'move thru allied units' change, what I'd prefer is to be able to setup our forces in our 'starting portion' of a tactical map (while not seeing the AI disposition).  That would have several benefits, including obviating the need for a 'pass thru allied units'.  It's a more involved change than flipping the 'collision detection' flag, but in the long run it's an important feature.

The game AI sometimes does a great job of setting up my units as seen here (note this is the starting position of my units at the very beginning of the tactical battle, I haven't moved them at all) :

I have 4 spearmaidens, 1 hero, and 4 mounted mages.  The spearmaidens are up front, the mages in back, and the hero in the middle.  I'm quite happy with this setup.  Note the tactical map is relatively large and open here, allowing this setup.  I think part of the problem with the initial mishmash setup we often get is that the tactical maps in those cases are so small/cluttered with impassable squares that the AI can't set us up as it would 'like' so has to 'shoehorn' us in, resulting in less-than-desirable formations.  Increasing the size of the tactical maps would be very nice to 'fix' this (and for other reasons too).

Tactical maps are really beautiful -- the detail in them is astounding.  A lot of work went into them.

This is a small part of a tactical city map.  The cube at the top of the building rotates!  Each facet is different!  It's obvious loving detail went into these.

Making the tactical maps bigger while keeping the detail level so high is a lot to ask.  Perhaps that can be added in over the next few expansions?  Maybe a tactical map pack expansion?  I understand Frog wants the emphasis to be strategic not tactical, but tactical is so well done on so many levels that it merits more attention

I checked again the 'no construction' thing, still happening, and here's a better explanation (with pics!).

This is the Yth city at the end of my Fall 261 turn, just before I hit 'end turn':

This next pic was snapped in-between turns, after I hit 'end turn' and while the AI was processing its turn.  I saw this 'flicker' on for a couple of seconds (it takes about 6 seconds for turns to complete at this point) and managed to hit 'print screen' to capture it (good timing!):

The 'grunt (1)' then flickered off and it went back to 'no construction' while the AI's turn was still being processed.

The next pic is at the start of my next turn, Winter 261:

So, unless one was specifically looking at the city one would think no construction occurred.

Can't say if this is the case for every 'no construction' city, but each of the 4 or so times I've specifically looked I've seen a flicker of construction occur, and the unit/building had a 1-turn construction time.  Again, this is mid-to-late-game in an all-Insane game.

 EDITED IN:

I watched the same city the next between-turn, and saw no flicker, and at the start of the next turn (Spring 262) the city was still 'no construction'.

I watched the next turn and in-between turns I saw the following flicker:

When the in-between turn ended, and so the start of turn Summer 262 it shows:

So, it appears that:

-Winter 261: grunt built

-Spring 262: nothing built

-Summer 262: 1 turn of 2-turn juggernaut built

It's possible I missed a flicker of something being built in Spring 262 of course, but I was specifically looking for it, and the in-between turn goes slowly enough it's likely I'd see a flicker.  I did not inspect the city to see if/what was built.

I posted this in a congratulations thread. Seriously, give this some consideration. 

This is what happens now, oh great I got Jordur, that guy looks awesome! Oh, he is a chump, I mean a champ, so he will drag every hero in my stack a step in the wrong direction of the XP harmonic sequence. I have to spend 20+ turns managing unit production to build this guy his own army, my grand quest surprise is at least a half-hour chore to get off the ground, or just forget about him. What do you think most people will do? 

very true, that mechanic no longer makes sense and something better has to be thought of... it's just counterintuitive :/

Sweet. I like this change. Also, did you fix the quest wnd to display the progress through your current quests?

This is such a great idea for a new spell. I can finally stop the AI from targetting terrible plots of land near my borders. I hope this doesn't come too late in the tech tree.

I assume it will be unlocked with or very close to the "Sorcery" tech together with the contrasting spell "Bloom of Twilight". And I agree, it is a welcome addition.

SALT THE EARTH ! ?

Can't wait to play around with this versus birth of summer. 

AI birth control!

Still have 1.0 Ingame - Steam is not loading 1.1

It's almost as if it was

Can haz today??

Want to start a new game!

Salt the Earth will help some with mop-up.