Conquest of Elysium 3 is an old school fantasy strategy game. You explore your surroundings conquer locations that provides the resources you need. Resources needed vary much depending on what character you are, e.g. the high priestess need places where she can gather human sacrifices, the baron needs places where tax can be collected and where iron can be mined. These resources can then be used for magic rituals and troop recruitments. The main differentiator for this game is the amount of features and special abilities that can be used. The game can be played on Windows, Linux (x86 and raspberry pi) and Mac OSX (intel and powerpc).
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
I see now that there should have been a short tutorial in the manual for how to use command line switches. Basically, a command line switch is an extra option used when starting the game, to enable or disable some feature. For Windows users, do this: - Right click on the desktop shortcut for CoE3 That's an indication of what it does when you double click on it, it goes to that directory and runs that program. If you want to use command line switches, add them to the end of that path and then it will use them when you double-click on that icon. For example, add --rename in there to able renaming commanders by pressing the n key. |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
I hate to do it, but I have a question: I have the shortcut, it is in my start menu. (It's all in German, but I think I have the right idea.) There are 4 tabs there when I right click on it and select properties. There is nothing like "path" there. Two of the fields are greyed out. Is this because this obviously is a link which Desura created? In other words, if you are the Edi who was a beta tester, are you playing a different .exe? |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
Yes, I am the same Edi. That user name just happened to be already taken here on Desura, so I had to use this alternate name instead. I'm still running on the separately downloaded installer I used for the beta. You can download a separate, standalone installer from Desura if you want to try it that way. Or if you go to your CoE3 installation folder, right click on the coe3.exe and select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut) That shortcut at least should be something that you can modify in the way described in the opening post of this thread. For the switches, most of them use the two dashes -- in front of whatever the switch is, in this case --rename that I used as an example. No quote marks. Edited by: Edirr |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
If you launch the game from the Desura client you can do it another way. Right click on game |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
If you are using Windows, that command line with the quotes should not be changed. Add any switches AFTER the second set of quotes. And only add them to the TARGET: line, not the START IN: line Edited by: gp1628 |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | |
For Linux users: Basically you don't need to start Desura to launch CoE3 if you downloaded the game via Desura. If you want the switches permanently edit coe3.sh and add the switches to line 14. Or copy coe3.sh, rename it and give it different switches, so you can set up CoE3 with different options. Then you can choose to launch CoE3 quickly with the switches you want to use for a specific game. Switches that are available in CoE3 v.3.00 -v --version Print version info and exit Edited by: Thalic -- Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
cross-posted from the other forum --autosave= My desktop icon for CoE3 (on WinXP) has the TARGET line reading like this.... I also have separate CoE3 icons on my desktop with other switches for CoE3_network games and CoE3_Server |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
Excuse me, I cannot seem to do this. |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
There should be a space between the switch and the quote. |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
Maybe a stupid question, but how do I use the switches on a mac? |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
A SPACE does it -- thank you ioticus |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
The --battlereports switch isn't skipping battles for me at all (I'm assuming that is what it does). I have the following switches going and everything works fine except the battlereports: "D:\Games\Conquest of Elysium 3\coe3.exe" --rename --battlereports --gamelog=GameLog.txt Renaming works within the game and I get my GameLog.txt output just fine, but the attack notices and combat screen still come up like normal. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong would be swell. _________________________ *E D I T * _____________________________ *Semi-Resolved* Edited by: Shardz |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
Replied to you in the bug thread, but it's at this stage a feature. Games started with --battlereports will always behave as if the switch was active and games started without it never change behavior either. |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
For Mac OS one way to get this done is the AppleScript Editor. Just open it and add: do shell script "open -a '/Applications/coe3.app' --args --rename --battlereports --window --gamelog=CoE3.txt" Note that the --args is required! Add the normal CoE parameters after it. "--rename --battlereports --window --gamelog=CoE3.txt" in my example. You can run it from the AppleScript Editor. When you prefer a 1-click starter you can make your own "App" by using Automator: Open Automator -> choose "Application" -> select "run AppleScript\" from the actions and drag and drop it -> add your above script to the marked place: (* Your script goes here *) -> Save it -> use this to start your CoE3 (worked for me in 10.7 - Lion) Edit: Automator -> choose 'Application' -> drag/drop "Run Shell Script\" -> add the following command: open -a '/Applications/coe3.app' --args --rename --battlereports --window --gamelog=CoE3.txt Save this and use it to start CoE3 Edited by: calmon70 |
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Feb 20 2012 Anchor | ||
Thanks calmon70 - great info. calmon70 means add the shellscript text:
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
Thank you very much for the Mac instructions! I know nothing about Macs and this is more of the kind of stuff that needs documentation from the point of view of the end user. Especially since I thought my oepning post in this thread was crystal clear, then get asked what is a command line switch. Serves me right for not taking into account that many here probably never had to deal with a command line before. Edited by: Edirr |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
Calmon, Brainlego - thank you. For some reason my CoE3 crashes when I try this script in the apple script editor. (German OS Lion on a 2011 Macbook Pro) Anything to check for? I tried removing most of the switches, to no avail.
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
Sorry, silly question coming up. I've applied the rename switch but can not see how or where to actually rename my Commanders. Could you help? |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
View the commander stats, press the n key. It says that in the manual. |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
I prefer LAN games to single player, so i made 3 shortcuts with command line switches. This switches really helped me to speed up multiplayer games (this is for windows): 1) --ipadr=192.168.0.198 2) --autosave=ABC --server 3)G:\Games\coe3\coe3.exe --autosave=ABC --server --loadgame=ABC My game .exe path is G:\Games\coe3\coe3.exe, so put your exe path instead. Hope this helps LAN players out there. |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
That error message doesn't really tell me anything. |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
Thanks Edirr. I will read the manual, honestly. I know you put a lot of work into it. Thanks again. |
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Feb 21 2012 Anchor | ||
I used the script, that calmon70 posted. I put it into the apple script editor, run it and it crashed. CoE3 works normally without the scripting. I tried saving the script, but it comes out the same. As much as I try, I can´t get the apple script to work. Terminal works fine, my input with terminal is:
when I use this script in the script editor, it crashes:
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Feb 22 2012 Anchor | ||
Not sure why it crashes for you. Does it work when you open your bash shell (Terminal, iTerm) and use: open -a '/Applications/coe3.app' If yes, try to add the parameters here and test again, if no I would start checking your running processes (memory, cpu, etc.) edit: by using Automator you can also configure to direct use shell script command So Automator -> choose "Application" -> drag/drop "Run Shell Script\" -> add the following command: open -a '/Applications/coe3.app' --args --rename --battlereports --window --gamelog=CoE3.txt You can also use it in the way it works for you (i.e. with the Contents Path you note) Edited by: calmon70 |
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Feb 22 2012 Anchor | ||
Terminal works, with and without parameters. I can´t get it to work with automator, but mainly because I don´t know how to use it. I am new to the mac and the OS is in German, so I can´t use the english commands. Thank you for your help - it works fine with the terminal for me :-) |
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