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[Japo]

True, but you want to look for particular spots. One of the advisors (F1 I think) tells you the idoneity of each tile, there are great differences for maximum populace, trade, and production. River mouths are specially good for trade.

[laiocfar]

Build them on grassland and if there is a river, better.

[another_guest]

Or of course special mines. And it's always a tough choice whether to go for 2 cities without special bonuses versus 1 city with a decent gold or food bonus but a lower total population cap.
I very much favor rivers as well or squares with deer, makes for a nice food bonus that helps you to speed up your production early on.

hhheeeelllppp

I've downloaded it but can't get it to work or instal or anything and I don't know how the hell dosbox works

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[Mighty Midget]

For DOSBox http://abandonia.com/vbullet/forumdisplay.php?f=90

Feel free to ask around in the troubleshooting section of these forums, if you still have questions.

Also, please don't post your email address on these forums.

[CrybKeeper]

Originally Posted by Scatty

I don't think there was ever a map editor for Master of Magic, probably for the simple reason that every time you start a new game, the world is generated randomly, so there's not really a point for such editor.

Just a heads up everyone, There actually was a hastely made editor for MoM PC version:

I found and used this game/trainer/editor. It doesn't take long to figure out using the Item maker, or general MoM Editor, but the Map editor will take you some time to understand, unless you really know your DOS. You can edit both planes!

It works in DOS mode, with the standard DOS commands. There are two EXEcute files and Includes a somewhat helpful, help file. This editor allows you to, edit the map(EDMAP.EXE), or edit your spells, gold, attributes,plus more(EDMOM.EXE), of any previously saved games. Simply drag the chosen EXE file into DOSBox and open your previously saved game.

LINK: http://www.mofunzone.com/game_traine...of_magic.shtml

Also, the manual and spell book are still avialable for download, as mentioned here in this thread, a couple years back.

LINKS:

SpellBook(pdf):http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.642

English Manual(pdf):http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.641

EDIT:

Apparently, I'm using an old version of DOSBox.
Anyways, use that F1 key, to understand how most of this editor works.
If there is anyone willing to figure out the MAP editor, good luck on that and please let us know how it works?

This image is of the EDMOM.EXE screen. I have tested this one out, for the most part. The basic stuff, does save and change in game, successfully.

I edited my gold in this shot, from around 1000gp, to 11,000 or so. It Works quite well!



FINAL EDIT: In case anyone is interested, I can write a nice tutorial on how to use this editor. It is working quite well for me, including the Map Editor. I have been saving screenshots as I discovered all the uses of this editor. Also some bugs, that aren't too serious, but could be annoying. Only wish I could find the original creator and get permission to continue hosting the app. It could also be tweaked, to run a little smoother.

[argaven]

Originally Posted by Kosta

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available)

Hi, I just downloaded MoM, and neither the "magic.exe" nor the "install.exe" will run. When I try "magic.exe" I see a brief dos screen which then closes itself. When I attempt "install.exe" a dos screen opens and reports
"invalid option: Magic/install.exe"

What should I try next?

[Simoneer]

Use DOSBox.

[argaven]

Originally Posted by Simoneer

Use DOSBox.

Simoneer, Thanks, I installed dosbox and it runs fine. I configured it as instructed, but when i try to run the 'magic.exe' i get the message "run install to configure Master of Magic". Running install.exe from dosbox lets me configure sound options, but thats all it does. Afterwards I'm still unable to start the game and I keep getting the "run install" message. Any suggestions?

[Simoneer]

No problem. And sorry for the negativity that facepalm brought.

Are you sure you configured the sound options properly?

Tell us what exactly it is you're doing, in detail.