Posted August 28, 2013
Whenever I play on Impossible, and my starting city is attacked, the game won't let my wizard throw any spells. Specifically, I get the message, "You cannot cast any spells at this time."
My priests and magicians, however, CAN still cast spells; its affects on heroes is undetermined, as I haven't had any spellcasting heroes at my fortress when these attacks have occurred.
It's neither a mana nor a magic skill issue, as I have tons of both by that point. It doesn't affect any other city, and doesn't seem to occur when playing on Hard. (Or maybe it's just that I've been lucky, and no one has attacked my starting city.)
1) Has anyone else even seen this problem?
2) I run Insecticide. Is this perhaps an introduced glitch? Or have any of you played on Impossible using Insecticide, but haven't had this problem occur?
3) Is it tied to my starting city, or to the location of my wizard's fortress? In other words, if I cast Move Fortress (or move to a different city upon casting the Spell of Return) would the problem move with it?
4) Does the bug only occur on Impossible? What about Extreme, which is a level only available via Insecticide?
5) Are spellcasting heroes stationed "at home" affected by this glitch as well?
This has happened to me now on several games, with different starting races (High Elves and High Men). So for me at least, it's not a one-time thing.
Basically, I'm trying to find out if the problem is just with me, or whether it's somehow tied to the patch. If it IS an Insecticide bug, I'd like to be able to report that fact to the developers — assuming I can figure out a way to contact them.
My priests and magicians, however, CAN still cast spells; its affects on heroes is undetermined, as I haven't had any spellcasting heroes at my fortress when these attacks have occurred.
It's neither a mana nor a magic skill issue, as I have tons of both by that point. It doesn't affect any other city, and doesn't seem to occur when playing on Hard. (Or maybe it's just that I've been lucky, and no one has attacked my starting city.)
1) Has anyone else even seen this problem?
2) I run Insecticide. Is this perhaps an introduced glitch? Or have any of you played on Impossible using Insecticide, but haven't had this problem occur?
3) Is it tied to my starting city, or to the location of my wizard's fortress? In other words, if I cast Move Fortress (or move to a different city upon casting the Spell of Return) would the problem move with it?
4) Does the bug only occur on Impossible? What about Extreme, which is a level only available via Insecticide?
5) Are spellcasting heroes stationed "at home" affected by this glitch as well?
This has happened to me now on several games, with different starting races (High Elves and High Men). So for me at least, it's not a one-time thing.
Basically, I'm trying to find out if the problem is just with me, or whether it's somehow tied to the patch. If it IS an Insecticide bug, I'd like to be able to report that fact to the developers — assuming I can figure out a way to contact them.
Post edited August 28, 2013 by TwoHandedSword
This question / problem has been solved by Bookwyrm627