It's hard to answer it all in more detail, but I can say that it will be possible to equip your army, and the units will correlate to existing military buildings. Commanders for moving armies will also exist.
It means they may attack multiple times if they have a few turns to process. For example, if your action has pushed the time by 3 turns, they may fit in 2 attacks at that time. Until now, that timer was set up to 1.5 turns, so typically, 1 attack at most.
Settlements have simulated orders, so all NPCs are equipped with items constructed from available resources. It was different for special locations since they don't have crafters. :)
The colors would be problematic because they would require remaking all existing images and splitting them so only parts of them could be recolored programmatically depending on resources. I'm not sure it would be worth it.
I'm waiting for the v0.9 Conquest system first before touching Necromancy, I want it to be integrated with the army system, but I don't think the Soulash 1 solution will work well.
Thanks for sharing your impressions! The Soulash 1 harshness of the world definitely had a different feel to it than the sequel. As things are more contained in their regions in S2 it's also much easier to avoid danger or run away. It's much safer, but areas are now a mix of procedural and handcrafted, so there are fun things to explore, and there's higher replay value for our adventures. I still plan to add some more depth to the world and, especially in Dark Fantasy mode, recreate some of that same feeling from the first game. :)
I've been thinking about it ever since the first game and even attempted it twice, but I'm afraid I'll have to pass on porting to Linux. I don't have the capability to support it even if I find the time to build it.
Extending family functionality is a common request, so hopefully I'll manage to fit it into the game. :) The 4 core functionalities that are planned are inviting NPCs to party, managing settlements, including inviting NPCs, battle and conquest systems, and story & events in 1.0. The families could fit into the settlement system update potentially, but we'll have to see.
Hunting skill is planned that will be a combat skill for bows, and at least Necromancy will come once we have the army mechanics. We'll see what else, but it's also worth noting that modding tools will come in a few weeks, and there are already some interested players on our Discord server who are eager to introduce more magic skills. :)
It needs some more work, for sure. Gems specifically have very little use by the settlements right now. They may only be used in crafting some recipes so the price is rather stable, as there's very little demand.
Thank you for the great feedback, I'll keep tweaking the skills. The crafting skills have the extra benefit of allowing upgrades to items (replacing of materials on the fly), and that's way more powerful than actually making the item because you don't have to track down NPC crafters to improve your gear. All the skills will go up to level 50 when EA releases in a month, so there will be some more powerful items reach later, some of which may not be accessible through NPCs.
Hey wolfengange, great to see you again. :) I'm afraid I don't have the hardware to try to reproduce the issue, and it's the first time this issue has been reported, have you checked if all drivers are updated? I'll look around the net, maybe something related to the SDL2 library.
