I have been attempting to use my locate spell and it is being cast correctly, but I haven't seen any useful information anywhere. At first I thought that some green dots on my map were showing traces or something, and I realize now that maybe those green dots are just idle players.

How do I gain any useful information from the spell?

Thanks.

I believe it tries to open a popup window to show infomation. Have you checked your popup blocker?

I almost always use Google Chrome and I don't think it usually blocks popups. I'll try taking another look.

It's also important to use the correct playername. A non-existant name triggers the spell (turns yellow), but doesn't get you any result. Plus, a bunch of people can't be made target of locate, though those would give you a result... even if it's a pointless one

Regardless of who you target, it should open the window. If it can't find that player, it will tell you that.

Make sure you're using it correctly: <spell name> - <target> (example: Locate - Pipstickz)
Also make sure you're using the right words and have enough heat and such.

If the spell is casting correctly (the orange text appears) it is probably just a popup blocker. It is also possible the window is already open and you are noticing it reload.

It turns out it was a popup blocker that I didn't even know about. It is not very visible in Google Chrome (which is actually very nice). I turned off all blocking of popups from magicduel.com and I have since been able to cast locate successfully.