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[minibond]

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Is there a campaign or only skirmish?

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[Rayne]

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ATM, none. I'll make the game-play work before I'll add those. Of course, both will be added... which reminds me, I gotta write up a story for the game.

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[Feillyne]

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Hmm... would give the stand-alone (no mod, completely for a new game, with new .exe, etc.) version of the engine if you'd been paid? ^^

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[Rayne]

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I don't understand the question? This will be free. Super free. You MIGHT be able to donate to me?

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[Feillyne]

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No, no, I meant your engine. Could you "sell" your engine, i.e. give it to somebody for a small fee, for just one person/game w/o publishing it anywhere.

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[Rayne]

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I don't think so.
Are you thinking of anyone in particular?

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[Feillyne]

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No, don't mind it. ;-> ^^

Do you plan to make structures garrisonable, and if so, will be there a "hidden" garrisoning option?

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[Rayne]

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Haven't planned it, but if you suggest I do so i will probably do it.

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[Rayne]

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Okay, I've been commenting all my code for better structure.

Now, I want some ideas on how the AI should be modifiable and built, while I continue working.

For example, should I use, like C&C, Taskforces and scripts, triggers, and teamtypes?
How does you want the threat evaluation to be?
Should they have one? Should the AI also include buildings, where to place them and similar?
How should the format look, ini? Something else?

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Scripts and triggers..nar.....needs something else... so what the AI does isn't predictable like in teh old C&C's...

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[Rayne]

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Like what?

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Look at Tiberian Sun's AI when it comes down to your design ideas. It can be pretty nasty if coded well. I'd ask more AI coders around, though. They'll have more info to make the AI better.

[Rayne]

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hmm, owright.

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[Dutchygamer]

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TS/RA2 AI can be predictable when you only have some attacks. The more teams you use, the less predictable it becomes.

[Rayne]

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But how would the AI SYSTEM look? Should it have taskforces, teamtypes, scripts, and triggers, or should it have... something else? xD
Like totally trigger-based.

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Make AI generals that scan the whole map for threats,then they summ up the threats and make a number.The more the number is the more agreesive,scouting,annoying they will be.

Each general will have different specialities.So,one will try to build more tanks,others more soldiers or helicopters.

Or you can try to make it like that,AI sums only those units that he saw,he doesnt count those that are in unrevealed terrain.

He sums up threats seperatly for each enemy.Construction yard gives extra points and some other "special" units too.

If the threat number is beyond 100,perhaps,then AI will try to crush the enemy.

Also you may give special tags to units like,tank,soldier,air unit and give some extra threat points for that too.Like,soldier threat point = 1,air unit threat pont = 10.

AI could use those tags to select forces that will be more effective,like attacking buildings with tanks or helicopters against infantry.

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[Rayne]

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Thanks, nice suggestions.

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Is there any way of making the AI set traps, or attack from multiple directions at once?

[Rayne]

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Traps, probably. Multiple directions - maybe.

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[Rayne]

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I've been thinking of adding "Zones" into the maps, which allows further gameplay options. For example, a "Forest zone" you might place in (Ta-daa) forests, and specific units may be better in these zones, for example, a camouflaged sniper might get cloaked when in a forest zone.

Furthermore, pathfinding is complete, units use correct animations when walking/standing still, code is commented for my own sake, variable height works, particles works. This might run slow on slow computers.
Particles and moving lots of units MIGHT be a potential source of lag. I'm thinking up ways to be able to stop the lag before it is occuring! ;P

Still, need suggestions. Multiple lasers fired from different places on units in a single weapon? Walking higher up gives better sight?

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Lightness/darkness affecting unit sight. Units under spotlight/otherwise lighted areas have shorter range/sight than units in shadows/darker areas. Also, if possible, make units have longer range/better sight at a target that is under a spotlight.

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Walking higher up gives better sight?

That too.

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[Rayne]

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Thanks, nice suggestions. That reminded me - light. Well, the light shouldn't be a problem. Those suggestions wouldn't be a problem too. Especially not the spotlights ones, especially not those.

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Day and night cycles, weather?

[Rayne]

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Hmm.... Yes, that's possible. And then, good sight for good weather/day, and bad sight for bad weather/day should of course be available.

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[Rayne]

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Update!

Game-wise, (not engine wise), I have decided this RTS will be named "Project".
The main two sides will be named the GPU and the HB.

I got a sketch of both their logos, although it's not available to me right now.

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[Orac]

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Processors vs. Pencils... This could get interesting

[Rayne]

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lol, it got nothing to do with processors and pencils.

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Orac wrote:

Processors vs. Pencils... This could get interesting

lol

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Dammit! GPU stand for Global People's Union and HB stand for Human Brotherhood! >.<

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Very original! I like it

[Rayne]

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Nice!

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My good friend you are lucky I am good at making games with crap graphics. I got a little something I want you to check out www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/try. You sir will like this. It is easy and you can make just about any kind of game with it (3d is a little hard though).

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The thread's a year old.

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