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Community => Mod Ideas and Desires => Topic started by: NiTRoX on April 12, 2007, 06:46:11 pm

Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: NiTRoX on April 12, 2007, 06:46:11 pm
I think it would be cool if the person (who is using granger) presses a pre-set button and can see what buildings are built (for example 2 eggs, 3 acid tubes..).

The second idea is a minimap showing alien buildings and were the yare built <- don' think its a great idea.

The first one can be useful since the alien base can beeasily disperesed and can help people control noob building.

Well this is just a suggestion.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: f0rqu3 on April 12, 2007, 07:26:49 pm
actually WE NEED TO KNOW what is built
at least # of spawns

good idea (screw the mini map :D)
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Paradox on April 12, 2007, 07:40:15 pm
boom boom had something like this, but i think it would be a really good idea to be everywhere.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: dada on April 12, 2007, 09:44:47 pm
yes, a good idea. I hate when I am gangren, and don't know how many eggs there are (and nobody wants to tell me) o_)0
I think modification of GUI, that shows you if there OM is available, and number of eggz will be best thing
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Caveman on April 12, 2007, 10:58:40 pm
IIRC we did such a build-chatter-patch.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Paradox on April 12, 2007, 11:22:39 pm
The problem was that CP can only take up so many lines, wehereas if it used a dialog or menu system, or even the console, you could have it say:
For aliens
3 eggs
10 acid tubes
1 hive
3 trappers, 2 on the floor (it could check orientation)
3 barricades
2 boosters
Overmind at full health
Hovel built
5 structures are outside the overminds creep

And the human one could be:
15 mgturrets
5 teslas
2 Dccs
3 telenodes
1 armory
1 medistat
4 repeaters
3 structures are outside reactors power
Reactor at full health

Something like that, it would print to console.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: NiTRoX on April 13, 2007, 08:19:31 am
it would also be wise to tell you where they are built. at least IMO.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Vector_Matt on April 13, 2007, 04:12:46 pm
Once the maps are recompiled and released with location entities, that could be done.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Mangler on April 15, 2007, 12:03:34 am
Wrong Idea: Do it like this;

ONE LINE:

OM:100%, Eggs: 2, Trapper: 3, Boost: NONE, Acid: 5, Hive: NONE, Hovel: 1

This would automatically be broadcasters to all builders every minute.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: NiTRoX on April 15, 2007, 11:34:33 am
Good idea but every 5 or more minutes not every minute.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: dada on April 15, 2007, 12:26:53 pm
Quote from: "Paradox"
3 trappers, 2 on the floor (it could check orientation)

who the hell places trappers on floor? :P
I like Mangler's idea.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Raytray on April 15, 2007, 01:12:18 pm
Dretch*storm server has a command to do this now.

It shows if the reactor/om is alive, how many eggs, and how many builders
in one line with different colors for the variables.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: NiTRoX on April 15, 2007, 05:17:47 pm
Happens that not everyone plays on D*S.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Plague Bringer on April 15, 2007, 05:20:55 pm
Quote from: "dada"
Quote from: "Paradox"
3 trappers, 2 on the floor (it could check orientation)

who the hell places trappers on floor? :P
I like Mangler's idea.


Noobs.

I was playing on A V A L A N C H E yesterday and it was really filling up with idiots - I couldn't even be bothered to decon the floortrappers, there were too many of them! A lot of doors blocked rants with acids, etc. Horrible games last night, just horrible.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Paradox on April 15, 2007, 05:54:53 pm
Quote from: "raytray25"
Dretch*storm server has a command to do this now.

It shows if the reactor/om is alive, how many eggs, and how many builders
in one line with different colors for the variables.



Quote from: "NiTRoX"
Happens that not everyone plays on D*S.

Also D*S violates the GNU contract that it agrees to to run tremulous, because they modify opensource code and dont release it.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: Caveman on April 15, 2007, 06:09:18 pm
Quote from: "Paradox"
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Also D*S violates the GNU contract that it agrees to to run tremulous, because they modify opensource code and dont release it.


Ehrm, before you go off on violation of contract, be sure to have read it .)
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: David on April 15, 2007, 06:45:28 pm
They only *have* to give it out if there is a client download, or its otherwise distributed,

However, nice people share.
Title: Granger knows what hes building
Post by: NiTRoX on April 16, 2007, 07:16:59 pm
And for some reason D*S never gets into my server list..