Its seeded based on rating, highest rated player vs lowest rated player and so on

Do you not get a popup message about "XACT3DApply" error, after the game crashed? The latest client should auto-detect such things.

All we know about xact-errors and their solutions: https://forum.faforever.com/topic/4084/solutions-for-snd-error-xact-invalid-arg-xact3dapply-failed

Do you not get a popup message about "XACT3DApply" error, after the game crashed? The latest client should auto-detect such things.

All we know about xact-errors and their solutions: https://forum.faforever.com/topic/4084/solutions-for-snd-error-xact-invalid-arg-xact3dapply-failed

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Best way of seeing how they're different is to play against each of them. M28 is a bit harder, runs faster (relevant if you have a bad CPU or play on large maps with lots of players), is more compatible with mods, and has a range of customisation options.

M27 is a bit more 'player-like' in how it manages units (M28 coordinates its units as a team, whereas M27 does it on a per-player basis for the most part), and is more heavily impacted by intel (if it cant see a unit it doesnt realise it's there; whereas for M28 it remembers if it saw that unit a few seconds ago even if it loses intel). It also has a few strategies it still does better than M28 (such as rushing a strategic bomber, or building a firebase on a map like astro craters).

A mod to play as Nomads in the Co-Op missions. If there is another way to accomplish this outside of a sim mod, let me know!

Why are there different-colored names at all? Why can't everyone have white names?

@Strydxr said in Proposal for [Challenge Accounts] | Feedback Wanted!:

Also, Challenge accounts don't have to be given out willy nilly, they can have a vetting process done by either mods or a chosen committee, which may help with keeping track of them.

This is one part the moderation team think is critical for this kind of account to work. If we wouldn't limit the accounts to a very low number and allowed whatever challenge, it would just be smurfing with extra steps. And the consequences of that wouldn't weigh up to the potentional benefits.

In any case, I've read all of the responses to this thread and I'm waiting for some free time to properly collate them all and discuss it with the moderation team. I hope to soon be able to share a more fleshed out concept, or maybe even an announcement for a trial run (if our internal discussion concludes with us thinking this could work).

v193 Update
Small update based on an AI vs AI game I ran:

Tweaked the initial build order from land factories and ACUs if the enemy base starts by M28's base (so factories build a few more engineers after the initial labs/tanks, and gets fewer LABs, while the ACU is more likely to stop building and engage an approaching enemy ACU) ACUs should consider helping out a friendly ACU that is fighting an enemy ACU over certain other actions such as reclaiming Land combat units should help any M28 ACUs in trouble in a nearby zone (not just the zone they're in), and should do this not just if they would be retreating, but also with any shorter ranged units that are protecting their kiting units.

@Vindex it was a meme 😞

Ranking of the AI is available from this thread:
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/2931/monthly-ai-tourney-series/26
i.e. ranked from hardest to weakest (based on AI vs AI games which give a reasonable proxy for overall difficulty but this will still vary based on playstyle and map):

M28 (the above link predated M28, but it beats M27 on most maps)
M27
RNG (may be comparable with M27 on some maps now)
Swarm / DilliDalli (I'd rank dillidalli a bit higher than swarm, but it'll depend heavily on playstyle)
Sorian Edit
Uveso
SCTA
Adaptive

I'm hoping at some point this year to do a new series of AI vs AI matchups to give details of how the AI compare on different maps.

Discussion on introducing AI into ladder (there was a more detailed discord discussion, but finding things in discord is difficult):
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5549/the-what-ais-in-ladder-season-2?_=1676483393475

@Nuggets Oh well. Leave the game and join a different one.

Pathing stuff like this is really tied into the engine so there's not much we can do. I think you can't even make ACUs path over units because it would automatically apply that 1x1 footprint to all 1x1 units (all t1-t3). So a lot of it is wishful thinking unless you dive deep into reverse engineering.

I think this would be a good thing as I dont believe players consider the known poor pathing in this game to be a positive aspect.

The bad pathing has cemented itself in the game's balance and micro so for some it is a positive aspect just to diversify supcom from other games, even though it has its frustrating moments.

@Arran If I recal restorers were the OP meta. No mobile T3 AA, high unit health, etc.

Full reinstall includes: FAF, Supcom (on steam) and Java

@Nuggets said in Ranked vs unranked games:

i have 0 trust in anything else it shows from lobby settings

Its display of the share condition is bugged but everything else is good I think.

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We need ice for our drinks, commander. Remove these enemies and secure that ice! -- Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Based on a map design by StaySane0.

Project Glacies is a 10x10km map made for at most 4v4. The map is a rework and redesign of a map originally designed by StaySane0, who was kind enough to give me permission to adjust his original concept. Changes involve significant changes to the heightmap, a redistribution of mexes and reclaim, as well as a complete overhaul of the textures and decals. Assets from my previous map Project Albus were used for the design of this map.

As with most of my maps, there is a good amount of reclaim spread out all over the map, with larger chunks of reclaim on the route most engineers will take to reach mexes. Those players with the extra APM to spare will find it rewarding to give the manual reclaim orders to their expanding engineers.

This map also features clumps of dense forests, which also contain a hefty amount of mass and energy. Like with Project Tumulus, keeping the tree clumps intact will make scaling your economy significantly easier. Some slots may find that an extra greedy build of starting with 2 factories and no mexes is just about possible if you pay enough attention at manually reclaiming the trees.

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AEONS are GARBAGE!