@Wainan said in Need UI Mod? Let me know:

I'd love a mod that makes players on a team all have similar colours if possible please. So Team one would be light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green, turquoise and team 2 would be red, dark red, pink, orange, yellow for instance.

I get so confused in team games and the built-in option turns the entire team the exact same colour which creates its own problems.

In case it's relevant I use this icon mod already so please only spend time on it if they would work together. https://wiki.faforever.com/index.php?title=Advanced_Strategic_Icons

Thank You! I Love it, The Whole reason the Rainbow Tourny exists...
is I hate seeing mixed colors like you mentioned.
My OCD with this has me even sorting colors when I play AI solo.

These are the colors for the Rainbow Tourny going on now,,
finishes on Feb 6,,
watch streams on faflive twitch and others to see your idea in action.

Event: "Rainbow Cup III" ~ 3 v 3
Dates: Jan 30, Feb 6, Feb 12 and Feb 13 at 1600 UTC
-----$1,200 Prize Pool----
1st Place = $660 + Unique Avatar
2nd Place = $360
3rd Place = $180

This is a 3 v 3 Double Elimination Tournament.
Similar to the Original "Rainbow Cup I"
Where Each side Must wear team colors.
Except - This year it's a 3 v 3 and
AI is added as: Active Civilians.

Rules:

1 - Color Up,
2 -Team 1: Chooses a faction for any open AI position
3 -Team 2: Chooses a faction for the remaining open AI position
4 -Launch

Here is a photo of the-
Team Approved Colors:
Reds vs Blues, or Warm vs Cool.
Red team will be the upper bracket team and the favorite.
Blue team will be the lower bracket team and the underdog.

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Tournament specific Mods, Options and Rules:

4 MODS: **
1- Simspeed++,
2- AI-Swarm,
3- AI-Uveso,
4- RNGAI

4 OPTIONS:*
1- Share Conditions: Full Share
2- AI Omni Settings: Off
3- AI Map Marker Generator: Autogenerate Always
4-Additional map specific options
are highlighted by - Yellow Dots on each Game Map.

2 RULES:
1- Team #1 (top bracket) must be in "Warm" colors,
and Team #2 (bottom bracket) must be in "Cool" colors,
If a player is Not in an "Approved Team color", -
any player on the opposing team,
that catches him within the first 5 minutes can -
hit the "Pause" button and force a Re-Host of game.
2- Teams play until one human team side is defeated,
by either the opposing human team or the AI,
the remaining team is the winner of that game.

**Special Thanks to Azraeel, Uveso, relentless, muchstuff, Sprouto, !MarLo and
their teams for developing the AI mods that
made this tournament possible, and practicing so much better.

Hi All,
Would like to have RCIV in Feb 2022, (RCIII was Feb this year)
The idea is for very similar format, as the RCIII

BUT ..

The AI factions will be pre-chosen,
(like the Computer Cup) that way the more apropos faction will be chosen.

Thinking of names for Tourny that sound good.
RCIII was 3 v 3 v Civilians
(Not too good a name/concept as we naturally root for civilians)
In RCIV the AI will be Enemy to All life forms
The concept is after Terminators "SkyNet"
The sequel AI battle 1,000 years later would be: "SpaceNet"
3 v 3 v SpaceNet
& their WareBots = "self-aWare-roBots" Any good??
Maybe UniWeb = Universe Web AI Forces,
GalacticBots, or maybe ViralBots or not, or ______???
If you have any other name ideas, let me know.

This years colors are:
AI will be sporting ALL Green this year.

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The Top 3 AI's from the Computer Cup and Uveso are gong to be in the Tournament.

Each map there will be anywhere from 2 to 4 AI,
and may be a mix of AI or the same.

Below are the AI's that will be participating in RCIV:

Uveso
RNGAI
DilliDalli
Swarm
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I would like for this post thread to be a place to discuss the playability of the maps.
And to have all AI's working properly together,
(Like as in RCIII - Great job!)
Discord is also fine.

Whenever I forget to set my sound card to stereo this happens, when set on 5.1, the warning will Not play,
also when not in stereo, you will Not get the Nuke launch warning.

@Dro said in Rainbow Cup III ~ 3 v 3 ~ $1.2K:

sign me up if someone drops

There are multiple players who have asked to be put on the standby list since the draft period ended.
So, I am reopening the tournament to new players who would like a "chance" to play.
Players who wish to play will be put on a "Restricted" Standby list
and have an opportunity to play.
The way the Standby list and the Restricted Standby list will work, is as follows:

ANY player on the pre draft - Standby list can fill in for anyone no matter the rating differential.
A player on the 'restricted' standby list can Only fill in for a player with a higher rating.
See list of players on standby and restricted standby here:
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k/2

ie: A 1640 rated player drops out and needs replacement -
the team captain can choose an 1800 player from the stanby list or
a player rated 1639 or lower from the restricted list.

So....... If you missed the initial draft and still would like a chance at play,
sign up now for the restricted standby list.
We now have an additional 4 players on the restricted list.
at https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k

**The reason I opened the registration again is because the standby pool is not very strong,
and if a team looses a player, it is not very fair to that team.
(And for the viewers who are eager to watch the most competitive matches they can)
The players who are already on the standby list have already been passed over in draft
and all 12 captains have had a chance to pick them once,
so rating does not matter as far as replacing someone who was already picked before them.
but... New player who register now,
have Not had chance to be picked so can Not replace someone with a lower rating.
There is 'minimal' chance to abuse this system,
as someone would have to of known and planned ahead of time to "make a swap" .
I expect all to abide by the good faith of our FAF community, and not abuse this opportunity.
But if someone forgets to set alarm clock, or has an emergency,
I would like for the remaining team players to have a deeper player pool to choose from.

Love the new AI, - great first release.
I've been taking some notes as playing and noted that:
On one map 2 Dilli AI's didn't claim the Hydro next to their base, and didn't attack enemy hydro when near it.
AI was still building T1 pgens at 35 minutes, (some AI's actually reclaim T1 pgens latter in game)
One game there was no nuke defense at minute 45.
There was little to no reclaim of a couple of nearby T4 wrecks and
Of course the ACU's walking across whole 10k map to opponents base (danger, danger!)

Things that are Great about it.
Expands very fast and wide, and
My fav - It FULLY utilizes "Full Share" when teammate gets killed, it takes over the base and Produces from the factories!

Looking forward to the new release.

Looking forward to watching this tourny.
Will likely have the top 3 AI's who win, show and place in this tourny,
be in next years Rainbow Cup IV.

@intel_wins_games

In Create game panel, select the AI you'd like to use in the SIM tab.

Just catching up on release notes.
Love update version 93, Especially this change:
New: AI is now able to use gifted factories also after full share or player disconnect.
This is great for Full Share AI / Human games
where the AI will Now control the gifted bases the same as the Human players.
Gotta close that gap

Just catching up on release notes.
Love update version 93, Especially this change:
New: AI is now able to use gifted factories also after full share or player disconnect.
This is great for Full Share AI / Human games
where the AI will Now control the gifted bases the same as the Human players.
Gotta close that gap

@jip
Yes I thought of that one previously,

Lily Pads has very little land for the AI, if it only took the small islands.
The AI is not the best on water maps,
and if the AI took the 3 small islands, the
players would have to "split/share" One island that is not symmetrical.

Would like maps like - map #14 = Selkie Mirror.
A map where I can use either 3 or 4 AI,
and where the 'AI no multiplier' has a chance ..
Therefore a map like Selkie Mirror above where the AI can
easily keep land and build eco.
Basically a map that would be a dream scenario for the AI with its state of play today,
with good pathing, slope/elevation changes,
but not so unbalanced where there is triple the reclaim nearby.

Help!
There are not many 3 team maps in the vault.
(specifically 9 or 12 player)
Search 9 player and see what I mean.
I am looking for a 20 x 20 Finals map,
and any other 10x or 20x maps for the tournament.

In RCIII All maps were standard 2 team maps,
where I inserted the AI on side slots.
Except the Finals Game #1 map,
was the 12 player version of 'Dark Heart' = 'Dark Liver'.
(the only 3 way map worthy as a highlight game)

It's a nice 20 x 20 but:
it is Not Isometric about the AI base vertical x-axis.
Another problem was: it being a water map,
was not the best kind of map (small land area and island play)
for a good AI showing.

This is how I presented the Game in RCIII:

Finals
Match 22 > Game 1
Finals - Game 1 Map - Will be Adaptive Dark Liver

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What I need Help with is:
Finding Maps for RCIV and/or
Having a map/s developed for 9/12 player finals game,
That will work good with AI. -
This would effectively be a whole new map category -
3 v 3 v AI

An ideal 3 v 3 v AI Finals Map might be
a 20 x 20 built Isometric about the AI base,
(or 3 way symmetrical 120 degree sections, which would be good 3-way human play too - And FAF needs more of these.)

Water should be in/near center,
and be AI friendly = not have small ponds and/or constricted water ways near base to cause pointless naval base builds.
10 x 10 maps also welcome for the Tournament too!
Built in "strong" Civilian bases would be cool. (built on opposite side of AI base)
(color them Green to Match this years AI colors)

Another way to create maps that would work with the desired format is to:
"Mirror" already designed maps.
One map #14 used in RCIII was a mirrored version of Selkie,
and is a great map for the AI. It will be used again this year but
with 4 AI instead of only 2 in RCIII.
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Here is how "Selkie Mirror" showed in the last Tourny:

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So if you have a map that you think would play well mirrored,
that you think would work well with an AI position -
Send it in!
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Any one who can submit some good maps would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

@majortrouble
Hi Major,
This tourny will be similar to the RainbowCup III.
See here: https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k
It is a 3v3 with AI on map as an added adversary against both teams.
There will be 12 teams of 3,
and the 12 highest rated players who enter will be captains and
pick teams thru a draft type selection.
See Post #2 of the above link, for the teams that were selected in RCIII:
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k/2.
The players ranged from 2K+ to 1300 rated range.
We had 12 teams with avg combined rating of 5.8K.

@intel_wins_games

In Create game panel, select the AI you'd like to use in the SIM tab.

Love the new AI, - great first release.
I've been taking some notes as playing and noted that:
On one map 2 Dilli AI's didn't claim the Hydro next to their base, and didn't attack enemy hydro when near it.
AI was still building T1 pgens at 35 minutes, (some AI's actually reclaim T1 pgens latter in game)
One game there was no nuke defense at minute 45.
There was little to no reclaim of a couple of nearby T4 wrecks and
Of course the ACU's walking across whole 10k map to opponents base (danger, danger!)

Things that are Great about it.
Expands very fast and wide, and
My fav - It FULLY utilizes "Full Share" when teammate gets killed, it takes over the base and Produces from the factories!

Looking forward to the new release.

Map pool:
Most of the maps will be the same as in the RCIII,
and laid out the same way.
see here: https:
//forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k/3
Maps that did Not play well will be changed out.
ie: No more Map #7 - Twin Rivers.
More maps will have AI with No multipliers.
Maps with Multipliers will be lower than RCIII,
as the AI has gotten better with many new version releases.

Am always on lookout for good 3 v 3 v AI maps,
submit any for consideration please.

AI observations and wish list:

Observations
AI in General:

AI-Uveso
Favored maps: 10 x 10 land I think best, because units engage better.

Good Eco, well balanced, Rush and Adaptive do what they say.
Uses 'full share' in team games very well.

AI-Swarm
favored maps: 10 x 10's
good navy and air.

AI-DilliDalli

Favored maps: 10x and 20x Land=Good expansion to map edges.
I haven't tested water yet.

Good: Game speed, expansion, pressure, and
'full share' transfer of units.

RNGAI
favored maps: All

Wish List

Game Speed to be minimally effected by average end game unit counts.
DilliDalli gets an A+ for running at +4 game speed at end of game with
8 AI armies at 45 min mark with many game units onboard.

For all AI to fully utilize Team Games Full Share option.
As of now only DilliDalli and Uveso take "Full" advantage of mobile units, engineers, gifted bases and factories.
This is a big advantage in team games.

For all AI to support Nomads.
And have a future AI Nomads tourny vs Humans. (possibly RCV?)
Nomads has lots of amphibious units and even T1 arty boats that would be nice for AI to be able to fire and hit most shore units.
Right now only 2 of the 4 AI's entered in this tourny support Nomads.

Tournament Rules:
The tourny rules will be almost identical to RCIII.
You can read the rules and view maps from the RCIII tourny below.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/858/rainbow-cup-iii-3-v-3-1-2k

The main difference will be:
AI Factions will be pre-chosen,
instead of allowing players to choose.