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This election reminds me of one that just happened where people didn't like mean tweets so they wanted a different person.
Just because you think ftx is mean has no bearing on what others think of him. I do not instantly take things as a directed personal attack so I often do not find malace in ftx's posts, maybe others should grow a little.
Give the sparky a full t1 suite, along with current T2 suite it has
Gives utility and qol on drops and base building, can build t1 facts on proxies
Yes can reclaim dead expansions fast, but a transport can too
Will not replace the T2 engie
Can rebuild your base in last ditch type situations with t1 power etc
Can ring mexes, qol
It's really fun and with all the maps being random it makes everyone more equal with no real meta you have to know. I've been enjoying it.
I think the random maps only should apply to 1v1 up to a certain rating to help the new players out because it sucks to get owned because you haven't played that map that much.
Ever try rushing with labs?
@jip said in Developers Iteration IV of 2023:
Other note worthy changes
Context based templates
- #5543 Add the ability to use the context of the build preview
It is best shown visually. See the pull request for a video. With this feature you can create templates that use the build preview as its context. As an example;
- imagine you have a radar as a build preview. If you hit tab (the hotkey to trigger the context based templates) then it turns into a radar that capped with power generators
- imagine you have a tech 3 air factory as a build preview. If you hit tab then it turns into a chunk of air grid
As mentioned at the start; this is best explained visually. See the pull request for a video.
- #5541 Make it easier to cycle through extractor / hydrocarbon plant templates when zoomed out
The radius that scans for deposits increases as you zoom out. It mimics the distance of the pixel-snapping behavior for extractor deposits.
Assist to copy the command queue of an engineer
- #5540 Adds another assist side effect that triggers the Copy orders functionality
The assist behavior can be a bit clunky at times. By copying the command queue you still 'assist' the original engineer but have all the advantages of not having to wait for the original engineer to start the construction.
Improvements to the score graph
- #5524 Improve responsiveness and performance of the score graph
With thanks to @Pokute the score graph is now in a good spot in terms of performance. It now populates the graph really fast, even after long games with a lot of players.
Improvements to anti-projectile weapon behavior
- #5518 Disable anti-projectile weapons after firing
Projectiles have a shooter cap. When a weapon locks on a projectile it adds towards the shooter cap. When the cap is reached no more weapons can lock on a projectile. This behavior is fine but there's a problem: weapons can lock on projectiles even though they are unable to fire. This can be due to many reasons, the most common being the reload time.
As a result a weapon can lock on a projectile during a (long) reload time and effectively prevent other weapons from being able to intercept the projectile. Other nearby weaponry would just remain idle.
This is now adjusted; an anti-projectile weapon is no longer able to lock on to a projectile while reloading. As a result anti-projectile weaponry is a lot more efficient at shooting down projectiles and they no longer appear to remain idle like they used to before.
This impacts both torpedo and tactical defenses.
Improvements to projectile collision detection
When a projectile intersects with multiple units at once it will usually pick the last unit. This was a bug; most commonly seen with the walls behind a point defense soaking up all the damage. As a result walls would work rather unreliably. The bug is most common units that are either very packed or with projectiles that have a very high velocity. One example being the Rhino.
This bug is now fixed - the unit that would be hit first takes the hit. As a result the walls in front of the point defense take the damage. It is now also possible for small non-hover units to hide behind walls as the wall will reliably soak the damage.
Walls working correctly sounds very awesome
Is it possible to change the target ability of harms so battleships can target it normally?
Voting among the players would be the worst option
Change the deck gun to artillery with longer range than frigates so they could possibly be used as support in fight along with their torps, can be used as regular subs submerged, and lastly they can be used to raid mexes that are out of range or terrain of frigates and can do that sneakily. This can also gives a reason to have radar surfaced.
Makes sense, but fuel should be out of this game entirely, if a lab can manufacture it's own ammo a jet can make its own fuel as well.
Drama fatigue is starting to set in, it's obvious there are some clear problems here, and if everyone doesn't start to buck up and work together, we will all fail together.
That's really funny, you shouldn't say that though it probably will get patched out
Let's screw 99% of games for this, not a good idea
Come up with a different fix
Perhaps the best new feature since strategic zoom, if we can get this in faf it would be epic.
I believe
Ctrl k sat to destroy nuke
Asf hitting nukes to detonate
Asf hitting strat bombs
T1 aa hitting nukes
Off screening is bannable
There's a few more ones that could be considered fun. The asf ones and the t1 aa one above are really cool interactions but can ruin gameplay
At jip, I really appreciate the explanation, the problem here is that new game feature is discovered and then people behind the curtain take it away. If the people behind the curtain throw their weight around too much there won't be anyone in the audience.
I really like the new spread commands, I didn't really think there was a need to talk about it.
Atlantis has a dive/surface/fly toggle.
If you bought the game before steam you can get it through steam by sending them you CD key. I bought it when it came out in 2007 and still have the box and CD, still play "through" steam.
If $10 is stopping you from play though idk what to tell ya.
This thread makes me think of the brnk cast when his yolo hit his own asf and exploded over his base destroying it.
This was my first tournament and I'll hit it up again next time!
Still my favorite faf tournament!
T2 unguided
T3 homing
