Tank Battle v1.03b

[Moderator]

01:31, 18th Jun 2010
VGsatomi: Decent map. Nice arrow key movement implementation. The camera doesn't mess up like most games like this do. However the fog really slows down low-end systems and server lag makes arrow key movement games like this nearly unplayable on bnet. I may suggest adding AI for solo support.

 

[Tank-Commander]

As this map has the word 'Tank' in it I will imeddiatly review it (I shall edit this post when I give the review)

Edit: Heres your review:

Terrain - total of 5 marks
Triggering - total of 6 marks
Originallity - total of 10 marks
Difficulty - total of 10 marks
inventivity - total of 5 marks
Replayability - total of 10 marks
Object data - total of 5 marks
Total Marks possible - 51

1-10 unacceptable - vote for rejection (1/5)
11-20 lacking - vote for rejection (2/5)
21-30 average - no vote (3/5)
31-40 good - vote for approval (4/5)
41-50 excellent - vote for approval (5/5) (+Rep)
51 Epic/Godlike - vote for approval (6/5) (+Rep)

For a high Terrain mark the map must look beautiful/amazing, the terrain needs to make the game more enjoyable for the player as well as suit the game type.

For a high Triggering mark there must be no leaks and be efficiant.

For a high Originallity mark, there needs to be as few of the same game type/genre as well as game style along with unique systems and suchlike.

For a high Difficulty mark the game very simply must be as balanced as possible.

For a high Inventivity mark the game should get around problems that other games may have faced before and achieved it well.

For a high Replayability mark the game should be able to be played many many times and still give something new to the player as well for them to enjoy it over and over again.

For a high Object data mark the map should have used custom resources/standard resources well, such as fitting icons, good descriptions and tooltips.

Terrain: 5/5 - Excellent terrain which really complements the gameplay, no places you can get stuck in that I could find within the terrain, although there are a few places which do cause the tank to jolt a bit but that is unavoidable.

Triggering: 5/6 - Almost perfect, but I cannot give top marks to this while it still has waits, there are alternative methods of generating a wait - I suggest you use one.

Originality: 7/10 - I've played quite a few of these before, this one doesn't appear to be too different.

Difficulty: 9/10 - With the dummy ability changed and the smoother controls it makes it much easier to operate once you're used to the controls and can fire while moving.

Inventivity: 3/5 - well, arrow key movements not something you'd call 'original' as such =P

Replayablity: 8/10 - The Controls on the Tank are very smooth although I think it'd be a plus if you could turn on the spot without having to be moving when you do

Object data: 5/5 - Nothing really to say - the object data doesn't factor much into the game therefore is very easily balanced to perfection like this (mainly cos everyone uses the same tank thus must be balanced perfectly)

42/51 - 5/5
Rating - excellent
Vote - approval
+rep - yes

A very high quality map, altough I consider this to be a form of minigame due to the simplicity of the map and thus I would not compare it with larger more complex games.

If you want this Map re-reviewed at a later date, simply send a Private message (PM) to me at any time, I will respond when I find time to, in the afore mentioned PM please state wether or not you would like me to overwrite the current review, want me to place it just below the first one, or in a new post.

Why is this needed?

Overwritten:
- You won't be able to see your review history
- You won't be prompted in your usercp
- Cannot confuse other people by which review matches the current

Placed below:
- History will be easily seen
- Reviews will be cept together
- You won't be prompted in your usercp

New post:
- You will be prompted by the usercp
- Reivews will be spread out
- May find confusing when trying to find the matching review

 

[Naman]

good concept... map needs work

the map is a good concept, but i think you need to work more on being able to find people. maybe you could add radar ability at start... me and my friend did a 1v1 and drove around for 10 mins trying to find each other. also, it would be nice if u could fire while moving and turn while stopped. when colliding, maybe take 1 dmg? 3/5 for now... could be 5/5

 

[-Kobas-]

Oh you finally uploaded map, nice, I will check it for sure

 

[Falzelo]

Fire when moving? Sorry I can't do that
I fixed the description. I wish it's better now

[edit]: Map updated! Please leave comment
[edit 2]: omg I've found a fatal fault! fixed it

 

[Tha Flamestorm]

A bit off topic but, EDELWEIS! I SWEAR THAT TANK IS EDELWEIST FROM VALKYRIA CHRONICLES!
a bit on topic bug, i am officialy downloading this map for that one reason

 

[Falzelo]

EDELWEIST FROM VALKYRIA CHRONICLES

what the Alpha Omega Blahblahblah is that?
[Edit 1]v1.02 has been released! i've changed many things, and i hope that the map's quality is alot better now
...well... at least that's what i hope
Anyway, feel free to leave comment even complaining about my map. I'll listen to all

 

[elfian]

Where my screenshots at?

 

[Falzelo]

added some screenshots
[edit 1]Oh c'mon... why there is no comment? (

 

[LightRedemption]

Tested the map. It seems there are a lot of things I need to comment about:
- Idea is original enough, the arrow keys movement I've only seen so far from Blizzard's Racing map (forgot the name). Then again I don't play around with too many maps.
- About the camera, see if you can make it move a bit smoother since it's a bit too edgy for me (either that or just the fact that my computer just sucks). Will test out later and edit to confirm
- Try giving the version of the map in the in-game name. This is obviously only a suggestion, but it is useful for those who has multiple versions of the map.
- The coding of the camera & movement system could be made much better, but it's fine the way you do it. Just saying for some efficiency improvement
- There are a couple of small leaks in your coding. Also, the number of triggers can be removed by a lot more if you just use "Event - Add Trigger Event" Action instead.
- State whether your map is open source or not. If it's not, it would be better to protect it.

 

[Falzelo]

v1.02c is now available. Please test my map and leave some marks/comments please

 

[LightRedemption]

Tested again

Notes:
-Some consistency in language would be good
-The camera was tested again. It's great but still a bit edgy
-Getting screenshot is easy with multiplayer, I don't know why you can't do it yourself, but I can always help
-Sounds: I don't know if you have it yet, since I never turn on wc3 sounds anyways. If you haven't, pm me
-About AI, I'd suggest you looking at the Ai Tutorial available on this site.

 

[sniper23]

i like it

 

[Black-kitty]

I think the map looks pretty cool. I meen It worked fine for me. The friends I played it with enjoyed it. A happy game meens no shame! lol good work.

 

[Falzelo]

v1.03 released! Please download, comment and enjoy!

 

[xXxMKDxXx]

Good JoB! KeeP iT uP!
Hope you'll fix / renew / post [here] the map!

:cheers:

 

[Falzelo]

v1.03 released! Please try it out, comment and find out bugs/glitches for me please!

 

[noob]

too slow

this mod use exicively fast loops who make lag TerrRRRRRRrrrrRRRRrrrrRrrrRRrRRRrrrRRRriiiiIIIiiiiIIIIibbBBBBBBbbbbBLLLlllllLLlllllLLLLYyYyyyYYYyy
my computer is not able to play it also this mod need speed for beeing play correctly so the host is avantaged and this mod is unbalanced beacause of that
If all the connections were instant and the computers infinitly powerfull this mod would be a good mod