Discuss Pirate Tag 1.4b

[ragingspeedhorn]

This thread is for discussion Pirate Tag 1.4b, what do you like/dislike about it? Report bugs, comment, come with fresh ideas and what not.

If you haven't played 1.4b yet then you can download the map here.

 

[Mini-Me]

Some suggestions, I already told some of them in game, but here goes again:

-Display the text message telling to use ILKJ instead of mouse only to the player trying to use the mouse
-This map could use some music, with the file size being only 150kb, there's plenty of room. Nicely compressed tune looping adds maybe 200-400kb only.
-Camping is pretty lame imo. Maybe make it so that you get send back when you hit a wall?
-Powerups! You walk over them and get some sort of bonus. Usable by the land huggers only, you could make some special ones for the pirates too. Example for the land huggers:
Speed bonus (must have ),
Disguise (turns the land hugger into a pirate for short amount of time, but he isnt really caught, if the land hugger runs into a pirate while in disguise he gets caught),
Slow speed (negative powerup, slows you down),
Shield (you cant get caught for short amount of time),
Invisibility (you turn invisible, you can still get caught if you run into a pirate)
And so on....

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Yeah, those power ups or runes as they will probably be will be in the next version, I think I will add 4 different or something like that.

Thanks for the suggestions and yes I will try to do something to prevent camping, perhaps make regions at the very end so if you walk out there a sea monster comes and attacks you

I don't know many pirate like tunes so if you know anywhere where there is a semi short tune then do link me to it!

 

[Jaakko]

When is somebody going to host this so I can test and vote?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I am almost always able to host when I am online, Jacek and other CBS members that you know should also have the map and be able to host.

Anyways just give me a shout and I'll host for you.

 

[Jaakko]

Alright, I'll try asking tomorrow at Clan Cbs channel.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Okay, else just come by THW chat tommorow at around 17:00, I should be around at that time.

 

[Yearight]

The Pirate tag is a little fun tag ofc, but yea needs a bit improvement.
Heres some suggests:

-Pirate ship sailing around the island (i know sailing whas ur idea) and maybe make it shoot some kind of bombs thats pushing people, so if unlucky u get pushd to a pirate, maybe if u want and can make.

Thats all suggests for now.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thanks for the idea, that bomb shooting thing would be cool, perhaps instead of pushing people it would stun them though.

+rep! Thanks for the feedback

 

[Mini-Me]

O ye, display who caught who. Now it says "Mr.X was caught by pirates", say who was the pirate who caught him.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

O ye, display who caught who. Now it says "Mr.X was caught by pirates", say who was the pirate who caught him.

Thats what I told him in chat!

Great map rageing, its really fun!

I dont have any suggestions besides the ones I gave you befor yet, but ill try to think of more.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thanks for the feedback both and the praising words Hereto, much appriciated.

I had actually already thought about doing that Mini, but I forgot about it again, thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Fulla]

Perhaps a few powerups that randomly spawn around the map?

 

[Jaakko]

You must put a pirate song there and a few pirate "Yaarrgh!" yells or something.

 

[Yearight]

LOOK! at the new thread Clan Pirate Tag YARR (Ø.-)

 

[Fulla]

- Sort leaderboard each round
- Possibly add a Zoomout command
- When Pirate first Spawns at startup, give him a temporary movement speed bonus as hes all alone.

 

[Jaakko]

Maybe there could be a net trap pirates can do?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

A net trap would be unfair imo. But a speed increase could easily be done, thanks for the suggestion. I don't like the zooming out thing, I think the camera view should be sort of limited, if you want more overview you can always just take the locked camera off.

Random powerups will appear as runes which will give temporary boosts of different kinds.

What do you mean with the sorting of the leaderboard, Fulla? What is there to sort?

And a song/tune of some kind will come in the near future Jaakko, I just need to find a really good tune that doesn't get annoying in the long run, which is kind of hard, but if you have any suggestions then feel free to post them.

Thanks for the feedback, +rep!

 

[Fulla]

Like Say:
Ppl1 - 0
Ppl2 - 2
Ppl3 - 0
Ppl4 - 1
Ppl5 - 0

becomes:
Ppl2 - 2
Ppl4 - 1
Ppl1 - 0
Ppl3 - 0
Ppl5 - 0

Theres a GUI trigger, Sort Leaderboard by XXX
XXX can be, lots of things, in this case whatever ure using as the score.

This was easier to see whos winning and who we have to gangup on Yarr!!!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Yeah, well, I guess that could be done but I just prefer to have it like p1-p2-p3-p4 etc. so it is sorted that way as people often have the same score anyways.

 

[Yearight]

I trying to find a cool long song so it dosent repeat every half minut... but its pretty hard, well just to say it and i keep looking YARR! (Ø.-)

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I have been thinking about perhaps using the theme from Monkey Island 3, it's long, has no lyrics and is very caribian like.

 

[Mini-Me]

I was thinking that the wc2 theme would work too. Plus it doesnt add file size....

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

That could work aswell, perhaps speed it up a bit?

At any rate, try to listen to MI:3 and tell me what you think of it, if it would fit in or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddBJp7u6vQ&mode=related&search=

 

[Deleted member 126647]

I'd like to point out that I like the hat and hook I saw in the last version I played.

Seriously, I only played it singleplayer to check it out, but judging from the idea and the controls I can imagine it's a very innovative experience when playing online. Good luck with your project raging.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thanks for the support Chriz. and yeah it sure is some nice attachments, the maker must be very talented

 

[RedBlade]

Couldt it be more easy to set movement wsda or there is a certain reason that it is ijkl ?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I might change to WASD, though imo it does not make much different what keys it is. I'll think about it.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Couldt it be more easy to set movement wsda or there is a certain reason that it is ijkl ?

What I allways woundered is why it couldnt be the arrow keys??

 

[Fulla]

Arrows give enormous delay, this way (using abilities) its alittle faster.
I think atleast.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

It is a lot faster. Depending on the host the arrow keys can be ok, if there is an extremely good host they are just fine but if the host are just "ok" or worse then arrow keys can ruin the entire game.

Abilities are almost instant no matter how good or bad the host is.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Arrows give enormous delay, this way (using abilities) its alittle faster.
I think atleast.

Huh, I didnt know arrow keys had any delay...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

They have a lot of delay. Blizzard made arrow key movement in a horrible way.

 

[Nudl9]

If ur going to make more maps to choose between i got one idea for one.
In the middles theres a pirate ship, if the landhuggers get in range of it they will become pirates, and since pirates is already pirates they can use this to travel from place to place.
So its sorta like a train traveling up and down, if u get in front of it there isnt much left of you.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I don't really get it, could you try explaining it to me? Or drawing some kind of map of how you mean this would look like or something?

 

[Sacrimo]

Huh, I didnt know arrow keys had any delay...

They do unless you make a huge filter in jass for it.

Now, I can't host because I don't have a router so can a member help test it with me?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Sure thing, when are you available?

 

[Sacrimo]

Sure thing, when are you available?

all day, pm me and I will pm you.

 

[Nudl9]

I don't really get it, could you try explaining it to me? Or drawing some kind of map of how you mean this would look like or something?

YARR!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Oooh, in that way. Hehh that kind of reminds me of Bomberman for PS1. That game had levels with same little extra things, like driveable minecarts and such.

 

[Nudl9]

Yeah, add tubes to, like teleports!

edit:
Just get some mario tubes!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Haha I might make another Pirate Tag map, like "Pirates Brawl" or something, having a bunch of different little arenas with their own funny twist. But that will have to wait for now

 

[Nudl9]

I got a new better idea for your map:
Instead of using the current point system, you get point for every second.
If you are the only one left and everyone has chasing you for a little while you get more bonus points, like double points.
Also have a funny chasing sound!
Like Benny Hill or something...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

No stupid chasing sound will be included

But the points system idea is a very good one, I might make 2 gamemodes!

 

[Kixer]

Just a point on the coastal terrain.
It gets realy annoying when someone sits in one of those places where its very hard to get at them, now this may be part of the intended gameplay but I think that if you rather use pathblockers all around the coast to make the island circular it would cause player to be running and dodging alot which I believe is the intended gameplay.
But those are just my thaughts...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

There are points where people can access by clicking with the mouse and moving a tiny inch before getting paused, I will make such areas either un-accesable OR if the new walk system, made by MindWorX, actually works without lagging (which we weren't sure about and I can't test it) then that should be fixed and the walking is more straight than what it is now where you sometimes walk to the side instead of directly straight.

Thanks for your concern, whatever any of you have on your minds do shout it out, I am always ready to answer anything you might have thoughts about, complex or not

 

[Steel_Cold]

If its possible, you could add another island, but... make it one big pirate ship that you can run around in

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

I don't know if there are any low-size models around so that I could actually make such a thing, but I do plan to change terrain every now and then in different versions.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

--- Project update! ---

1.5 is coming along great, I have just finnished some different improvements of the map and most of the bugs found earlier has been fixed, what needs to be done now is AI for 1.5 so you can have computer players instead of real players for single player purposes, leaving players and so on.

Hopefully I can have the new version ready for release soon. If you have any more ideas/bugs/suggestions that you would like to have fixed/included in 1.5 then post now! Rep is given for any usefull feedback!

 

[Kixer]

Good to hear rage!
Sorry about not getting back to your earlier... When your ready just send me a copy of v1.5 and I'll get to work on the AI.
It will take some time though, I suggest maybe releasing v1.5 and then adding AI in lets say v1.5b along with bug fixes if nessisary.