Mecha Protectors

[A]mun]

Well sad times, can't be played with 1.35 - the newest update.
Can't even get into lobby.

 

[ThompZon]

Well sad times, can't be played with 1.35 - the newest update.
Can't even get into lobby.

Damn, I hoped that it'd work. Maybe I'll get my "latest patch"-installation up and running to try it out and see if I can make it work...

Edit: Unsure if I can upload it while the contest is still ongoing though. I don't know the policy for updates after the competition window, but I'll at least give it a shot and maybe upload an "alternate version" if I can manage to make it work. I hoped to try it out during the competition-window, but I made a final boss instead xD

 

[ThompZon]

Well sad times, can't be played with 1.35 - the newest update.
Can't even get into lobby.

So, I managed to get it to run on latest version, but it requires a minor edit in the map.
Due to this being a competition, I cannot do that, but if you open the map, Open trigger editor, enable JassHelper + VJass if you don't have it already, Look for the folder "ImportedSystems/Damage Engine/" and open the "Damage Engine"-trigger. Scroll down roughly one "page" where you see the a line of:
//===========================================================================

Slightly below that, I have the "Bribe" suggested solution to make Damage Engine work on 1.31-version, defineing "BlzGetEventIsAttack"-function.
If you remove these 3 lines, it will at least start on the latest version:

function BlzGetEventIsAttack takes nothing returns boolean
   return BlzGetEventDamageType() == DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
endfunction

I noticed that the intro was very... Pretty... and that you couldn't spend "cores" to upgrade (I.E. custom UI-buttons was not clickable for some reason). But you could move, attack, dash, open doors, kill enemies, gain cores... I only tested quickly and tried to at least make it run... I'll see if I can make it work 100% correctly...

 

[Cokemonkey11]

As above, map is unplayable without editing it.

@Archian I think it would be fair to allow the map to be patched for 1.35 by the author given that 1.35 was released so close to the contest end date

 

[ThompZon]

@Archian I think it would be fair to allow the map to be patched for 1.35 by the author given that 1.35 was released so close to the contest end date

The thing is that I developed for 1.31 and if I'd tested in on latest (I didn't have a latest setup at the time) I'd notice it.
It is rather 1.31 vs 1.32+ that is making it not work.

I think I'll do some minor code adjustments to easier support both versions (1.31 and latest) as soon as I'm allowed to upload a new version (and I manage to get it to look decent enough on latest).

 

[WolfFarkas]

Well sad times, can't be played with 1.35 - the newest update.
Can't even get into lobby.

Sad really, a friend told me the same on discord.
Agree with fastest solution,user fix or be played and judged on the compatible version.

 

[ThompZon]

I have some time today, so I'll try to have a fix available so I can upload as soon as I'm allowed. My current idea is that I probably need 2 uploaded maps that have minor adjustments to text-size for the custom UI and damage engine in order to work on both latest and 1.31.

Reason for 1.31 is that there are some strong feelings about 1.32+ among my friends and I want to be able to play with them (although this is currently untested in multiplayer and probably is extremely easy).

Edit: I have something that solves the most critical issues with my Custom UI. Cinematic portraits cover the whole screen and I'm unable to hide them. I'll upload as soon as allowed, but probably this weekend.

 

[ThompZon]

Now that the contest is over, I have a new version with several bug fixes and a constant boolean to switch every major issue caused by latest patch (mostly text-size).
However, currently I have several debug-prints related to a multiplayer-bug, so I'll clean these up soon (this weekend?) and upload how it is then (including this non-resolved multiplayer bug that I can specify further later)

 

[deepstrasz]

Approved based on Mini Mapping Contest #20: Results

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[ThompZon]

Now works on patch 1.31 AND later patches (only tested latest, 1.35).
See Change Log for more details.

Note: Known issue:

• Multiplayer: Mouse location "collisions". Each player gets the mouse-location from the person who moved the mouse last, making it real hard to play at all. I hope to get a solution for it, but currently I'm confused as to why this happens.

 

[A]mun]

Yeah it works alright now!

Targeting was a bit rough (free aiming sometimes better) but manageable.
Got hardlocked out of progress after beating the Broodmother, but dying in the process - the blocking web wouldn't despawn.
Well done overall, could use some custom music (that custom soundset brings in good flair).

 

[ThompZon]

Targeting was a bit rough (free aiming sometimes better) but manageable.
Got hardlocked out of progress after beating the Broodmother, but dying in the process - the blocking web wouldn't despawn.
Well done overall, could use some custom music (that custom soundset brings in good flair).

I've thought about adding targeting indicator on "targeted unit" and more information that left-clicking a unit auto-targets that unit, but haven't had time to do that. You usually need to switch between free-aim and target-aim to get what you want. Target-aim is nice because it makes dashing and moving about while firing easier, but you lose the ability to... Aim

The hard-lockout is my bad, didn't experience it myself in any playthroughs and didn't think about it... Oops...

I agree about music. I have bought some DRM-free from some humble bundles that I could use, but haven't gotten around to find something suitable and put it in.

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I have strongly considered adding at least 2 more "basic attacks" and allowing you to have 2 available at the time (something like a right-click to change one out, with an energy-cost and cooldown attached when swapping attacks)
The attacks would be a:

• "shotgun" that fires 5 or 7 projectiles (depending on how it feels) in an arc with a higher cooldown (3 seconds?) and energy requirement. Damage per projectile would be lower than the existing attack, but hitting something between 3-4 of them on the same target would result in equal or higher damage. Of course, you can use other attacks and abilities during this cooldown.
• "auto-fire" rapid-fire that should get more powerful when doing many attacks in a row (for example, each attack adds +X "Speed" (cooldown reduction) for this ability only, building up to higher and higher values that resets after 1.5 seconds of not attacking).

Probably these are found in the world and more can be added later. I like the idea of being able to adapt and try different "weapons" out.

Also, of course, I have like 4 "abilities" thought out, but we'll see if they ever get done (depends on inspiration etc.).

 

[ThompZon]

Version 1.2.0 has been released
See Change Log for more details.

Highlights are:

• Multiplayer bugfix, the mouse controller no longer "collide" with other players
• Target Indicator for current target
• Custom music by MelNefys
• Multiplayer difficulty-scaling

 

[Eat_Bacon_Daily]

Hey tried this today with some friends, looked really fun and polished, but we encountered multiple desyncs, could never make it past the starting room

 

[ThompZon]

Hey tried this today with some friends, looked really fun and polished, but we encountered multiple desyncs, could never make it past the starting room

Thank you for reporting this.
I'll need to check a few details and try to reproduce it myself, but otherwise I'll ask if I can get a log or something.

 

[ThompZon]

Hey tried this today with some friends, looked really fun and polished, but we encountered multiple desyncs, could never make it past the starting room

With 1.2.2 I have now fixed 2 sources of desync that I could find. I couldn't make a desync happen in my testing, but then again, I didn't test with higher latency than my LAN.