Tribes at War

[Moderator]

08:10, 26th Jun 2011
-Kobas-:
Status: Rejected

 

[Jazztastic]

Review

Quick Review
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+Decently Fun
+Plenty of different unit foruse
+I like how the AI controls all unit fighting. It makes me feel like a general, unable to directly control fights, but able to direct forces
+It was obvious some actual time was spent making this map. The ideas are not (entirely) original, but it is kindof unique. It's like a WMW if you just auto sent units

-Leaks all over the place. Tons and tons of leaks
-Unable to play single player. You can't get money without killing other units. Consider adding a flat bonus each round timer
-Round timer was too long
-Terrain was terrible
-Ramps with towers were not wide enough. All too often I'd have a group or knights that would slowly get killed one by one while doing practically no damage to the tower, because the ramp wasn't big enough
-No directions on how to play except loading screen. Include information in an in-game quest


Endnotes: This is too fun of a map to not get approved. I'd say 2/5 with approval. It's decently fun, and the game works, but there are tons of leaks and stuff that weighs it down. Fix leaks, terrain, timer, a little balancing, and pathing.

I vote for Approval

 

[-Kobas-]

Terrain is way too simple. Can't agree with your review here.
Status: Rejected

 

[Karzama]

Terrain: I am always terrible with terrain. So I'll give it an attempt... not that i know what to add. any tips on that?
Leaks: Such as? I know a problem with defend but i haven't yet worked out how to fix it.
Round Timer: I made it long because of in one of my previous tests units stacked too much and ended up stopping each time they were told to move.
Gameplay Quest: I will add that in the next update.
Ramps: That's easily fixable.

Thanks for the feedback though. I'll make most of those changes then update it

 

[Jazztastic]

Terrain is way too simple. Can't agree with your review here.
Status: Rejected

I agree that the terrain was simple, and I perfectly understand where you're coming from, and the leaks don't help the map either. It's a shame this map got rejected though, it was fun.

Karzama, if you want to learn to make good terrains, practice makes perfect. And a good place to start is this tutorial

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/general-mapping-tutorials-278/natural-environments-96825/

Leaks are data in a map that you didnt destroy after it was used once. When you call any point, it will leak a location unless you destroy the point via custom script. Here's a tutorial our spell mod Bribe wrote.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...quick-tutorial-common-triggering-tips-190802/

I want to see this in the approved section. It's a fun game, and if you fix it, it could be a 4/5 map

 

[Karzama]

So... If I pick a unit group, tell it to go to an already set region. I would hold the group in a variable yes? then clear the variable after they are used? would i need to do anything about the position when it is a normally set position anyway?

 

[Jazztastic]

Unit groups have a special function that can be called.

• Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true

You put this function before the unit group and it automatically destroys the unit group once it is done performing. It is a lot better than simply setting a variable then destroying the unit group. As far as points go, just look up a tutorial. Too much work to explain.