Virus wars development news

[The_Taxidermist]

This thread is where I'll post updates on the developmet of virus wars.

So far I have the basic commands in place as well as most of the units.

Still left to do is:
Unit abilities
Hero challenges
Victory/defeat conditions
debugging

 

[Malufa]

So basically you have to do almost everything to finish.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

yes

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Have finished a prototype floating text help system. I feel it offers a simple help interface that allows the player to keep track of the battlefield at the same time.

I have also begun adding mass order controls to give better use of the sheer volume of units players can acquire.

 

[Malufa]

My suggestion is to not rely too much on floating text as it gets cumbersome on a screen and can annoy people. Also be sure to make a way for the player to disable floating text so that they need not worry about the stuff you keep. Put most of the information in the quests section for simplicity.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

simplicity perhaps, but it means a lack of awareness in a game where power changes rapidly.

The map if of good size and the help text is brief. I don't think i need to worry about crowding the screen. as for turning it off. that will probably be in the control of the hosting player.

 

[Malufa]

Bad idea, here is why:

The host allows in newbies to play, disables text, newbies have no idea of what happens, host wins, newbies never play again from frustration.

Thus the best bet is to make it individualized.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

sure why not.
Ill probably put more complex help in the quests tab too.

also couldnt you argue the same case of abuse for ralles kick commands in 40ktd?.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Decided to try and tie in the computer theme more with an eletric pulse running along a track during play, sort of like circitry.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Despite the upgrade system the player with the most viruses was most often the winner. To counter this i have put a food limit in and confugured the triggers to only duplicate viruses if the killing player has enough food remaining. The food limit reaches a maximum of 200 therfore limiting the amount of viruses a player can have to that number.

The creep spawn trigger is set to turn off upon a collective virus count of 300. This will ensure that certain players have a majority virus count like the game intended without giving the player an unfair majority.

 

[Ralle]

what about:
The unit you you kill will spawn as your own unit?

 

[GST_Nemisis]

(removed sounds)

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Ralle: not sure what you mean

GST: you seem to have posted a duplicate of the realplayer in your sig, which i still cant play.

Ive not been around for the past few days and i feel like ive missed something

 

[Ralle]

what I mean is that when you kill one of the enemies unit, then you have a trigger that create (unit-type of (dying unit)) for (owner of (killing unit)) at position of (dying unit)

BTW the topicname: This is where we put updates. There are no updates. Why don't you upload VW to the download section? as beta or something

 

[GST_Nemisis]

GST: you seem to have posted a duplicate of the realplayer in your sig, which i still cant play.

Ive not been around for the past few days and i feel like ive missed something

no its not a duplicate, its a .wav of that simpsons expisode where homer gets really fat for disability and says "all this computer hacking is making me thirsty" because virus wars is sorta like that

 

[The_Taxidermist]

Ralle: It's unprotected atm but i may when i get some of the more serious bugs sorted

GST: Windows media player, got it

 

[Ralle]

but my map was at the internet before it was working..
But remember. Don't protect the source of the map. Only make a protected version so you have two

 

[GST_Nemisis]

lol if you protect the source you will never be able toe dit the map again

 

[Malufa]

Well, it can be hacked into, so it is possible.

 

[teza89]

i can do abilties