Yixx vs Eccho

[Eccho]

The Hive Workshop

Challenge

1. Copy this form in its entirety.
2. Create a new thead in THW's Challenge Submission forum. The theme and challenger/opponent's name should be in the title.
3. Complete the information in each field below the underlined categories.
4. Do not alter the document in any other way.
5. Improperly completed requests may be rejected.

• Challenge results must be bug-free.
• Copy and paste techniques are not permitted.
• No exports from other games are acceptable.

Challenge Theme:

Subject:
Spell Scripting

Theme:
Make a spell for the Mountain Giant


Challenger:
Yixx

Opponent(s):
Eccho

Challenge Duration:
5 days


Proposed Reputation Award:
10 reputation points


Challenge judging:
Judge: Dr Super Good


Map-specific conditions:
* Spell must follow the Spell Rules as stated here: Link
* The Spell must be made fully during this challenge, no parts of the spell may be made before this challenge starts.
* Systems like TimerUtils may be used, if approved by both challengers.
* A dummy.mdx is allowed as an import.

 

[Yixx]

Hope it gets approved.
But still: Good Luck ^^

 

[Eccho]

You too Yixx

 

[HFR]

What's the theme?

btw, good luck for both.

 

[~Void~]

What's the theme?

btw, good luck for both.

Theme:
Make a spell for the Mountain Giant

That.

 

[xxdingo93xx]

Ohhh I'm excited what this will gonna be ..

 

[Eccho]

Hah, yeah, we're just waiting for an approval I guess (I know I forgot to tell that it was a spell challenge in the main thread name..)

 

[Paladon]

Ohhh I'm excited what this will gonna be ..

Me too.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Optimization/protection:
Protection is not Allowed, as well as Optimization

Imports allowed:
No

Seems kind of pointless as they are already in the spell rules which you agree to folow.

Anyway I do agree to judge this in an as non biased way as possiable.

 

[Eccho]

Okay, fixed, and thanks for the confirm.

 

[Yixx]

Lol, thanks DSG, i didnt think of that when filling in the form .
So is this challenge up for approval?

 

[Eccho]

Oh... Yixx, is it ok to import that special dummy.mdx you know?

 

[Azeroc]

Good luck you two.

 

[xxdingo93xx]

Oh... Yixx, is it ok to import that special dummy.mdx you know?

Ye - *caugh* *take over Yixx's voice* Uhm, I mean - yes you are allowed.

 

[Eccho]

yeah, I spoke with him on the chat, and he agreed. Seems like Yixx didnt use the dummy.mdx before

 

[Yixx]

Lol, ya i agreed. Well, i hope this challenge will start soon, as for next week friday i will be heading to Jordan, without any computer/internet connection. So we either have to start this now, or wait until i am back. When will you go on vacation Eccho?

 

[Eccho]

I have vacation already you know, my vacation will probably end arounf 21st of August when I am moving out.

 

[Yixx]

Then, i guess we should ask a Mod to approve this quickly, so we can start! (And maybe reduce the time to 5/6 days?)

 

[Eccho]

You mean you leave next week, next Friday? Hm yeah 5 days is ok by me as well.

 

[Yixx]

Yeah, not tomorrow, but the week after, i will leave for Jordan, for 2 weeks. So i hope this gets approved quickly, so i can finally use my ideas!

 

[Eccho]

I've vm'd Gilles. Let's hoope he reply today ._.

I have another issue tho. Even though I turn off DEP (Data execution Protection) on my vista64, it keeps blocking me from using testmap from jngp. Ill live with it though, its just a pain in the ass.

 

[Yixx]

Sucks, but if there is no solution, there is no use trying to do something about it, right?
Anyway, i hope i can start tomorrow/tonight. This idea just rules, i think xD

 

[Gilles]

Approved. Moved to Challenge section.

 

[Eccho]

Thanks

 

[Rmx]

Good luck to you both

 

[Yixx]

Ok, question: Should we post WIP's of the code? Or just the map once it is all done?
BTW: 3rd day today, right? Or is this 2nd?

 

[Eccho]

I think the to and on the day of 28th (tuesday) is allowed.

I could imagine wip pictures I have none yet though.

 

[Yixx]

Ok, tuesday seems fine to me.
I got some critique from a friend, and it was lame xD
So im gonna start over (keep the old code though)

 

[Eccho]

^_^oh rly? What did he say?

 

[Yixx]

that it needs more creativity. and that it is bad xD
But i was so happy my code worked that i was blind for the lameness of the spell lol

 

[Eccho]

Creativity, yeah, thats something I still need. Hope I've solved it after today.

Edit: In case you need one Yixx, here is a good handle checker utility.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin_data/uwvu11/_files/Handle Checker.w3x

 

[Yixx]

It checks for HandleCount? Or what? And what should it be used for anyway?

 

[Eccho]

Checking leaks. If you see that checking always going upwards when testing your spell, you have a leak somewhere. It will always go up in first tries, but sooner or later it should stop and being pretty stable on a fixed max value

 

[Yixx]

Wip:

WIP

To be Continued....

EDIT: Thank Paint for Crappy Quality!

 

[Eccho]

Baseball smash

I hope you add some nice shatter effects

Edit:
wip posted. I will ofc remove those debug shit and the tooltip and icon should be modified.

 

[Yixx]

Omg looks nice! Seriously nice!
BTW: You just substracted 0x100000 from the Handle Counter?

 

[Eccho]

Yeah I did. Thought those extra 0x100000 was not needed

 

[Rmx]

Omg nice Picture Dynasti ... i am begining to notice that it looks like Hanky Vast Plain.

Still it isn't finished and i am hoping you make a nice spell.

And about the Debug Messaged ... i loled and Roflmao to hell

 

[Eccho]

Rmx, no one here is called Dynasti, lulz

It looks like Hanky's vast plain D:? I had no idea. I thought that was a trap spell with blue lasers.

 

[Rmx]

Rmx, no one here is called Dynasti, lulz

It looks like Hanky's vast plain D:? I had no idea. I thought that was a trap spell with blue lasers.

Lol sorry maybe at 2 am in night i must have been mistaken or Shit minded, anyway it is not like vast plane of hanky, it is the same concept lifting up unit, but hanky is not with rocks that is for sure

 

[Eccho]

Okay, here is my submission. Yixx has indeed 3 hours to submit his, but if he can't make it, Ill have the patience no matter what that would mean. I just he will show up today at some time.

The map/spell requires at least JNGP 5b.
It has one utility not made by me and that is Group Utils. Credits to Rising_Dusk and Captain Griffen for that one.

The map is saved for v1.24. The only thing which should not be incompatiable here is the Group Utils, since it first used regular typecasting with the return bug. For this saved version, it has been replaced with GetHandleId(h) instead of return h, return 0. Change that in order to make it to work with v1.23

Like this eh (bleeeh Rmx):

private function H2I takes handle h returns integer
     return GetHandleId(h)
endfunction

private function H2I takes handle h returns integer
     return h
     return 0
endfunction

~Eccho~

 

[Rmx]

I tried playing it ... and changed GetHandleID(h) with " return h, return 0 " doesn't work :S

 

[Eccho]

-.-'

 private function H2I takes handle h returns integer
     return GetHandleId(h)
endfunction

private function H2I takes handle h returns integer
     return h
     return 0
endfunction

no?

 

[Rmx]

Ok ... Spell review ...

Idea - 3.8 / 5

Theme - 4.6 / 5

Coding - ? / 5 let us make it 4 / 5

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.8 + 4.6 + 4 = 12.4 / 15 = 24.8 / 30

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The spell itself is weak ! srsly jumping rock i tought you were going to do better

Anyway ...

How to Improve : Increase the rocks . and make the unit fly on the rocks .. but not half in them ...

Make shadow for the Rocks ... OMG Rocks flying giant rocks without shadow :S

And about the spell .. well i think it should get lower sorry

 

[Eccho]

Lolwut...

The spell itself is seriously imba, once you get a direct hit. You might have as well not noticed that units that survive the first jump impact damage is stunned and swooped in the air along with the rock chunk.

Increase the rocks? Like what? Size, shadow, damage?
Units still fly half in the rocks? Thats weird, alter the constants then.
Shadow for the rock, sure, but then again, that dummy can't be used for everything.

The spell should get lower than what? Speak up...

You hope I could do better? Yeah its not usual that my code ends up being arounf 400 lines long. Can you do better ?

 

[Rmx]

Increase the rocks ... not there size .. this would be more lovely.

also the spell is not so Imba ... the spell reminds me of hanky vast plane :S don't know why ? :S:S

 

[Eccho]

I still dont get it. Be more specific when you say "Increase the rocks".... With what D: D:???

Edit: Damn you Yixx, were are you :7

 

[Dr Super Good]

A 1.24 entry.....

Well I will wait until both submissions are submitted or until the patch before trying out your entry. Which ever happens sooner.

This is because currently one of the submissions are missing so I would have to view both at a later time anyway and it is a lot of effort to go through patching and then unpatching.

Also you may have to check the deadline or atleast come to an agreement, as Eccho probably will automatically win as there is no challenging entry to his.

 

[Eccho]

I said before, that I am willing to wait a while, but I really hope he shows up asap.

Also DSG, the only thing which is 1.24 is the group util. All you have to do is to change the typecasting function there

 

[Yixx]

sorry sorry sorry D:,,
shit day yesterday. Though i know excuses are not in place, for i am inrevoccably late.
But here it is: Rock Smash by Yixx,,

Sorry for the Not much Eye-candy =\