Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-13T08:01:48+02:00

It's a good idea but needs to be somehow limited to T1 pgens or T1 pgens and engies. It is part of micromanagement (I always try to setup "escape routes" for my ACU) but it's also unfair to Aeon and Seraphim since they don't have an engineering station to avoid the "ACU humping." Plus it would be annoying selecting the right target if their ACU is hiding or just passing through a building

Statistics: Posted by Gunseng — 13 Sep 2011, 08:01

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-12T15:35:26+02:00

i dont think thats a good idea. Its a part of micromanagement not to get stuck at buildings. ACU walking through buildings == lame. An extra waypoint for the ACU should be enough to walk around the pgens

Statistics: Posted by Kryo — 12 Sep 2011, 15:35

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T16:26:27+02:00

We'd have to create a new unit type and hope that the pathing is done in lua. I can check this out.

Statistics: Posted by Gowerly — 11 Sep 2011, 16:26

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T15:27:14+02:00

I don't think there is a way to distinguish....

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 11 Sep 2011, 15:27

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T14:05:25+02:00

Make sure you can not walk over factories with ACU. Otherwise you can stay in middle and units cant hit you? Not sure where the shots are targetted on an ACU, is it the head?

Statistics: Posted by TAG_ROCK — 11 Sep 2011, 14:05

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T13:44:37+02:00

Also, in the supcom beta, the UEF ACU used to be Massive... and could kill other ACUs by walking into them, it was hilarious

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 11 Sep 2011, 13:44

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T13:43:14+02:00

Gowerly, I checked this... I think you just have to set it to 'EXPERIMENTAL' because the fatboy is not massive (does not damage any enemies it runs over)

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 11 Sep 2011, 13:43

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T13:05:50+02:00

That's just setting them to "Massive" I think. You'll just have to make sure that they don't crush everything they step on, though.

Statistics: Posted by Gowerly — 11 Sep 2011, 13:05

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-11T12:54:35+02:00

hum this is a pretty big change :O
pgen maybe, but it would really annoy me if it can walk over the walls, over any other building than pgen.

Statistics: Posted by Lu_Xun_17 — 11 Sep 2011, 12:54

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-10T16:00:49+02:00

Hmm. I'd have to double check the code, but this should be possible... to give acus to same movement as experimentals... where if they can't find a way around something they kinda barge through it.

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 10 Sep 2011, 16:00

Re: Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-10T11:39:47+02:00

Good idea, but I think we should only make the ACU to be able to walk over pgens and stuff. I remember trying to run away from an air snipe to get under shields only to find my commander humping everything he sees along the way.

Statistics: Posted by TAG_ROCK — 10 Sep 2011, 11:39

Pathfinding suggestion

2011-09-09T14:32:43+02:00

Its not actually a balancing thing, but I think it fits in here better than in the bug report section.

I had an idea yesterday: how about making engis and the acu walk/drive through t1 pgs, as they often walk/drive 5 times around a pg, or get stuck, or need hours to do what you actually told them for whatever reason.

The only problem imo is that you maybe could hide engis in pgs then.

Statistics: Posted by Karottenrambo — 09 Sep 2011, 14:32