Topic: Technical Ideas
Nordfriese |
Posted at: 2020-09-17, 06:36
Having each building check for enemy soldiers nearby might become performance-hungry (don't know how exactly it's being handled currently). But the soldiers themselves could, while walking to an attack, check whether they are on enemy territory and this territory is being seen by its owner (which is efficient), in which case they trigger the sending of an attack message to their enemy. No need to keep the internal mechanisms logical as long as the result is correct Top Quote |
the-x Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2020-09-17, 10:05
Sounds very logical i like that Idea. Time should be maximized with players reacting to the attack. I dont want to hear the sound thinking 2 second if dismantle and then the building gets destroyed and all the territory just gone to the enemy. This is crucial. Imagine your building your bakery, checking your coal mine calculating if you go to stone mine or expanding, hearing the sound - even if you hear it and not being lost in your thoughts it is very stressfull then even if you mange to locate where the attack is happening right now two secons later all your buildings burn cause you didnt stress yourself right now. We need this to make widelands more enjoyable, we can create a nice gameplay experience where you can dream and think about your buildings in the same time like tactical discussion. What I see at the moment is so much waiting for your build order being created, your first coal, your first soldiers come to the game but if someone attacks you it gets immediatly stressful and you have to react in a second and do not have any time to think "tactical Ideas". We need so enlarge this time you can think if you push tzhe other side or if you just retreat and dismantle. And now think of you being attacked at 3 places at the same time. gg - that means the game is over Top Quote |
hessenfarmer |
Posted at: 2020-09-17, 11:51
I agree on the part of the internal mechanism (i.e. the result matters not the solution does to reflect outside world. Top Quote |
Nordfriese |
Posted at: 2020-09-17, 16:18
Yes just letting each attacking soldier check frequently whether he's being seen by his enemy would be enough, and also have good performance. For the message spam, we have a timeout mechanism already that can supress the sending of many similar messages in one area for a while. Top Quote |