Other Battleships Antarctica project

[PureOwnage]

I want to play this nao...

 

[Don]

Nope. Just need more time. School started a few days ago, and I can only work at weekends and during vacations.

Please keep waiting, my friends!

@ vine:
Hmm, I did install a mailing list and sended to it. ( BsArc%[email protected] )
It sent to my account, so please look if it accidentally went to your spam-folder.
If yes, I'll just e-mail again later this day.

I didnt recieve any e-mail, try again?

 

[SerraAvenger]

I got your "verification email" thing, and I replied.

So... I'll just wait.

I received both of them.
I'll just throw out another test mail ( by mailing list ) to check wether the mailing list is working or not.
Also, send mails concerning BsArc allways to the list.
Thanks, Davey

PS: Please also check your spam folders.
I accidentally sent it without title, so it might end up in your spam folder...

Sorry for the inconveniences, Serra

 

[Don]

Still nothing (nor in spam folder)

Are you sure you wrote it correctly?

[email protected]

 

[thewrongvine]

Ok, review.

First thing: The loading screen is nice, but the bottom-line of text is blocked out by the "Loading" bar.

Why is there a Harbor AND a Kontor? Oh, the Harbor is for hiring units, my bad, lol.

One thing: I love <3 how ships are all equal in cost, and it depends on how you play and what your ships are. Those other BShips with like some that cost 1000 and others that cost 9000 are pretty rigged - just get the best one. Anyway, very nice ideas, original, too. :thup:

I see that many of the abilities are not done yet... you should work on those before the other systems so at least you have a quick showcase for questions and stuff. Er, how do you upgrade the weapons?

MAJOR BUG: The Weight System/Cargo works as it should, but it bugs in a few ways. First of all, you don't even have enough cargo to carry more than 2 weapons, let alone get recipes. Secondly, if you drop the item, the cargo doesn't go down!

Not too much to test, but it was pretty cool anyway. Good luck! :thup:

 

[Don]

Ok, review.

First thing: The loading screen is nice, but the bottom-line of text is blocked out by the "Loading" bar.

Why is there a Harbor AND a Kontor? Oh, the Harbor is for hiring units, my bad, lol.

One thing: I love <3 how ships are all equal in cost, and it depends on how you play and what your ships are. Those other BShips with like some that cost 1000 and others that cost 9000 are pretty rigged - just get the best one. Anyway, very nice ideas, original, too. :thup:

I see that many of the abilities are not done yet... you should work on those before the other systems so at least you have a quick showcase for questions and stuff. Er, how do you upgrade the weapons?

MAJOR BUG: The Weight System/Cargo works as it should, but it bugs in a few ways. First of all, you don't even have enough cargo to carry more than 2 weapons, let alone get recipes. Secondly, if you drop the item, the cargo doesn't go down!

Not too much to test, but it was pretty cool anyway. Good luck! :thup:

Err, serra said Upgrading was disabled because you could only do it with recipes.

Yarr, i'll test as soon as i get WCIII bak uppppppp :thup:

 

[PureOwnage]

Just to tell, the loading screen is a bit blurry...

 

[SerraAvenger]

Just to tell, the loading screen is a bit blurry...

Try to add one that's not blurry without getting +4 MB in Map Size I had to scale it down to 640*480, sadly.

Sephirot sent me a version that does not hide the text under the loading bar a couple of months ago, just that I didn't see any reason to implement it as of yet.

@Vine: Thanks a lot for finding the bug in the cargo system! Great help that is : ) I'll fix it asap.

> I love how all the ships have equal cost
Too bad, but in the current planning, there will be ships for 7k and 16k too.
Perhaps I'll take your suggestion into consideration and remove these in a tournament version.
However, it won't be as hard to decide getting a better ship as it was in other versions ( In normal BS, I just bought an interceptor and that would do fine ); The Bigger ships have a higher cargo load and are thus required in order to get bigger weaponry.


Also, I'll change the text of these Hired ships to something that shows that these are creeps, and not heroes. Say_No_To_War blamed me for not doing that ; )

Best regards, Davey

EDIT:

Err, serra said Upgrading was disabled because you could only do it with recipes.

Yarr, i'll test as soon as i get WCIII bak uppppppp :thup:

Nope^^
Upgrading is disabled becouse I haven't done the "Event - Unit starts using an item, Condition - Item is upgradeable. Action - Upgrade the item if player has enough gold" Trigger. The upgradescript itself is added though.
Recipes are disabled becouse you combine upgraded weapons, and thus... Well, see above.

EDIT: Added the trigger.

scope UpgradeOnClick initializer INIT
globals
    private constant trigger Upgrader = CreateTrigger()
endglobals

private function Upgrader_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    local item trigItem = GetManipulatedItem()
    local unit trigUnit = GetTriggerUnit()
    if GetItemTypeUpgradeId( GetItemTypeId( trigItem ) ) != - 1 then
        call UnitAddItem( trigUnit, Upgrade( trigItem, GetOwningPlayer( trigUnit ) ) )
    endif
    set trigItem = null
    set trigUnit = null
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function INIT takes nothing returns nothing
    call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ( Upgrader, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_USE_ITEM )
    call TriggerAddAction( Upgrader, function Upgrader_Actions )
endfunction
endscope

Also fixed 2 bugs with the cargo system, now It works the way it should.
I'll just add all the other weapons, and then I'm almost done! // not taking into consideration the TradeSys :/

 

[SerraAvenger]

EDIT: @Any mod that reads this: Please Remove this post.
Thanks.

 

[SerraAvenger]

@ All Betatesters: I've sent you the Bank/Taxes system.
Please check multiplayer compability. Also sent me a msg if you didn't get the mail within next week. Thanks.

 

[Orei]

If you remember me from earlier today, kudos to you, if not, I think I remember you inviting me to betatest...
(I can't host, though.)

Yeah. Just a few thoughts, in order that they pop into my head.

1) Hirelings? [Oooh. Sins of a Solar Empire suddenly popped into my head. Maybe have pirate raids that happen once in a while and attack a team depending on how much bounty they paid on the other team? Blergh. It'd be like, high-powered creeps, 'cept you'd have to pay for them. Although later on, they'd just become another source of income.]
2) Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. D:<
3) Consumables
4) Layable mines. Or do you already have those?
5) More penguins.
6) A penguin village.
7) Since you have flyers, some weapons that can't target those flappity things in the sky would be cool. But then you'd be chased around the map by creeps.
8) I remember seeing this feature on a battleships spin-off or something - they had a locking-on mechanism that locked weapons onto one ship at a time.

Well. That's all for now.

Ciaos.

 

[SerraAvenger]

If you remember me from earlier today, kudos to you, if not, I think I remember you inviting me to betatest...
(I can't host, though.)

Yeah. Just a few thoughts, in order that they pop into my head.

1) Hirelings? [Oooh. Sins of a Solar Empire suddenly popped into my head. Maybe have pirate raids that happen once in a while and attack a team depending on how much bounty they paid on the other team? Blergh. It'd be like, high-powered creeps, 'cept you'd have to pay for them. Although later on, they'd just become another source of income.]
2) Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. D:<
3) Consumables
4) Layable mines. Or do you already have those?
5) More penguins.
6) A penguin village.
7) Since you have flyers, some weapons that can't target those flappity things in the sky would be cool. But then you'd be chased around the map by creeps.
8) I remember seeing this feature on a battleships spin-off or something - they had a locking-on mechanism that locked weapons onto one ship at a time.

Well. That's all for now.

Ciaos.

Hiho : )
1) There allready are hired creeps ( the normal creeps can be hired in the side harbors )
2) Sure sure sure ; )
3) Consumables as in Repair Wood or as in Potion? Running back to base can be a pain in the neck, so stacking consumables will most probably not be included.
4) Yupp
5) + 6) Allready done ; )

Spoiler

7) As there is only one flying creep every 40 seconds anyway, that will not be implemented
8) I have planned doing this for fast weapons ( cooldown < 0.2 ), as it simply will look cooler.

 

[Orei]

Yes!
Penguins!
They've already begun taking over the world. :]

As for consumables, I was thinking about things like potions, and, say, insta-revives or something.

 

[SerraAvenger]

As for consumables, I was thinking about things like potions, and, say, insta-revives or something.

Tripple N:
Nope, nothing like that. Not as yet.
Tripple R:
I'm sorrry ; D

@ Everyone: I would like to get a list of features you want to see in Bs Arc!
Features = Things like -ms => Shows your movespeed, a zoomer, a multiboard etc.

Current features are:
Red things are on todo list
If only parts of it are red, means that the system that does this has been created, I just need to input data to it.
- Zoomer ( player can zoom in / out )
- Statsshower: Your ships stats are Free cargo; Movespeed and Bounty when killed
- Kills/Deaths multiboard
- A bank account you can either put money on or off. With interest rate and stuff.
- A "balance" multiboard that shows your incomes + your expenses with where they went / come from*, the money on your bank and your total gold ( bank + gold )

- Command codes to lend other players money. Will turn up in balance.
- Helpfiles that help you on certain things**

If you want any of the multiboards to show other things, too, just ask for 'em here.

Thanks for your help all, Davey

*Currently, most of the income is marked as Earnings P:. Will be changed to "Creeps", "Kills", "State" and "Players"
**@Betatesters: Please give me input on what I need to point out to players, or things that were unclear

 

[PureOwnage]

Lol. I'm so bored...
Good luck!

Can you post a list of abilities yet?

OFFTOPIC (But ONTOPIC really): Any betatester weapons?

 

[Don]

Sorry i couldnt beta test allready, i was kinda busy i needed to do other stuff, tonight ima beta test and give news, i'll try to point out goodies and badies..

A grrr!

 

[SerraAvenger]

Can you post a list of abilities yet?

Currently, you need to be content with the list of 25% of weapons.
Also, for Betatester weapons... Would be really nice if you could retrieve your specs for me. I can't find them in this eleven page thread, sorry ; )

@All betatesters: Some of you didn't send me their e-mail! Please do that before christmas
EDIT: Also you ingame name would be preferred! ( for adding as betatester )

 

[thewrongvine]

Do you remember my email? Because I don't... seriously.

Battle.net East: thewrongvine
Battle.net West: thewrongvine (go figure, lol)

 

[PureOwnage]

My ingame name is theBOMB001.

EDIT:
Weapon:

Weapon name / description: Pure Atom Owning Cannon
Damage: 500 damage
Cooldown: 3 seconds
Range: 700
Allowed targets: All
Skill? (Yes)

Skill
Name: Atom Bomb
Damage: Highest damage ever..... *gasp*
Cooldown: 10 mintutes
Splash: 1200 AOE

EDIT the EDIT: Edited it a bit.

 

[SerraAvenger]

My ingame name is theBOMB001.

EDIT:
Weapon:

EDIT the EDIT: Edited it a bit.

Ummm... You could just buy one of these and use it on the enemy main harbor using a spyship^^
Too imba ; D

    Pure Atom Ownage Cannon (5050): 'I00E'
     Damage   :   500
     Cooldown :     3
     Range    :   750
     Dps      :   166
     Weight   :    41
     Rating   : 1.11188
      Shop     : Light Weapons;[2,2] 

    +  2695 ---> Pure Atom Ownage Cannon ( upgrade ) (7745): 'I00I'
         Damage   :  1000
         Cooldown :     4
         Range    :   750
         Dps      :   250

that is without the skill.