Ryoko TD 2.0 - Another Beta test

[SD_Ryoko]

Featuring Mind

Please test my map.

1. Please test more than one race.
2. Please leave feedback about anything you want in this thread.
3. Please test it more than once.
4. Please notice difficulty problems and overall game balance.
5. Please test the new abilities of the towers, one for each race.
6. If possible, attach a replay of your tests.
7. This map will not play more than one player.

Remember, you'll make much more money in single player mode, due to lack of competition, so keep that in mind.

Download my map here.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Anyone?

 

[Death Knight]

I'm going to test it tomorrow.

 

[Pronoun]

When I try to click on the map to where I would select players and what-not, I get a fatal error...

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Ah, probobly that mini map crap again.

I'll remove it and re upload later tonight.

Bummer.

 

[Mind]

I'll test your map when I have the chance… And eventually modify the map myself, with your permission.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

I fixed it. Please re download and test.

 

[vito]

I'll test it as soon i can that means in abot half hour...
i finished last uor map several times and i will do so agen....
i can be trusted

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Mind, I've got some bad news.

The copy of the map I sent you runs fine.

But every time I try to play your new copy, it crashes. Hard. Blue screen of death, memory dump, windows recovery, checkdisk, the whole works.

I don't know what would cause this problem.

I like the changes. Except for the portals. They are nice, but I've been accused of ripping of Skibis, and he used portals. So I avoided using them totally.

[edit]

It crashes JUST before the blue bar makes it to the finish line.

 

[Darg]

hmm, thats possibly related to invalid data in an object editor field. Mind was working on object editor stuff right?

re: mini-map in game setup screen

I keep forgetting to upgrade to 1.17 and seeing if mini-maps behave differently, I'll make it a priority.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Normally maps crash and go back to the desktop. This is in no way the case. This is serious computer death.

Yeah I still have no luck with that. I opened a map that has a working minimap, and imported it, saved it, and that crashes. Odd indeed.

My only last thought was to put the TGA in my map with an MPQ editor, after everything is all done. Still don't know tho.

 

[vito]

i was testng your map....
reacht lvl 20 without life lost.....
air have crushed me like bug(IMBA)....
played only once so there is not much to tell...
sow minigames models changet....nice


but i think Tower power is not worth its cost.... i wil exsplain later school call...

 

[Pronoun]

Wow, a very sweet TD indeed. I played as Earth, got owned by the Faerie Dragons. I played again as Water and beat the game. I leaked some on air, but overall it was fun. Just earlier tonight I was thinking how boring TD's can get (Iwas thinking this while going to the bathroom during a TD I was playing.) But your use of mini games is entertaining. It couldn't hurt to have more, but I'm sure it's a lot of work and I suppose you have enough that each one is played once through the course of the game. I like how you can upgrade all the towers (except for the final ones). I enjoy upgrading; it makes mazing easier by not having to sell what is now obsolete. I also like that you display the plot of land to which the units move. It allows for some wicked hooks, which is the reason why I think I did so well. Of course, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. More races might be nice too. Five is a fair number, but especially for a TD as fun as yours, it would really boost the replay value I think. I noticed the hero building aspect. While I'm sure you can incorporate it well, I personally don't think it would fit into the game. I always think that in "traditional" TD's heros are just awkward, too weak, too strong, or just not worth it. Of course, its your game, and I have confidence you can pull it off somehow. Anyway, goob job and keep up the great work, I can't wait for the next/final version.

 

[Darg]

hmm, the game crashed somewhere around the end of level 3 / start of level 4. I'll see if I can narrow down the cause.

 

[Mind]

There's nothing wrong with the possibility of having heroes; You're not obligated to buy a hero.

I doubt that anything I adjusted in your map could have made the game crash; I mainly modified the shadows and names of some units and structures.

Please try to fix this bug. There's no need to haphazardly delete my hard work.

Supposedly, the map was not entirely and correctly transfered. I'll send the newer version of the map to you again, this time via e-mail.

 

[vito]

where do u get heroes? In your buildings with ubgrades? there is Buy hero button but when i clict on it ...nothing hapend....

as a said before IMBA AIR especialy fairly drogons
as i said before tower power is not worth its cost..

for 75 gold u can buy a tower with something less than 100 demage... ok this ubgrade icrease demage dealt for each tower with tower power by 6. But if would like to deal with this ubgrade bonus demage equal to 100 u shoud hav e more than 15 towers with tower power!!!!

Im i clear?

neary forgot in mini game scooter race... boat ability dont work..
becouse power end as soon boat move....

 

[Mind]

When you click on the "Buy Hero" button, a number of heroes should appear.

Some models and icons are certainly not worth the space. In fact, the Anachronistic Contraption and Pizza models are the only decent ones.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Vito
The heros were not done yet, and therfore for the test they were removed. Patience is a virtue!

Yes the air levels are hard, especially the farie dragons, which are immune to magic. You may notice anything transparent or ghostly is a killer Most of the intention behind the test is balance, so we'll definetly look into it.

Mind
The image models are very, very small so I wouldn't elimintate.

The monster truck and the pizza box rule, yes.

But the only one I can think of is the alien. But that would really eliminate the aliens game and the alien creep level, which people love.

Its at about 1.0mb now, which is my personal limit for bnet downloads (hey, all stars is 1.6) If we get much more, I'll start stripping

I can't get the newest one to NOT crash. I really, really don't want to discard all these changes! I've been deleting handfulls of objects and trying to load it again, but to no avail. My comp can't take much more.

Darg
If your using the old copy I sent you concerning the tile sets, its because its set to only play one mini game then stop. We have three rev's out since that copy. I'll give you the crasher if you want, but personally my computer can't handle total death anymore. It starting to corrupt system files when it dumps.

Pronoun

Thanks man. We will try to make the heros as cool and balanced as possible, keeping that note in mind. Don't think it will be like Zoator, where the heros are trapped in an arena and a waste of time. They will fly around and mingle in your area, helping your cause.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Vr3nuhm]

About the mapsize... remember if you protect it it will be smaller. So when all is done protect it!! P.S.- Remember to make a copy though!!!

Gonna test it now!!

 

[Mind]

Mind
The image models are very, very small so I wouldn't elimintate.

The monster truck and the pizza box rule, yes.

But the only one I can think of is the alien. But that would really eliminate the aliens game and the alien creep level, which people love.

Its at about 1.0mb now, which is my personal limit for bnet downloads (hey, all stars is 1.6) If we get much more, I'll start stripping

I can't get the newest one to NOT crash. I really, really don't want to discard all these changes! I've been deleting handfulls of objects and trying to load it again, but to no avail. My comp can't take much more.

Sigh.

Then discard it. Eventually, you can make the changes I made again.