The Battle of Midway Island
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One thing that has helped me not get "stuck" on mesh maps is rounding the numbers to say three decimal points. I find that floating point values like 123.45e-15 cause issues on some platforms. I have had _way_ fewer issues with players getting stuck and mesh alignment since I modified modeltool to round to three decimal points.
This may be the source of some of the bugs that have been mentioned. Just a thought...
Great map btw.
This may be the source of some of the bugs that have been mentioned. Just a thought...
Great map btw.
Joe B, no it isn't possible, and no it would be fun for mabey the first time. BUT, if you always get killed by a world weapon you would sign off pretty fast, and we are trying to make it more playable and not do the opposite of it...
Thought it isn't possible, cause world weapons can't lock on i guess (i m pretty happy about that).
Thought it isn't possible, cause world weapons can't lock on i guess (i m pretty happy about that).
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Technically, I guess you could use drawinfo and some really accurate world weapon delays. You could add a clear arc inside with physics that made you rotate to simulate a solid, moving turret. I'd imagine the bullets would get out of sync with the turret though.Joe B wrote:I'm not entirely sure this is possible, but it would be cool if the deck guns could pivot and fire at people.
Joe B
And I believe drawinfo only makes things rotate in a circle, not oscillate back and forth. So the turrets would have to make 360° spins on the deck, and the barrels would probably collide with the superstructure.
As cool as it would be, it's a lot of work for something that's not very effective.
you wouldn't always get killed, sure it tracks you but the guns(most of them) have slow reload time and on midway you have wings, easy to dodge.Marzipan wrote:Joe B, no it isn't possible, and no it would be fun for mabey the first time. BUT, if you always get killed by a world weapon you would sign off pretty fast, and we are trying to make it more playable and not do the opposite of it...
Thought it isn't possible, cause world weapons can't lock on i guess (i m pretty happy about that).
The unofficial bz flag map explorer, my home port is missile war 2, tell me if you want to take a tour.
as i said, it would drop down playability to a minimum ...
The tank speed hopefully will be changed, so that it would take some skill to dodge bullets.
But you would get killed way too often, for a playabl map.Joe B wrote:
you wouldn't always get killed, sure it tracks you but the guns(most of them) have slow reload time and on midway you have wings, easy to dodge.
The tank speed hopefully will be changed, so that it would take some skill to dodge bullets.
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Ok, i thought you meant, that the bullets would lock on you, but they already fire bullets?Joe B wrote:
as I said, the map has wings, and the guns fire normal shots, not gms at you, it's just like dodging normal shots
But with the turn thing, omg, that would be quiet a massive code and test thing... It's possible, but ... it's needless...
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I would say wow, if it would be playableall i can say is
WOW
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I know you're kidding Marzi, but I have always liked the map as CTF. It is not easy, you have to pay attention when when you first spawn so you don't land in the water. I don't think it was meant to be easy.Marzipan wrote:I would say wow, if it would be playable ;)
If there are a group of people that work together the strategy aspect of the map becomes hugely important:
Put the team flag on one of the flanking ships.
Place 2 or 3 GMs on that ship to guard the flag.
Dedicate 2 or 3 Wingers to attack the opponent's flag which should be similarly guarded.
Keep control of the middle island in case one of the wingers succeeds in grabbing the flags. (battle of midway island, get it?)
Team coordination is key, something that is missing in bzflag.
I think there are many great maps that get written off as unplayable long before they have been given a chance to mature. It is an unfortunate part of the game. I'm looking forward to see what Jef will come up with next.
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i will change it back, should be done shortly
I will think about what Ted said
Edit: I need the latest release of the map as ctf
I think i only got the ones with those bugs...
Edit2: Ok, done Up and running at bzflag3.norang.ca Port 5189 Have Fun
I will think about what Ted said
Edit: I need the latest release of the map as ctf
I think i only got the ones with those bugs...
Edit2: Ok, done Up and running at bzflag3.norang.ca Port 5189 Have Fun
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hm... was it implemented before ?
I don't think so, if so, let me know, i will change that
I don't think so, if so, let me know, i will change that
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hm... i m unsure if that would help the playability anyway
But if Jefreny finds the time to edit the map (what hopefully will be soon), we will see if the kamikaze plugin would make sense
But if Jefreny finds the time to edit the map (what hopefully will be soon), we will see if the kamikaze plugin would make sense
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As Astroman already said: it is already hosted.Nice map! I had considered doing a WWII based map before, but this takes the cake. I am considering hosting it on my server (lsacc.net, will likely be bzflag.lsacc.net), are there any plugins or set command that you recommend for 'best use' of the map?
To your question:
All Informations you need are in the mapfile itself
The Plugins needed, settings etc.
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