[ian-reeds-games] Re: [SPAM] Time of conflict
- From: Vojtěch Polášek <krecoun@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:51:51 +0200
Okay, I will explain it in more detail.
In original Time of conflict, multiple units can't occupy the same
square. Except for cities - there can be more units in cities. and to
make it more interesting, fighters can occupy the same square with other
friendly units I think.
So there is a question, what now;
As I said, I don't want to copy TOc completely, as I read through user
guide I admit that it is not possible, because it is designed to handle
large amounts of units. Units in TOC can be set to follow certain paths,
or to perform some automatic task, which is not possible in TB, but
that's not a problem, that's okay.
Maybe if we could just influence the AI in some way in future... That
would be nice. Through javascript or through some pseudolanguage.
but let's get back to those cities. The thing I want to accomplish is
that infantry would have skill to capture a city. that would mean that I
would use that script for changing teams. My problem is, that I would
like this skill to be usable in only one situation - that there is no
enemy unit standing at the tile with city.
And I ask - can this be done with current scripting capabilities?
And another question for transporting scripts - is it possible to access
units in a transport through scripting without rewriting it from
scratch? Is it possible to use your scripts and manipulate with your
array of transported units?
thank you very much,
Vojta
Dne 19.8.2013 16:03, Allan Thompson napsal(a):
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> I am not much help I’m afraid, but there is a map flag that allows
> enemy units to inhabit the same tile. Does that help you out? I don’t
> know, I thought I would throw it out there, and hope I don’t get
> mocked, grin.
>
>
>
> I was thinking about how wargames would allow a person to stack
> units. Doesn’t time of conflict do this kind of thing too? I am
> wondering how the linking of units together and the movement and all
> that work, if that is in the works, or if it is possible even.
>
> Hope I am not annoying.
>
>
>
> al
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> Polášek
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> Hi,
> Okay, I thought a bit and I need to know several things:
> If an infantry unit wants to capture a city, there mustn't be any
> other enemy unit at the same tile.
> Concerning that, found just one attribute of tile object which seems
> useful:
>
> * Selected of type unit, returns the selected unit or structure on
> the tile, read only
>
>
> I don't use javascript, but I use other programming languages. How is
> this used and what does it return?
> And a question for Ian to consider - how would AI handle thi sort of
> thing - capturing cities? I plan that infantry would have this skill
> and they would have to stand at the same tile as the city to use it.
> Would AI be able to use it efficiently?
> And lastly, could you please explain to me how AI controlled units
> work? I mean those where you can toggle if they are controlled by you
> or AI. Do they work as normal AI - searching for enemies, destroying
> them etc?
> Thank you very much,
> Vojta
>
>
>
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> Dne 19.8.2013 00:59, Niklas napsal(a):
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> Same with me, that's a great idea, would be great if you can make
> both.
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Allan Thompson
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:41 AM
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> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: [SPAM] Time of conflict
>
> My two cents?
> I think that would be awesome! I have never played the game as of
> yet, and I keep promising myself to sit down and try it out, but I
> never get around to it.
> So both a tb version of it, and a random map generator, if
> bpossible, would be really fantastic! So that's my vote, grin.
> al
>
>
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> Hi,
> You probably know this game from GMA games. It is a very
> interesting game which is a bit complex, but basically you fight
> with several types of units, conquer cities which produce units
> for you and you try to destroy your enemy. You fight with land
> units, ships and planes.
> I am attaching an user manual for you to get a good overview of
> the game.
> You can find more info here:
> http://gmagames.com/ourgames.shtml
> But now, why do I write this. This game looked promising, but
> there weren't any big development for several years.
> And I think that with current capabilities of TB engine, we can
> simply create our own Time of conflict clone, we can even improve
> it and we can add a multiplayer capability to it.
> I had a brief look at map making and provided scripts and I think
> that most things should work in TB.
> I think I will start working on it as soon as possible if people
> are interested.
> The main reason why I was interested in this game was its ability
> to generate random maps and its promised but never completed
> multiplayer functionality.
> However, I have one question. Is it possible with current TB to
> create random maps through scripting? or is it planed?
> If not, I might try to write some random map generator which would
> have to be ran before you wanted to start playing a random map.
> What do you think about this?
> Vojta
>
>
>
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