Spring RTS Engine

... But I am not sure I am qualified enough to fix pathfinding. ... I'm pretty sure you aren't - that almost certainly runs deep in the engine's code in a puzzle of C++ code. I still thought it would be useful to mention, because you could find a work-around for it - ex: making the factory not have...

Could ressource gathering be coerced into a mini-game? Actually, SpringRTS already has that in place - in Delta Siege (Dry) 4v4 ~ 6v6, usually 1 or 2 of the back end players play a mini-game of resource collection rushing to a super economy that can later be converted into a super attack (usually n...

Could ressource gathering be coerced into a mini-game? Actually, SpringRTS already has that in place - in Delta Siege (Dry) 4v4 ~ 6v6, usually 1 or 2 of the back end players play a mini-game of resource collection rushing to a super economy that can later be converted into a super attack (usually n...

Could ressource gathering be coerced into a mini-game? But would it be fun? ... Depends on the player/mood but the answer is absolutely «yes it is possible». When playing Runescape (the old one that ran in the browser as a Java plugin), my favourite activity was resource gathering and crafting - no...

... LoL ... there isn't much end-game drag, ... Even though I agreed to almost everything you said, I have to disagree with that particular point. As a watcher of e-Sports I disagree with that - quite often it drags on and on after the game is decided, definitely a huge amount more than Starcrap 2....

Ho, I love those games so much!!!
I've played tons of Darkest Hour and Red Orchestra and I still want to play .. the one I can't remember but I already bought on steam.

However, that one only works on Windows :\
(not that I have time to play a lot anymore anyway )

Tower Defense Games like Plants Vs Zombies are basically just that - an RTS deprived of all mini-games except one: building the defenses. Similarly to Tower Defense Games in a completely different way there is a stripped-down RTS that strips almost everything but the skirmishing of units: Arena Wars...

I always call it "Starcrap" and there's lots of things about it that disgruntle me but I still like the game, play it a bit (mostly campaign) and see a lot of it - it is a good game, indeed.

But it's still Starcrap...
But it's good...
But...

Interview with the pope, Chris Taylor "tha man". Listen to, at least, minutes 28~30. http://www.cnc-inside.de/podcast/exklusiv-chris-taylor-im-uf-podcast-19-1237#English Roughly 1 year old. Obviously, after SupCom1, SupCom expansion, SupCom2, Planetary Annihilation and so many years, this ...

The more I see Starcrap 2 the more I'm getting disapointed with it... It feels to me like skill has a definite impact but: - the game relies too much on the luck of Rock-Paper-Scissor build orders; - results depend too much on chance (chaos, not luck) of the micro - ex: a couple of good Widow Mine s...

Starcrap 2 WCS semi+finals today:

http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/tournaments/2014/sc2/
MMA vs Classic & Life vs TaeJa

(I'm actually surprised any zerg at all made it this far...)

Why is that? gw has waaaaaaaaaay higher model counts and prices. ... ..? Warhammer Classic/40K may be more expensive (*) but Warmachine/Hordes are still a total ripoff. Let's start with the rules - they are expensive and you need !!!3!!! books plus some to have all the rules for a race (**). Boardg...

Your picture taking skills are clearly better than my own and your painting skills don't offer me much of a challenge - I lag behind quite a bit: IMG_0045.JPG IMG_0047.JPG IMG_0048.JPG I really feel that tabletop gaming suits the nerdy computer geeks like a glove - it feels reeeeally nice to be in t...

I green tea. And have developed an addiction for energy drinks. ... I find it funny whenever I hear/see people say such a thing - it's not something people realise easily (though it's pretty obvious once you have the knowledge about it and think about it for a while). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

... nobody is really maintaining the interface, i think, so ... For projects like these «community» ones I think that more important than taking on the work of maintaining something is to have the work of building something that requires little to no maintenance (because things will end up un-maint...

... and there is no way to overcome limitation with combination of other API functions. ... I don't know how reliable these options are but maybe you can verify: - if a unit is a building and also has a list of building options; it should be factory. - if a unit is a building, has BuildTime but no ...

Is your class declaration like this?: https://github.com/spring/spring/blob/develop/AI/Skirmish/NullOOJavaAI/src/main/java/nulloojavaai/NullOOJavaAI.java#L38 public class NullOOJavaAI extends OOAI That is, do you inherit ("extend") from OOAI ? Are you trying to find the ID of *your* AI? If...

Hoooo!!! So each specific granularity is relative to the HeightMap, not the "LargeMap". So if a map is 1/2 the granularity, it will be 1/2 of the HeightMap (1/16 of the LargeMap). Now things make a lot more sense. And thanks for pointing to your code. It solved 2 problems for me: - Helped ...

Ok, if I'm understanding correctly there's a whole bunch of map sizes. #1 - There's what I'll call the LargeMap - which represents the area where units can be in. Marble_Madness_Map = 2048x2048 (256x256 *8) #2 - There's the HeightMap - which represents the terrain height, and has 1/8 of the granular...

I'm seeing units getting stuck when trying to leave the Kernel somewhat often. I remember seeing Pointers stuck, but also Bytes and Bits I think. (talking about KP is a ton of fun) I can try to get a replay, if someone wants. I've only tried System so far and it appears to be related to the 4 corner...