Spring RTS Engine

Unit creation is a synced operation (= must be the same on all computers in online game), and reading external files is disabled in synced context. So you need to read the external file in unsynced gadget or widget, pass the data from unsynced to synced by using the special channels made for that, a...

It might be easier to read, save and reapply the hero unit queue, as well as scan all units for order with the hero unit id as target and edit them.

Because yes, there's a limit on how much you can change a unit without replacing it by a new one.

Couple monthes ago I implemented a GetOpt in C:
GetOpt.c
GetOpt.h

bind numpad8 buildunit_socket

Where numpad8 is the name of the key, and socket is the unitname of the unit to build.

The engine does not provide these functionalities by default, but it has been done already, with a couple Lua scripts.

Check infolog.txt for any related error.

rockpapershotgun.com very often post articles about obscure tiny free games, maybe send them a mail?

Otherwise I heard it's all about being featured by youtubers nowadays, but I'm the wrong generation to understand how that works.

Aren't they the Hold Fire / Return Fire / Fire at will and Stand Still / Maneuver / Roam tristate buttons?

But yeah, not sure it was ever implemented.

Between remaking as a Spring mod, and reprogramming everything from scratch, maybe there could have been a middle ground. I know there's several 2D RTS engine open source remake, though only OpenRA comes to mind. KKnD is much closer to C&C than it is to Total Annihilation and Spring, so porting ...

What I understand from my lecturer is that I need to define the movement of group of units so that they don't collide at each other, can avoid obstacles, and can move smoothly.p So something like that? https://www.youtube.com/user/Kleaut Yeah, I'd be interested to know how to replicate that in Spri...

Oh it's you, Mitmat ! Yes, I stopped developping Kernel Panic about 3 years ago, because it had become tedious to spend several nights every Spring release to fix new bugs, and not even manage to catch up. Here's my temp dev version, where I fixed some but not all things that went broken with Spring...

I'd rather consider this as social issue, requiring social solution, than a technical one.

Forboding Angel wrote:which could be done by simply checking for canfly, but with a list of units, that is in the end a lot more robust and futureproof

I'd say checking for canfly is the more robust and futureproof way, compared to listing unitdefs!

I forgot the exact mechanics, but KKnD was a fairly standard RTS, so you wouldn't need that much code. Maybe one gadget for the resource gathering, which hopefully could be copied from another Spring project. But can you model, skin and texture?

Would you mind sharing? It's mostly in KP . The Lua is inside the mod archive: /LuaUI/Widgets/kp_spring_direct_launch.lua /LuaRules/Gadgets/libs/FillModSpecific.lua /LuaRules/Gadgets/libs/ColorConversion.lua /LuaRules/Gadgets/libs/GenerateGame.lua /LuaRules/Gadgets/libs/WriteScript.lua The C is in ...

I have written C code and Lua code to generate script.txt, but they were for single player.

My point was more that I see Spring as mean to enable people who can't or don't want to write their own engine to still be able to make their RTS game. If you let the simple interfaces die and require modders/game makers to write shader code, then it loses its appeal.

Shader may be much more powerful, but also much less friendly, than Spring's Lua OpenGL Api.

Your website crashed my Firefox thrice in a couple minute. :-( You hurt my eye by misspelling Challenge! I thought I could control my little ship, but then it appears the gameplay is more akin to Gratuitous Space Battle? I found the right click. It's a regular RTS, about securing resources and build...

You can use the Spring Lua API to change the heightmap and to execute OpenGL calls, so I guess you sorta could. But then I'm not sure I understood your question. Also, are you aware that the relief of Spring maps is done via a heightmap, not via meshes?