New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
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New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Hello folks, I just recently heard about this game. I've never played TA before, but I have played Forged Alliance, which is as similar as it gets I guess! Anyways, I am really excited to finally find a game like this, but I do have a few questions about it:
1) Is there a way to load saved skirmish games? The load feature doesn't seem to work.
2) The first time I played this, I noticed that when I zoomed in with the mouse-wheel, it would zoom straight to where my mouse cursor was pointed. That's awesome! It doesn't do that anymore though, instead it zooms straight up/down. Is there a setting to turn this back on? [Resolved]
3) If any of you have played Forged Alliance, you know about strategic icons. Basically they are used to identify units/structures while zoomed out. Is there anything similar for BA? [Resolved]
4) I am having trouble figuring out what I can afford and what I can't. I'm sure this will get easier as time goes on, but is there any way to display the rate at which resources will be drained next to the total resource cost when mousing over a building or unit icon? They do this in FA as well to make it a bit easier. [Resolved]
I could have sworn I had more questions, but I can't remember them right now! I think these are my most pressing concerns at the moment.
I apologize in advance if these questions seem dumb, I've tried searching and it just gets quite confusing because a lot of information seems out-dated or unclear. Thanks.
1) Is there a way to load saved skirmish games? The load feature doesn't seem to work.
2) The first time I played this, I noticed that when I zoomed in with the mouse-wheel, it would zoom straight to where my mouse cursor was pointed. That's awesome! It doesn't do that anymore though, instead it zooms straight up/down. Is there a setting to turn this back on? [Resolved]
3) If any of you have played Forged Alliance, you know about strategic icons. Basically they are used to identify units/structures while zoomed out. Is there anything similar for BA? [Resolved]
4) I am having trouble figuring out what I can afford and what I can't. I'm sure this will get easier as time goes on, but is there any way to display the rate at which resources will be drained next to the total resource cost when mousing over a building or unit icon? They do this in FA as well to make it a bit easier. [Resolved]
I could have sworn I had more questions, but I can't remember them right now! I think these are my most pressing concerns at the moment.
I apologize in advance if these questions seem dumb, I've tried searching and it just gets quite confusing because a lot of information seems out-dated or unclear. Thanks.
Last edited by Hex on 09 Feb 2011, 01:06, edited 3 times in total.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
I made a variant of BA with save/load: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=24034 Please note that some AI might be very confused by the reloading.Hex wrote:1) Is there a way to load saved skirmish games? The load feature doesn't seem to work.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
for #3, other spring mods and games have more descriptive icons on the minimap; i think the problem with adding such icons to BA is that there are simply so many different units that giving each one a different icon and then looking at a big group from afar would look like a big mess
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
For #2, I found Complete Control Camera did something silly like that with the camera. It might not be the reason, but if you can see that widget in your widget list (F11), disable it and see if it makes any difference.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
#2 - middle mouse button pressed and then scroll ? but i might be wrong
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Thanks for all your replies!
I will try the variant of BA with save/load when I get a chance.
As far as the icons go, I saw this video on youtube of BA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMym1sjieY
The icons didn't seem to make it look like a big mess, is this what a typical BA game looks like?
I'll check the widget list next time to see if I can find the culprit, thanks!
Also, I'm pretty sure I wasn't holding the middle mouse button down but I'll pay extra attention to that if I still can't figure out what's wrong.
Cheers!
I will try the variant of BA with save/load when I get a chance.
As far as the icons go, I saw this video on youtube of BA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMym1sjieY
The icons didn't seem to make it look like a big mess, is this what a typical BA game looks like?
I'll check the widget list next time to see if I can find the culprit, thanks!
Also, I'm pretty sure I wasn't holding the middle mouse button down but I'll pay extra attention to that if I still can't figure out what's wrong.
Cheers!
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
If he was mashing the function keys with save/load, he might have switch camera modes and be stuck on Rotatable Overhead or something.
http://springrts.com/wiki/Balanced_Anni ... ra_Control
http://springrts.com/wiki/Balanced_Anni ... ra_Control
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Not sure if that's what you mean, but if you zoom out, at some point the units are replaced with icons. At what distance that happens is determined by a setting that can be adjusted in "expert mode" in springlobby settings "unit icon distance". But there are only a few different icons - still helps.Hex wrote:3) If any of you have played Forged Alliance, you know about strategic icons. Basically they are used to identify units/structures while zoomed out. Is there anything similar for BA?
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Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
It is possible to make an icon system for that many units, see ZK.KaiserJ wrote:for #3, other spring mods and games have more descriptive icons on the minimap; i think the problem with adding such icons to BA is that there are simply so many different units that giving each one a different icon and then looking at a big group from afar would look like a big mess
Although there is currently a bug with this engine that causes enemy icons to not show up in radar when they should.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Ah! This was the problem, it was set to the maximum (1000). I reduced it to 200 and I could see them when zoomed out. Thanks! Even though these icons aren't as descriptive as FA, I find them easier to look at. +1dansan wrote:if you zoom out, at some point the units are replaced with icons. At what distance that happens is determined by a setting that can be adjusted in "expert mode" in springlobby settings "unit icon distance". But there are only a few different icons - still helps.
Thanks! After I switched my camera back to the regular Overhead view, the zoom worked as expected.Pxtl wrote:If he was mashing the function keys with save/load, he might have switch camera modes and be stuck on Rotatable Overhead or something.
I have another question actually... I am having trouble figuring out what I can afford and what I can't. I'm sure this will get easier as time goes on, but is there any way to display the rate at which resources will be drained next to the total resource cost when mousing over a building or unit icon? They do this in FA as well to make it a bit easier.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
I think this widget is what your looking for (at least it's similiar). Throw it in your /LuaUI/widgets folder (same as it's in in the zip file actually) to install it.
There's lots of other interesting widgets where that one came from, might be noted :).
There's lots of other interesting widgets where that one came from, might be noted :).
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
I find the simple icons work almost as well because you can see what unit it is from the speed.
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Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
I'm pretty sure BA units do have strategic icons, like commanders and krogs having special symbols, while buildings are squares. You can also determine a unit by its circle icon size.
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Woah! Thanks! This is just what I've been looking for! :DSeanHeron wrote:I think this widget is what your looking for (at least it's similiar). Throw it in your /LuaUI/widgets folder (same as it's in in the zip file actually) to install it.
There's lots of other interesting widgets where that one came from, might be noted :).
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Hello again.
As topic is opened I want to ask: is it normally that ARM RECTOR only can reclaim resources and heal damaged units but not assists in "initial" buiding even it guards a builder or has command "repair on area" ("repair" + circle)?
As topic is opened I want to ask: is it normally that ARM RECTOR only can reclaim resources and heal damaged units but not assists in "initial" buiding even it guards a builder or has command "repair on area" ("repair" + circle)?
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Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Yes, it's not a builder/constructor.tacho wrote:is it normally that ARM RECTOR only can reclaim resources and heal damaged units but not assists in "initial" buiding even it guards a builder or has command "repair on area" ("repair" + circle)?
Re: New to BA/Spring, have a few questions
Also, just in case you missed it, it can resurrect dead units from corpses.