New Range Display

Post by **trepan** » 24 Dec 2006, 10:39

Thought I post this as a heads-up for the modsters
(esp. AA2.23 and any derivatives that are using attack
ranges as a hack to achieve the same effect). This is
from a recent SVN commit that will be incorporated into
release 0.74b2.

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* Added the following colors to cmdcolors.txt, as well as to
  the display of units being built, and the unit being pointed at:
    rangeRadar
    rangeSonar
    rangeSeismic
    rangeJammer
    rangeSonarJammer

Post by **trepan** » 24 Dec 2006, 10:53

I'll also note that I've added most of the ranges that
you see in the viewport into the minimap. Now you
can see immobile builder ranges, radar ranges,
attack ranges, etc..., in the minimap for units that
you are about to build.

The area commands (circular and rectangular), and
move fronts are also displayed in the minimap.

el_matarife · Post by **el_matarife** » 24 Dec 2006, 13:14

Will these range rings work for anti-nukes too? That's an addition that's been long needed.

Post by **trepan** » 24 Dec 2006, 13:28

Nope, but I'll add it.

el_matarife · Post by **el_matarife** » 24 Dec 2006, 15:26

Thank you. Your work on the Spring project has been amazing and your productivity sets a benchmark I wish I could live up to on my personal projects.

Edit: And Merry Christmas.

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 24 Dec 2006, 17:17

trepan wrote:I'll also note that I've added most of the ranges that
you see in the viewport into the minimap.

You rock trepan. I've been wanting this for awhile.

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 24 Dec 2006, 18:14

Post by **trepan** » 25 Dec 2006, 04:10

I've also added shield ranges while assigning build orders.

What I have not yet done is to display ranges for units that
are queued to be built (the only range that is displayed in
that case is mex extraction range). Might be worth doing,
but then it might just clutter things up too much. I can also
allow the use of the animated line stipple to differentiate the
range indicators (and use blinking for units in the queue to
be built?)

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 25 Dec 2006, 04:57

trepan wrote:I've also added shield ranges while assigning build orders.

What I have not yet done is to display ranges for units that
are queued to be built (the only range that is displayed in
that case is mex extraction range). Might be worth doing,
but then it might just clutter things up too much. I can also
allow the use of the animated line stipple to differentiate the
range indicators (and use blinking for units in the queue to
be built?)

I think it might be useful for radars and defensive emplacments, if you could see the range on the minimap when you were queuing them. Another thing I would love to see is a way of highlighting the metal patches without darkening the minimap so much that you can't see the terrain, I know this feature has been requested previously.

Post by **trepan** » 25 Dec 2006, 05:23

"highlighting the metal patches without darkening the minimap"

Not related to the range display code, separate feature request.

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 25 Dec 2006, 07:15

trepan wrote: Not related to the range display code, separate feature request.

It was on my mind.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 26 Dec 2006, 04:08

I'm dumb. Can someone give me a quick real-life example of how to implement this stuff?

AF · Post by AF » 27 Dec 2006, 02:56

I'm dumb.

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Trepan means that you no longer have to add dummy weapons to units to show their ranges for radar seismic sensors, jammers, or sonar.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 27 Dec 2006, 12:05

Also comes to mind that sonar, and sonarjamming does not have a colour representation on the LOS map (when you press "L").

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New Range Display

New Range Display