STOP GAME POINT SPAM

[Caydr]

I remember reading the code for this while I was still learning lua, I thought I saw some sort of timer in it that made sure only one point was made.

[Noruas]

I made a widget that labeled every single enemy unit with points and explanations, as well as features and corpses. NO ONE EVEN NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE SPAMMAGE OF 100 POINTS A SECOND.

I have a suggested upgrade, everytime your ally, enemy or self makes a change in a order and is visible to you, it should point out these change in plans.

COMMANDER IS BUILDING KBOT LAB, COMMANDER IS BUILDING SOLAR COLLECTOR points COMMANDER HONKING

[Jazcash]

Yes, moar annoying widgets pl0x.

[Tribulex]

I made a widget that labeled every single enemy unit with points and explanations, as well as features and corpses. NO ONE EVEN NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE SPAMMAGE OF 100 POINTS A SECOND.

I have a suggested upgrade, everytime your ally, enemy or self makes a change in a order and is visible to you, it should point out these change in plans.

COMMANDER IS BUILDING KBOT LAB, COMMANDER IS BUILDING SOLAR COLLECTOR points COMMANDER HONKING

Ahahahah genius! will do!

[TradeMark]

i fucking agree, widgets should not be able to send markers or drawings.

some people still use the wall marker, even though walls are ghosted by default in BA now >_> and i waste my time erasing those X marks to see is there a wall under them >_>

[Wombat]

some people still use the wall marker, even though walls are ghosted by default in BA now >_>

isnt it the reason to use this widget ? comdrop alert widget is terrible, 1 idle trans and chat is spammed :X

[TradeMark]

1 idle trans and chat is spammed :X

what if i make 100 ?

[Tribulex]

yes that is the worst.

We should start a list, and then maybe include some lua in BA (since this is where the problem is mainly) to automatically disable them.

Com marker
Mobile Anti Marker
Dt marker
Comnap "warning" (should be called comnap shitstorm)
Jazcash's masturbation widget (probably a modification of the com marker)
antinuke


The functionality of these widgets should be duplicated in Niobium's Unit Marker widget, with 1 modification: The points should be made locally. The reason is NO ONE CARES ABOUT UR POINT SPAM. There is actually a pair of EVEN BETTER WIDGETS, called ghosted units and ghosted features, PLUS THE BUILT IN ENGINE SUPPORT OF GHOSTING.


I hope i made my point clear.

[Jazcash]

Jazcash's masturbation widget (probably a modification of the com marker)

It is Com Marker. In fact, there's a lot of people out there who modified the text. So yeah, this just comes under Com Marker.


And none of these widgets should be disabled, just made local depending on who wants what.

[TradeMark]

They should be disabled since most of those are unfair for most of the users.

[Jazcash]

They should be disabled since most of those are unfair for most of the users.

Erm no?

[TradeMark]

send scouts and mark all coms in FFA/com-ends game, pwn everyone because you dont need to waste time actually finding anything yourself.

Why dont we just play with permanent LOS instead? (like in OTA, you see enemies always) all these widgets are going to simulate permanent LOS mode eventually.

[JohannesH]

Really users own widgets should be blocked in most games. Its really retarded that the way the game is played changes when some jerkoff comes with widgets that werent intended by the games developers at all. If the devs want to test the players ability to produce gay code, thats fine too, but most people dont find that to be the fun thing in playing RTS games.

Free widget use turns off and confuses beginners, and discourages competitive play. :/

[Sausage]

send scouts and mark all coms in FFA/com-ends game, pwn everyone because you dont need to waste time actually finding anything yourself.

Why dont we just play with permanent LOS instead? (like in OTA, you see enemies always) all these widgets are going to simulate permanent LOS mode eventually.

That's retarded, people always used to always manually mark coms anyway and buildings are ghosted once they've been scouted. Also, if you scout a com and mark it, ppl usually move their coms

[TradeMark]

That's retarded, people always used to always manually mark coms anyway and buildings are ghosted once they've been scouted. Also, if you scout a com and mark it, ppl usually move their coms

try to manually mark 15 coms in 3 seconds...

yeah people usually move their com, if they notice you scouted it, and usually i send radar plane with my 2 torpedo bombers once i found the com...

[Sausage]

try to manually mark 15 coms in 3 seconds...

yeah people usually move their com, if they notice you scouted it, and usually i send radar plane with my 2 torpedo bombers once i found the com...

fu it's ez to mark coms as you scout them, you're just a noob.

[Google_Frog]

I think the skill in scouting should be deciding when, where and how much to spend on scouting. Not how fast you can take in a flash of information.

[Caydr]

And seals shouldn't eat baby penguins, let's do something about that too.

[Gota]

I think the skill in scouting should be deciding when, where and how much to spend on scouting. Not how fast you can take in a flash of information.

Well i hope your not trying to say this is somehow objectively better.
If you apply the same logic all across the board you end up wit ha turn based strategy game.
You can just say that the skill in unit combat should be how much,when and where to put certain units and not how fast u can control your group of flash.
The choice to spend your attention on the area being scouted is a conscious choice meaning that it is very important for you to know exactly whats going on and no just see ghosted buildings.

[TradeMark]

fuck you it's easy to mark coms as you scout them, you're just a noob.

yeah, with the com marker widget.