Open Source Realtime Strategy Game Engine
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Triangles allow a different approach. If we add some new shapes, why not take it a bit further. Triangles make as little sense as squares, but offer a different appearance, though orientation would matter for overlap.el_matarife wrote:This is an interesting idea, what would triangles do?neddiedrow wrote:As long as it doesn't override circles by default, run with it. I'd like triangular mex extraction as well.
The thread probably should have stopped here.Kloot wrote:I won't speak to the merits or demerits of this feature, the people who bandy words like "waste" around are always louder anyway. As for what is useful though, arguing over it for three full days when the actual act of implementation took 30 or so minutes doesn't qualify.
im aware of that, and my previous post refers to both of youSnipawolf wrote:Actually, the guy above me necroed it...
But not to your third post too? You have some seriously screwed up standards.Pressure Line wrote:im aware of that, and my previous post refers to both of youSnipawolf wrote:Actually, the guy above me necroed it...
That doesn't make any sense to me. Having the radius at anything less than its maximum is wasteful.REVENGE wrote:This entire discussion is retarded.
Why not have the engine automatically adjust extractor radii to not overlap? For example, when two extractor radiis begin to intersect, the engine automatically cuts off the new extractor's radii at the boundary of the old extractor.
Then you could draw your own extractor radii for all I care, and you would still get tip top efficiency during extraction. You'll be obligated to space your mexes properly so as to not waste resources building extra mexes, but at least they'll be as efficient as possible after being built.
My "previous post" being:lurker wrote:But not to your third post too? You have some seriously screwed up standards.Pressure Line wrote:im aware of that, and my previous post refers to both of youSnipawolf wrote:Actually, the guy above me necroed it...
as a reply to Snipawolf:I was just having an outburst of raeg. I already explained that, it wasn't directed at anyone, it just happened to happen in this thread.
and Cripes:You'll stop whining and bitching and realize that just because something is implemented, it's also optional. It's a feature.
It's a fucking FEATURE.
You do NOT HAVE TO USE IT.
The thread probably should have stopped here.
Your idea still creates waste. Imagine an extractor that gets metal at the left and right ends of its circle. Then you build another extractor right above it, reducing the original's circle and thus no longer including the metal at the ends. That metal is now wasted, since neither of the extractors get it.REVENGE wrote:Sorry Lurker, I don't even think my post makes it clear.
What I mean is, if you curtail the radii of a mex, then you decrease its energy usage proportionally as well. At the same time, you give visual indication of this by SHOWING THE MEX RADIUS AT ALL TIMES even after the mex is built.