Spring RTS Engine

what the topic says

also, another thing that would be nice is a button that clears all current lines/points, maybe f9

Another thing that would be nice is using a key that is not currently reserved.

Hell no. Not if it affects the gamestates of other players. I use points to mark longterm targets.

40 minute old points ftl

lua script should let u set what time to autoerase too

Peet wrote:Another thing that would be nice is using a key that is not currently reserved.

you silly foo f9 is just disabling gfx anyway but ya whatever key is fine with me

I already wrote something like that, it adds a "/luaui clear" command to erase all drawings on the map.

Note, you can't find the position of existing drawings in LuaUI (so you can't remove them after a specific time), also I only tested it once and it crashed the host

please test and submit crash report to mantis.

lol I don't think you can fix this, it was more like a DOS attack
(~1k commands per second)

why the caps?

this feature isn't important at all

Has been requested before and shot down because erasing is easy enough and forcing a limit on players just messes with those who want their drawings to live longer.

jK: I don't like that the server crashes, it should gracefully drop commands.

hunterw wrote:what the topic says

also, another thing that would be nice is a button that clears all current lines/points, maybe f9

What if not clear or erase but hide drawings with F9 or any other key?

Another thing that would be nice is using a key that is not currently reserved.

Pick a key then - http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?im ... _972lo.jpg

ive suggested a special type of line that disappears after a few minutes already. many times, say, with the spacebar held down as you mark the point/mark/label


ive suggested this many times

why wont anyone listen

Dragon45 wrote:ive suggested a special type of line that disappears after a few minutes already. many times, say, with the spacebar held down as you mark the point/mark/label


ive suggested this many times

why wont anyone listen

That would be nice, but I'm not sure people would use it. An extra keystroke in the heat of battle seems beyond most people...

What could be done... if we could do that with the simple one stroke line command, and then have ` + Q or something for permanent lines...

Just make it so points/labels will stay there permanently (unless erased ofc) but drawn lines will dissapear after a set amount of time. Drawn lines are never really used for anything long term anyway. If you want to mark something for long term you use a point or label.

Pick a key then - http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?im ... _972lo.jpg

Windoze key!

This would need to be an optional feature IMO. I'll erase lines I don't want, and not erase those that I do want, thx.

Tobi wrote:why the caps?

this feature isn't important at all

no, not a pressing issue, but after a long team game there's so many lines and points on the map that are obsolete that you can't distinguish what's current and what is ancient history

How about an automatic timestamp on points?

do not auto erase other players lines and points! I mark DT's with lines and they can sta there for long time. Also manual clearing is very easy... so dont waste effort here.

Also on games with ghosted buildings off markings are very importnat whole game.