ideas and questions

[w4tc]

I have ideas and questions

Lets begin at begin

A shield tree or something like that, its blocking for a moment the enemy and it give you +50 CoreHealth till the shield tree is defeated
but i can not give how long it the time is howlong the shield will hold but it will also down and you must be waiting for he is "reload"

So you plant the TreeShield its give you a protoction of # sec? or min. and gives you +50 CoreHealth ( but it adjustable )
So than the code is -+ : AddTreeShield( OnlineTime, ReloadTime, CoreHealth)
also you have there is levelup and it


next idea hmmm

oyes i remember again xD
we have one root of the tree why not 2?
the effects on the tree like Enhanced but there flashing

now the questions
-Comming also hmmm inside color asteriod? SetInsideAsteriodColor
-and hmmm SetVignetteAlpha is for all asteriod Set the darkness, but can it each separate?
-change of color of the Empires/players? i read something about that....?

and is there a possibility that exists that I get a spinning asteriod? or its a code....

Greetings,
w4tc

[Alex]

There's code for spinning asteroids but subsequent elements like the tree roots rely on them being statically oriented so that's not goin gto happen I'm afraid.

Also I doubt there'll be any further unit or structure types now. I've looked into the atmosphere size and that's goin gto be a pain to fix. Multiple tree roots could be done but it'll be a low priority.

Sorry I can't give better news

I suppose with the new drawing stuff you could potentially draw your own tree roots...

[annikk.exe]

Oooh

How do you make spinning asteroids? :>

[w4tc]

Oooh

How do you make spinning asteroids? :>

the same questions
so it now 2VS1  

Edit : what is gto?

[Pilchard123]

what is gto?

A spelling error. Alex meant to type going to, but put the space in the wrong place, making it goin gto.

As for spinning roids, these attachments may be of interest. One userdata structure is called get_Rotation, and some is called Rotate180, mRotation, and Rotation...Interesting.

[annikk.exe]

I think the only things we can actually manipulate in our scripts are the user data structures.  However I am almost certain that list is incomplete..  there is only a short list of global functions and a clearly incomplete list of functions one can run on asteroids.

[Alex]

You can actually set an asteroid's rotation by going Asteroid.Rotation = value where value is a floating point number in radians. But it won't affect the trees or roots on the asteroid I think.

[Pilchard123]

Ooooooooh! [/littlegreenmen]

Edit: It doesn't work...

Doing it in LevelSetup() stops the level loading, doing it elsewhere either just does nothing, or crashes the game.

[annikk.exe]

Ok... so... what can be achieved by rotating an asteroid?  I mean, a circular asteroid surely will look the same regardless of its orientation..?

Pilchard, can you share the exact code you tried?

[Bonobo]

[..] a circular asteroid surely will look the same regardless of its orientation..?

[..]

but not with trees on it (if they at all can root on a rotating asteroid).

[annikk.exe]

Yes, but as Alex just mentioned, the trees won't rotate, only the asteroid will..

[Pilchard123]

This isn't exact, because I only used one file, and changed it, but here's what I can remember:

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(0)

-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0, 0, 1,1,1)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 8
a:SetRadius(500)
a:AddSeedlings(100)


-- Asteroid 1
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(3000, 0, 0.5,1,1)
a.Owner = 0
a.TreeCap = 6
a:SetRadius(100)

end

function OnAsteroidTaken()
        Rotate180(GetAsteroid(0))
end

function LevelLogic()

end


and

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(0)

-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0, 0, 1,1,1)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 8
a:SetRadius(500)
a:AddSeedlings(100)


-- Asteroid 1
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(3000, 0, 0.5,1,1)
a.Owner = 0
a.TreeCap = 6
a:SetRadius(100)

end

function OnAsteroidTaken()
        GetAsteroid(0):Rotate180()
end

function LevelLogic()

end


and

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(0)

-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0, 0, 1,1,1)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 8
a:SetRadius(500)
a:AddSeedlings(100)


-- Asteroid 1
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(3000, 0, 0.5,1,1)
a.Owner = 0
a.TreeCap = 6
a:SetRadius(100)

end

function OnAsteroidTaken()
        GetAsteroid(0).Rotation = 1.5
end

function LevelLogic()

end


and

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(0)

-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0, 0, 1,1,1)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 8
a:SetRadius(500)
a:AddSeedlings(100)
a:Rotate180()

-- Asteroid 1
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(3000, 0, 0.5,1,1)
a.Owner = 0
a.TreeCap = 6
a:SetRadius(100)

end

function LevelLogic()

end


and

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(0)

-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0, 0, 1,1,1)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 8
a:SetRadius(500)
a:AddSeedlings(100)
a.Rotation = 1.5

-- Asteroid 1
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(3000, 0, 0.5,1,1)
a.Owner = 0
a.TreeCap = 6
a:SetRadius(100)

end

function LevelLogic()

end


and a bunch more, but that's all I can remember.

EDIT: I thought that it could make a good defense thing - if a planet is attacked,spin the trees away, but of course, it won't work. The new patch might allow this, and trees on growing/shrinking roids.

[Alex]

Ok... so... what can be achieved by rotating an asteroid?  I mean, a circular asteroid surely will look the same regardless of its orientation..?

Yes - this was for when the asteroids were non-circular (right at the start of the development process) There's like a function to get the ground height at a given radius too - at the moment it just returns the radius of the asteroid

Here's a pic of the original asteroids:



more here: http://www.deadrock-game.com/img/shots/procgen/

[Alex]

ahhh... memories...

[w4tc]

I've tried this and no error message or no crashes but no result

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(1)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(1)


-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0,0, 0.7,0.6,0.5)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 1
a:SetRadius(250)
a.SendDistance = 2500
a:AddSeedlings(90)


-- AddAsteroidWithAttribs( x, y, energy, strength, speed )
--a.Owner = 0 : eigenaar
--a.TreeCap = 5 : aantal boomen
--a:SetRadius(900) : groote
--a.SendDistance = 5000 : verzend afstand

-- Asteroid 2 - lege asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(-2500,0, 1,1,1)
a.TreeCap = 5
a:SetRadius(900)
a.SendDistance = 5000

end


function LevelLogic()
GetAsteroid(0)get_Rotation(360)
end

[annikk.exe]

Those screenshots are awesome!
thanks for sharing.. :>

Also, I like that you write your dates the proper way... ;)

[w4tc]

Sorry i was forgotten to say look cool
At Annikk do you may have found a way? of that code? xd?
hmmm : http://www.dyson-game.com/smf/index.php?topic=853.msg5332#msg5332

lol xD i have no  error message or no crashes but i dont have no results......
Is this a good sign? xD

[Alex]

do this

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rotation = 0

function LevelLogic()
  rotation += 0.01
  GetAsteroid(0).Rotation = rotation
end


[Alex]

Also, I like that you write your dates the proper way...

I'm a trained scientist! :>

[w4tc]

but where must i put this :

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rotation = 0
just in your Asteroid settings?

I go a error :

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function LevelSetup()

-- Set Global Values
Globals.G.Asteroids=(0)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=(1)
Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=(1)


-- Asteroid 0 - starting asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0,0, 0.7,0.6,0.5)
a.Owner = 1
a.TreeCap = 1
a:SetRadius(250)
a.SendDistance = 2500
a:AddSeedlings(90)
a.rotation = 0

-- AddAsteroidWithAttribs( x, y, energy, strength, speed )
--a.Owner = 0 : eigenaar
--a.TreeCap = 5 : aantal boomen
--a:SetRadius(900) : groote
--a.SendDistance = 5000 : verzend afstand

-- Asteroid 2 - lege asteroid
a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(-2500,0, 1,1,1)
a.TreeCap = 5
a:SetRadius(900)
a.SendDistance = 5000

end

function LevelLogic()
  rotation += 0.01
  GetAsteroid(0).Rotation = rotation
end

If i load a othere level, I get this to appear :

[Alex]

put it just above this line:


function LevelLogic()

[w4tc]

Nopes sorry Alex
it dont work that why :$ i tried something else :$
The level will not load it comes back on the custom levels

[w4tc]

I hope it does not hurt that the game in Another directory folder is like : C:\games\Eufloria.4

[Pilchard123]

Yeah, it does. It won't work at all, not even being in the list of levels.

[w4tc]

Yeah, it does.

Do you mean about that my directory folder  ?

[Pilchard123]

Hang on, do you mean the GAME is in another directory, or the MAP is in another directory?

[Alex]

Oh right, I just tried it and there is not set method at the mo.

Anyway, there's no point as it won't do anything visible

[w4tc]

Hang on, do you mean the GAME is in another directory, or the MAP is in another directory?

I mean the dir of the game

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C:\games\Eufloria.4\...

[Alex]

The location of the game won't make any difference.

So for now, no rotating asteroids or even experiments with rotating asteroids - sorry!