What is a small change that could improve the current build drastically? [1236]

Superb observation / clarification.

 

I love how that .gif and this explanation solidified that it's an incredibly flawed system.

 

Make enemy storages drop mats when destroyed.

 

They do.

 

But what I ment was Enemy storages.

 

Ok wow, let me check it out then.

 

Was on mod server and saw workshops made with gold drop that gold when you destroyed them, is that normal or mod?

 

Demo of the new C + LMB shizzle:

 

Let's be honest, @Fuzzle is the most based community man there is. (and mak and skinney and others).

 

Pickup scale modifications.
Critique is welcome.

NEW:

Code:

    // Very important shizzle.
    if(blob.hasTag("exploding")
    || blob.get_u32("unpack time") > getGameTime())
        scale *= 0.14f;

    if(blob.hasTag("special"))
        scale *= 0.01f;

    // Important shizzle.
    if(NAME == "keg")
        scale *= 0.26f;

    if(NAME == "mine")
        scale *= 0.65f;

    if(NAME == "boulder"
    || NAME == "drill"
    || NAME == "crate"
    || NAME == "saw")
        scale *= 0.78f;

    if(blob.hasTag("eatable"))
        scale *= 0.85f;

    // Actual shizzle.
    if(NAME == "seed"
    && this.getName() != "builder")
        scale *= 3.8f;

    if(NAME == "log"
    || blob.hasTag("dead"))
        scale *= 9.0f;

    // Class specific shizzle.
    if(blob.hasTag("material")) {

        if(NAME == "mat_wood"
        || NAME == "mat_stone"
        || NAME == "mat_gold") {

            if(this.getName() == "builder")
                 scale *= 0.36f;
            else scale *= 3.8f;
          
            // Dependent on quantity.
            scale *= 1.25f - float(blob.getQuantity()) / blob.maxQuantity * 2;

        } else if(NAME == "mat_bombs"
               || NAME == "mat_waterbombs") {

            if(this.getName() == "knight")
                scale *= 0.34f;

        } else if(NAME == "mat_arrows"
               || NAME == "mat_waterarrows"
               || NAME == "mat_firearrows"
               || NAME == "mat_bombarrows") {

            if(this.getName() == "archer") {

                if(NAME == "mat_arrows")
                     scale *= 0.8f;
                else scale *= 0.34f;

            } else {

                if(NAME == "mat_arrows")
                    scale *= 4.8f;

            }
        }
    }

OLD:

Code:

    u32 gameTime = getGameTime();

    // 0
    // exploding stuff + crates unpacking
    {
        u32 unpackTime = b.get_u32("unpack time");
        if (b.hasTag("exploding") || unpackTime > gameTime)
        {
            scale *= 0.1f;
        }

        //special stuff - flags etc
        if (b.hasTag("special"))
        {
            scale *= 0.01f;
        }
    }

    // 1
    // combat items, important
    const string name = b.getName();
    {
        if (name == "boulder" || name == "drill" || name == "keg" ||
               name == "mine" || name == "satchel" || name == "crate")
        {
            scale *= 0.41f;
        }
    }

    //low priority
    if (name == "log" || b.hasTag("player"))
    {
        scale *= 5.0f;
    }

    // super low priority
    // dead stuff, sick of picking up corpses
    {
        if (b.hasTag("dead"))
        {
            scale *= 10.0f;
        }
    }

    const string thisname = this.getName();

    //per class material scaling - done last for perf reasons
    if (b.hasTag("material"))
    {
        if (name == "mat_wood" || name == "mat_stone" || name == "mat_gold")
        {
            if (thisname == "builder")
            {
                scale *= 0.25f;
            }
            else
            {
                scale *= 4.0f;
                scale += 20.0f;
            }
        }
        else if (name == "mat_bombs" || name == "mat_waterbombs")
        {
            if (thisname == "knight")
            {
                scale *= 0.25f;
            }
            else
            {
                scale *= 4.0f;
                scale += 20.0f;
            }
        }
        else if (name == "mat_arrows" || name == "mat_waterarrows" ||
                name == "mat_firearrows" || name == "mat_bombarrows")
        {
            if (thisname == "archer")
            {
                if (name == "mat_arrows")
                    scale *= 0.3f; //pick special arrows first
                else
                    scale *= 0.25f;
            }
            else
            {
                scale *= 4.0f;
                scale += 20.0f;
            }
        }
    }

 

Two things,

1. When a damage dealing stomp lands on a shielding knight the knight should be stunned.

2. When a player dies the corpse blob should retain the damage that player would deal in stomp damage. after corpse has been picked up it will revert to how it is now( corpse damage doing 1/4 heart)

Bullshit how it only does 1/4 after you die when you went in for a stomp but the slash/arrow mechanics reach past it's detection radius.

 

A little sprite/hitbox modification to the warboat so that it has a closed room with a door on it. It's a great place to be spawn killed, currently.

Also, some way for boats to actually be useful, besides just speed and tactical advantage. Some very basic automatic weaponry (or just making the arrow launcher automatic on the warboat) could go a long way to making a warboat genuinely useful, considering how much gold it costs. You could buy almost two ballistas or up to three or so catapults with the gold required to make one warboat, and it's not even useful on maps that don't have water. It needs to be more destructive.

Giving it an in-built mini-shop for bombs and arrows could also be a good, more defensive idea.

 

I'm currently fiddlin' a bit with the map scripts:
I'll make it possible to check if the map contains water.
Then use it to remove / disable Boat Shops and the quite
intensive script for spawning Fishies on non-water maps.

 

Less fall damage/no stun (depeding on the height) when you fall on a corpse? maybe?