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Concerns about the new updates regarding bombs.

Discussion in 'Classes & Mechanics' started by Brilly, Aug 30, 2012.

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  1. Brilly

    Brilly Haxor

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    What, you want a proof of concept?

    Easily done.

    Sure would help if I had access to some form of code though.
    </br>--- merged: Sep 14, 2012 6:56 AM ---</br>
    Tell geti about hash tables, and how to creatively use them.
     
  2. Rayne

    Rayne ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Administrator Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester

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    >telling a game dev how to make his own game

     
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  3. Brilly

    Brilly Haxor

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    Not with some creative mathematics you don't.

    Just the 1st frame of bomb
     
  4. Verrazano

    Verrazano Flat Chested Haggy Old Souless Witchy Witch Witch THD Team Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester
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    brilly coding experience + inf < geti coding experience - inf
     
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  5. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Ok, how about instead of using vague words like "creative mathematics" you actually describe an algorithmic solution to the issue.

    http://pastebin.com/bGm33GLk
    about to move the map damage above the actor damage logic so that builders cant do that excellent "lol bridges" trick, but that's the explosion logic for bombs in current KAG.

    Just whereabouts in that would you put this magic check that fixes all your perceived issues, describing any needed interfaces to classes used like this fantastic hash table you're going to use, as well as the hashing function you think would work.

    Prove that you know what you're talking about.

    If it looks sound at all, doesn't take hours to get to me and is written nicely, i'll stick it in test and if it's fun at all, i'll put it into the normal game as a server flag, assuming you can get at least 2 server owners to say that they'd use it (time is money, i'm not going to burn time I could spend implementing the ballista on making your code work for a feature noone but you wants).
     
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  6. Brilly

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    Verra, I optimize code for a living, and I have a degree under my belt.

    I don't know about geti, but least you could do is let me take a peek at the spaghetti monster.

    Ninja'd apparently
     
  7. Verrazano

    Verrazano Flat Chested Haggy Old Souless Witchy Witch Witch THD Team Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester
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    A) I doubt that B) I doubt that C) I doubt that
     
  8. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Fwiw none of the others in this thread have access to any of the code unless tomshad has posted -> I'm not sure how they were meant to give it to you.
    Regardless, you've handled this thread about as badly as possible.
     
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  9. Brilly

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    Geti, let me get back to you by Monday.

    You're right, all I have right now are vague ideas, on top of a full time job I gotta get up early for.


    If I don't make it by then, forget I ever asked.
     
  10. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Alright, just move the tile destruction logic up above in your copy of it to avoid confusion or general merging issues.
    I'd grab that code now if you haven't already, it expires in an hour.

    Just a heads up, I'm not keen on solutions for this one problem that involve large static code changes and per-frame updates. If a solution is simple and endorsed by someone else then that's fine and we can support that (a flag for making bombs blow up friendly bombs again is _fairly_ trivial for example) but something elaborate that only you're keen on -> isn't going to get used isn't something I'm interested in including. Best of luck.
     
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  11. allknowingfrog

    allknowingfrog Bison Rider

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    This. This is what I love about indie game development. A commercial developer would never read this, much less give a shit about what you think.
     
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  12. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    It's Tuesday, so sadly I've got to forget you ever asked.

    Busy as a bee now so I'm going to lock this to prevent further circular discussion. If any compelling new evidence (like a few server owners that have a regular userbase that want a flag for the old explosion of team bombs back) comes to light, start a new thread. Don't re-open this one or a similar one to reiterate the same points, there's 6 pages of that enumerated below for your reading pleasure.
     
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