OpenRA

I think im correct in saying that Pillboxes are comparitivly weak when attacking buildings.

Be interesting to see a battle between 3 basic pillboxes and two flame turrets


anyone got the full stat line for both ?, might be worth posting here for comparison

Computer games , the past, the future ? ....its always worth watching stuff like this as it gives you an outsiders view, helps avoid group think etc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03064m1/the-computer-programme-1-its-happening-now




openRA is still in alpha, its wise to let people know ...

ref a 1492 player map

wow really !



I can imagine a micro game with 50 or 100 players....just for kicks n lagout test

The FPShooter record is around 1000 players

most RTS games support text chat

some like Age of Kings integrate 'audio samples' too

I cant think of an RTS game which uses ' audio chat ' to its maximum potential...its a feature that has great potential

Ive used Ventrilo, Roger wilco etc in the past, audio chat servers that run in the ...

Age of kings style audible commands

14 , "start the game allready" ....afk player get yer butt back in here


OK we dont need the taunts, but a dozen well thought out WAV's would help game hosts


"ready up"

"spot and team"

"North vs South "

"East Vs west "

"pass the soup"

In age of kings WAV ...

openRA in game lobby minimap design


PLAYER TEAM NUMBER (not just player colour) needs to be added to the minimap (mouse over for team number is inadeqaute, and thoroughly tedious)

ive lost count of the number of times we have had 'spot n team' issues because the PLAYER TEAM NUMBER isnt on the ...

Q Whats the Maximum number of players openRA can support in a singlegame ?


Right now, and in the current game engine if that number is higher ?

Good design = good design

Thats all im passionate about


ref I look forward to considering your mockups and test implementation of how this would look and act inside OpenRA.

Have some codework done allready, ill post some screen shots when i have time (and i have something thats a 'keeper ...

Don Norman: The three ways that good design makes you happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQEoJaLQRA

The current colour picker scrapes a pass but much better designs allready exist .



The best colour pickers for RTS games are designed with speed , clarity & simplicity in mind.

The current ...

OpenRA is competing for attention with every other human activity

not just other Redalert variants, RTS game or computer games in general

Approx 2 billion people have the resources and knowledge to play a game like openRA




The Pareto principle , 80 20 rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...

ref Hmmm actually maybe a whole tutorials series, "professional style"

Agreed

The best kind of marketing isnt marketing at all

Great community tools and rescources FTW




ref Advanced / pro tactics (maybe that should stay secret :p lol )

...was just thinking that myself lol

to die by the ...

good stuff noobmapmaker

so handy to have the links in one place

@ray
Good quality audio is essential for videos [/b]

Iffy sound can ruin a pixel perfect video and make it unwatchable or unenjoyable to watch. A realy good quality microphone is essential, maintaining mouth to mic distance is key and using a pop filter helps too. Many cameras have built in ...

@ FiveAces

Include a few short clips with players fog of war , shroud etc...that way the viewer can see the battle from the players perspective.

Another obvious method is uploading to you tube etc games with quality comentaries

If its fun to watch...its prolly fun to play

futher still 'Advanced video tutorials, tactics and strategies. This is not so easy as the game balance is constantly changing (endless development hell ...