Are you going to post it as an Arcade map? When I was experimenting with it during beta, publishing the map as 'Arcade' does all the matchmaking for you and it also shows others which games are "open" (i.e. currently hosted, waiting for players to join)

Unfortunately the other type of map (nonarcade 'multiplayer') is exactly as bad as it used to be in the old starcraft... so my hope is that Arcade mode makes sense for this mod:
thoughts?

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 01 2012 02:27 GMT

#3805

thats my plan yea. shame theres still no support for multi-map mods but oh well.

danielrh

34 Posts

August 01 2012 09:03 GMT

#3806

I've seen maps like Hero Attack do multimap mechanisms. I wonder how they accomplish it? multiple layers of terrain that are deleted? huge maps of which only a subset is used (though those maps are huge to begin with) some sort of resource trickery?

These guys claim a big map is used and the borders are restricted somehow.

AssyrianKing

Australia2144 Posts

August 01 2012 09:18 GMT

#3807

Have you changed the characteristics of the carrier to be like the BW ones?

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 01 2012 09:33 GMT

#3808

i played around with the carrier a little bit but not significantly.
i took away it's free instant unload all 8 interceptors tho

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 01 2012 09:46 GMT

#3809

so just one map up for now, when im happy with the amount of bugs i'll start adding more.
or i was also thinking of just leaving it as one map that i would rotate every week, but i dunno about that.

danielrh

34 Posts

August 01 2012 22:39 GMT

#3810

I like the idea of a single rotating map to accumulate ranking until someone figures out how to do the multiple map + game area bounds hack.

I suppose the 'open game' feature could help with multiple maps, but I think now is the time to try to build up ranking with just a single map and expand if necessary

RavenLoud

Canada1100 Posts

August 02 2012 04:08 GMT

#3811

Have you considered making an 1v1 obs version of this map? I think it would help make this more popular with the arcade.

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 02 2012 04:22 GMT

#3812

i should, but it's a fair amount of work and im pretty busy lately. or lazy. one of those.

L3monsta

New Zealand149 Posts

August 02 2012 07:55 GMT

#3813

Random post, but nostalgic
http://rachelroach.deviantart.com/art/AAD-Old-School-Zergling-159136596
Sc2 zerglings do not have the same feel to them...

Garmer

1286 Posts

August 02 2012 08:01 GMT

#3814

the same can be said about zealot, in sc2 they are room servant, instead in BW they are really menacing, the attack animation is important, and blizzard screwed it

TaShadan

Germany1982 Posts

August 02 2012 08:25 GMT

#3815

On August 02 2012 17:01 Garmer wrote:
the same can be said about zealot, in sc2 they are room servant, instead in BW they are really menacing, the attack animation it's important, and blizzard screwed it

haha this made me laugh :D but you are right

rickboy333

Netherlands52 Posts

August 02 2012 09:34 GMT

#3816

@ maverck i mean to make an asset on sc2 mapster ;p but hes gone or stop with modeling ?

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 02 2012 09:43 GMT

#3817

he hasn't been around for a long time so yea.

TaShadan

Germany1982 Posts

August 02 2012 22:18 GMT

#3818

I have a question for the Starbow project. Kabel has a problem with the mines priority. Units dont attack the mines if they are shoot by units. How did you fix that in sc2bw?

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

August 02 2012 22:21 GMT

#3819

i gave them a behavior i think. i forget what it was, i'd have to go look.
behavior > modification > behavior > state flags > generate threat
place behavior on spider mine.

danielrh

34 Posts

August 03 2012 04:16 GMT

#3820

Is it me or do the hotkeys not work in north america?

I could hotkey buildings, but when I had selected a unit using the hotkeys I couldn't use keys to order it around (a to attack, b to build) or when I selected a building (eg command center) s would not build scvs. I could play by clicking the right panel, but not through hotkeys.

Also I was wondering if you could reverse the hotkeys so that they do the same thing as in the rest of the game. Often I find myself in a 1v1 and I have the SC2BW "keys constrained to left" selected and that remaps all the keys. It's difficult to remember e is prove in SC2 but p is probe in sc2bw...and if you like the SC1 hotkeys you can keep it that way for sc2 as well by leaving it in the bottom most selection...