The only solution for nit getting wiped out is to increse the turn interval and slow down the game. Toying with the idea of introducing jump blockers to slow down maurading forces. Although no such item exists in the WC world. Right? Am open to ideas to make the games more interesting and long term playable.
WCGenerals Beta Launch - Come and try it out!
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It will be small amounts.
Stu
Stuck in what way? Remember game 2 has a longer delay cycle between each move.
capi3101
Admiral
Never mind - credits generation took a second to kick in. I was down to nine credits and I'm back up now.
No, there's no such thing as a jump blocker in the WC universe, though there was the deal in WC3 where the Kilrathi tricked Victory's crew into thinking they'd closed a jump point, so that might be something that could be worked in.
No, there's no such thing as a jump blocker in the WC universe, though there was the deal in WC3 where the Kilrathi tricked Victory's crew into thinking they'd closed a jump point, so that might be something that could be worked in.
capi3101
Admiral
They both have the green "okay to move" dots. But when I click on the ships to move, the blue border does not appear around the jump to Nexus, and clicking on the jump point itself just brings it up on the sidebar with the option of pulling up the Nexus map. I've had no issues moving ships in between any other set of systems.
Ok. Will check it out.
capi3101
Admiral
Navigational note - the jump in Telar to J900 appears to be missing. Going to jump a ship into J900 from Junction to see if the reverse is true or not.
EDIT: Looks like the jump from J900 to Telar is indeed present at 11,3. I'll try jumping my ship through to see what happens.
EDIT: Looks like the jump from J900 to Telar is indeed present at 11,3. I'll try jumping my ship through to see what happens.
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FekLeyrTarg
Rear Admiral
In WCSaga, some jump points were fortified by turret mines. Maybe that can be implemented into WCGenerals to stop the marauders.
And WC Academy (TV) once showed a Kilrathi jump buoy with missile turrets.
And WC Academy (TV) once showed a Kilrathi jump buoy with missile turrets.
Mines are a good idea. Ships jumping into the system can suffer hits which could sllow them down for repairs. Will need to work out which ships can deploy them etc. Pls keep playing and gives more suggstions for improved playability. Thanks
Thanks Capi.
capi3101
Admiral
Still have got some odd behavior going on with new ship deployment in Game #1. Bought three Norgatas; deployed the first two without going back to the battle map in between deployments and "lost" one of them (the game says it's there but it's not showing up on the map). It also still said "Raxis" on the system to which to deploy the craft; that is my "home" system in that game but my shipyard there was wiped. The fighters did deploy ultimately to New Detroit where my shipyard is, but that seemed buggy to me so I thought I'd report it.
Time interval delay appears to be functioning now, though. Perhaps a little too well - I've waited for over a minute for Game 1 and my ships are still not cleared to move again.
Time interval delay appears to be functioning now, though. Perhaps a little too well - I've waited for over a minute for Game 1 and my ships are still not cleared to move again.
Ok. The original map was 20 x 20 which we cut down to 20 x 10 but some deployments are happening as per the 20 x 20 which sends the ships out of control area. Am fixing the same. Next update deployment will happen at a location of your choice i.e. near a planet, refinery, shipyard etc.
Just refresh map to see if the move indicators are changing. I have not enabled auto-refresh map yet.
The next update will make the players fight for the planets and installations as well. Currently anyone can breeze through a system adding assets. Now it will become tougher and hopefully will slow down the relentless expansion. These planets and installations will also become more valuable in terms of credits thus making them worth fighting after.
Beta is in full swing. Check out some screen shots from active play.
1. 9 Players have joined this game.
2. New Constantinople System
3. New Player Starting off
4. Two fleets squaring off
5. Territory map showing players losses and gains
6. My Fleet
7. Ship Dealers - Buy new ships
1. 9 Players have joined this game.
2. New Constantinople System
3. New Player Starting off
4. Two fleets squaring off
5. Territory map showing players losses and gains
6. My Fleet
7. Ship Dealers - Buy new ships
Hi Chris. Screenshots posted.
capi3101
Admiral
You've definitely got some buggy behavior going on still in the navigation department - this is mainly in Game #2. Here are my observations so far:
*Nitir -> Blockade Point Tango appears to be non-functional.
*KM-252 -> Nexus is non-functional.
*BP Alpha is mislabeled as BP Charlie on the main Nav Map.
*Ragnarok -> Perry jump missing.
*Palan->Xytani non-functional.
*New Caledonia -> Prosepe jump missing.
*Game #2, got a ship that refuses to identify its location. I think it was the jump from Perry to Ragnarok.
*Blockade Point Tango in Nitir identifies as BP Charlie.
*Some definite weirdness going on in Perry in Game #2 - ships jumped to New Detroit and Ragnarok ultimately emerged at BP Charlie.
Ships are also still not deploying in same system as the shipyards; this was in Game #1 - I had moved my remaining shipyard from New Detroit but the next time I bought a ship that's where the game deployed it to.
*Nitir -> Blockade Point Tango appears to be non-functional.
*KM-252 -> Nexus is non-functional.
*BP Alpha is mislabeled as BP Charlie on the main Nav Map.
*Ragnarok -> Perry jump missing.
*Palan->Xytani non-functional.
*New Caledonia -> Prosepe jump missing.
*Game #2, got a ship that refuses to identify its location. I think it was the jump from Perry to Ragnarok.
*Blockade Point Tango in Nitir identifies as BP Charlie.
*Some definite weirdness going on in Perry in Game #2 - ships jumped to New Detroit and Ragnarok ultimately emerged at BP Charlie.
Ships are also still not deploying in same system as the shipyards; this was in Game #1 - I had moved my remaining shipyard from New Detroit but the next time I bought a ship that's where the game deployed it to.
Thanks Capi. Will check them all out.