expand the screen size(width and length) and increase the maximum amount of players by 2. i think the screen for cyber-wars was bigger than this wasnt it? and then after you do this you can change the the beacon and turret beam-down formation to how it was where if you were by the side you could beam all of them down.
Quote from: willie on September 13, 2005, 07:18:01 PM
expand the screen size(width and length) and increase the maximum amount of players by 2. i think the screen for cyber-wars was bigger than this wasnt it?
No, and no.
Quote from: willie on September 13, 2005, 07:18:01 PM
and then after you do this you can change the the beacon and turret beam-down formation to how it was where if you were on a side you could beam all of them down.
It was never like that.
The screen size is correct Willie. Â People tend to prefer that things like that are kept the same, because a lot of the in-game strategy revolves around judging distance between units.
Increasing maximum number of people by 2 would be fairly hectic... an interesting suggestion, but possibly best left as is for now though.
Quotei think the screen for cyber-wars was bigger than this wasnt it?
actually, it was smaller. I added one column or row, I don't remember which :) Probably column
Quoteincrease the maximum amount of players by 2.
I don't think it is necessary
Quoteand then after you do this you can change the the beacon and turret beam-down formation to how it was where if you were on a side you could beam all of them down.
fair and true comment :) I wanted to do it for long time. It is already partly programmed.
Quote from: matlu on September 13, 2005, 08:44:17 PM
fair and true comment :) I wanted to do it for long time. It is already partly programmed.
Nooo, don't do it, i like the way it is! You should just move a little if you want all 8!
How would they be arranged then?
Matlu,
Dont make it so that all 8 beacons beam down... it was never like this in the original. Although it could be helpful, it can also ruin one's strategy completely.
As for adding 2 extra players... that would be AWESOME! BUT you would have to add more options to choose from and maybe even more monsters and things such as mind control and teleport.
we have teleport..and i think it would be cool if the game board was bigger and can play a game of 8. Not sure if ti would work out but i still think its cool
Quote from: The_Gu3st on September 13, 2005, 09:15:58 PM
...and things such as mind control and teleport.
eh? we have these... explain ???
DUH! I know we have mind control and teleport, but I didnt know how to describe what sort of "things" they are. For example, i didnt know whether to call them defensive moves, skill moves, or whatever.
I just mean we need more things of that sort, instead of monsters.
You guys, turrets were actually like that in the original. If you were on the side, all 8 of them would still beam down. Unfortunately I never took any pics when I played, of the alternate formation... As for beacons, I don't remember if they did that or not.
They did, but this was not ALWAYS the case.
Well I preferred it that way :P Also I think making the screen bigger and having max 8 wouldn't be a bad idea. Alot of work for minimal gain, maybe... But it's not as if Cyber Wars was ever a finely balanced strategy game. I don't think it would ruin anything.
More things such as teleport and mind control = electropulse and virus ;D
Agreed with mccool
Yeah, that's pretty much what I said except MC phrased it a lot better.
Well I thought of it way before you did, I just didn't feel like posting. Stop trying to take credit for everything
Whoa power trip, lol. Chill MC, I still <3 you.
Don't take that tone with me, you flamer! RAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR.
... ;D
meow back to you too.
omg, whatever, fine... you win.
Don't I always?
I'm going to do the mature thing and ignore that comment... Goodnight.
lol :P
Night.
What's wrong with the current beacon formation? Nothing. Don't fix what isn't broken.
Hah, I like to think that guest is kind of a retard... He just seems bright.... but still i think he is just a retarded person using a computer..
our yoo suyin eye am stoopid? shoot yoo mowth
Now it's more like abusing a computer, rather than using.
And don't type like that, you might get mistaken for Ults ;)
ok i dont appreciate that >:( i dont type that bad do i?
lol, I'm joking buddy, of course you don't ;)
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Quote from: Bakster on September 14, 2005, 07:56:27 PM
What's wrong with the current beacon formation? Nothing. Don't fix what isn't broken.
everythings wrong with it. and it will make it more fun if the original beacon formation is restored. matlu doesnt have to do this, but its a suggestion which this whole thread is about.
Quote from: willie on September 16, 2005, 11:15:01 AM
 everythings wrong with it.  and it will make it more fun if the original beacon formation is restored. matlu doesnt have to do this, but its a suggestion which this whole thread is about.
can you somehow describe or draw how do you think it should look like?
In the original cyberwars, if you were not up against a side and there was enough room for all beacons/turrets then the formation was exactly the same as you have it now.
Like so:
http://www.geocities.com/cyberwarsforever/screenshots/submittedscreenshots/picture084.jpg
However, if you were too close to a side then the formation would change so all beacons/turrets would fit on the screen. As shown here:
http://www.geocities.com/cyberwarsforever/screenshots/submittedscreenshots/picture066.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/cyberwarsforever/screenshots/submittedscreenshots/picture085.jpg
Correction: It appears that the normal formation gives you 8 beacons/turrets, while the alternate formation gives you 7... I think that's fair, as it takes a little effort/risk to move into open space.
interesting. By the way, could the beacons/turrets be summoned at places without line-of-sight? In Chaos they could only be summoned if there was line-of-sight to that place. In other case it was summoned at some random adjacent square (which still had to have LOS)
uhh yeah 8 player - lets wait until there are 8 players per night before thats added
yea matlu they can :)