Some bugs/feature request - alien comm
BloodyIron
Join Date: 2009-11-09 Member: 69321Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Join Date: 2009-11-09 Member: 69321Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Okay so I don't know how much of this has been talked about before.
1) When you have a hive in server room, I don't know if this is always, but I just played a game where I couldn't build cysts down into elevator through the normal walk path. It appears to do a " good placement" check and never turn any positive checks up, and lags the whole server. If I try to come north into server room, it does the same thing.
2) Can we get an audible error message when a drifter gets blocked when trying to build?
3) Can we have an on-HUD way to select each of our hives? Having to manually click on each is really obnoxious.
1) When you have a hive in server room, I don't know if this is always, but I just played a game where I couldn't build cysts down into elevator through the normal walk path. It appears to do a " good placement" check and never turn any positive checks up, and lags the whole server. If I try to come north into server room, it does the same thing.
2) Can we get an audible error message when a drifter gets blocked when trying to build?
3) Can we have an on-HUD way to select each of our hives? Having to manually click on each is really obnoxious.
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1) When you have a hive in server room, I don't know if this is always, but I just played a game where I couldn't build cysts down into elevator through the normal walk path. It appears to do a " good placement" check and never turn any positive checks up, and lags the whole server. If I try to come north into server room, it does the same thing.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
#1 Have experienced the exact same thing! It's at the powernode/window south of server. The other path works fine for me though.
<!--quoteo(post=1926270:date=Apr 17 2012, 09:11 AM:name=BloodyIron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BloodyIron @ Apr 17 2012, 09:11 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1926270"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->2) Can we get an audible error message when a drifter gets blocked when trying to build?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wouldn't be wrong.
<!--quoteo(post=1926270:date=Apr 17 2012, 09:11 AM:name=BloodyIron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BloodyIron @ Apr 17 2012, 09:11 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1926270"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->3) Can we have an on-HUD way to select each of our hives? Having to manually click on each is really obnoxious.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Very good idea! Also, I haven't gotten the standard rts control-group system to work in ns2.
This is really frustrating, especially as a marine commander (when you have to beacon/scan/nano) and no doubt incredibly confusing for new commanders.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->#1 Have experienced the exact same thing! It's at the powernode/window south of server. The other path works fine for me though.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is a known map bug in 204, hopefully resolved next patch?
1) When you have a hive in server room, I don't know if this is always, but I just played a game where I couldn't build cysts down into elevator through the normal walk path. It appears to do a " good placement" check and never turn any positive checks up, and lags the whole server. If I try to come north into server room, it does the same thing.
2) Can we get an audible error message when a drifter gets blocked when trying to build?
3) Can we have an on-HUD way to select each of our hives? Having to manually click on each is really obnoxious.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
1.) Just a heads up, you should report bugs using <a href="https://getsatisfaction.com/unknownworlds" target="_blank">get satisfaction</a>.
2.) That would be great
3.) You don't have to click. You can press crouch + number (ie. '1', '2', etc.) on any structure (not just hives) to assign it to that control group. and then just press the number on your keyboard as with most RTS's. It took me a long time to find this because I remapped my crouch key to f, and I was expecting it to be "ctrl + 1" which of course didn't work on my settings. And if I recall correctly, as with other RTS games, pressing once will select it, pressing twice will bring your minimap there.