Report, edit, etc...Posted by Sindustries on 2006-04-15 at 14:02:46
There are 8 units in this game, the ghost, kerrigan, infested kerrigan, duran, infested duran, alexi, wraith, and tom. What I was thinking is that for spell casting, each of these units are designated their own hotkey and their own spell. If you want to cast a spell, you chose one of the ghosts and you uncloak them. When you uncloak them, an enemy unit will kill it which is the conditon used to cast the spell. Good idea?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheeZe on 2006-04-15 at 14:06:36
No. What's the point of hotkeying?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Fwop_ on 2006-04-15 at 15:28:27
If they die you have to just hotkey them again anway.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by nimadude on 2006-04-15 at 15:37:33
QUOTE(Fwop_ @ Apr 15 2006, 11:28 AM)
If they die you have to just hotkey them again anway.
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Instead of dieing, you can use a borrowed enemy and use borrow detection
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-04-15 at 15:39:41
Or my tank system... Or a dropship/reaver etc.
This spell system just makes it more complicated. And the killing of the unit will make it seem more "unprofessional". In my opinion: not a good idea.
This spell system just makes it more complicated. And the killing of the unit will make it seem more "unprofessional". In my opinion: not a good idea.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-04-15 at 16:13:28
Lots of hotkeys = unneeded confusion
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2006-04-15 at 19:12:51
You could have them uncloak, and infested terran attacks them and does 1 dmg. Then you detect the death of the Infested terran. You can keep the hotkeys then.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kookster on 2006-04-15 at 19:25:22
I like that idea, but I think the dropship is still the best way
Report, edit, etc...Posted by cons.piracy on 2006-04-16 at 00:58:25
No, I don't think it's a good idea.
In addition to the fact that you have to hotkey the units over again every time you cast a spell, another problem is that it takes a second for the unit to come out of cloak. That means every spell you cast will take a second to actually come out.
Plus, it seems like a waste of some perfectly good units.
In addition to the fact that you have to hotkey the units over again every time you cast a spell, another problem is that it takes a second for the unit to come out of cloak. That means every spell you cast will take a second to actually come out.
Plus, it seems like a waste of some perfectly good units.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Vrael on 2006-05-03 at 14:59:35
Unfortunately, there are better methods than the one you described. Keep on thinking though.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Corbo(MM) on 2006-05-03 at 16:31:44
Let's say its this way
Your method = 8 hotkeys
Dropship method = 1 hotkey
Your method = 8 spells
Dropship method = 8 spells
Got it?
Your method = 8 hotkeys
Dropship method = 1 hotkey
Your method = 8 spells
Dropship method = 8 spells
Got it?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ZPD on 2006-05-03 at 17:26:02
You won't need all those hotkeys if it's an RPG map anyways. Why not use them? What Demaris said would make sense and work well. Alternatively, you could just right click and if they move at all you activate the spell. Using hotkeys is the fastest method when you get used to it. It's like melee. Hotkeying is much faster than clicking things such as with the Dropship method. 8t7t6v5v is much faster than clicking on each Factory and pressing t or v. If it's possible for players to remember what each spell is assigned to quickly, this could work very well.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tuxedo Templar on 2006-05-03 at 18:30:38
http://www.staredit.net/index.php?showtopic=18689
Listed them awhile ago with comparisons and such. Might need to open it up in something besides notepad, though (looks like the spacings got messed).
Listed them awhile ago with comparisons and such. Might need to open it up in something besides notepad, though (looks like the spacings got messed).
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kupo on 2006-05-04 at 01:08:43
Still sounds useless to me, i would rather make spell drop system or beacon then that.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by dumbducky on 2006-05-04 at 18:14:44
You could just have a rine or something shoot the units to acitivate a spell, but then you have to center on the rine.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kenoli on 2006-05-05 at 12:19:25
Here's a possible method of selection. It's much like using a factory to make a unit, but you can use upgrades and techlonogy research too. The only real drawback is that you must use minerals or gas to detect when the player researches comething.
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