Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
Time has shown that there were a handful of minor errors in v4.4-- mismatched name entries, a forcepool error misplacing a unit or two in the wrong BG, vehicle smoke launchers not working, etc. Not show-stoppers, but worth fixing. Also, a few historical inaccuracies that have since come to light.
Also, don't assume that GJS works seemlessly and identical in tLD. TLD is not the same CC animal as CCV (for the better I might add). If you want the same old mod on newer model engine, you have to take on some new changes or live with GJS on CCV.
Also: changing all the BG unit icons--no more hard-to-see photographs. Going with the new style. Those that don't like change can switch/mod back to the old GJS --I spent way too many hours making the original ones but I personally prefer the quick info and clarity of new system.
Also: instituting "effective" range for 3 inch mortars and 8cm grwrfer. Players will only be able to use them on maps where they have room to use them.
Time has shown that there were a handful of minor errors in v4.4-- mismatched name entries, a forcepool error misplacing a unit or two in the wrong BG, vehicle smoke launchers not working, etc. Not show-stoppers, but worth fixing. Also, a few historical inaccuracies that have since come to light.
Also, don't assume that GJS works seemlessly and identical in tLD. TLD is not the same CC animal as CCV (for the better I might add). If you want the same old mod on newer model engine, you have to take on some new changes or live with GJS on CCV.
Also: changing all the BG unit icons--no more hard-to-see photographs. Going with the new style. Those that don't like change can switch/mod back to the old GJS --I spent way too many hours making the original ones but I personally prefer the quick info and clarity of new system.
Also: instituting "effective" range for 3 inch mortars and 8cm grwrfer. Players will only be able to use them on maps where they have room to use them.
Thanks for the update ... looking forward to the TLD version
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:59 am Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
Very good!
Regarding Unit icons in battle, I much preferred the 4.3 ones, reminiscent from CC5. I think they are clearer than an even smaller photograph than the BG selection pics, it gives you a better understanding of the unit you're selecting with out looking for the name.
But for personal taste I like better the CC2-CC3 unit icons.
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
Looks great!
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:38 am Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
Amazing!
Is it possible though to start the sound of the engine sooner? That way the opponent can start to frighten...
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
I dont have TLD and it has been years since I tried GJS.
But last year I "converted" a few GJS maps to CCMT for fun. In doing so, I remembered that most of the map structures did not have doors and windows coded appropriately.
Has that been changed with TLD and/or GJS/TLD mod?
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:10 am Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
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what's with the size of typhoon, it looks more like a transatlantic than a fighter plane....
It's big on purpose. I want airstrikes to have a more realistic, visual impact. I can't have all the sound I want, so this is part of my personal fix. The aircraft is closer to the player and not flying at the exact altitude of the ground combat. The aircraft shadow is approximately the scale to the soldiers as you would expect.
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Is it possible though to start the sound of the engine sooner? That way the opponent can start to frighten...
I wish. It would be more realistic than yellow smoke. Unfortunately would take some code rewrite. You can delay it, but not start it sooner.
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Btw, how come that the plane flies over the soldier detail box, something to do with Fraps recording?
Noticed that too. No idea.
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But last year I "converted" a few GJS maps to CCMT for fun. In doing so, I remembered that most of the map structures did not have doors and windows coded appropriately.
Has that been changed with TLD and/or GJS/TLD mod?
Memory is hazy, but some of that was done on purpose b/c it was so easy to spot and kill infantry in bldgs. with CCV, or that's what we believed --or-- put it down to inconsistent, free-for-the-user map coding. Doubt this will be fixed for the "beta" release.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: GJS for tLD
multi storey walls in tLD have a movement reduction for infantry that makes the sodliers go out and run by the street and get massacred instead of following a path of a row of buildings. I much preferred 'normal' CC buildings, yeah the soldiers go through walls, but the AI currently isn't that advanced that they can learn to use doors, so if you code walls impassable or have them reduce movement, it becomes a huge mess in urban maps.
I used CC2Redux elements instead, much more enjoyable for myself.
Also, can't wait for GJS on tLD!
Still want winter flag to work properly on vehicles so I can have unreliable panthers that brake down starting the battle and more uniforms.
multi storey walls in tLD have a movement reduction for infantry that makes the sodliers go out and run by the street and get massacred instead of following a path of a row of buildings. I much preferred 'normal' CC buildings, yeah the soldiers go through walls, but the AI currently isn't that advanced that they can learn to use doors, so if you code walls impassable or have them reduce movement, it becomes a huge mess in urban maps.
I used CC2Redux elements instead, much more enjoyable for myself.
Also, can't wait for GJS on tLD!
Still want winter flag to work properly on vehicles so I can have unreliable panthers that brake down starting the battle and more uniforms.
It doesn't seem right that windows would be harder to pass through than walls ... so I changed the window coding to make windows easier to pass through than walls, but increasingly more difficult as levels progress up ... the limit being the wall value
It seems to have corrected the problems you mentioned Pzt_Kanov ... thanks for pointing this out.
Also, soldiers now move through doors and windows ... most of the time.
note for Cathartes: please review this file for these changes, as well as others that were done for GT
Other Elements changes:
1-Fixed Sandbags and Sandbag Barrier: now crush to Debris( 221)
2-Leaves 92,93,94,95:
Hindrance: L,M,N ... was "0", now is "200"
Protection: G,H,I,J ... now is "0"
3-Large Hedgerow: vehicles can not enter this terrain
4-Small Hedgerow: changed to "block Line of Sight"
I'm also going to edit "bocage" to have "Large Hedgerow" values (for GT 1.8 ) ... so any hedge with a large shadow will have equal results, when acted upon.
I can just see these guys shimmering up 4 stories and slipping elegantly through an open window.
not sure what your point is ... stock TLD has them walking through walls with ease, but passing very slowly through windows. The only way windows coded that way, would have made sense ... would be to have the walls so soldiers could not pass through.
In my opinion ... the above posted elements file (that was just edited) is a pretty good CC representation of walls, windows, doors in relation to soldier movement.
I've experimented with having walls that can't be passed through ... and although it's interesting to see soldiers be restricted to windows and doors ... it is not practical in CC, especially in city maps with lots of buildings. Teams get separated very easily, and have other problems as well.
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