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  CLAIM part too inefficient
  • chris

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  realistically you're looking at [CLAIM,CLAIM,MOVE,MOVE] or you will be stuck at 1 / 5000 reservation points and every time your reservation creep gets replaced the energy source will drop back down to 1500 losing you precious energy. So yes, it is costly to reserve a room. You are effectively spending between 2600 to 3900 ( 2 or 3 reservation creeps) per 1500 ticks to hold your reservation. Assuming you are spending 100 ticks just traveling to the controller, you still earn 800 reservation per creep, giving you effectively 2400 / 5000 reservation in the first 1500 ticks. As for profit, you have just spend 3900 on claims. Assume you spend another 2100 for miners and haulers, and you are looking at around 9000 net profit per 1500 ticks. This increases further after the first two cycles because it is not necessary to continue to dump 3 reservation creeps in every 1500 to maintain your reservation at max level (5000/5000). so that drops off to 2600 and 2100 giving you over 10,000 in profit from a single source. I would say 10,000 is preferable to the 7500 you could get not bothering with the claim, but it does take a bit more work to set up. It is well worth doing for any two source rooms you have nearby.    
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  Game restart
  • SteeleR

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  I hate everything about this suggestion. As already discussed, both because of the exponential cost of each level, and because GCL 27 is effectively the max (CPU 300), you have every opportunity to get caught up to the bigger players. Another limiting factor you may not be aware of is the restriction of only being able to upgrade 15 energy per tick at RCL 8. Before maxing out a room you can upgrade much more quickly than this, but once a player is established with their max number of rooms all at max level, they are limited in how much energy they can continue earning towards their GCL limit.  And even if the idea of a reset was ever entertained, a month is way too short, that would effectively limit the game to 2-3 room play, which would be terrible.
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  Scary Realization
  • CodeHobbit

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  No. Not at all. Carry on - kind regards, definitely not skynet
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  story.
  • ayrtep

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  I would be very keen on getting some clues as to what is going on as well.
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  Creep roles
  • QuickArcheoptrix

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  Harvester Moves to source -> Builds container if none is in range 2 of source -> Moves between container and source -> Drains source into container Carrier Moves to container -> Takes energy -> Moves to storage Distributor Moves energy from storage to spawn/extensions/towers Builder Takes energy from storage / Harvests energy -> builds structures / repairs structures Upgrader Takes energy from storage / link / harvest energy -> upgrades controller Scout  Moves to unclaimed exploration flags Warrior Seeks local enemies -> moves to nearest enemy -> attacks Seeks enemies in nearby rooms -> moves to room Moves to nearest conquest flag if it exists Else moves to spawn's rally point Warlord Moves to nearby harvesting flags and reserves the room Moves to claim flags and claims if possible or reserves Bridge Acts as a bridge between storage and link Controls the flow of energy between storage and link system
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  Problem With Upgraders
  • Plathon

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  Thanks for the help Amadox, this solved my problem!
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  couple of things regarding the steam launch
  • bonzaiferroni

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  Thanks for you thoughts, much appreciated. Please consider writing a review on Steam once you buy the game. In fact, it could be clearer overall that the game requires a monthly subscription, it is only mentioned once pretty far down in the description. When most people buy a game on Steam they aren’t expecting a subscription model, it has to be really clearly stated. The problem is that the clearly visible CPU subscription purchase option is still hidden at the store page due to a setup mistake made by Valve staff. I hope it will be resolved today.
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  PTR bug with lookForAtArea
  • tedivm

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  Thanks, fixed.
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  Impact!
  • Dissi

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  hah, nice one DT
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  Mock API for markets
  • Dissi

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  What variable will be used to store the credits you currently have? I'm now mocking it with Game.market.credits.
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  Screeps Interactive Console from your Terminal
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  Strange Reactions constant
  • chris

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  REACTIONS constant is used by the game engine. It’s up to you whether to use it or not in your own scripts.
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  Get Text Messages from your Screeps Script
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  So NPC Invader are eating spawns now?
  • awr000

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  We've just changed invaders' AI so that they will try to path through ramparts and walls first. But please take note that if you obstruct their way with other structures, they will try to path through them in case if there is no path found through ramparts/walls only.
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  Difference in PTR and PROD cpu-usage
  • Dissi

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  Ahww that's a bummer. I wish I could find out what's causing the difference.
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  Clicking "view memory" on a flag doesn't open/add the memory to the memory tab
  • Dissi

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  Fixed, thanks.
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  PTR- Can't create RoomPosition objects
  • tedivm

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  I figured out the problem. Previously you allowed "x" and "y" to be either strings or integers. However, you recently changed something and made it so only integers, not strings (even if those strings happened to be integers), can be used. So in my case the '26' and '23' were strings and thus were throwing an error. If anyone else encounters this it can be resolved using parseInt(). Artem, you may want to consider reverting to the previous behavior by using 'parseInt' when 'typeof' returns string, or by switching from whatever check you're using (I'm guessing a typeof number type thing) to the Number.isInteger check.
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  PTR terminal doesn't contain 300k energy
  • Dissi

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  Fixed now! Thanks a lot!
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  New wall strategy
  • Dissi

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  Totally missed that one. Thanks for the changelog link.
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  New era is coming..
  • Dissi

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