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  Invaders die when pvp starts
  • Crusher48

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  @crusher48 The chances of natural invaders being an issue to an attacker seem even lower than the chances of invaders being an issue for their creators.

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  Seasonal Shard
  • Shibdib

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  @gankdalf I don't like setting time frames, but it's definitely our focus now, and will become our primary development project as early as this summer.

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  Document Pathfinding
  • shedletsky

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  Game.map.findRoute tends to always work, but it isn't guaranteed.

  PathFinder is the native library for pathfinding. (iirc) The default cost matrix is the same "cost matrix" used by findPath, meaning all objects that can block a creep are max path cost, swamps are more expensive than plain, and roads are 2x cheaper than road.

  If you're building a custom CostMatrix, it's best to do the whole thing yourself than rely on some interleaving between the default matrix and your custom overlay.

  findPath is the old pathfinder built entirely in js. It's good to get started with but not good if you want efficiency.

  A lot of documentation is scattered, typically the best resource is your own experience. If you want a fast and very controllable path, only use PathFinder.

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  Unsolved AttackController too easy to recover from
  • SteveTrov

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  Screeps feels tuned so that someone who is engaged with the game on a daily basis is favored in most conflicts.

  For example, the difference of attacking someone who is AFK for a coupel days vs someone who is active is a huge change. This is just another extension of that, where if they come back they can recover quickly from losses, but if they ignore it they can lose everything.

  I'm with @artch on this, I think its a (mostly) healthy way to keep people who care about the game significantly engaged. It might be tuned a little too strongly, but when you remember it took someone probably a month to build up that room to level 8, losing half of that while afk is a downer.

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  Document FIND_DROPPED_RESOURCES
  • shedletsky

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  @shedletsky This is my first attempt at adding it to the docs. This is my local copy. I am not sure the formatting is consistent this way, but I have run out of time for goofing off on this.

  EDIT - and it seems the wording on custom filters not being cached needs reworded ... the base query is cached, but the filtering is not cached.

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  Expose respawn/novice property on Game.map and/or Room
  • CaptainMuscles

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  Could this be merged into Game.map.isRoomAvailable ?
  It could return a number instead of the bool.

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  Don't let me build roads on top of walls
  • shedletsky

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  I always use a quick Math.max(new_value, current_value) before setting cost matrix value. It saved me a lot of hassle several times.

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  Game.map.visual for map visuals
  • Helam

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  This is a brilliant idea!

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  Up the construction site cap
  • Shibdib

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  One idea I used some time ago (originally to let me schedule building for after I reached a new RCL) was flags. I would place a flag designating the location and type of construction site, then my code would automatically set up construction sites whenever it could. This could also be used to overcome the construction site cap.

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  allow third party software to not spam the in-game console
  • SemperRabbit

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  @artch 10/10 community engagement there, thanks for the updates.

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  Tower Variants
  • Gankdalf

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  @tigga My original thought behind the sniper was that it would actually be very effective at killing shielded creeps by doing that 1000 damage, but it fires one extremely expensive (like 10k power or something) as its entire capacity

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  More notifyWhenAttacked-control
  • Kasami

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  This is a good idea. Constantly getting pinged due to minor engagements is extremely annoying, but disabling notifications entirely is a suboptimal solution. Looping through literally everything and disabling notifyWhenAttacked is extremely wasteful, and doesn't really scale well.

  I've looked into trying to have a system to catch newly build structures and creeps to override the notification system there specifically, but the overhead required for tracking would render moot any savings gained by not just periodically looping through everything. (And of course, looping through everything every tick is not really an option, so there will be a gap where the notifications aren't updated).

  So such a change would be extremely welcome.

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  Domination Points
  • Gankdalf

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  Another modification of the idea would be that every 1000 ticks, a certain amount of GCL progress is given out split between every player who successfully reached the obelisk with a claim creep in the last 1000 ticks. This would make it beneficial for even a single successful attack against the obelisk holder, while still encouraging the defense of the obelisk to increase personal reward.

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  Modify resources in simulation
  • Crusher48

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  @crusher48 if you create a storage unit using the simulation controls (rather than building it) then it will have minerals in it already. You can destroy and replace the storage if you need more.

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  Creep names over creep heads
  • Gankdalf

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  Add a toggle for the auto complete
  • Shibdib

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  I've not had auto-complete bug out, but it just pops up when i'm typing something as I press enter, and now my command has changed to whatever stupid thing was at the top of the auto-complete list!

  I would support this product or service

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  Only allow 1 order per resource per room on the market
  • black0441

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  Just wanted to add that if such a limit is added, it has to be at least two orders per resource type. It should be perfectly viable to have both a sell-order and buy-order.

  That said, I do not think this is a problem.

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  Quick quality of life shortcut for browser GUI
  • shedletsky

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  Rare chance for mineral source types to change
  • Crusher48

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  I think that would remove a lot of the strategy around room selection.

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  Possible solution for multi language support?
  • MrFaul

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  @mrfaul In order for your idea to work we'd need to run a separate container for every user to manage their resources usage, with instant startup, in an environment of thousands synchronized users. So my point still stands - the complexity of such a system makes it not even a major refactor, but a huge R&D project with uncertain results.