[Alliance] CoPS

But I must say that any solution that implies optimization or heap increase can only be temporary. It's always just a matter of time when Totalschaden (or AzuraStar, or anybody) overgrows everything in the realm of reasonable possibilities then comes back asking for more heap. We'll discuss what we can do to solve it permanently somehow.

@mrfaul Well... not directly.

I wasn't able to reproduce the issue using the steps provided. Is the server you're experiencing issues with publicly available?

@duckymirror I was able to reproduce the issue with this replay, thank you very much, we'll investigate why is this happening and fix it.

Hello, the strange German dude,

Of course, implementing what you're talking about in Screeps is not an option. This change would decrease the number of tactics and use-cases of spawning and boosting mechanics (the example is, you can spawn 6-9-12 50parts creeps, renew them to have the same ttl using the spawner, then boost with labs), increasing logistics difficulty at the same time. This is exactly opposite to what we're trying to achieve in game design.

Regardless of that, I thank you for wording your idea here on the forum. While it can't be directly applied to the game, it still can be the source of inspiration in some other activities.

Any fresh replays?

A tunnel is a road through the wall, and if you're asking pathfinder to ignore roads, it does ignore all roads, including those that are in walls. Actually, it would be quite weird to expect otherwise. If you want a complex logic like 'ignore this road, but not that one', I'd say it's time to use CostMatrix-es.

Not a bug/As designed/Won't fix

@deft-code I'm ready to test the PR, please ping me with the link.

Leaving aside the comments on breaking changes, I disagree on the concept of this idea.

A player can use 3 labs from RCL 6, which means with the simplest of manual market interaction, a player can be making and applying T1 boosts as they also gain access to the extractor at this RCL.

If the spawn applied boosts, how would it work? Does the player need to remove the boost they have made from a lab, and move it into a spawn? The spawning method then gains a new parameter stating how much boost should be used? This sounds like more complexity, not less.

Furthermore:

• What interaction would this have with renewing creeps? How would I be able to spawn (say) an attack force, have them all renew to the same TTL, and then boost?
• This will add more complexity regarding spawn locations, as a creep will need to be spawned in a spawn that has the correct boosts.
• How many boosts, and how much of each can a spawn store? A creep can be using many types of boost at once, after all.

Even if I agreed with your idea, it is insufficiently detailed.

@warinternal thanks, we'll take a look.