Able to upgrade controller of someone else
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I decided to capture a room from a an idle new player next to me. I removed all hostile structures and started to prepare to build a spawn. Then I found out that you are able to upgrade the controller of someone else.
The nasty thing now is that I could upgrade the controller to level 2. And then when the countdown timer hit '0' it jumped back to 50k.
2 things;
- remove the possibility of upgrading someone else's controller.
- What happened to the upgrade points? Are they on my account or on the account of the other player?
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This is not a bug. You can upgrade others' controllers, build and repair their structures, heal creeps and do any other things if you want to.
Control points are on account of the controller's owner.
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And the resetting of the countdown timer to 50k after reaching 0?
Is that also working as intended?
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I guess the resetting of the countdown timer is still intentional, since the room still doesn't have any spawns when you upgrade it.
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The countdown timer is reset every time the controller level is downgraded. From the article Territory Control:
A Controller cannot be damaged or destroyed. However, in case there are no spawns of the owner player in the room left, a countdown timer is started and the Controller starts losing 1 level every 50,000 game ticks. As soon as its level reaches 0, it becomes neutral, and another player can reclaim it.
