4. New invader invading logic

New invader invading logic


  • (bored and tired of working so here's a suggestion..)

    As the screeps world grows ( not with players, but more rooms for the existing ones šŸ˜„ ) and the server tick times are so dramatically slow ( currently about 5s from a bit over 2 seconds when i stopped playing half an year ago ), here is a suggestion of at least reducing the server load on the invaders andĀ adding a bit of logic to them.Ā 

    At the moment the invaders spawn atĀ about 80-120k harvested energy in each room, so my suggestions are as follows:

    - spawn invaders based on a time period
    - give notification of incoming invaders (let's say 500-1000 ticks before spawning) that if the room is observed (or check in some manner) you can see a "signal" of the incoming attack and then decide how to respond
    - increase that time period based on their success/failure Ā - meaning that If those invaders don't manage to kill even one creep - next time spawn them later, but if they do some damage (break wall/kill a creep) - next time spawn sooner and sooner.Ā 

    This will allow the following:

    - the players that can successfully deal with them -Ā be less and less invaded thus freeing CPUĀ 
    - more natural feel of those invasion, having the option to get alert of their incoming attacks
    - moreĀ logical invasions focused on the rooms that are not protected enough
    - ability to reduce those invasion attacks globally on the serverĀ during outagesĀ 

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    and to quote Sergey - Be Happy! šŸ™‚