Update: Something about Gameplay

Commanders and Comrades,

now we want to let you know, that we are working really hard at creating the "America Beta".
But here some small informations about the Build- and Dozersystem.

Like some of You guys will know, that coding TW is a really difficult thing.
For Example we (specially our Coder GuNsHiP_MKII) was working really hard
to create the original Dozers from Generals.
But It isn´t possible to Code this...

So the Team decided to change the known Dozersystems into a new Build-UP-System
But don´t think we wont to bring back the classic Generals-feeling :lol:
Sometimes we need to make some compromises.

But before i fell into an Endless Story, here some Details.
Like you can see in this Video, its the RA3 Soviet Biuld-UP

Click on the building You want to construct and the building is ready for placing on the Battlefield.
after placing it, the construction begins.


The second thing is we want to use something like a Compact MCV-Crawler-Unit (we call it MobileCrane)
That means exactly:

It is a fully moveable Unit, that can build anywhere on the Map.
After deploying that unit, you will be able to construct Buildings within a small buildradius.
If construction is finished, undeploy and move somewhere else...

We hope you will like this small Description and feel free to comment.

Greetz

this car is sooo looong , almost train, how it will move? but model rly awesome!
can you show it in deployed state?
and what hapens if i cancel build in the midle of construction?

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how it will move?

Like a Rig with trailer

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can you show it in deployed state?

Not ready for now

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and what hapens if i cancel build in the midle of construction?

You will got you money and building will explode.

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yep i think here updates comes earlier))

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,We have a message!

yep i think here updates comes earlier))

yes indeed, you are thinking the right way

Greetz

Could you not make it an mcv thats always locked down but make it possible to move locked down mcvs?

And give a radius build like for the repair drones on a war factory but make it so it has to be extremely close making it feel like generals building so if it moves away it will be paused but on the building like an upgrade giving an option to sell?

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Could you not make it an mcv thats always locked down but make it possible to move locked down mcvs?

-> ah ok? Can u explain this clearly. we don´t understand right...

aha2095 wrote:

And give a radius build like for the repair drones on a war factory but make it so it has to be extremely close making it feel like generals building so if it moves away it will be paused but on the building like an upgrade giving an option to sell?

If i understood you right, you want a vehilce like a Dozer, but this isn´t possible!
This MCV needs to be deployed for any construction, after finished building it needs to be undeployed for driving to the next area. and something like Construction stop is senseless,
cause it is a crane.

Hope i understood what u mean...

Greetz

The first part would explain the second so let me rephrase that...
Could you not make the game think it is deployed but when it is deployed make it mobile so it actually isn't?

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The first part would explain the second so let me rephrase that...
Could you not make the game think it is deployed but when it is deployed make it mobile so it actually isn't?

ok now i understand...
but do u think that is realictic to move something like that?



cause if u do so it looks like this:



the other thing is, that it isn´t possible to code...
because the principle, corresponds to a Buzzdozer... that why we had chosen an other way of Constructing Buildings....
And btw a deployed Crane have allways a build radius, how bigger the Crane is, so the radius rises too...

Lmfao

What about using the code in generals?

If not I'm all outta questions and thanks

This is possible, you can construct in deployed/undeployed state.

But you can place you building ONLY WHEN CRANE IS DEPLOYED.

And rewriting the building code would take to long?
I.e. the whole thing so it is possible to make the changes?

I know nothing about C++ just that It's something I would like to learn...

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Lmfao

What about using the code in generals?

If not I'm all outta questions and thanks Smile

The answer is simple:
TW Coding is much diffrent, In contrast to Generals...
if u have in generals speedtriggers with ten units, in TW u only got % units

and thats only a simple explaination...

but np, allways open for questions and discutions...

Greetz

Ok thanks it was an interesting conversation

Lol yeah

I have an idea that might have saved generals feeling ! We have command center, which build dozers, which pack up(no graphics change, however), and then build buildings in small build radius. Then they unpack and move to new location.

We will have another kind of construction system

Just wait for update

Thank you for you message!