Things that would make PA complete like TA

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by metaphaze, May 4, 2014.

  1. emraldis

    emraldis Post Master General

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    Well, good luck with that.
  2. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Well I'm sorry, The way you made it sound was that you were literally reverse engineering/picking at Uber's coding... you even showed an error code that further refined that thought. Also, don't assume you are the almighty and that no on here has worked on games; I myself have in fact. I've also been working on extensive work into modding PA, working on a mod for super-units, a whole entire TA to be PA total conversion mod, and more.
  3. Nullimus

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    The commander is not just another unit. It is the control unit. It controls all other units on the field. From our perspective the units seem autonomous but that is not the case. They are slave units to the will of the commander. So when the commander dies the units self destruct as sort of a dead switch. They have no control input so they just stop working.
  4. Nullimus

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    Have you watched any of the king of the planet matches? they are often decided in less than 15 minutes. the game is not slow. You are just playing on too large a battlefield. If you want a marathon game use 5,6,7, even 10 planets. But it is not the fault of the game that you are creating such excessively large battlefields.
  5. Nullimus

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    they have not released offline mode because they are not releasing the server until release. It will be the last feature they add before release.
  6. metaphaze

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    Do you know anything about programming? Being a programmer, why would I sit and reverse engineer hex code when i can write new code from scratch. You can't get Uber Entertainments original code by hacking, you can sort out some assembly commands, but you'll never have their code... it would be impossible for me to violate copyright by reverse engineering this game, i wouldn't have the same result as Uber.

    Modding is not programming, don't mix the two. I can tell about what you know by what you say.
    Modding is really simple, i've done it for hundreds of games over the last 28 years.
  7. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Erm.. Modding can clearly take SOME idea on coding, it would be impossible to modify a game, add completely custom units, change existing ones, new biomes, etc... without at least some basic understanding of programming. Oh and in case you're wondering, I've worked in numerous different languages. My first was python, then java and C++. Modding may not always need programming expertise but more in depth modifications certainly do. Even the basic UI mods require programming skills.
  8. metaphaze

    metaphaze Member

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    just stop harrassing me, law will be involved if you don't leave me alone.
  9. Gorbles

    Gorbles Post Master General

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    While I can definitely see where you're coming from, silly threats like this help no-one. It's a web forum, report the post or put the poster on ignore.
  10. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    D-did I harass him? o.o If you felt like I did I'm sincerely sorry, I don't mean to come off as being against you or anything like that, nor would I to anybody. Really though, if you feel like I've been harassing you, I'm genuinely sorry. :(

    Edit: Again, I really feel like I gotta' say sorry, I never mean't to make you feel like I'm pushing you down or something, all I mean't to do was defend myself to a point. I spend quite a bit of my day just refreshing the forums as I don't have much to do, even in class, which may make me seem like I'm just waiting for you to post just to completely fight of your point but that really wasn't the intent... I really would like to apologize if that's how you take it; I'd like to be friendly with everyone. We all want the same thing, for this game to be good and fun, so why fight? Forgive and forget? :D
    Last edited: May 17, 2014
  11. tatsujb

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    on the contrary our useless banter keeps it on page 1, all for the devs to catch with more ease. :)
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  12. metaphaze

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    It's not a threat, harassment can be handled even on forums legally.
    Legally i've done what i've needed to do. I've asked him to kindly leave me alone.. on every part of the forums.
  13. metaphaze

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    Found a no win situation, server seems to have aborted the game... "Connection to server was lost"
    My commander was en-route to a planet but all planets were blown up with moons by the ai, only two planetary bodies remained but my target was used to blow up all my units on the planets, my commander then became un-killable by spinning round the sun for 3 rotations, then "connection lost"

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  14. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    I don't really know how I really harassed you, but I am sincerely sorry that you feel that I have. :(

    I also don't really think it's possible to take legal action against someone on the internet, look at all the youtube comments, but that's not the point, I just genuinely don't like making people feel bad.
  15. metaphaze

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    Harassment is continuing to post to me, like you are, after being asked to leave me alone. That is the legal definition of harassment, when I ask you to leave me alone and you do not, you are harassing me.
  16. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Aahhh... I hate to do this but- That's not the definition...

    ha·rass·ment
    həˈrasm(ə)nt,ˈharəsm(ə)nt/
    noun
    1. aggressive pressure or intimidation.
    That is... I truly hope I don't feel like I'm giving off aggressive pressure... nor intimidation. Sorry again for the misunderstanding.

    Edit: Can't we all just be friends? :D
  17. metaphaze

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    That's not the legal definition, that's the dictionary definition.
    Here you go.
    harassment (either harris-meant or huh-rass-meant) n. the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex, a violation on the statutory limitations on collection agencies, involve revenge by an ex-spouse, or be shown to be a form of blackmail ("I'll stop bothering you, if you'll go to bed with me"). The victim may file a petition for a "stay away" (restraining) order, intended to prevent contact by the offensive party. A systematic pattern of harassment by an employee against another worker may subject the employer to a lawsuit for failure to protect the worker. (See: harass, sexual harassment)
  18. metaphaze

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    the first clause there is you.
    the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group,
  19. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    you say you're a dev but you don't use a bugtracker when available :(

    http://pa.lennardf1989.com/Tracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2975&string=commander &project=1&search_in_details=1&search_for_all=1&type[0]=&reported[0]=&cat[0]=&opened=&closed=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&order=history&sort=desc
    http://pa.lennardf1989.com/Tracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=2960&string=commander orbit&project=1&search_in_details=1&search_for_all=1&type[0]=&reported[0]=&cat[0]=&opened=&closed=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&order=history&sort=desc

    i got five hits.
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  20. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Ah well, this forum is absolutely filled with harassment in that case. As is nearly every website on the internet.:p

    Edit: 100th post in your thread! Also, I'll just proceed to leave you alone and possibly chime in every once and a while as I don't want to further offend? you. :)

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