PTE build 85104-pte is now live!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by jables, July 16, 2015.

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  1. Engineer1234

    Engineer1234 Well-Known Member

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    ....has anyone ever tried fitting halleys to a metal planet, sending it to smash another planet, and then fire the laser before it impacts ?
    Engineer1234, July 16, 2015
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  2. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    I have a feeling the effect is still WIP
    killerkiwijuice, July 16, 2015
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  3. Sorian

    Sorian Official PA

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    I already thought of that issue. :)

    Attempting to fire the planet weapon while the planet is in motion will fail.
    Sending the planet to smash while the planet is lining up to fire will cancel the weapon firing.
    Sorian, July 16, 2015
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  4. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    You had to ruin the fun. :(

    What was it doing before you fixed that? Bugginess and crashing?
    stuart98, July 16, 2015
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    I've got some weird performance issues in a system with a belts. Looking away, my framerate is around 50 at the start of a match (which is a bit low), while anytime the belt is visible (or directly behind the planet) my framerate goes down to 30. And I'm not talking about a classic framedrop, fpsdoesn't change with graphic settings and is stable, almost as if the fps get capped.
    temeter, July 16, 2015
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  6. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Also I present the MOST WELL DOCUMENTED API in all of PA ;)
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    I've not played with it yet, but it actually seems to be REALLY powerful and awesome.

    Uber you amaze me.

    EDIT:
    omg wait this stuff actually means we can do custom shader based ingame 3D UI elements?
    I still have not actually tried it, but from what I read and the more I think the more .... wow
    cola_colin, July 16, 2015
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  7. Sorian

    Sorian Official PA

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    I wrote it that way from the start, so no idea what would happen if it didn't work that way.
    Sorian, July 16, 2015
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  8. Engineer1234

    Engineer1234 Well-Known Member

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    Could you make the orbital lines thicker than a pixel ? they are not very pretty when zoomed out for a full system view.
    I would also recommend adding strategic icons for planets/asteroids because they are totally too small to see.

    233250_2015-07-16_00011.png
    Engineer1234, July 16, 2015
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  9. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    listen to this man
    cola_colin, July 16, 2015
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  10. Sorian

    Sorian Official PA

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    Should be there for any unit that has less than full health. It will be a 0-1 value representing their health fraction.
    Sorian, July 16, 2015
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  11. radongog

    radongog Well-Known Member

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    Nice, looks like you´ve not just been working on including new but also on fixing old features!
    Hope that the new system will allow more "timeout!"-focused systems to be created!
    radongog, July 16, 2015
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  12. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    lol. That is the better than any answer I could have even imagined. You even do that fraction calculation for me already. xD
    cola_colin, July 16, 2015
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  13. Engineer1234

    Engineer1234 Well-Known Member

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    I made a system with a planet pretty close to the asteroid belt, and one of the asteroids spawned in orbit of that planet because it was so close (and was heavy enough ?) is that supposed to happen ? looked weird because it was way outside of the actual asteroid belt after an orbit around my planet.
    Engineer1234, July 16, 2015
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  14. xanoxis

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    I really dislike that asteroid just disappear.
    xanoxis, July 16, 2015
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  15. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    wow live already? o_O
    nvmd
    killerkiwijuice, July 16, 2015
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  16. Quitch

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    You're neglecting your sizable Steam community again. This isn't on the forums there OR in the announcements section of PA.
    Quitch, July 16, 2015
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  17. chaser86

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    @jables Nice work! :) I noticed a little visuals bug. You can see the asteroid belt through deep water at the horizon of a planet.
    16142.jpg
    chaser86, July 16, 2015
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  18. killerkiwijuice

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    After looking at things from a gameplay perspective, i'm not liking how regular structures can be built on the asteroids. In general asteroids are really cool but they're lacking unique-ness. Seems like a regular moon with an asteroid-like skin. Even the explosion is mostly a copy (probably WIP, but just in case...).

    I think only mobile units should be allowed to walk on asteroids, no factories, just teleporters, mobile units, and hallies. I'm not sure what kinds of technical problems this solution presents, but it would be much better imo if this was implemented.
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    killerkiwijuice, July 16, 2015
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  19. wondible

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    Modding stuff.

    - new AI attribute cross_planet_shared_count
    - personality_tag -> personality_tags, an array; default AI may use tag PreventsWaste
    - @Sorian "NetalStorageFrac" ? (multiple files)
    - planet type has possible new attribute metal_spot_spec
    - new unit attribute: sing_selection_response; seems to be the same for all units
    - new file: pa/units/commanders/commander_list.json
    - commander catalog info moved into unit specs
    - all the code that deals with player's chosen commander rewritten
    - new file ui/main/shared/js/badges.js
    - new file ui/main/shared/js/commander_utility.js
    - new file ui/main/shared/js/playfab.js
    wondible, July 16, 2015
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  20. stuart98

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    Ooh, Metal Planet metal spots no longer being out of place!
    stuart98, July 16, 2015
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