Sneak Peek at Area commands

http://www.twitch.tv/metabolical/b/486943790?t=41m25s

I just.

You know.

Yeah.

Woohoo! CANNOT WAIT FOR AREA COMMANDS.

They're one of the things I've been the most excited about since the Kickstarter.

yeah, they are gonna be awesome

All of the yes! Thanks brian for sharing

This is going to be a great addition to the game, especially the reclamation command.

Awesome stuff.

That was actually Metabolical sharing. ;-) Our biz dev guru and the guy who is continuing to work on the twitch implementation.

I have started trying to play around with twitch as well, though only infrequently. You will probably be able to periodically see me stream tests on uber_garat.

Err... any chance that with Area commands in... we can make some building placement closer?

e.g. blocks of power gens? Say 2x2, 3x2, 3x3 blocks?

CAN'T. WAIT.

I was thinking it looked a little close as it is, if anything. I try to keep everything really spread out.

Well.....
I'm thinking about how it was prepatch. You don't need gaps between each power gen to keep your base "pathable", when you have buildings that are larger than power gens.

If you think of powergens as a city - they are most likely to be built in a block with streets and avenues. So it makes lots of sense to have more than one building per block. Your base is still pathable, but you save on area necessary to build a base.

Obviously you have to spread your power around so that one decent attack doesn't just take it all out.

Awesome, can't wait for this in the next patches.

Check out line commands and please give them a thought.

Anything that reduces the APM needed to do complex stuff helps!

So cool cant wait to give this a try will be nice to not have spam click to place teir 1 power gens.

OMG I HAVENT EVEN WATCHED IT YET I AM SO EXCITED

EDIT:

Wow guys, great work. A new take on it that fits exactly with PA! AMAZING

Looking good!
You've probably already thought of this, but when doing the mex area it would be nice to get an outline of the area the mex were being built in, like a circle expanding out from your initial selection point.
EDIT: Actually at 14 minutes into the video there is a circle when doing an area build, maybe it just bugged out later.

At 13 minutes in to the video there is a line build of turrets (looks like the line UI for it is missing?), looking forward to being able to do that too!!
EDIT: another line build at 18 minutes too.
EDIT: There is a line build around 29:30 where you can see the dots when it goes over land.

sometimes I really dont understand you culverin

This will make everything so much easier...

Looked like commander was gonna get himself trapped inside that generator ring. Loose placement avoided the peril this time!