Ok, actually sounds like you have enough abilities already. Don't overdo it either, the first thing you will realize when testing with strangers on bnet is that they dont get "it". Now replace "it" with every game mechanic you ever implemented.
QFT
the average IQ of a battle.net player is negative so you might need to "dumb" down your map (e.g. add a big text on the ground saying "this is the repair area" or something)
so just a theory which i don't know if it would work in practice but could you not do something like copy a wraith fighter rename it to something like wraith leader then when a wraith leader is created, create the wraiths around it, and then assign all the sqaudron to a unit group so that you can do a trigger along the lines of "when unit group x leaves combat have unit group go into formation around wraith leader"
in theory that should work but my triggering is crap so i don't have a clue if it actually would
and so people need to start making usable spaceship models then?
i'm not trying to be an ass by saying that but i seriously do think befriending a good 3D modeller would be a brilliant help for giving voidcraft more ships (if you find a good modeller ask him/her to do a star wars star destroyer that would be AWESOME since you would have plenty of room to put your platforms on that shape of ship)
i know it would be tricky, that you've attempted it says alot to me, because since it's not standard units few people will play around with the idea, and the few who actually would are to busy being overly creative on other things.
but seriously i'm impressed that you tried the squadron problem but when you say the ships split up in combat do you mean that each individual ship does it's own little dogfight? how did you manage that? behaviors on entering combat or something?
a side thought on the squadron unit, was each squadron the equivalent of one unit card? and if so how did the unit get destroyed? all fighters at once when the unit reached 0hp or one model dropping after (you said 5 so i'm assuming 100%/5 = 20%) lost 20% of the units HP? the only other question i would have would be did your weapon do say 50 damage by 1 shot or 10 damage over 5 shots?
(in case you haven't guessed i am really impressed and curious with your squadron concept)
ok to begin with i personally have to say that while i like the concept i don't like the way the ships are designed. To me i think the designs themselves are ok but the way you've put them together just makes them an eyesore.
i probably like voidcraft's way of sticking things on to the ships better than this but the concept of hitting a single part of a ship to disable it is something i really liked ever since i tried it on star wars empire at war
i am also wondering if you will do something that no one else seems to do, your cruiser had a button to spawn wraiths it seemed, have you considered adding additional models to the wraith unit so it looks like a squadron of wraiths rather than just a single wraith?
all in all good concept but if you make the ships look a bit neater imo it will be much better
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@sandround: Go
you mean your planning on making a complicated map that no one on B.net will play because it has intresting gameplay and mechanics????
"Hell, It's about time"
QFT
the average IQ of a battle.net player is negative so you might need to "dumb" down your map (e.g. add a big text on the ground saying "this is the repair area" or something)
@sandround: Go
so just a theory which i don't know if it would work in practice but could you not do something like copy a wraith fighter rename it to something like wraith leader then when a wraith leader is created, create the wraiths around it, and then assign all the sqaudron to a unit group so that you can do a trigger along the lines of "when unit group x leaves combat have unit group go into formation around wraith leader"
in theory that should work but my triggering is crap so i don't have a clue if it actually would
@Eiviyn: Go
and so people need to start making usable spaceship models then? i'm not trying to be an ass by saying that but i seriously do think befriending a good 3D modeller would be a brilliant help for giving voidcraft more ships (if you find a good modeller ask him/her to do a star wars star destroyer that would be AWESOME since you would have plenty of room to put your platforms on that shape of ship)
@sandround: Go
i know it would be tricky, that you've attempted it says alot to me, because since it's not standard units few people will play around with the idea, and the few who actually would are to busy being overly creative on other things.
but seriously i'm impressed that you tried the squadron problem but when you say the ships split up in combat do you mean that each individual ship does it's own little dogfight? how did you manage that? behaviors on entering combat or something?
a side thought on the squadron unit, was each squadron the equivalent of one unit card? and if so how did the unit get destroyed? all fighters at once when the unit reached 0hp or one model dropping after (you said 5 so i'm assuming 100%/5 = 20%) lost 20% of the units HP? the only other question i would have would be did your weapon do say 50 damage by 1 shot or 10 damage over 5 shots?
(in case you haven't guessed i am really impressed and curious with your squadron concept)
ok to begin with i personally have to say that while i like the concept i don't like the way the ships are designed. To me i think the designs themselves are ok but the way you've put them together just makes them an eyesore.
i probably like voidcraft's way of sticking things on to the ships better than this but the concept of hitting a single part of a ship to disable it is something i really liked ever since i tried it on star wars empire at war
i am also wondering if you will do something that no one else seems to do, your cruiser had a button to spawn wraiths it seemed, have you considered adding additional models to the wraith unit so it looks like a squadron of wraiths rather than just a single wraith?
all in all good concept but if you make the ships look a bit neater imo it will be much better