[glob2-devel] re: should turrets attack

[donkyhotay]

Thats what I was saying that there needs to somehow be way of specifying 
official vs. unofficial maps if this is done. This means we either need to 
create all official maps for online play. This is the solution proprietary 
games use but I feel this wouldn't be good for an open-source system. My 
recommendation (if we're going to do this) is to program glob2 to read a map 
and give it a rating that tells people thinking about joining the game how 
modded the map is. A map with no modifications would be 100% standard. A map 
with modifications will see this number drop down. This way a player thinking 
of joining a game can see that a map has a rating of 95% standard and will know 
that it's only slightly different but a map thats 25% standard will mean it's 
going to be extremely different. Personally I'm not certain that allowing this 
type of customization is the best thing for glob2 however if this is what 
people want then this is the best way of implementing it. 



From: Leo Wandersleb <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [glob2-devel] re: should turrets attack air
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> I agree random chance would ruin it as eventually it would be nothing more 
> then the person who gets hit by the meteor (or whatever) always looses. The 
> idea of allowing extensive map modification might be an idea worth thinking 
> about. In yet another glob2 vs. starcraft comparison the maps in SC can be 
> tweaked pretty extensively to the point the game is completely different 
> (anyone thats ever played sunken defense or an RPG map knows what I'm talking 
> about). These are not official maps and blizzard prohibits their use in 
> ladder games but people play them all the time as a change of pace from 
> regular SC. If we were to allow map tweaking to the level suggested then we 
> would need to somehow specify difference in maps. This way we can still have 
> official maps for tournaments and stuff like that and if people want to play 
> wacky custom maps on their own they can do so. I have also wanted to see the 
> random map editor to progress to the point where we can put "new random map" 
> as an o
ption in the multi-player host screen and a completely new random map that no 
one knows will automatically build and everyone plays on. I've played other RTS 
games with this feature and it helps prevent players that have memorized every 
single map from having an advantage over people that haven't.

*agreed*. SC mods are real fun. But I'd like to know if parameters have
been tweaked or not before i join a game. else i don't mind glob2 to be
highly configurably.