Raptor29aa

!setnextmap is my favorite command (it's nice to have a choice) instead of every day at 1pm fissure, pipeline, and complex

Single player LAN it takes time 10 seconds before it is playable. Durning single player play it's fine. multiplayer works just fine. I haven't had any performance issues. But seriously I haven't gotten to play it against anyone. The cannons are awesome (most people don't know you can use there other cannnon to fire at the enemy cannon across the castle killing it quickly -lol)

Raap will be give us this awesome gift of a map for Christmas, thanks. It's as if he were Santana Claus.

It could be re-titled RA Christmas 2 ? (The devs are probably saying "no don't mention that!")

Nice work. It appears this map is Raap's masterpiece. (Personality looking forward to shooting the cannons).

Before any blanket changes are made. Let's consider the ideal conditions for the current phase model: Needs run away space Or something hide behind Needs isolated target Issues that make the current phase not worth the price: Thick trees Rough terrain (nowhere to run away or hide) Multiple tanks/ or ride alongs (shock trooper/volkov passenger) -things that are still balanced- DPS is excellent Vehicle reverse speed - satisfactory Time to repair with mechanic - satisfactory Comments: Previous version of the phase had a sniper/spy as mandatory for radar invisibility. Current version of the phase has three most used unit combos- phase Tanya, engineer(mine detection), or the most popular phase mechanic. The reason radar invisibility is desired, is to not have to run away so far, or need a large stalking distance. (Which could give the sniper another role; and yes I know the phase is not an IFV) I think the script should be altered to include the sniper as necessary to radar inivisiblity. Thus not making the engineer/Tanya role too powerful. It would also keep the current mechanic + phase combo from being OP. Also it would add diversity to the tank+Driver combo. Besides most phases I see are mechanic phase combos.

Push wall is a very capable artist. He will keep your vision intact. Also I will do a 31 demo salute in honor of your father.

That is definitely understandable. I stopped working on my project because I became unemployed. (Shocking to most of my friends and family) but I had to explain that government jobs are budgetary jobs. As in if you have no seniority and there's money issues you are the first to go. -good news is that I am now employed and I'll pick up the project. But yea I totally understand what you mean.

I think I can translate raap's update as the map is in testing phase.

There's a problem turrets are crappy against shocks and most bunny hopping infantry. (Not to mention have issues with curved hills and blind spots)But I get your point, when a single mammoth can plow through two pillboxes. Maybe Camo Pillbox? LoL

The chinook idea -yes! The medic idea... no -my concern is faster reload makes multiple medics unstoppable indoors. The APC ideas - increase damage... No - splash damage... Yes - armor increase... Yes Reasoning: I believe the function of the APC is to carry infantry and defend them. It must have armor enough to take a beating. Resupplying is a plus. As far as weapons go... I am unsure. I feel being more anti-infantry than anti-tank would be beneficial to the survival of the passengers (APCs have med tanks to escort them). As far as building damage goes... It should be as effective as a ranger (because the passengers should be doing the damage).

The shotgun single slug was to help the allies when they lose the barracks and the soviets decide to mammoth steamroll. Officers are laughable against a mammoth and its reneragtion rate. While a gang of shotgunners using slugs stands some chance against a single mammoth. I don't think the vehicle damage should change. But I do agree they kill FTs / silos quickly. (Hmmm...) I firmly believe the secondaries are strictly for end game (The Soviet shotgunner secondary is for when they lose the barracks and get flooded with Tanya. Anyways I do have an idea the damage could be decreased 10% and the magazine could get 2 extra rounds, not sure if that would do much other than change the DPS.

-Not to forget the awesome sprint key function (so you don't have to waste 20min of walking in maps). But don't worry you can't shoot while sprinting. -Also crouching makes you radar invisible! (ninja). All I can say is that Delta delivers the goods

Success, Thank you. Translation: I took the Terrain in 3ds max, edited the poly by multiple detachments, made sure the count was low, w3d configured each one, and Bam it worked!!! I am going to Celebrate!!! ...After celebrating (Lifts up glass), I realized my terrain is like a butterfly. Beautiful from a long distance, but ugly in the face when up close. I have cliffs to redo. Next step/challenge... uhh... learn about level edit, lol. SideNote: this weekend will make my co-workers in insane (my bosses least favorite work... Overtime). I won't be updating anytime this and possibly next weekend.

The shot gunner should be adjusted based on alligence NOt Overall. Allied shottie secondary was meant to kill Tanks, not buildings (or snipe, lol). (8 in 1 hitting MCT across the room, lol) EDIT: and flame soldiers/ shock troopers since they where almost unstoppable. EDIT #2 Single slug secondary kills flame towers quickly, if you have adequate cover. Soviet shottie secondary was meant to kill Tanyas, not clear out allied buildings (which used the flame soldier's job, lol). The primary fire of both infantry are fine as is. (As in need to stand close to MCT to get all 8 to hit) Possible Solution: Allied shotgunner: make secondary less building effective? So allied shottie has to be near the MCT. Soviet shotgunner: no idea (it's an anti Tanya secondary it has to be infantry effective) Primary fire... No idea maybe less building damage

As to not flood the page with photos I'm putting them all in Links Step 1: Preparation/ clean up So to make the transition easy I deleted the red and blue War Factory approx boxes. So there is only one mesh (and its a plane... just to keep it simple). Then I go over to tools and select w3d Pic Step 2: Selection of Collision Properties (I selected everything). Physical, Projectile, Vehicle, Vis, Camera. Pic Step 3: Went to Export and Selected W3D (and named it of course) Pic Step 4: Selected Renegade Terrain and Vertex Smoothe Pic Step 5: Looked at readout... (have no idea what I'm looking at) Pic Step 6: Fired up level Editor (and created new mod folder... clean slate this time) And clicked Terrain Tab Pic Step 7: Created new Temp Terrain, named it, and selected the w3d model (ps I moved it into one of the level editor folders) Pic Step 8: Hit Ok, then selected the temp terrain and hit the magical make button Pic Result: It crashed Pic I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly, any input is welcome

Ok, so all 4 sides are done. mountains on 3 sides and ocean on the fourth. I also increased the size by (140%) The blue and red squares represent war factories Although I have not been able to successfully import it into level edit. (and thus my newbishness shows) So to back up my work I made a quick height map -Next: I'll be viewing more videos to see how to get the terrain from 3ds max 8 to level edit (I can't wait to walk around it)

The the flag next to the person's name I think is good enough.The location/Time zone might have to do why I find people on at odd times. (I am trying to figure out why curtain days have earliar times for large games and some days it happens later. And how to predict behavior to some of the larger games). - anyone else think this would be a useful feature?

King Leonidas

Normally I would agree, but if a1ph4riu5 came out of hiding then I feel you'd see "that even a god king could bleed" (quote king leonidas).

Let me start off by saying... Awesome Job! I am not sure where to post a suggestion for the stats/ranking page. (So if this needs to be moved...I understand) So my suggestion would be to have a menu under the server info tab Labelled Player count stats. The page would consist of a menu with different days and hours and it would list player counts. The reason being Every now and then I hear someone ask when is the most popular time to log on. (Log on possibly twice a week so I couldn't answer that) But I was thinking this page could; statistically speaking.

Two words Ore Truck

Yea, after driving one around on different levels and terrain... There are some hills/slopes it almost gets stuck on, yet mammoths and ore trucks can climb with ease.

Why not just make the MAD tank slightly faster? It's has the power to damage a whole base. If MADs win allies could lose most their base. I don't think a demo can knock out multiple structures. Also there's response time of the allies. I had a successful MAD rush because we we were far away from the main allied rush. Sure we lost FTs and a CY. But the allied rush couldn't retreat fast enough and they lost barracks and WF. The MAD is not a rush vehicle (neither are demos). They are best a sneak attack vehicle. Basic Blitzkrieg distract and push. I've used a MAD as a distraction for a rush and also a rush as a diversion for MADs. The idea is that all the allied focus is on killing the mads, often that escorts are ignored. Allies lose a lot of meds and phases just to kill a mad. Either way if MADs are killed or survive the escort force is often ignored. Also consider this if mads are escorted by mammoths wouldn't leaving the mammoths alive after a successful MAD attack be game breaking? --------------------- Bottom line If you want the MAD to be more tactical Just boost its speed and allow it some hill climbing so it can be versatile.

Maybe I am not that good with pull down windows, but is there a tab that shows statistics on what time of day most people are online?