[Development] Island Defense 3.0.9

[Neco]

This is the official development thread for Island Defense 3.0.9. Feel free to post any suggestions and comments you may have.

Contents

• New Additions
  
• Changes
  
• Bug Fixes
  

To Do:

• - Modification complete.
  
• - Alpha Testing.
  
• - Private Beta Testing.
  
• - Public Beta Testing.
  
• - Release.
  

New Additions

Builders

• - New Builder "Dryad" (complete, requires further testing and number crunching).
  
• - Tauren now gets EXP when in Ancestral Rage form (not actually new, but I'd forgotten to mention it).
  

Titans

• - New Titan "Audascious - Legendary Titan of Sound" (Main titan and minions complete, needs a whole lot of testing!).
  
• - New Item: Temporal Disruptor (Maybe... it might break some game elements).
  
• - New Item: "Ethereal Mirror".
  

Terrain and Miscellaneous

• - Debug mode (Hmm, or maybe just for beta testing? "-details" command added, only shows the player objects stats currently).
  
• - Trade Hack prevention.
  
• - Map Preview Image.
  
• - W3MMD for leagues and parsing (urggghhhh! Can be worked on during beta).
  
• - Loadscreen (Awaiting author consent... Still waiting... Can be worked on during beta testing).
  
• - Armageddon mode (Possibly... or not, I might play around with the idea some more... Can be worked on during beta testing).
  

Changes

Builders

• - Change how Panda's split works (coding instead of base ability) to make it work like any other death. (Needs further testing. Base ability finished. Needs tidying. Needs more pretty lights).
  

Titans

• - Reimplement autopunish (I'm working from 3.0.8c since I lost the others).
  
• - I don't like how Fossurious is scaling, might tweak.
  
• - Page system modifications (rewritten into sexy Zinc).
  
• - Recode Fog Generator.
  

Terrain and Miscellaneous

• - Implement Smygarn's terrain from 3.1.0.
  
• - Reimplement observer boot. (Requires further testing)
  
• - Slowly porting everything to Zinc for readability and my sanity.
  
• - Recoding some code for easier OOP-style access (done some).
  
• - Fixing up conditions for player handling.
  
• - Check leader system.
  
• - Minor global terrain changes.
  
• - Implement HCL (again... sigh).
  

Bug Fixes

Builders

• - RD bugs out when a player leaves (must test).
  
• - Satyr Dash bug.
  
• - Check double-right-click towers to make sure they're all working right(Added Egg Sack).
  
• - Check transport sizes on all units.
  
• - Sacrifice trigger lasts 16 seconds instead of 15.
  
• - Look into Avatar Glitch workarounds (tested, fixed)
  
• - Implement damage system into tauren / satyr's pokes.
  
• - Check tower range values (and perhaps change system).
  
• - Set wood value on Builder death to 0 AFTER a short delay (seems to be a Blizzard bug).
  

Titans

• - Punish bug (fixed)
  

Terrain and Miscellaneous

• - Fixed up death / player handling systems to prevent race bugs.
  
• - Removed the ability for the left side of the mound to be walled off with a single wall.
  
• - Recompiled custom buttons for Mac compatibility (requires testing...).
  

Proposed Beta Revision 10 Changes:

• - New Game Mode: TM (tag mode). When a builder is killed, the titan takes over all their units and visa versa with the old builder. Apparently this was in one of Aerox's fun versions. Suggested by IDTitan.
  
• - New Game Mode: RM (revive mode). When the titan is killed, he may pay a small bounty in order to be reborn from the flesh of one of his minions.
  
• - New Game Mode: AM (armageddon mode). Pretty much changes the entire game.
  
• - Terrain Patches (Smygarn).
  
• - Increase +100hp on spawn to 15% (from 10%).
  
• - New Intellect Items.
  
• - New Researches for Dryad.
  

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[SuramarXStealth]

Make sure the page bug, announcements, punish bugs, dash bug, and anything else I can't remember because it's 1:00am now, ARE ALL FIXED BEFORE RELEASE! Don't pull a 3.0.6D-->3.0.6E again.

[Coaster_Man]

Double click to rebuild 90g towers needs fix.

[Neco]

Make sure the page bug, announcements, punish bugs

Care to explain further? (maybe tomorrow when you're awake )

Double click to rebuild 90g towers needs fix.

In what way is it broken?

[Carnerox]

Add this. But make it a Dryad.

-Double check every Builder/Summons/Etc. and make sure their transport size is greater then 1.
-In the trigger sacrifice, might be different for yours, but it last 16.00 seconds, instead of 15.00(Not a HUGE thing, but the times aren't the same).
-Make Fog Generator work while wind walk(I was Breezious before, and I used wind walk, and after the aura buff duration wore off they lose invisibility till I broke wind walk).
-Remove gold 2 lumber.
-Fix the avatar TK glitch(?). Either trigger avatar yourself, or make it so if you damage an ally unit, they will take 0 damage from it.
-Make random more random.
-Make it so the hidden page shop cannot be clicked without doing 'page next'.
-Like Coster said, like 2 or 3 gold towers couldn't be double-clicked(I think they were Arachnids).
-Add a damn damage system so you have to deal damage to gain resources via poke on Satyr.
-Faerie's tier 1 tower(Pretty sure), doesn't show it's range correctly, it just creates the effects around it.
-Boot Player doesn't work, or just never shows text.

Edit: Fixed link.

[Neco]

Code:

        method setRandomBuilderRace() {
            // Iterates, giving a "semi" random seed
            integer s = GetRandomInt(20, 50);
            integer i;
            while (s>1){
                i = GetRandomInt(0, 17);
                s = s - 1;
            }
            this.setRace(0,0,"",i);
            this.isRandom = true;
        }
       
        method setRandomTitanRace() {
            // Iterates, giving a "semi" random seed
            integer s = GetRandomInt(20, 50);
            integer i;
            while (s>1){
                i = GetRandomInt(100, 109);
                s = s - 1;
            }
            this.setRace(0,0,"",i);
            this.isRandom = true;
        }

[Carnerox]

Hopefully I wont get Morphling or Arachnid every other game now.

[VAMPSI]

is the next page bug where minis cant change the page but only titans can?

[Coaster_Man]

is the next page bug where minis cant change the page but only titans can?

I have never really had a problem with this, I don't see how others are. And if the buttons don't work just select the building again (via drag/box select) and it will select the other shop under it. Works almost every time.

[sickle]

>s = s - 1;
That defeats the purpose.  The gain in efficiency from looping down is from comparing to 0 (1 bit) and even though 1 is the same, it defeats the whole principle.  It may do the same thing, but there's a difference.

[Neco]

>s = s - 1;
That defeats the purpose.  The gain in efficiency from looping down is from comparing to 0 (1 bit) and even though 1 is the same, it defeats the whole principle.  It may do the same thing, but there's a difference.

Indeed, this is old code from ~.7 so it's before I found out there were "for" loops in Zinc.

[ArtFuL]

I have never really had a problem with this, I don't see how others are. And if the buttons don't work just select the building again (via drag/box select) and it will select the other shop under it. Works almost every time.

I neither understand it, lol.


Bugs:
• if builders leave they spawn as minion (sometimes)
• somehow the titan can get the normal titan and minis of another titan like:
  you got Lucidious - Legendary Titan of Water and you get Glacious - Legendary Titan of Ice minions.
• radio hunter's "bug"? that he can load all undead units if shared
• wood bug -> if you are a builder and you died and you became a minion you get sometimes somehow the wood which
  you can see to buy items from the secret shops
• morphling's illu tower -> If you build it and you are in the normal worker form and you use the illu spell on the builder         
  then there spwans a morphling beast illu instead of the morphling worker builder (?)
• The bug with the "blahblah got killed by player red" also happens to builders who died and not only to the hunter
(• If possible do something against the tauren "glitch" bug that you can collect exp with hit/stop without attacking titan 
    but keeping in range for a hit?)
• Not sure if it still is in this version but if red dies sometimes blue/teal... can't use exp/froff anymore..


Well, there's probably more but can't remember more at the moment..

[sickle]

>s = s - 1;
That defeats the purpose.  The gain in efficiency from looping down is from comparing to 0 (1 bit) and even though 1 is the same, it defeats the whole principle.  It may do the same thing, but there's a difference.

Indeed, this is old code from ~.7 so it's before I found out there were "for" loops in Zinc.

HOLY FUCK THERE ARE FOR LOOPS IN ZINC?

*recodes all his zinc things ever*

[Coaster_Man]

New changes look good, and what is this armageddon mode? 

[Neco]

New changes look good, and what is this armageddon mode? 

An idea which I've had for a while which could speed up gameplay and make it more interesting.

Not releasing any details until I see if it's plausible .

[Coaster_Man]

New changes look good, and what is this armageddon mode? 

An idea which I've had for a while which could speed up gameplay and make it more interesting.

Not releasing any details until I see if it's plausible .

Don't be a Blizzard 

[Neco]

- Punish bug (need confirmation that it still exists)

Can anyone confirm this?

[Carnerox]

- Punish bug (need confirmation that it still exists)

Can anyone confirm this?

I haven't faced any bugs/gitches with punish, so I doubt it still happens.

[ArtFuL]

- Punish bug (need confirmation that it still exists)

Can anyone confirm this?

I haven't faced any bugs/gitches with punish, so I doubt it still happens.

Well, am I right with the unpunishable chicken isn't a bug, correct?

bug:

RD mode: If someone leaves the game doesn't start/no1 spwans, game message: the game will start if all players have chosen a builder--  zzzZzz

[Carnerox]

BOOK_ID = A spellbook with all the little armor, immune, damage, etc.

Code:

//! zinc
library Avatar
{
    constant integer ABIL_ID = 'A000';
    constant integer BOOK_ID = 'A001';
    constant real DURATION = 30.00;
    constant string EFFECT_ID = "Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\Avatar\\AvatarCaster.mdl";
        
    function condition() -> boolean
    {
        return GetSpellAbilityId()==ABIL_ID;
    }        
    
    function onEffect()
    {
        unit u = GetTriggerUnit();
        real x = GetUnitX(u);
        real y = GetUnitY(u);
        UnitAddAbility(u,BOOK_ID);
        DestroyEffect(AddSpecialEffect(EFFECT_ID,x,y));
        TriggerSleepAction(DURATION);
        UnitRemoveAbility(u,BOOK_ID);
        u=null;
    }
        
    function onInit()
    {
        trigger trig = CreateTrigger();
        integer index = 0;
        while (index>=bj_MAX_PLAYER_SLOTS)
        {
            TriggerRegisterPlayerUnitEvent(trig,Player(index),EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SPELL_EFFECT,null);
            index=index+1;
        }
        TriggerAddCondition(trig,Condition(function condition));
        TriggerAddAction(trig,function onEffect);
        trig=null;
    }
}
//! endzinc

or

Code:

//! zinc
library NoDamageBuilder requires Damage,UnitBuilder
{
   
    function onDamage() -> boolean
    {
        unit u = GetEventDamageSource();
        unit t = GetTriggerUnit();
        real d = GetEventDamage();
        if (IsUnitBuilder(t))
        {
            if (IsUnitAlly(t,GetOwningPlayer(u)))
            {
                SetUnitState(t,UNIT_STATE_LIFE,GetUnitState(t,UNIT_STATE_LIFE)+d);
            }
        }
        u=null;
        t=null;
        return false;
    }
   
    function onInit()
    {
        trigger trig = CreateTrigger();
        Damage_RegisterEvent(trig);
        TriggerAddCondition(trig,function onDamage);
        trig=null;
    }
}
//! endzinc

[SuramarXStealth]

Make sure the page bug, announcements, punish bugs

Care to explain further? (maybe tomorrow when you're awake )

The titan shop where you click "forward" and get stuck on that page.

The punish bug (I know you fixed it this one was a joke.)

And the announcement things where when someone dies, It says the Red Player killed him. Happens a lot after someone leaves / goes observer.

All in all, just make sure you get everything before release! lol

[ArtFuL]

All in all, just make sure you get everything before release! lol

You forgot the pro beta testers.

[MuDDy_PaNDa]

First, id be up for beta testing
ive stopped playing id, but hey, i wouldnt mind that.

Also, why are you stopping the implementation of dryad?

[SuramarXStealth]

I am now lost in this thread... I really need to learn more about computers! >.<

my stupid school only offers courses on the business and advertisement side of them though!!! /RAGE!!!

[Coaster_Man]

Also, why are you stopping the implementation of dryad?

Yeah what gives, I was looking forward to the farmer