-ar afk'ers

[MuDDy_PaNDa]

Hello,

As all you of you have probably experienced, getting an afk'er while doing ar and not being to kick him is pretty troublesome/annoying/raging. Here i come with an idea/suggestion to kinda get rid of that problem and make -ar afk'er friendly, reducing those ruined games and making -ar mode be able to be more common

1.Builder is automatically removed and moved as obs when it stands in its spawning point for more than 30 seconds when -ar is activated


2.Builder is automatically removed and moved as obs when it stands in a xxx range of the mound for more than 30 seconds when -ar is activated. If the builder mentioned is sat, this rule only applies if they do not move for that duration of time.

[Coaster_Man]

Just check the position of the unit at spawn time and have a periodic trigger testing every XX seconds to check if the position is different -> if so remove from deletion list

[Frankjg]

It might even be easier to change how -ar works in a way that would force the player to select the random option from the ship. That way, you have to press random or be moved to observer like usual.

Obviously i don't know how it is coded now, so this might even be more difficult. But all in all, it would be great to see that problem fixed.

[PoNy]

-ar activates, random boat appears so only random option is available.

[FearItSelf]

It could work like this as well if red does -ar and the afk builder just happens to be going to the bathroom or something the builder can be ported to a safe spot until the player gets back from doing what ever he was doing.

[MuDDy_PaNDa]

It could work like this as well if red does -ar and the afk builder just happens to be going to the bathroom or something the builder can be ported to a safe spot until the player gets back from doing what ever he was doing.

would be abused.
oh, imma just stay here and be sent to safe spot! lulz.

[FearItSelf]

would be abused.
oh, imma just stay here and be sent to safe spot! lulz.

Well of course there would be an extended timer on the porting spot but the point of it is to give the builder a little extra time if he is off doing something fast. The timer could run out at 28:00 and then the builder would just be removed and the player would become an obs.

If this has bad English i am sorry i just had surgery and my pain pills are kind of making me feel a little messed up so please bare with it.

[Neco]

I'm all for the "lol derp players have to hit random to random so bai bai afk noobs".

It's actually really simple, since the entire system now processes each pick in the same system and then assigns the player to the object they chose.

Code time!

Code:

   private function act() {
        unit c = GetTriggerUnit();
        item im = GetManipulatedItem();
        integer it = GetItemTypeId(im);
        player p = GetOwningPlayer(c);
        
        if (c == Users[p].picker) {
            Users[p].pick(it);
            RemoveItem(im);
        }

        c = null;
        im = null;
        p = null;
    }

And later on...

Code:

method pick (integer i) { // integer i is the item code of the item chosen
            this.offset = GetRandomInt(0,360);
            this.hasChosen = true;
            if (this.isBuilder) {
                if (i == 'I006' || GAME_MODE_AR || GAME_MODE_BR){
                    this.setRandomBuilderRace();
                }
                else {
                    this.setRace(i, 0, "", -1);
                }
                if (GAME_MODE_RD) {
                    if (this.isRandom){
                        Users.sayBuilders(GetPlayerNameColored(this.user) + " has chosen to random.");}
                    else {
                        this.unit = CreateUnit(this.user, this.widgetId, 0, 0, 0);
                        Users.sayBuilders(GetPlayerNameColored(this.user) + " has chosen " + GetUnitName(this.unit));
                        RemoveUnit(this.unit);
                        this.unit = null;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    this.createWidget();
                }
            }
            else {
                debug {Users.say("Picking titan race...");}
                if (i == 'I02F' || GAME_MODE_AR || i == 0){
                    debug {Users.say("Picking random race...");}
                    this.setRandomTitanRace();
                }
                else {
                    this.setRace(i, 0, "", -1);
                }
                debug {Users.say("Race selected is: " + this.objectName);}
                this.createWidget();
            }
        }

As you can see, if I just changed the ar function to not force ar, then any item you chose would result in a random builder anyway.

[Critikill]

I'm all for the "lol derp players have to hit random to random so bai bai afk noobs".

It's actually really simple, since the entire system now processes each pick in the same system and then assigns the player to the object they chose.

Code time!

Code:

    private function act() {
        unit c = GetTriggerUnit();
        item im = GetManipulatedItem();
        integer it = GetItemTypeId(im);
        player p = GetOwningPlayer(c);
       
        if (c == Users[p].picker) {
            Users[p].pick(it);
            RemoveItem(im);
        }

        c = null;
        im = null;
        p = null;
    }

And later on...

Code:

method pick (integer i) { // integer i is the item code of the item chosen
            this.offset = GetRandomInt(0,360);
            this.hasChosen = true;
            if (this.isBuilder) {
                if (i == 'I006' || GAME_MODE_AR || GAME_MODE_BR){
                    this.setRandomBuilderRace();
                }
                else {
                    this.setRace(i, 0, "", -1);
                }
                if (GAME_MODE_RD) {
                    if (this.isRandom){
                        Users.sayBuilders(GetPlayerNameColored(this.user) + " has chosen to random.");}
                    else {
                        this.unit = CreateUnit(this.user, this.widgetId, 0, 0, 0);
                        Users.sayBuilders(GetPlayerNameColored(this.user) + " has chosen " + GetUnitName(this.unit));
                        RemoveUnit(this.unit);
                        this.unit = null;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    this.createWidget();
                }
            }
            else {
                debug {Users.say("Picking titan race...");}
                if (i == 'I02F' || GAME_MODE_AR || i == 0){
                    debug {Users.say("Picking random race...");}
                    this.setRandomTitanRace();
                }
                else {
                    this.setRace(i, 0, "", -1);
                }
                debug {Users.say("Race selected is: " + this.objectName);}
                this.createWidget();
            }
        }

As you can see, if I just changed the ar function to not force ar, then any item you chose would result in a random builder anyway.

I didn't see that, since I don't know jackshit about coding, but I'll take your word for it. I support this.

[Jux.Mage]

When it hits 5 seconds before Titan picks, anyone who's at mid will disappear right away after AR.
Prevents Sat from camping at mid when it starts, at least.

[Coaster_Man]

When it hits 5 seconds before Titan picks, anyone who's at mid will disappear right away after AR.
Prevents Sat from camping at mid when it starts, at least.

I don't agree, what if you were sending workers as rad/nature across the middle, they just get removed? Or what if you run there by accident or to wall somewhere? Not a good idea.

[Neco]

The current system I have implemented into R9 is that if their position does not change from spawn, then they are removed.

No other units will be effected, and the co-ordinates are in real numbers (0.00000000, 0.00012421 for example) so there's no way you can glitch it.

[Frankjg]

Great! I've always hoped someone would fix that nasty problem with -ar.

Now it can be used outside inhouses! wewt