DarkBlizz

Quote from: Bt on March 09, 2010, 05:07:49 PM

Quote from: GetInside on March 09, 2010, 04:42:19 PM
I think that if the game is gonna have a LAN mode when game will be authentificated(connecting 1 time to Bnet ), Crackers Team should hack it and allows us to play through LAN with TUNNGLE.net for example !

How about just buy the game when it comes out?

You know what is a LAN party, right? It's a big group of people meeting up somewhere to play games together over LAN or Internet and play organized tournaments. Thus, to give everyone the chance to participate to the tournament, a temporary FTP is created and it's hosting the game so people without the original game can play with the same serial. It would be gay if everyone had to buy the games only to play a tournament.


So, with the internet authentification, even if you have Internet where you are, you cannot play on LAN with the same serial so a tournament is not possible for everyone. Period. It's for the same reason that steam games are emulated outside of steam.

Please, don't buy SC2 or if you do, don't play it online 

Well, I hope it will not be implemented... I started with these kind of maps in SC1 because my friend played it, and I missed on a lot of things early on because of that. I only started playing Lost Temple hardcorly (?) the last 2-3 years and never went back to it...


This map is really killing the real game, taking away most of the strategy. No need any expansion, no need minerals gestion, just rally your guys on the mineral and let them gather. It's like if in the "age of" series you had infinite amount of animals right next to your town center so you can't be raided when gathering food...


Finally, even if it's there, it won't be counted as a real win (unlike in SC1). In SC2, real wins will be from matchmaking and you can't play these maps there if Blizzard don't put it. Of course people will play it in lobbies game, but it will be counted more as Use Map Settings-like game IMHO.

It's still too easy, but nice progress 


The good points is that they know how to make units, when to attack and when to retreat. But the major lacking is the gestion of his ressources. The terran comp I played against had like 4-5 starports, but only a few air units (2-3 vikings). But at least he knew how to build his base like a real terran (lot of buildings blocking the access to the rear of his base, nice placing of tanks behind, etc.)


Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to the insane version 5.0 

Hmm... The computers are not easy enough? 

EDIT: Someone answered before me 

Quote from: dodongbadong on February 28, 2010, 01:37:34 AM
guys try playing with this SC2 AI V 3.0 (STARCRACK) download it from http://botdev.org/doku.php its really nice.. i almost got defeated.. wew.. 

+1 (except the defeated part  ).


He suprised the first time he came in with his zealots, I was expecting him to have nothing like usually, and he knows when to attack, when to retreat, and how to macro.


But if you want a great challenge without understanding what is happening to you, try the  terran AI mod made by an awesome guy: http://darkblizz.org/Forum2/index.php?topic=598.0


The only bad thing is you can't compete against protoss or zerg (as they will just gather minerals and do nothing else), but I'm sure he will come soon with insane AI for them too 

Wow, it's nice to see a computer who actually knows what he's doing. I'm ready to bet he's better than 60% of the players on battle.net 2.0 with beta keys atm (not only with ressources, but also with micro, macro and intelligence) 


I'm sure this guy will come with the same algorithm, but with other races. Then, I'll use it (because actually, it has no synergy with the Starcrack 3.0 mod wich is nice too as the toss and the zerg just gather minerals). I say good job to this guy, and keep up the good work 

Quote from: chikopaws on February 28, 2010, 12:28:26 AM
anyone can tell me what is "UNSUPPORTED VERSION: Higher APM and AI cheating" in botdev sites??

what's the difference to the version 3??

The version 3 is the default game, but with harder AI. If you want more challenge, take the second version (cheat/APM), I recommend it.


More APM means the computer will do more things at the same time, thus having a better macro and micro over his units. Cheating probably means that they have more minerals, construct faster or train units faster (like insane computers in most games).


I recommend the last one if you desire a bit more challenge without being impossible to beat