Turtle Mod v3.0 (for Opposing Fronts)

BuckyBoy · July 27th, 2008

Turtle Mod
This is a no-rush gamemode, where you can relax and build-up defenses before the real battle begins.

Usage

Select the "No Rush" gametype under "Win conditions".

Game Rules

Territory is divided equally at the start of the game.
Squads will auto-retreat if they enter enemy territory during the no-rush period.
All weapons are disabled during the no-rush period.
Squads cannot capture new territory during the no-rush period.

Enjoy! :-)

Download links are here.

Lethal Dosage · July 28th, 2008

So if players can't capture new territory to increase their income, how the hell to they build defenses, and where, in their base?

BuckyBoy · July 28th, 2008

"Territory is divided equally at the start of the game."

Lethal Dosage · July 30th, 2008

So at the very start everyone automatically gets a portion of the territory under their ownership? I'm curious how you got the territory to be divided equally for the number of players without some players being at a disadvantage resource income wise, especially since a lot of maps aren't mirrored territory and resource wise for the players.

BuckyBoy · July 31st, 2008

i'm using the following algorithm for that:

calculate the shortest distance from a strategic point to a player's HQ
do this for all stratpoints and assign it to the player that is closest to it.
calculate the resources for both teams.. if they're not equal, then do the following for the team that has more resources:
get the stratpoint that is closest to the other team and give it back to the world (make it neutral).
go back to step 3

this seems to work pretty well on most maps.. except on maps were the HQ's are relatively close together (like beaux lowlands for instance).. but still, it's not bad i think.

Lethal Dosage · August 2nd, 2008

Hmm, thats a good idea actually, sorry i was kinda critical of you in the earlier posts. I'm still not a fan of radical changes like that or ATC (Automatic Territory Capture)

BuckyBoy · August 3rd, 2008

why not?.. there definitely should be more fun ways to play COH than just Annihilate and Victory Point Control.

Lethal Dosage · August 5th, 2008

I'm just a tad more traditionalist, i prefer to start a match and hae to fight over territory the whole match, rather than build a base, tech up, build a simcity of defenses and then finally build an army before attacking the enemy. I'm just really, really, not into turtleing(sp?). It's just not my style and it really annoys me when an ally or even an opponent tried to do it.

But i do have to say you have achieved something quite impressive here, and your CheatMod is another example of what can be done in SCAR coding, something which your definately quite advanced in.

BTW, i got nothing against turtles themselves, i used to have a couple as pets, just as i quite like rats, ferrets, and dogs. I however don't like rabbits, foxes, hares, and i'm only impartial to cats. Yes this is some late post madness!