Planned Future Patches

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Postby xander » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:19 am

Vergerus wrote:...really vital feature.

Please 'splain why this is a "really vital feature"?

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Postby Shwart!! » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:23 am

Because moer people want to watch replays of themselves owning than the people who want trivial things like 'lobby-chat'.
Seriously, who wants to be able to communicate before a game? I personally couldn't care less!

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Postby xyzyxx » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:26 am

Communication before a game is already possible. After all, the game doesn't begin until each player presses the Space bar.
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Postby xander » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:28 am

Shwart!! wrote:Because moer people want to watch replays of themselves owning than the people who want trivial things like 'lobby-chat'.
Seriously, who wants to be able to communicate before a game? I personally couldn't care less!

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Postby Shwart!! » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:31 am

Good night, and I hope your tongue feels better in the morning.

Back on topic, I kinda want to see support for using teamslots 5 and 6, as that would allow for some really sweet co-op mapping.
Hardly a priority though.

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Postby Kuth » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:45 am

Yeah, two more players would be awesome. If nothing else, perhaps support for Evilwinians/Futurewininas on the map already?

Support to scroll up/down on map lists would also be nice. Even nicer if there was a way to arrange a favorites list for quick play on some servers.
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Postby Vergerus » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:12 pm

The GoldFish wrote:?????


xander wrote:Please 'splain why this is a "really vital feature"?


It's quite possible that you have no interest in that feature at all, but from my point of view it is necessary to increase the lifespan of Multiwinia. If you just want a casual game where the results are essentially meaningless and the only reason to play is for a little quick fun, that's fine. The game certainly has that already and there's nothing wrong with that. You have to accept however that Multiwinia's potential isn't being fulfilled in that situation. It would definitely increase the lifespan and player numbers if we had tournaments and/or ladders, which heavily rely upon the ability to save and submit replays. Just look at gamereplays.org. It allows us to savour our own victories, learn from our losses and learn from others. You might think that this is the domain of "proper" RTSes, but then aren't we selling a great game short?

Shwart!! wrote:Because moer people want to watch replays of themselves owning than the people who want trivial things like 'lobby-chat'.
Seriously, who wants to be able to communicate before a game? I personally couldn't care less!


This is such a nasty little piece of fallacious flamebait it's barely worth dignifying it with a reply. Some people do want to watch their own victories but there's nothing wrong with that. It's also not the only reason for a replay feature. Of course lobby chat is more important. That's why it's written in the OP. That's why IV is already working on it.
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Postby The GoldFish » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:13 pm

I don't disagree, game replays would be swell. But, with some time context, no lobby chat and no passwords etc are going to turn people off today, lack of game replays is going to turn people off tomorrow.)
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Postby Vergerus » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:20 pm

Vergerus wrote:Of course lobby chat is more important. That's why it's written in the OP. That's why IV is already working on it.
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Postby The GoldFish » Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:52 pm

That's something you've said AFTER the "really vital feature" statement and the confusion regarding the language. I would have expected something considered "really vital" would be killing the game right now, I was just explaining why we were curious wrt the phrase "really vital" - to me, really vital demands immidiete attention.

Since that's pretty much cleared up, and you obviously aren't demanding that replays need attention right now and that, as I would agree, they're a helpful feature in promoting longievity and are useful for tournaments etc. So really, I support the idea of these as much as I do modding and the editor, which obviously, I support a lot.
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Postby Vergerus » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:35 pm

The GoldFish wrote:That's something you've said AFTER the "really vital feature" statement and the confusion regarding the language. I would have expected something considered "really vital" would be killing the game right now, I was just explaining why we were curious wrt the phrase "really vital" - to me, really vital demands immidiete attention.

Since that's pretty much cleared up, and you obviously aren't demanding that replays need attention right now and that, as I would agree, they're a helpful feature in promoting longievity and are useful for tournaments etc. So really, I support the idea of these as much as I do modding and the editor, which obviously, I support a lot.


I apologise if the language I used led you to believe that I thought replays were more important than lobby chat etc. Obviously they're not. Those things are not really "on my radar" as far as needed features go since we already know we're getting them. So when I say that I think replays are vital it's from the context of a Multiwinia which is already receiving everything that was outlined in the OP.
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Postby xander » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:40 pm

As TGF said, no one is disputing that replays would be nice -- I just didn't think that it was a "really vital feature." Nice? Yes. Important? Yes. Vital? No.

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Postby Greendingbat » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:47 pm

I personally would like to see lobby chat BEFORE replay functions
Think about it, the game doesn't start GAMEPLAY until all players hit the spacebar
but BEFORE the game, you can't communicate which settings you prefer, request changes in color or team, or anything like that
any way, you can already record games with apps like Fraps http://www.fraps.com/
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Postby xyzyxx » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:19 pm

Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but Fraps costs money. The trial version only allows you to record videos up to 30 seconds long.
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Postby rainingblood » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:26 pm

when the xfire support is added, you'll be able to capture ig videos, and broadcast the on the xfire website, for free !

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