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#71
Last post by Redlynne - Jan 18, 2025, 10:48 PM
Quote from: Joshex on Jan 18, 2025, 04:49 PMso I really think a one time per ally Line of sight distance based ray-chain would be better.
In terms of "getting more reach" out of the Team Inspirations ... in theory that could work.
In practice, it's probably more trouble than it's worth, though. It would require a lot of engineering (and testing) to verify it.
Right now, the Team Inspirations are just a 20ft PBAoE.
Be a lot simpler to merely increase the radius ... perhaps to being a 30ft PBAoE ... and broadening the targets affected from being only Teammates to being Allies.
Point being that I would prefer to be a bit conservative, in a way that "twiddles" a couple of database values ... rather than reaching for a completely different "delivery mechanism" behavior, such as a chain.
At most, I wouldn't mind if the PBAoE were converted into something like a 90ยบ 45ft Cone, "pointing" in the direction of the camera view (precedent: Nature Affinity - Regrowth). That way, you have to "aim" the Team Inspiration(s) in the direction of the Allies you want to affect, rather than just being "close" to them somewhere nearby. Makes the Team Inspirations more "Player skill/awareness/control" dependent than an overly simplistic 20ft PBAoE.
#72
Last post by Joshex - Jan 18, 2025, 07:18 PM
So we all know energy control right?
Wait? you don't?!
oh.. right, it doesn't exist.
this is what went through my mind today when I had the bright Idea of making a new toon. I openned up a planner and chose controller then went looking through the different primaries and couldn't understand it. I thought I was just failing to see it. I thought "Energy 'everything' was one of the earlier sets in CoH, you'd think there'd definitely be an energy control."
turns out, no, there isn't an 'energy control'.
I know I suggest a lot of things. but this one seems like it should have been done on Live in like Issue 8 or so. how could we have not created this upto now?!
I got to thinking about the set, based on the hallmarks of energy, we're talking a situation of a Mez(Disorient) show where "would you like some Knockup and repel with your knockback good sir?" is the basis of the control set.
then I got into "what would an Energy Immobilize or Engergy Hold look like?" Immediately I was brought to the thought of the energy rings around the fists of my energy manipulation blaster.
So I imagined an energy immobilize places an energy ring around the enemy's legs. a hold could be anywhere from multiple rings one around the head, one around each hand and foot, to, energy balls around these, then I thought "well they could still move their arms if you just put energy around their hands" then came up with the mental image of "Energy Shackles" simply put a bar of energy connecting each shackle hand to hand, foot to foot and hands to feet, and an energy ball around their head. then I figured it'd restrict airflow so it'd probably cause choke and -recovery.
but as I thought about that I said to myself "where's the trademark knockback?" and so I paused until I thought, "well if the enemy tried to move and touched the energy ring.... BOOM. they'd go flying, and probably be significantly damaged too, add on a nice disorient for good measure if they trigger that Knock Up by trying to move or trying to attack when held."
then I was like "but there's no Anti Fly..." and then I thought "well, that's moving, even just hovering in place has some motion.. so.. that'd trigger High Energy Damage + Knockup+disorient. Ouch. I'd hate to be hit with that while flying.." cast> target is flying BOOM> 1,2,3,4,> target is still flying/trying to move/trying to attack, and attack duration has not expired = BOOM> repeat.
" '-fly' why would I do that? you can fly all you want! here let me help you fly higher! but that cieling looks like it'll hurt.."
*I now imagine a loop animation where someone is being controlled and smacked repeatedly into a cieling.* and the controller saying "stop smacking yourself into the cieling, stop smacking yourself into the cieling, stop smacking yourself into the cieling".
I mean they are "Trollers" what kind of behaviour did you expect? I'm surprised they aren't inventing magnet powered flight and trying to make schemes to bankrupt organizations they don't like and profit.
jokes asside, Energy sets are typically fairly Single-Target Centric. They typically have limited AoE or Cone in each set, and as a troller really needs to address the crowd, not just single targets, I figure after the first 2 single targets there should be alot of swirling energy fields, auras and bubbles. and tons of enemies getting knocked around and repelled and maybe even pulled back in to go all over again via a single attract, top it off with disorient and I think that's a good basis for an energy control set.
Thinking about a swirling energy aura, it could be fairly defensive +Def (all) +res(energy negative) add in Moderate Damage when enemies touch it, and repel and disorient and I think it's a good L8
but then I ran out of ideas for L12, L18, and L26... at that point I kinda thought it was too heavy in AoE, cone and chain already. and most sets do some variant of an AoE here.
I figured, an "energy controller" probably should be able to controll masses of energy and make them do his bidding, so he should get a pet, or 2. probably an energy golem/servant/spectre at L32 similar to dark servant but with a bright color tintable energy aura body-part-basis rather than dark clouds. it'll probably fizzle out on it's own over time, so a limited time summon perhaps. then I got to thinking about attacks for it and thought, "what happens when all that energy making this energy pet gets dispersed when it dies?" and I went looking through Energy sets and saw [Energy Blasting: Nova PBAoE Extreme Damage Energy/Smash foe: knockback] and was like "yep. that's what happens when energy golem or energy specter dies. it's pretty much a bomb with legs and arms.." and figured it should have 1 ranged and one melee attack probably in high damage due to it's limited summon time, so I added in [Power Burst(High Damage Energy/Smash foe Knockback)] for a ranged single target, and [Staggering Burst(Melee(AoE) Smash/Energy foe disorient)] for kinda an energy dispersal attack from the pet, as it's attacks, also it definitely needs a healthbar, that way if something does kill it BOOM.. either it's timer runs out and Nova, or something kills it and Nova, or the player(with enough haste to perma-summon it) replaces it's summon and: Nova on desummon.
and with that I'm semi-fresh out of compiled ideas for this set.
Maybe a ground-pounder, some field/energy-object that comes down on top of enemies and hits them with Energy smashing and Knockdown every time they stand up as it attempts to bash them into the ground repeatedly like an energy troller made a giant energy mallet and decided to play whack-a-mole.
and maybe a single target mega-hold at some rediculous magnitude.
maybe a Range Wide Cone energy smack, like a mass-target(upto 30) mega KB+disorient
maybe another energy aura with -acc -tohit to go with that disorient
another pet? Idk.
this is what I came up with:
Energy Control:
L1 Energy Ring: Ranged, Moderate DoT Energy/Smashing (6.12x5), Foe: Immobilize. When foe tries to move/or is flying; Foe: KnockUp (Mag 4.99), High Damage Energy (50.16)
L1 Energy Shackles: Ranged, Moderate DoT Energy/Smashing (6.73x5) Foe: Hold, Choke, -recovery. When foe tries to move/or is flying or tries to attack; Foe: Knockup (Mag 6) High Damage Energy (50.16). "Energy Shackles Cover the Foe's Head, Hands and Feet rendering them unable to move or attack, the head covering restricts breathing, leading to a lack of ability to recover strength for a short time. If the enemy moves or tries to attack, the shackles tighten and release an energy pulse which will severely damage and send the foe flying up."
L2 Energy Wave: Ranged Cone Chain, Minor DoT Energy(4x2), Foe: -fly, Knockup (Mag 10), Foe: GrantPower: ["Energy Conduit", Ranged Cone to player foex1, Minor DoT Energy, -fly, Knockup (mag 10) if time remaining on player cast: grant power ["EnergyConduit" from each target]] "you release a fast-vibrating wave of energy that loops from target to target repeatedly for 27.94 seconds, violently knocking them into the air and pulling them back down every time it hits disabling their ability to fly. the energy burns as it runs through their nerves causing minor energy damage over time on each hit. This power can effect upto 7 targets at a time, it then arcs off of them to any other nearby target which has not recently been hit on the previous tick"
L6 Energy Torus: Summon: Wide Field, Foe Attract, When the foe touches the center; Foe: High Damage Energy, Knockback Mag 16, Stun, Disorient. "you create a feild in the shape of a large energy bubble in the sha[e of a donut, the center has a gravity anomaly which pulls enemies in rapidly, when enemies touch this anomaly it violently reacts causing high damage and sending foes flying backwards leaving them stunned and disoriented for a short time."
L8 Energy Cyclone Toggle: +Def(All) +Res (Energy Negative), PBAoE Aura Moderate Damage Energy(30.59), Foe: KnockUP (Mag 4), Repel (Mag 3), Disorient. "you create a whirling cyclone of energy around yourself that redirects attacks around you, any foe that touches it will be moderately damaged, then thrown up and away from you causing disorientation for a short time."
L12 Energy Flash: TAoE Minor Damage Energy(5), Foe: Stun(160s), Blind(320s), Disorient(160s), -ToHit(20%), -Def(20% all), Knockback(Mag 1)
L18 Weld: Ranged High DoT Energy(10x5), Foe Hold(Mag 36, 360s), -Def(30%), -fly(Mag 10) Knockdown
L26
L32 Summon Energy Specter: High Damage Energy, Attacks: Power Burst(High Damage Energy/Smash foe Knockback), Staggering Burst(Melee(AoE) Smash/Energy foe disorient), On Death: Nova (PBAoE Extreme Damage Energy/Smash foe Knockback).
Edit1/21/25:
thinking about this I've come up with another power:
Energy Flash/Flash: TAoE Minor Damage Energy(5), Foe: Stun, Blind, Disorient, -ToHit, -Def, Knockback
"You launch a very bright exploding ball of energy at your foes kocking them back and blinding them for a long period of time, it waves through them stunnign and disorienting them. because of the light burned into their retinas they are unable to see well causing a -20% decreased in ability to hit targets and defend themselves from being hit."
essentially energy has the ability to bind and knockback sure, but it can also blind, probably some of the strongest longest lasting blinds in game, like laser eye surgery gone wrong.
Weld: Ranged High DoT Energy(10x5), Foe Hold(Mag 30, 360s), -Def(30%), -fly(Mag 10) Knockdown
"You use your energy to literally, not figuratively weld your enemy to the ground. they find it very difficult to move so avoiding attacks becomes almost impossible, the welding process damages them over time for the initial application phase." -single target Super Hold
#73
Last post by Joshex - Jan 18, 2025, 04:49 PM
I agree.
tbh the AoE radius is a little issue too. I tank, and sometimes I get surrounded by mobs and cannot jump away towards teammates, they end up being just out of the AoE radius, I've found that most of the time I have used team insps no one but me has been effected, I think one time I effected 2 teammates.
The thing here is the team is typically spread out over a much greater area than 20ft, it's very rare that the team is not spread out by like 40ft to 60ft, and these are not premptive measures, when people need them applied, they are typically arrayed in-battle and it's impossible to say "gather for team insps" and expect them to be able to comply and move 5 ft closer to get in the 20ft AoE range.
I think it should be Ranged Chain(once) based on LoS(Line of sight). and yes effect league members, and any "Allies" too. we'll let the game figure out if a ray from player 1 can hit any player on the team/league or any friendly target. then we'll let the game figure out if illusivity causes that ray to be too far a distance to work.
these team inspirations could be anything from realizing theres some ingenious use for Regenerating Flesh no one ever thought about "hey, it can probably regenerate my flesh" and then realizing " hey because it regenerates I can break it into peices and throw some to a team mate 'here catch put it on that burn!', or it could be a team peptalk or speech shouted down the hallway that gives team members some beneficial thought or strategy which allows them to be buffed in some way. a rez insp of that nature could be "hey heroes on the floor, the rest of the team is going out for doughnuts after this, but only if you get up right now."
so, rather than AoE, it really could even be conveyed through the team communicator, but then everyone on team would get the buff regardless of being near or in line of sight.
so I really think a one time per ally Line of sight distance based ray-chain would be better.
#74
Last post by Redlynne - Jan 17, 2025, 01:22 AM
During tonight's Keyes Island iTrial, I was trying to assist with "medical" duties for people who were getting Disintegrated.
Redlynne has her Valiance PBAoE aura (+118.4% Regeneration to Allies), but that is nowhere NEAR enough to help people survive the 40% then 80% Max Health hit at the end of Disintegration.
So I was trying to use
Health Imbuement inspirations to help top up people so they could survive.
Imagine my surprise when I burn
2 of them while standing right next to a league mate (not a teammate) who is Disintegrating ... and their Health bar doesn't move ... at all.
The only logical conclusion that I can draw is that ->
TEAM <- Inspirations are coded to (only) affect
TEAMmates ... while anyone in your league, but NOT on your
TEAM, is just ... um ... the game simply doesn't "like them" enough (on your behalf).
Am I the only one who thinks that this is ... sub-optimal?
I'm thinking that the simplest solution would be to edit the parameter in the database that defines who who can be affected by
Team Inspirations (within the 20ft PBAoE when used).
Instead of only affecting ->
TEAM <- ... change it to affect
Allies, so the Team Inspirations can affect league members as well as NPCs (who are not civilians, because nothing affects civilians).
#75
Last post by Joshex - Jan 15, 2025, 09:13 PM
Quote from: Redlynne on Jan 14, 2025, 11:40 PMQuote from: Joshex on Jan 14, 2025, 07:51 PMso, If I'm understanding this correctly, you cannot for example use a name of an already existing power but give it different abilities for this specific set?
There's the issue of name confusion, yes ... but I was talking about a different point.
Every Tanker Secondary powerset has a "Taunt" power.
Most of them are even named "Taunt" explicitly, while some use different more flavorful power names.
The "Taunt" power is somewhat AT defining, so the specifics of the power are simply copied over into every Tanker Secondary. The same thing happens with Placate powers for Stalkers.
When you have multiple powersets that have "the same power" in them (such as Taunt or Placate), the details don't really change for the different powersets of that AT.
So far so good?
Now think about the T1 attack power for say ... Defender Secondaries.
Yes, they all have different names ... but are they all copy/paste repeats of the exact same power?
No they're not.
Would it be a good idea to make them all "same-y same-y" as T1 powers in terms of their game mechanics, attributes, details, etc. ... such that if "you've seen one, you've seen them all" ...?
The point that I'm driving at here is the age old maxim of Familiarity Breeds Contempt when you've got powers that are just copy/paste jobs between 2+ powersets, even if the power names change.
One of the things that makes CoH so "flavorful" and meaningful to play is that the various powersets for ATs are NOT copy/paste jobs. It's actually relatively rare to encounter 2 powers in different powersets that "work" exactly the same (game mechanically as well as user facing stuff like animations and FX).
Martial Arts and Kinetic Melee are broadly similar ... yet they're distinctly different from each other.
Broadsword and Katana, as well as Axe and Mace, might have strong similarities in terms of how their powersets are structured and how they "work" ... but they still have important differences that make them PLAY differently, so they aren't just copy/paste reskins of each other.
It's okay to look at other powersets to find something CLOSE to what you want to do, since that gives you the benefit of precedent to work with and baseline against.
What's NOT okay is to look at other powersets, copy/paste and file off the serial numbers and expect people to not recognize what you've done. EXACT duplication of powers creates perception problems, because it means that those (now) "shared" powers become less UNIQUE and SIGNATURE to the powerset(s) they appear in.
Yes, every Controller Primary gets a single target Hold and an AoE Hold ... but are those powers EXACTLY the same for all Controller Primaries?
After the "normalization" of the AoE Holds @ Level 18 done by Cryptic Studios (when the Containment mechanic got introduced) ... the AoE Holds of Controllers became something they all had in common. But the single target Holds have some interesting and unique differences to them across all of the Controller Primaries.
Likewise, most Controller Primaries have an AoE Immobilize ... but some don't (Illusion and Mind Control come to mind).
Both Illusion and Mind Control have a single target Confuse power, but the details of their respective versions are not an exact copy/paste job, so there are differences between them, which then gives each powerset their own uniquely flavorful spin on the way "their" version of Confuse works in actual gameplay.
This is why I say that you shouldn't just be lifting powers (whole cloth, unmodified) and doing a copy/paste ala carte job with them into a proposed new powerset. Any kind of really obvious duplication like that "cheapens" the original power and the copy of it (even if you change the power names).
Ah. Ok, now I might be an idiot for saying this; but I was not aware of myself actively copying exact powers from other sets functionality wise, as far as I am aware I was modifying powers to give them unique attributes. but as an idiot myself I might need someone who can see my glaring mistake to point it out plainly listing the power next to what I'm copying.
if that was not your point, I am at least more aware of your meaning now, and I agree, cheapenning is not a good thing, and I wish to avoid it.
tomorrow I'll look through this ernestly.
#76
Last post by Redlynne - Jan 14, 2025, 11:40 PM
Quote from: Joshex on Jan 14, 2025, 07:51 PMso, If I'm understanding this correctly, you cannot for example use a name of an already existing power but give it different abilities for this specific set?
There's the issue of name confusion, yes ... but I was talking about a different point.
Every Tanker Secondary powerset has a "Taunt" power.
Most of them are even named "Taunt" explicitly, while some use different more flavorful power names.
The "Taunt" power is somewhat AT defining, so the specifics of the power are simply copied over into every Tanker Secondary. The same thing happens with Placate powers for Stalkers.
When you have multiple powersets that have "the same power" in them (such as Taunt or Placate), the details don't really change for the different powersets of that AT.
So far so good?
Now think about the T1 attack power for say ... Defender Secondaries.
Yes, they all have different names ... but are they all copy/paste repeats of the exact same power?
No they're not.
Would it be a good idea to make them all "same-y same-y" as T1 powers in terms of their game mechanics, attributes, details, etc. ... such that if "you've seen one, you've seen them all" ...?
The point that I'm driving at here is the age old maxim of
Familiarity Breeds Contempt when you've got powers that are just copy/paste jobs between 2+ powersets, even if the power names change.
One of the things that makes CoH so "flavorful" and meaningful to play is that the various powersets for ATs are NOT copy/paste jobs. It's actually relatively rare to encounter 2 powers in different powersets that "work" exactly the same (game mechanically as well as user facing stuff like animations and FX).
Martial Arts and Kinetic Melee are broadly similar ... yet they're distinctly different from each other.
Broadsword and Katana, as well as Axe and Mace, might have strong similarities in terms of how their powersets are structured and how they "work" ... but they still have important differences that make them PLAY differently, so they aren't just copy/paste reskins of each other.
It's okay to look at other powersets to find something CLOSE to what you want to do, since that gives you the benefit of precedent to work with and baseline against.
What's NOT okay is to look at other powersets, copy/paste and file off the serial numbers and expect people to not recognize what you've done. EXACT duplication of powers creates perception problems, because it means that those (now) "shared" powers become less UNIQUE and SIGNATURE to the powerset(s) they appear in.
Yes, every Controller Primary gets a single target Hold and an AoE Hold ... but are those powers EXACTLY the same for all Controller Primaries?
After the "normalization" of the AoE Holds @ Level 18 done by Cryptic Studios (when the Containment mechanic got introduced) ... the AoE Holds of Controllers became something they all had in common. But the single target Holds have some interesting and unique differences to them across all of the Controller Primaries.
Likewise, most Controller Primaries have an AoE Immobilize ... but some don't (Illusion and Mind Control come to mind).
Both Illusion and Mind Control have a single target Confuse power, but the details of their respective versions are not an exact copy/paste job, so there are differences between them, which then gives each powerset their own uniquely flavorful spin on the way "their" version of Confuse works in actual gameplay.
This is why I say that you shouldn't just be lifting powers (whole cloth, unmodified) and doing a copy/paste ala carte job with them into a proposed new powerset. Any kind of really obvious duplication like that "cheapens" the original power and the copy of it (even if you change the power names).
#77
Last post by Joshex - Jan 14, 2025, 07:51 PM
Quote from: Redlynne on Jan 06, 2025, 11:34 PMAlso, you can't have a direct port of another power in the game (except for a cosmetic name change) without "cheapening" both the original AND the knock-off power. Ideally you want each powerset to have its own "unique spin" on powers, to prevent powersets from becoming interchangeable.
so, If I'm understanding this correctly, you cannot for example use a name of an already existing power but give it different abilities for this specific set?
well, I've been thinking about it, I know Black Hole already exists, not sure if any others currently exist. in this case I'm thinking we need an Adjective in front of black hole desscribing the specific traits of this black hole which differentiate it Crushing Black Hole, or Destructive Black Hole, or Consuming Black Hole or somthing like that. I'm really not sure on the name, just floating a naming convention idea.
your thoughts are appreciated.
I know theres alot more problems with my set suggestion at this point than just names. still have yet to sit down and actually go over it and properly add in mez protection of some amount somewhere (or split between multiple places -mag10 to Stun and Disorient on one power - mag12.98 to sleep on another in example. (Firey Aura does it like that).
#78
Last post by Joshex - Jan 14, 2025, 03:06 PM
Currently I'm working through Guardian, there's alot less copy pasta I can do from primaries here as the sets are unique.
for anyone who wants to help with text input, this is the dictionary system I'm using:
secondaryDict['Guardian'] = {};
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Atmospheric_Composition'] = ["Charged Armor", "Gale Winds", "Grounding Shield", "Static Shield", "Steamy Mist", "Mass Energise", "Snow Storm", "Power Sink", "Freezing Rain"];
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Atmospheric_CompositionValues'] = ["Charged_Armor", "Gale_Winds", "Grounding_Shield", "Static_Shield", "Steamy_Mist", "Mass_Energise", "Snow_Storm", "Power_Sink", "Freezing_Rain"];
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Dark_Composition'] = ["Dark Embrace", "Twilight Grasp", "Tar Patch", "Obsidian Shield", "Murky Haze", "Shadow Fall", "Cloak of Fear", "Soul Absorption", "Howling Twilight"];
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Dark_CompositionValues'] = ["Dark_Embrace", "Twilight_Grasp", "Tar_Patch", "Obsidian_Shield", "Murky_Haze", "Shadow_Fall", "Cloak_of_Fear", "Soul_Absorption", "Howling_Twilight"];
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Energy_Composition'] = ["Kinetic Shield", "Siphon Power", "Power Shield", "Entropy Shield", "Inertial Siphon", "Mass Energize", "Kinetic Dampening", "Transference", "Fulcrum Flip"];
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Energy_CompositionValues'] = ["Kinetic Shield", "Siphon Power", "Power Shield", "Entropy Shield", "Inertial Siphon", "Mass Energize", "Kinetic Dampening", "Transference", "Fulcrum Flip"];
to explain it so it's simple:
secondaryDict['Guardian'] = {};
secondaryDict is the name of the dictionary
['Guardian'] is a "key" in that dictionary, Keys are a name that can be searched and that name returns any sub-keys or data, so if I printed out secondaryDict['Guardian'] right now I'd get a list of subkeys: ["Atmospheric_Composition", "Atmospheric_CompositionValues", "Dark_Composition", "Dark_CompositionValues", "Energy_Composition", "Energy_CompositionValues"].
I use ' which is a "single quote" and also called an apostrophe like in "there's" or "it's", I tend to reserve single quotes ' rather than double quotes " for key names, where " double quotes are reserved for "strings of text". it makes reading the code easier.
we wont get into combining the quote types as it will not be necessary for keying or data entry.
"= {};"
this tells it that secondaryDict['Guardian'] is a dictionary data type. = means this variable name = what I put after it, {} means dictionary, ";" means "end argument" it essentially tells it not to continue looking for more information to compute for this line on any further lines. it's like a javascript period meaning end of sentence.
fun lesson for those who don't know: dictionary keys can be written like this {keyname: value} so in example {"HP": 1200}, or {"Guardian": ["Atmospheric_Composition", "Atmospheric_CompositionValues", "Dark_Composition", "Dark_CompositionValues", "Energy_Composition", "Energy_CompositionValues"]}
"secondaryDict['Guardian']['Atmospheric_Composition'] = ["Charged Armor", "Gale Winds", "Grounding Shield", "Static Shield", "Steamy Mist", "Mass Energise", "Snow Storm", "Power Sink", "Freezing Rain"];"
this calls the dictionary named secondaryDict and grabs the value of guardian then from that list of values it specifies further that I only want to grab the value of "Atmospheric_Composition"
the "=" here is telling it that I wish to set the value for the key "Atmospheric_Composition" whatever is following it will be the key it returns when called.
"[];"
this is a "list" or "array", with an ; end sentence telling it "go no further for values of 'Atmospheric_Composition'".
["Charged Armor", "Gale Winds", "Grounding Shield", "Static Shield", "Steamy Mist", "Mass Energise", "Snow Storm", "Power Sink", "Freezing Rain"]
this list contains the power names as strings "" separated by commas , . this is as far as we are going at current, just inputting power names, in level order for the Archetype.
what do these lists do?
below the dictionary in the actual script I have code which checks a drop-down menu value in the webpage and then based on the name of that drop-down menu option it will return the list of powers with that powerset name.
then for each power in the list, in order, it creates a button in the space below the dropdown menu. these buttons will eventually allow users to select their powers.
what about the keys that say the powerset name followed by "Values"?
secondaryDict['Guardian']['Atmospheric_CompositionValues'] = ["Charged_Armor", "Gale_Winds", "Grounding_Shield", "Static_Shield", "Steamy_Mist", "Mass_Energise", "Snow_Storm", "Power_Sink", "Freezing_Rain"];
it's almost the same as the other list, but here there's no spaces, dashes, nor apostrophes in power names. this is important because these texts are used to create object IDs, object IDs are like names which can be used to select an element in the webpage document to then apply some action or code, so giving each button a unique ID is important. however IDs throw errors with things like spaces, -, ', in their name, the errors just cause the code to stop and the button will just be skipped(it wont make the button if you do "Executioner's Strike" or "X-ray Beam" as the ID name, instead we'd do "Executoners_Strike" removing the apostrophe and replacing the space with _ underscore, and "Xray_Beam" for the names of the IDs. this means creating a second list with the power names which I named 'powerset_nameValues'
that's what I'm doing right now. I've completed the entire primary powerset dictionary and the code to create primary power buttons.
for the secondary dictionary I've done blaster, controller, scrapper, defender, tanker, peacebringer and warshade, guardian, brute, stalker, mastermind, dominator, corruptor, arachnos widow, and finally arachnos soldier.
next is pool powers
#79
Last post by Joshex - Jan 14, 2025, 03:21 AM
I had one of my super lucid vivid dreams yesterday,
I asked the year, they told me 697, I asked "AD or BC?" and they said "Inclusional" then when I had no idea what that was they told me about another place down the road that might be able to answer the question better, and so I went and they told me the year was 5697, and that under "inclusional time" they dropped the thousands to make it easier like we did to BC time.
I am now reminded years back of an irl event where the fbi was convinced I was a time traveller, at the time I had not experienced any such dreams. so I assured them I was not a time traveller as far as I knew and it was just a misunderstanding based on me having the exact same name as and being born in the same city as a guy who died in 1920 with a life insurance policy with no listed beneficiary because he was literally a paper-trailess ghost of a man with no known relatives.
but.. do I really believe I travelled to 3994 and 5697? :\ I'm not convinced.
the place downt he road in 5697 was a militia outpost with army types in tan camo gear, they were named by the accronym T.R.U.M.P. but not named after any person called trump but rather referencing a trumpet or the sounding of a trumpet for warning or battle. T stood for Tactical, M Stood for Military, P stood for Personnel I forget what the other letters stood for they told me and showed it written out.
in 3994 people lived in "micro cities" as stated before, but in 5697 people lived in community houses, where 20 people might live in one common house. houses were far from eachother connected by dirt roads and surrounded by nature and canopied by trees for the most part to make them hard to see from the air.
People used laptops, didn't see any phone like devices. I mentioned my own computer which I had brought, they commented on how crazy I was to tote around such a heavy thing (it is kinda a hulking mobile workstation), I said it might turn on, but I likely wouldn't be able to connect to the internet because I have no idea what the internet protocols were like or if any of the data systems were compatible and they seemed to think "internet" was not a good word, it made them taken a back that I'd even suggest using it.
the fact that people essentially didn't congregate and everyone was so widespread from eachother protected by local militias, tells me there was likely a considerably smaller population than now.
if that is the future.. "what a lovely future people have to look forwards to" and the other question I have is "why am I being shown these futures?" I mean they are supposedly well past any normal lifespan from now. oh well.. I guess I'll have to try to remember to ask, lets see them(dream characters) come up with an answer for that. I hope they don;t try to tell me to prevent some terrible event in the present.. lol. I don't want to be that kind of raving lunatic.
I told the militia in 5697 that I came from 2025 and the state of the presidential election. they seemed to think significant events would soon follow, but did not disclose what. are these dreams? or something else entirely.
I hessitate to share these dreams sometimes. I had decided not to share this this morning. but this evening for some reason I decided I should share it if even because I said these kind of dreams were the whole reason for this online log.
I did have one dream that came true the next morning. it had to do with the verdict the jury handed down in a recent case. in the dream it was word for word. but I'm not certain if someone had been watching the news in my house that morning while I slept or not. so I am still conflicted as to whether I had "foreseen" anything or not and whether there is any evidence of my dreams of future events actually having any validity in reality.
I remain skeptical. but. I'm starting to question that skepticism. all it would take is an event I feel the need to write here coming true after the fact. like google failing and everyone being told to get anything they hosted on google drives or any part of the google network like youtube off before the servers shut down. if that happens, then I might take my dreams more seriously, but still with a grain of salt.
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Last post by Joshex - Jan 13, 2025, 04:54 PM
autofollow appears to be based on a gradual speed curve rather than based off a linear progression rate, in addition it slows you to the speed of the target you are following. One more issue is the pacing, it seems to stop you just out of melee range.
Even for PvE this is annoying. why can't I zip to a target at my speed? why does it always take forever to get in melee range?
I propose the creation of a setting or 2 to control this:
Auto-Follow Distance: Close Melee, melee, short range, moderate range, long range, sniper
Auto-Follow Speed: Target Speed, Player-Character Speed
Auto-Follow progressing: linear, distance movement-speed curve
yeah, sometimes you may overshoot an enemy at fast follow speed, but it's better than following a slow moving stone armor Outcasts enemy at Thier speed essentially waiting til they stop and then slowly reducing speed until you enter melee range... that's gruelling.
so yeah, I suspect there shouldn't be any real opposition to this change, other than the amount of work it entails. but really this is a quality of life thing.
Melee is typically like 4 to 7 feet so at current the auto follow tends to stop right at the outer reaches of melee, which means sometimes the angle puts you just out of melee range. having a "close melee" that takes you in to 2 to 3 feet may have you push against an enemy, but also supply a greater cast-rate for melee attacks as it ensures you are closer than the melee attack distance.
