Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 ... is now in Early Access beta on Steam. No idea what I'm supposed to do yet and it seems rather unstable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
Pidpad Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Eff that. Tried to challenge 3 people, got disconnected from the server every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4 3 3 2 4 2 2
zunova Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I got disconnected from the server several times and I was only messing with the playbook. Doomy, did you get a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juriel Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Yes, the server disconnects everything. I managed to get two games in. After a match, it gives you gold and fan factor, and you can check out a replay of the highlights (ran in the usual 3d BB engine, ONLY IN REALTIME MODE). Only the replay is so random and scattered that you have no way of figuring out anything to do better from it. Because the tactical scripting options are pretty limited (everything is just IF THIS THING THEN THIS), it favors the extreme teams (orcs or woodies) more than the rest. However, you do seem to be able to have 6 Stormvermin on a team at once, with enough cash, so... yay? Note: the default order for ball-carrier, RunToTouchdown, pays no heed to tackle zones or cover or anything - it just runs straight for the goal, which gets them tackled down and dropping the ball. I guess you'd do better to form meticulous scripts for people to cage him until he can break free, but currently, the scripting interface is damn unstable and you cannot even copy the scripts from one player to the next. Basically: if you got a true replay of action (or an overview map with icons on a grid), you could see the effect of your individual scripts. As it is, it's a random clusterfuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 I accepted a challenge, randomly picked some formations and was told I had won. A short, crude and unimpressive replay was my reward. Football Manager this ain't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
Juriel Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 The idea is marvelous. The execution is pure Cyanide. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 I'll need to look into this scripting Juriel mentions. I never noticed that stuff while I was constantly getting kicked off the server. Initial impressions put this at the level of a bad Facebook RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
dode Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Beta'd this ages ago, although in true Cyanide style it was more like an Alpha. What made it unplayable was the lack of documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Apparently you need to record a couple of matches before you can tinker with the playbook? Not only is the interface totally confusing without docs, it's totally unresponsive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
dode Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Just tried it. Hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Juriel Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 You just click the playbook, then pick Offensive or Defensive, then click a preset play and Edit, and give orders. But the client is unresponsive and crashy, so don't try it now. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunova Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 This isn't Blood Bowl 2 is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogojojo Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I FIGURED IT OUT! This is all a trick in order to crowd-source the AI scripting of Blood Bowl. Nice try Cyanide. I'mma script some suicidal Elf Tactics now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbecks Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 yeah I rolled skaven....wish I rolled woodies instead...o well...its pretty difficult to work out whats what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 This isn't Blood Bowl 2 is it? No, this is what they've been working on instead of bugfixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
dode Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Different team, actually. Loukas has nothing to do with it, and pmcc didn't either when he was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Doomy77 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 I see. This must be what the work experience kids knocked up one lunchtime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
dode Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 From the looks of it it's what the kids of the work experience kids knocked up while using an old refurbished BBC Micro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Scud Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Rule No.1:PAY THE EXTRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juriel Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 yeah I rolled skaven....wish I rolled woodies instead...o well...its pretty difficult to work out whats what To be fair, anything beyond high-ST or Block is kind of pointless, because the underlying system IS the realtime mode. Players with starting Dodge could work, but they take the most direct route everywhere, even if it goes through gazillion tackle zones, so no. Yeah, I picked rats as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfarrell129 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I picked chaos. Spent a few minutes going around the playbooks bit, but my French isn't that good so I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do. Couldn't find the "kill anything that moves" tactic so gave up. Went to try "playing" some games.... challenge, disconnect. Rinse and repeat a few times. Gave up. All in all... its definitely a Cyanide game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherKane Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I went on yesterday and repeatedly tried to challenge Juriel... it didn't work. Think I shall wait until I hear it might actually work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbecks Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 To be fair, anything beyond high-ST or Block is kind of pointless, because the underlying system IS the realtime mode. Players with starting Dodge could work, but they take the most direct route everywhere, even if it goes through gazillion tackle zones, so no. Yeah, I picked rats as well. my rats won 5 games and lost 1, my chaos won some and lost some and 1 draw..... So far my rats are unstoppable...sent aload more challenges and will see tomorrow how they do gooooooo rats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Juriel Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I went on yesterday and repeatedly tried to challenge Juriel... it didn't work. Think I shall wait until I hear it might actually work... It did work, as I played one match against your rats. And lost. :p Then I found out that you get a replay of the game, that does NOTHING to help figure out what to do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danton Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wait, so after spending months coding the real-time version of the game and then realizing that nobody ever played it, they decided to repackage it as something even more unplayable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 3 2
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