Here’s a couple of videos showcasing new features in OpenRA. First: the new support powers palette & behaviors. This isn’t the full set of support powers – Nuke, Spy Plane and Paratroopers are shown. In the second part I demonstrate our build queues, bulk queuing, build tabs, automatic tab switching, etc. As always, the latest [...]
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File: April 2010
People have been confused about this (mostly my fault, because the weapon positions in the official version of the code have been horribly wrong for a while), so here’s how the various offsets work. There are three spaces involved: Unit-space. offsets[0] is the displacement of the turret (or fixed gun) along the longitudinal axis of [...]
It’s been said that there are many ways to skin a cat. I imagine that’s true, although I haven’t felt the need to explore any of them, let alone enumerate them all. Assuming that various methods exist, however, it’s reasonable to then assume that they have a range of advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps one method [...]