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hvcterr Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am Posts: 1567	Re: Spotting and flood protection. SkepticTA wrote: What irritates me is that flood protection will trigger even if nobody is spotted. If you point up at the sky and spam LALT, you'll get hit with it. Why? You really have to ask? _________________ Did you know you can disable annoying signatures? Look under Board Preferences >> Edit Display Options.
Tue May 15, 2012 4:01 pm

SkepticTA Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:41 pm Posts: 3062	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Obviously to prevent abuse by scripts, but there are vastly better ways to do it than overzealous flood protection that occurs when you spot nothing. One spot per player per 5 seconds will contain the spam and mitigate the advantage of scripting. _________________ (AHK) T:A Physics Profiler
Tue May 15, 2012 5:01 pm

hvcterr Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am Posts: 1567	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Counting it when you don't spot anything is hardly overzealous. It prevents people from using it as a tool (much more than they do now, anyway) to reveal anyone trying to ski low and behind cover the instant they show up for a brief second as a few pixels. _________________ Did you know you can disable annoying signatures? Look under Board Preferences >> Edit Display Options.
Tue May 15, 2012 6:54 pm

Frostiken Joined: Sat Dec 25, 2010 12:42 am Posts: 1045	Re: Spotting and flood protection. hvcterr wrote: Counting it when you don't spot anything is hardly overzealous. It prevents people from using it as a tool (much more than they do now, anyway) to reveal anyone trying to ski low and behind cover the instant they show up for a brief second as a few pixels. Which is, ironically, the only purpose of the Saber launcher right now.
Tue May 15, 2012 7:17 pm

SkepticTA Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:41 pm Posts: 3062	Re: Spotting and flood protection. A long enough delay in between would make spamming it unwise, just as it is now, only without the flood of flood warnings. _________________ (AHK) T:A Physics Profiler
Tue May 15, 2012 8:42 pm

UniversalPie Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:01 pm Posts: 619 Location: GTA Ontario	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Just make the field-of-..spot(?) smaller. So you cant just aim in some arbitrary direction and press the button, they should require that the enemy/object be closer to the crosshairs. _________________
Wed May 16, 2012 12:09 am

supern00b Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:24 am Posts: 551 Location: New Zealand	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Frostiken wrote: hvcterr wrote: Counting it when you don't spot anything is hardly overzealous. It prevents people from using it as a tool (much more than they do now, anyway) to reveal anyone trying to ski low and behind cover the instant they show up for a brief second as a few pixels. Which is, ironically, the only purpose of the Saber launcher right now. Gives beowulf chaingunners target practice. Also make it so you have to have it centered onto the crosshairs to spot, similar to the lockon area of sabre. _________________ Joined: Tue 12 Jul, 2011 4:24 am Left: Wed 05 Mar, 2013 9:35 pm Posts in 2013: 1 I always edit for typos.
Wed May 16, 2012 2:59 am

Fingon Joined: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:55 pm Posts: 1468	Re: Spotting and flood protection. SkepticTA wrote: Obviously to prevent abuse by scripts, but there are vastly better ways to do it than overzealous flood protection that occurs when you spot nothing. One spot per player per 5 seconds will contain the spam and mitigate the advantage of scripting. While I like the Idea, 5 seconds is an insanely long time considering that's usually the time from spotting time to flag. _________________ Please support the cause for better CTF PUB games! TOP forum Thread Fingon's montages http://www.twitch.tv/Fingonar -Fingon, Flamboyant Teammember.
Wed May 16, 2012 8:48 am

hvcterr Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am Posts: 1567	Re: Spotting and flood protection. Map/Minimap like T1/T2... _________________ Did you know you can disable annoying signatures? Look under Board Preferences >> Edit Display Options.
Wed May 16, 2012 11:45 am

SkepticTA Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:41 pm Posts: 3062	Re: Spotting and flood protection. hvcterr wrote: Map/Minimap like T1/T2... ^^^ this Command Circuit and a TV-style compass/minimap please. _________________ (AHK) T:A Physics Profiler
Wed May 16, 2012 2:32 pm

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hvcterr

Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am
Posts: 1567

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

SkepticTA wrote:

What irritates me is that flood protection will trigger even if nobody is spotted. If you point up at the sky and spam LALT, you'll get hit with it. Why?

You really have to ask?

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Tue May 15, 2012 4:01 pm

SkepticTA

Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:41 pm
Posts: 3062

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Obviously to prevent abuse by scripts, but there are vastly better ways to do it than overzealous flood protection that occurs when you spot nothing.

One spot per player per 5 seconds will contain the spam and mitigate the advantage of scripting.

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Tue May 15, 2012 5:01 pm

hvcterr

Joined: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 am
Posts: 1567

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Counting it when you don't spot anything is hardly overzealous. It prevents people from using it as a tool (much more than they do now, anyway) to reveal anyone trying to ski low and behind cover the instant they show up for a brief second as a few pixels.

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Tue May 15, 2012 6:54 pm

Frostiken

Joined: Sat Dec 25, 2010 12:42 am
Posts: 1045

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

hvcterr wrote:

Which is, ironically, the only purpose of the Saber launcher right now.

Tue May 15, 2012 7:17 pm

SkepticTA

Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:41 pm
Posts: 3062

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

A long enough delay in between would make spamming it unwise, just as it is now, only without the flood of flood warnings.

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Tue May 15, 2012 8:42 pm

UniversalPie

Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:01 pm
Posts: 619
Location: GTA Ontario

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Just make the field-of-..spot(?) smaller. So you cant just aim in some arbitrary direction and press the button, they should require that the enemy/object be closer to the crosshairs.

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Wed May 16, 2012 12:09 am

supern00b

Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:24 am
Posts: 551
Location: New Zealand

Re: Spotting and flood protection.

Frostiken wrote:

hvcterr wrote:

Which is, ironically, the only purpose of the Saber launcher right now.

Gives beowulf chaingunners target practice.

Also make it so you have to have it centered onto the crosshairs to spot, similar to the lockon area of sabre.

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I always edit for typos.

Wed May 16, 2012 2:59 am

Fingon