Rydier

Double post

Demigod has been the best competetive online experience I've had since early Guild Wars, albeit more casual due to getting older and having other stuff to worry about. That said, I've not recommended it yet to anyone I've played other games with due to: - Bugs. - No easy way to go team vs team. (2) - Nonworking stats tracking and idiotic ranking calculations. (4) So for me, and I think if you wish to build up a large competetive crowd, those are the th

[quote who="Zechnophobe" reply="2" id="2294381"]This is incoherent. The crystals are no where near the location of the lane. They can run back and forth to the crystal... it is the intended strategy of the map afterall... but that isn't the same as standing in the middle of the lane and fighting while being healed. Also, a 6k Regulus? Seriously?[/quote] I believe he's talking about the small part of the map where you can get healed by your base crystal if you're a sma

[quote who="InfiniteVengeance" reply="11" id="2291456"]It looks like ye old host-plug-pull-to-salvage-a-win on that one.[/quote] No, then no one but the host would have favour points listed. Obvious troll is obvious troll.

I guess http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/game/702546/player/14328/ doesn't count? ;) Grats!

[quote who="Snakeeyes" reply="13" id="2279718"]this whole section is for losers, oh MY some one whooped my ass and called me a name lets post bout it. QQ and grow up, im suprised i havnt seen my name here for all the beatins i throw down [/quote] For someone who synch-joins Pantheon games, you sure did quite abit of whining of your own when the team I was on beat yours...

[quote who="Jinx" reply="24" id="2278314"] You haven't seen the code. Often times complex problems masquerade as trivial bugs/missing features. It's best to just let GPG fix the problems. I'd hate it if someone started spouting "solutions" for bugs in my game code when they haven't even seen the source code. [/quote] That's what I was saying as well, in reply #16. My last posts are just enumerating some scenarios where the cod

[quote who="torbeindallas" reply="20" id="2278257"]You are forgetting the fact that this game relies on the fact that all the peers in the game use the same random seed. [/quote] Not always, that's the isSim() call in table.random. Which of course means, if isSim() is true when GetRandomDemigod() is called, and a player only determines which random demigod he will be, it: a ) Only works if all players selected to be a random demigod. (Otherwise you get

[quote who="InfiniteVengeance" reply="18" id="2278229"]Returns an approximation of the amount of CPU time used by the program, in seconds." (same for os.time() ) Wait, so it's not the current date? Then you probably shouldn't use it. [/quote] Eh, was talking of their accuracy (both are listed as being in seconds). os.time() is the current time. os.clock() is processor time spent.

Here's a few things I've concluded so far: - Your point 4 is correct. Example: Belier13/Apika have won 22 games together, their ranking gain ratio (326/228) almost exactly equals their favour gain ratio (3,835/3,220). So a total ranking gain is computed for the winning team, then split amongst the players based on their % of total favor. - Games with more players nets more total ranking points for the winners. Example: There were some people in top20 on d

[quote who="Somaz" reply="11" id="2277880"]Umm... Seriosly guys you CAN get miliseconds from os.clock(). [/quote] My bad then, never actually coded in lua... I guess you shouldn't trust documentation for 5.1 and 5.0 (syntax in files suggest that's what GPG uses) from lua.org, which both states "os.clock () Returns an approximation of the amount of CPU time used by the program, in seconds." (same for os.time() )

[quote who="Misfortune" reply="12" id="2277889"] How about checking how (and where) table.random is implemented [/quote] In utils.lua: # Return a random element in the table. Uses Sim's random stream if IsSim() function table.random(t) if IsSim() then return t[Random(table.getn(t))] else return t[math.random(table.getn(t))] end end Let's just say I can think of lots of things that could go wrong with

[quote who="Misfortune" reply="8" id="2277847"]First. Random option may have been written in Lua. Second. I've never sayd that. Stop ragin please. Edit: Don't talk about things you don't know. You based a whole slew of conclusions based on one assumption that you didn't even bother to check. You can gain full access to the lua scripts from Demigod if you wish so. Doubt you will find anything there related to game creation and start. [/quote

Hehe, if this is what you do, might as well do (os.clock()//8) + 1. There's no point in using random() calls if you reseed EVERY TIME. Reseeding all random clients at start of match with os.clock() (which has a 1 sec resolution in lua), it just plain dumb, and WILL lead to everyone getting the same demigod, assuming their clocks are somewhat synched. I suggest whoever gets the task of fixing this takes a good look at http://lua-users.org/wiki/MathLibraryTutoria

[quote who="DustyNomad" reply="4" id="2273417"]When i was finally done reading this i though by myself... he got a point but... why would he write something like this... [/quote] Because it's more interesting than just posting "Please learn from your past mistakes"? ;)

Sounds like a great update, and an excellent selection of items for 1.3 as well! I guess I'm sort of a different gamer though, from your list only 4, 5, 11 and 12 would rank anywhere near the top :) I'd almost say 12 is incompatible with 1,2,3 and 10... Those release cycles are way too short for quality balance testing. Something in between Guild Wars, with 2 stand-alone expansions including 1/3rd the content of the base game, both leading to mas

Once upon a time, there was a newly released game. The balance was great, the graphics were awesome, and all in all the developers agreed they'd done a splendid job. The players too, actually, until they tried playing online, and... nothing worked. The developers read and coded, looked over every log they could find, then realized one of the problems was there was large delays processing requests at the server. After much thinking, one of the developers cried o

Maybe I've misunderstood, but was it not mentioned in a previous update the Ladder ranking was supposed to reflect Skirmish and Pantheon games? Yesterday I had a single Pantheon game (recorded as win), and went from 2540 to 2533 Ladder experience. (plenty of Custom games in addition, both wins and losses) I also noticed a player advancing 4 spots on page one of Ladder ranking with nothing but Custom game wins over the weekend.

[quote who="xclavex" reply="15" id="2266420"]So did I get that right? Is this game seriously DELIBERATELY starting 2vs3 matches? [/quote] Yes, and despite everyone (except the ones only posting to brag they've won a 2v3 or 1v2) in this thread saying they think it's a bad thing, the official response is: "If you don't like Pantheon then, well, don't play it". Go figure.

[quote who="GunslingerBara" reply="18" id="2265564"]None of those games have anyone with 50 points... Bara[/quote] I'm pretty sure he's not talking about favor awards listed at end of match and displayed on web page, but rather his available favour points at the start of next game having increased by 50 points. On an entirely different note; If you plan to reset stats soon (ie. they are supposed to be meaningful afterwards), please reconsider the calc

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="9" id="2265027"]It never occurred to us that people would just quit games because they didn't get the map they wanted or the game condition they wanted leaving others stranded. [/quote] That's debatable. In the course of my 150 (semi)successful games of Pantheon, I've NEVER experienced someone leaving in the first 2 minutes, unless: - (before 10/6) They quit after 1-10 minutes being stuck at the "Waiting for Players..." screen

I usually start off with something similar to the first build myself, then adjust as needed to enemy capabilities. A couple of things I usually do differently: - Skip spending skillpoint at lvl3. Opens up a 2-skill choice of IB/PM/FG at level 5, I normally find the extra runspeed early on more useful than speed reduction, and have a choice between PM/FG based on how the game has played. The "free" point at 9 I usually spend on Diseased Claws. Another neat trick at 5 ag

The issue mentioned above with one player showing up as connected in all other players connection info, but still lists as trying to connect to another player, is but one of the issues. It's easily recognizable though, and after the latest connection speedup happens in a matter of 5-10 seconds, so it's not that bad, it's easy to cancel and try again. The worst issue with Pantheon (now) is really the time spent/number of players dropping in the "Waiting for Players" screen... I

Overall, yes. Ladder, not much so...

[quote who="GunslingerBara" reply="12" id="2244279"] Try playing a game. The overall and ladder stats will not update until you play 1 game (preferably non-custom game). Doing so will kick off a job that will update the numbers, and at midnight the site will update with the new numbers. [/quote] Ehm, ok... I'm sure I played Pantheon games yesterday, so the job was kicked off. These are my stats as of today (not played any games yet, so none counted some p