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NPC in online battle

Discussion in 'Ask the Team' started by MalsakCZ, Jul 22, 2016.

  1. Leman Russ MalsakCZ Arkhona Vanguard

    Hello,
    just wonder if you already had an idea with adding AI controlled soldiers. Battles would be bigger with more action. 20 vs 20 is not enough for these big maps. You could do something like Titanfall but bigger.
  2. Galen Galen Arkhona Vanguard

    This has been discussed before.And it was something that would take away resources(aka server power) that could be used to bring in more players.
    Basically no.
    Also on the top left there is a small "search" function.Using it can help a lot.;)
  3. SaffronB SaffronB Preacher

    Just imagine lower FPS then current FPS and you will see why would it be bad idea, so until game is optimised I don't think it would ba a good thing.
  4. FoxDie Sonbot Well-Known Member

    The search can be flawed. Searching for "NPC" and clicking "titles only" won't let you search for NPC as it doesn't contain enough words and the regex will pick up anything containing the characters in that order.

    I have tried NPC, Non Player Character, NPC in Game[faction, battle, etc], artificial intelligence, and AI Faction.

    Only AI faction brought up results that were somewhat related. I know I have seen this request and post before, but I think the search tool can have some blame.

    Also, perhaps there should be some ground rules on what threads are too old to Necro, not just word of mouth.
  5. Galen Galen Arkhona Vanguard

    Considering that moderators will lock 2 year old necroed threads...
  6. FoxDie Sonbot Well-Known Member

    Thats my point, two years is a very old thread and too old to bring back, but what is the threshold? A year, 2 months? A week I understand but its the grey areas that need to be defined.

    That also doesn't address the issue that the Forum Search mechanic can be flawed and prevents you from searching for simple Thread titles.
  7. Galen Galen Arkhona Vanguard

    https://forum.eternalcrusade.com/th...nd-npcs-in-tyranids-and-other-factions.54388/

    Here another thread about NPCs ...it was found using the search!Shocking i know...
  8. FoxDie Sonbot Well-Known Member

    Yes, but you can't just type NPC's and click "search titles only" it says the search is too simple. It should bring up ALL NPC threads that contain NPC in the title. It should not be a word roulette and hope you nailed the right combination.
    If it bogs down the server then just delete the post that are greater than 2 years. If they were worth saving then archive them.
    Look, I am not after you, I just want the search function improved and easier to use for newer people. Not everybody knows Eternal crusade terms and Warhammer 40k terms. The system needs to work for even the newest of the new.
  9. Galen Galen Arkhona Vanguard

    True the systems is not the best,but it can work with a little patience.The problem is that most people new(and old) just dont bother with it.And since people dont bother devs dont waste time trying to fix it.
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  10. FoxDie Sonbot Well-Known Member

    We should make colored Sticky post at the stop that says :
    STOP: READ BEFORE POSTING

    When people ignore that, I will absolutely not defend them.
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