Spy Crates

[pyr0man1c]

Can we up the frequency of spy crates? They are too rare at the moment and I think they could spice things up more. Nowadays people know how to play against them better too, so I don't think it would cause too many issues.

[XtremePro]

Agreed.  These really help in scenarios of stale mates.

Edited August 6, 2023 by XtremePro

[Goztow]

If the frequency goes up then the frequency of negative crates also should go up to counter balance this a bit. 

[UksRene]

Yes!! 

[Forithow]

2 hours ago, Goztow said:

If the frequency goes up then the frequency of negative crates also should go up to counter balance this a bit. 

Yeah, I think the frequency of money/human silo crates goes up if refinery is dead, and vehicle crates goes up if the weapons/airstrip are dead, could be wrong or bias but it does feel like they happen way more often

Also, perhaps increase the frequency of power-down crates as well?

Edited August 6, 2023 by Forithow

[BiLLaBoNg]

On 8/6/2023 at 2:27 AM, Goztow said:

If the frequency goes up then the frequency of negative crates also should go up to counter balance this a bit. 

ehhhh.. sometimes i feel the death crate is like 99% chance already lol

[Goztow]

There are other crates that feel rather negative, other than death crate :-). Character change, clown or even butterfinger (actually not active I think?) are some examples.

[Itai795]

On 8/8/2023 at 4:45 AM, BiLLaBoNg said:

ehhhh.. sometimes i feel the death crate is like 99% chance already lol

yes I think I found out why:

 

Quote

 

if playerName == BiLLaBoNg:

    crate = deathCrate

 

 

Edited August 9, 2023 by Itai795

[ExEric3]

On 8/6/2023 at 12:31 AM, pyr0man1c said:

Can we up the frequency of spy crates? They are too rare at the moment and I think they could spice things up more. Nowadays people know how to play against them better too, so I don't think it would cause too many issues.

Depends how is it coded by RC Dev and what is really in ini file on server side:

;  DA ships with the following modifiers:
;
;  "Winning=<Operation>" - Applied when the player's team is winning. Winning is defined by having more living buildings.
;  "Losing=<Operation>" - Applied when the player's team is losing. Losing is defined by having less living buildings.
;  "TimeAfter=<Operation>|<Minutes>" - Applied after the specified amount of minutes have passed.
;  "TimeBefore=<Operation>|<Minutes>" - Applied before the specified amount of minutes have passed. Good for disabling powerful crates at the start of the game.
;  "TimeEvery=<Operation>|<Minutes>" - Applied once every time the specified amount of minutes have passed.
;  "ScoreGreater=<Operation>|<Score>" - Applied if the player's score is higher than the specified amount.
;  "ScoreLesser=<Operation>|<Score>" - Applied if the player's score is lower than the specified amount.
;  "ScoreCredits=<Operation>|<Credits>" - Applied if the player has more than the specified amount of credits.
;  "ScoreLesser=<Operation>|<Credits>" - Applied if the player has less than the specified amount of credits.
;  "BaseDefenseDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's base defense has been destroyed.
;  "PowerPlantDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's power plant has been destroyed.
;  "RefineryDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's refinery has been destroyed.
;  "SoldierFactoryDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's soldier factory has been destroyed.
;  "VehicleFactoryDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's vehicle factory has been destroyed.
;  "AirFactoryDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's air factory has been destroyed.
;  "NavalFactoryDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's naval factory has been destroyed.
;  "RepairBayDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's repair bay has been destroyed.
;  "CommCenterDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if the player's comm. center has been destroyed.
;  "FactoriesDestroyed=<Operation>" - Applied if all the player's production buildings have been destroyed.
;  "Stealth=<Operation>" - Applied if the player or their vehicle is stealthed.
;  "Infantry=<Operation>" - Applied if the player is not in a vehicle.
;  "Vehicle=<Operation>" - Applied if the player is in a vehicle.