Making aleph randomization off

Vlymoxyd · Post by **Vlymoxyd** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:25 pm

I don't know how aleph randomization were coded, but I'd like to be able to use completely custom maps again.

I'd like to know why randomization is needed. I remember that before randomization, MS maps were randomized while custom ones weren't. My question is: Why weren't new custom maps added as if they were MS ones? My guess is that MS randomized maps were hardcoded while custom maps weren't and that only hardcoded maps were randomized.

My limited knowledge of the code would tend to make me suggest this:

Add a checkbox in the game creation menu in the allegiance lobby to decide if aleph randomization is activated or not(default = on)
I'm not sure how easy it would be to make the allegiance server ignore the randomization code, but it would be great. I somewhat beleive that it would be hard to make the server decide if it randomize or not after a game session was created, but this would make the server act before creating the game.

Another option that could be more simple would be to include a randomization tag in the name of the maps which would make the server ignore randomization. The maps that must not be randomized could be named like NR-racemap1 or NR-Anniversary2010.

Andon · Post by **Andon** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:51 pm

Already done in a way - In the map, you just have to set the aleph name to have a preceeding *

I hijacked, mutilated, and expanded this code for my aleph mass limit code.

EDIT: It's done for R5, that is.

KGJV · Post by **KGJV** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:56 pm

vly, you're starting to repeat yourself

You asked for this last year and we coded it in R5 like Andon said.

Vlymoxyd · Post by **Vlymoxyd** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:14 pm

Sorry, I actually remember repeating myself

As for the preceding *, will the "*" be removed by the game? I liked giving special names to the aleph in the race maps I've done.

I just want R5 now. I wanna race and see Mr B. Rock again.

fuzzylunkin1 · Post by **fuzzylunkin1** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:17 pm

Maybe you should help push R5 (because it's done)?

Andon · Post by **Andon** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:23 pm

all tokens will be removed from an aleph - be it the * token of the "stationary" aleph, the ^ token of a mass limited aleph, or the *^ token of a stationairy, mass limited aleph

Vlymoxyd · Post by **Vlymoxyd** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:03 am

How will mass limited aleph works?

Edit:

Ok, this is just a wish and very far from a request, but how hard would it be to make a resonator that toggle the ability of an aleph? It could be pretty interesting to open a race. Example: You res an aleph, it close, you res it again, it opens. Another option could be to add yet another tag to alephs. These alephs could open/close everytime they get hit by a res(Core devs could then make a 0 damage res).

Post by **Raveen** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:49 am

Do we need a new version of AME to get these loverly features or does the current one do the job?

Either way, let's race!

Andon · Post by **Andon** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:35 pm

They're just hacks involving the name of the aleph, so it can be done with the current AME

Vlymoxyd · Post by **Vlymoxyd** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:31 pm

What we need is R5. That said, we could use racing as an opportunity to beta test R5, what do you think?