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Unofficial balancing patch installer for Stronghold Crusader 1
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Random map selection / gold settings for custom games & Custom games as castle builders ( SUGGESTION ) #779

Open OverlordMatty opened 3 years ago

OverlordMatty commented 3 years ago

1. Random map selection for custom games & gold/troop setting ~ The benefit of this is that you dont have to choose the map or scroll to find one you want to play, you can simply select the random option and let it choose for you. ~ Along with this there can also be an option for gold/troops setting so you dont have to choose the difficulty.

2. Custom games as castle builders ~ Castle builder maps are limited in number, this would significantly expand the number of them. ~ No enemies means you can find an efficient way to play the map without being raided (eg. multiplayer maps for example could be tested like this). ~ One could also build a huge more aesthetic focused castle on one of the standard SHC maps as well as cover the whole map with buildings/structures. ~ For cleanliness/organization sake it would be nice to have a separate save folder so its easier for players to load up castle builder maps they started.

So for this to work you would have the "finger >" to start the map even when you are alone on the map, and there would have to be no win condition (to stop the map from being finished). An additional thing to make this better would be removing the wall/tower distance limit so you can build your castle all over the map.

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GRhin commented 3 years ago
  1. A little more complex than it first appears. Id love to jump into a random 1v1 map. But if its full random it might select a 8 player map or an unbalanced map. So you would need some ui elements to limit the randomness.
  2. Surely there is a tool to convert a skirmish map into a castle builder map. Gunnies mmapunlocker?
OverlordMatty commented 3 years ago

@GRhin

  1. Glad you like the idea! Additional filters for the randomness would 100% be awesome as a further improvement on the idea.

  2. Yep, there is I think... my 2nd suggestion would make it easier for everyone as they wouldnt have to go through the trouble of finding gunnies map unlocker, finding the maps folders and generally make it easier to play any map as a castle builder, its more of a quality of life improvement than a big necessity.

GRhin commented 3 years ago
  1. The complexity is drastically increased by adding ui elements, and i doubt it will be looked into any time soon.
  2. The fact that there is a solution for what is probably an edge case requirement is likely to mean that the devs will be unwilling to dedicate much time to this.
LeSpec commented 3 years ago
  1. map search bar Currently there is no api for adding ui stuff, so yeah, i agree with GRhin there.