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I really wanted to program starcraft back when I played it. At the very least, to bind some key to scatter packs before storming into splash. At most, use scrip

by wruza 5y ago

I really wanted to program starcraft back when I played it. At the very least, to bind some key to scatter packs before storming into splash. At most, use scripts to organize complex military operations. Starcraft has a good macro, but it also requires micro, but rather than stressing myself with apm, I’d better “train” my forces between the battles. It was very annoying and un-immersive to see advanced tech protoss to fail simply because they got stuck on a ramp.

neatze 5y ago
Have you tried to play https://screeps.com/ https://screeps.com/ ?
ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Dragon age inquisition has an amazing visual programming system, you could set whoch cajaracter will do what under which circumstances, like 'cast spell X when main character is low on HP' or 'when there are more than Y enemies" It really isnt too much to use or ask for
- gmueckl 5y ago
  This has actually been a staple in the Dragon Age series since part one. I don't recall if they toned it down in the second part, though. Also, I would love to know how many tweaks and hacks these selectable behaviors need to work together neatly in these near arbitrary combinations (e.g. some unexpected priority inversion during behavior selection or deciding whether to continue or abort at certain points etc.).
throwaway6734 5y ago
Iirc the alphastar team released an API to programmatically interact with the game
szundi 5y ago
Try springrts.com, you can script it with lua.
- OneTimePetes 5y ago
  Didnt they forbid the more crass ai-widgets? I remember having that commando-ai-widget from that comp-sci student, that allowed units to sneak in a orderly line through hills and around sight radius into enemy bases. Or the artful dodger widget, which would make your other units auto-avoid a designated victim unit (by blast radius of nearest enemy).. This whole AI-Programming into games, feels like cheating to most users pretty fast..
Claude_Shannon 5y ago
https://github.com/BurnySc2/python-sc2 https://github.com/BurnySc2/python-sc2 voila ;)
oldsecondhand 5y ago
You should check out mindustry. You can play it without scripting (complete the campaign), but it helps. Though by default you have even less control over units than you do in a regular RTS.
- MauranKilom 5y ago
  Mindustry is fun and factorio-like (and open source!), but I don't recall any scripting opportunities whatsoever in the Steam version... Are you talking about a modded version?

by wruza 5y ago

neatze 5y ago

Have you tried to play https://screeps.com/ https://screeps.com/ ?

ClumsyPilot 5y ago

Dragon age inquisition has an amazing visual programming system, you could set whoch cajaracter will do what under which circumstances, like 'cast spell X when main character is low on HP' or 'when there are more than Y enemies" It really isnt too much to use or ask for

gmueckl 5y ago
This has actually been a staple in the Dragon Age series since part one. I don't recall if they toned it down in the second part, though. Also, I would love to know how many tweaks and hacks these selectable behaviors need to work together neatly in these near arbitrary combinations (e.g. some unexpected priority inversion during behavior selection or deciding whether to continue or abort at certain points etc.).

throwaway6734 5y ago

Iirc the alphastar team released an API to programmatically interact with the game

szundi 5y ago

Try springrts.com, you can script it with lua.

OneTimePetes 5y ago
Didnt they forbid the more crass ai-widgets? I remember having that commando-ai-widget from that comp-sci student, that allowed units to sneak in a orderly line through hills and around sight radius into enemy bases. Or the artful dodger widget, which would make your other units auto-avoid a designated victim unit (by blast radius of nearest enemy).. This whole AI-Programming into games, feels like cheating to most users pretty fast..

Claude_Shannon 5y ago

https://github.com/BurnySc2/python-sc2 https://github.com/BurnySc2/python-sc2 voila ;)

oldsecondhand 5y ago

You should check out mindustry. You can play it without scripting (complete the campaign), but it helps. Though by default you have even less control over units than you do in a regular RTS.

MauranKilom 5y ago
Mindustry is fun and factorio-like (and open source!), but I don't recall any scripting opportunities whatsoever in the Steam version... Are you talking about a modded version?