Profile of Rosbone

Most people are not banned for hacks.

They are banned for:
- team killing
- being toxic
- being racist

So if you got banned, you need to think who did I piss off that would turn me in. Because it is A LOT of work to turn someone in. It is not easy.

I think anyone who knows AE can say he is excitable and says silly things. Especially after a few beers maybe?

But ML is his thing. All he has to say is Seeking is not aloud to play. End of story.

While it feels a little dirty, it has to be said that, AE is going above and beyond to try and create a legit means to handle this type of thing in the future. He is not getting paid for any of this and could have easily just said "Banned! It is not worth my time dealing with all this BS."

To be clear, what was the original intent of all of this?

To let ML patreon backers be the judge since it is their tournament money? If so, then all of the clips need to be reviewed publicly and with scrutiny so they can make a valid decision.

But even that is now defunct due to the Deadbolt accusations. But those are not going to be scrutinized?

On a side note, imagine how long it would take to render all of the sight circles for every model on the map during a late game 4v4.

I was just doing some more testing:
I tested an M20 moving over normal terrain. The M20 took around 40 frames of video to move 10 meters on a 30 fps video.

1/30 = 33.3 miliSeconds per frame
33.3 * 40 = 1.333 seconds to move 10 meters
1/1.333 * 10 = 7.5 meters/second
7.5/30 = .25 meters per frame of video

This matches the fact that in previous tests the FOW seemed to recalc every 4-5 frames of video. In 4-5 frames the M20 would move to a new CELL and the FOW would appear to move.

This says the FOW is calculated EVERY frame of the game generically.

I wish I was good at math

Modders and smart guys: Does 7.5 meters per second match the M20 speed setting in the game?

Can someone maybe Rosbone, tell where the border of the fow is in this clip. Because it seems almost like some models are visible while in the fow.

https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyShortBillRuleFive-PDZZCWFDf-1O51ak Kimbo vod clip

I am not smart enough to say exactly what the FOW is.

My guess:
When you edit building damage in the worldbuilder, you create a sphere and position that sphere on the building where the damage is. When the render code draws the building it checks each pixel to see if its in the sphere or out and draws accordingly. In the sphere draws damage, outside draws normal object.

The FOW is a 2D array (Excel grid) where each cell is 1 meter. To create the FOW, you make a circle in the 2D array at the units sight distance. This does not show sight blocking objects. So you probably need to trace a line from the units position to the edge of the circle in 360 degrees.

This is a VERY time consuming process. I assume Relic is smarter than me and has a better plan. So in vCOH I dont think it was calculated very often. In COH2 it has some logic behind its calc (optimized).

Either way, you now have a Black and White picture (2D array) of the FOW. When drawing the level, you would perform a 2D check on each pixel as its drawn to see if its in or out of the FOW. Or even better just use the FOW cell value as a multiplier, then NO check is needed at all.

Since units are the same size as a cell generically, you could just check the models position vs the 2D array and skip drawing the unit (optimization).

The confusion comes in the fact that the FOW would have very hard edges and look really bad. So their needs to be some smoothing/blurring to get a nice soft shadow edge. This is where your sample image shows that it is not super clear where the actual edge is. So imagine the excel cells are black and white but when blurred you get grey cells in between.

In your image, the unit that is circled is probably in the visible part of the FOW but there is a dark stain texture under him so it looks like he should not be visible.

I did a quick test to find the line. First two frames are visible sniper. The next two frames are invisible sniper with FOW on and off.


If my guess is correct the line could be the first truly dark cell.

I hope that makes some sense.

Fixed best RTS for you.

- I would agree if the graphics didn't suck.
- Planting food and hunting is way too boring.
- And when blobs fight its hard to see what is happening. Pixel soup.
- And there are too many factions. But that is just taste.

That is what makes COH so much better. Fewer units and you can see what is happening much better. It is all around an easier experience. But it has a few completely retarded ideas thrown in so it gets 67 viewers on Twitch while World of Tanks gets 6.7k viewers.

Also, arty isnt a problem, it needs to be effective. If its a huge problem in 4v4, just raise the pop cap of arty.

If mortars suck, then the game becomes a WWI simulator of everyone dug in just outside of mg range with no options to support a push. In 1v1 you can just go elsewhere on the map, in 4v4, you cant.

Snipers are also an essential part of the game, why should I lose the ability to counter weapon teams and infantry spam, because my opponent cant out micro me?

Snipers are debatable. They are more of a cancer for certain factions.

Just played a game of mortars landing every where all game long... out microed opponents and still lost badly to RNG. Their mortars killed you on the move with no sight, they win!!! Wasn't that fun!!!

Seriously, this game is a joke. Should be the best. Instead they cant even get people to play it for free. I rest my case.