Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
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Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Khioni
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Found some interaction jank with Egg Panic: Countdown graphical weirdness, depending on load order
EggPanic first: 5/4 almost impossible to see behind 3 being stuck
Juicebox first: (gif recorded weird, so it doesn't show up right) Closer to working well, just the 3 faintly showing behind the extended timer
EggPanic first: 5/4 almost impossible to see behind 3 being stuck
Juicebox first: (gif recorded weird, so it doesn't show up right) Closer to working well, just the 3 faintly showing behind the extended timer
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Yeah, unfortunately these types of conflicts are sort of inevitable if two addons need to control a HUD element. I don't want to make a habit of kludging around for interop, but since this is a really easy case to identify (k_eggmanexplode between 4 and 5 seconds) I'll probably fix it on my end in the next release.
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Lightsideluc
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Juicebox in general accomplishes its intent: Keeping the pack close together. My one thought is that it does tend to make being first place a little too volatile, to the point where it feels like the meta is to stick around in second until using a ring boost at the end to swooce into first. My main thought is adding extra point bonuses for being in first for a certain length of time so that way if you get karted after leading the whole time it still feels like your skill was rewarded. Similar bonus points can be seen in a few other servers running the 'Most damage/biggest combo' counters. Not sure how viable something like that is, though.
Still, a lot of fun, and I like how it mixes up the gameplay. Greatly alleviates frustration due to karting as well. I'd love to test out its interactions with boost stacking/extension just for how wild it would get.
Still, a lot of fun, and I like how it mixes up the gameplay. Greatly alleviates frustration due to karting as well. I'd love to test out its interactions with boost stacking/extension just for how wild it would get.
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
Timed overtakes are strong—we are in agreement on that. If 2nd is confident in their personal defense, they don't need to attack 1st in situations they think are suspect, and doing so doesn't lose much besides the opportunity. However, at least in the games I've been playing, outright sandbagging to tailgate 1st doesn't seem like a consistently effective strategy.
The most consistent killers in high-skill Juicebox lobbies seem to get most of their mileage from active defense that lasts multiple laps. 2nd still has to force an offensive situation unless 1st makes an unforced mistake, and if they're not constantly pressing, 1st can abuse that leeway. Obviously 1st has more to lose in this situation, relatively speaking, but I think they typically have the tools to handle things provided they remain razor-sharp, and that's where I want this to remain balanced.
This is something I keep a really close eye on, though. I'm wary of a data-driven design philosophy, but I have wanted to put together some scripts to measure how often this actually happens (along with other edge-case placement shifts and race results). Maybe a project for the future—in the meantime, gotta get more games.
I like the idea of this, but worry that it has negative side effects in the other direction. No matter how long a player's been suffering at the back, I want them to feel like a big move can improve their standing—not always an outright W, but something that keeps them invested in the race and aggressively pushing.
In similar modes that assign constant points, like BallisticNG's Rush Hour or Team Race, I feel a mounting frustration when I can't break away, made even worse by the fact that it feels permanent. It guts high-stakes situations of their drama and excitement, and if I were to do anything like it, I'd probably have to take a look at some of the core assumptions about...uh, Race as a gamemode.
On the other hand, if I get knocked from 1st to 4th on lap 2.9, I really don't feel particularly bad. Maybe this is a difference in value judgements, LMAO
Lightsideluc
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Yeah, it's hard to say exactly how it works without the data to back it up. One thought might be to have rings not provide a boost--or a significantly lesser boost--when it's within its first second or two of existence, meaning second still needs to overtake by capitalizing on an item or better line/1st's mistakes.
A sudden whim, though; perhaps rings get more powerful based on how many other players have gone through it, meaning the further back you are the bigger the speed boost? Right now I believe it's just the length of the boost and size of the ring that increases (feel free to correct me on it), which tends to have diminishing returns if it's long enough to reach the next ring anyways, and doesn't really supersede the common speed-up items back of the pack gets. Either that or have boost stacking in some degree. If a certain speed threshold is reached, it could activate Sliptiding for improved control. It's worth noting I really just like going fast, though XP
I mean, if I might spill an idea I've been thinking about for a while on you, it would be that points are accrued for many actions. Hitting other players with items, maintaining 1st/2nd/3rd for certain lengths of time (bonus for SPB chases, bigger bonus for 'stealing' the SPB! Also pity points for getting hit), maybe even more mundane actions like getting a rainbow spark or tricks. Placements provide a large point bonus and/or a multiplier, but a player that lead for most of the game before getting karted could still have a good placement in the end result.
As for lacking high-stakes if you've been stuck in the back, perhaps add a karma (Kartma?) point pool that builds up the more you're hit by items and the longer you're in the back. If you manage to catch up and take the top three positions near the end of the race, that pool quickly dumps into your permanent score to give you one last injection; not as large as if you'd been in first the entire time, but something that can quickly shoot you up the total point rankings.
Probably a difference in value judgements, yeah. Big wins from the back are great, but doing well for a whole race only to get rekt at the end is a great way to sour the next several races for me due to lingering frustration, at least for me X)
Obviously that would be a huge undertaking, though, which is why I hesitated to go all-in on it before. In my initial suggestion, what I meant was you'd just get >[Normal placement score as with every race + X Bonus] for staying ahead for a certainly length of time. In the elim servers yo get +1 for most damage and/or biggest combo, for example.
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
This is actually already the case, though I might tune it further. Gateboosts start at incredibly low duration and quickly ramp up to their "real" base duration shortly after being dropped, since in the early public tests there were some complaints about mindless tailgating being too powerful. It's kinda difficult to tune because stat interactions are so polarizing up front, when you're just trying to raw overtake with a limited set of items in play—considering I just buffed bottom left, I think I'll get a lot of data on this in the coming weeks as Seaside and other bodyslam enthusiasts test my patience.
Juicebox is already a lot to process, so I wanted to stick well within base game speeds and use only a familiar handling model. Novice players, or players who just aren't familiar with Juicebox, already have a bit of a difficult time drifting through corners in extended MT.
This seems like the sort of thing that could be implemented as a companion script to any game mode, and if you've had it brewing for a while, I think you should go for it! Dunno what kinda of Lua experience you have, but it'd be almost purely stat-tracking and HUD stuff, and those are pretty straightforward since you don't have to learn a lot about the game internals.
Lightsideluc
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I thought that might be the case, just wasn't sure.
Very fair. Even I've had difficulty with it at times. Enabling Sliptide from them might help, although really that could also just confuse new players who suddenly have to contend with a third handling system.
I have precisely zero coding experience. Most I've done is change values when following guides for stuff like MUGEN, so I'm not even sure where to start when it comes to enacting ideas like that X)
Tyron
Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
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Krew, MS sysop, gay robot, horns
MMGMike
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I hope down the line theres an update that gets rid of that ton of text in the console cause in case someone is causing trouble in the server and I try to type in nodes to see what node the person is to ban them it just gets hidden under the huge cluster of text. I really enjoy the rest of this mod otherwise.
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@Tyron Right now my only issues with this addon is the inability to have juicebox enabled without the fast respawn.
I like to use funny deaths so the instant respawn makes the animations impossible to play through.
I tried setting the fastrespawn cvar to off as well, but that doesn't seem to work with Juicebox on.
I like to use funny deaths so the instant respawn makes the animations impossible to play through.
I tried setting the fastrespawn cvar to off as well, but that doesn't seem to work with Juicebox on.