Development news for 0.3.020 pehaps - Combat changes

[Ralleyon]

Now I don't know how happy some folks will be when they'll see this, but I'm sure that the majority will want to soak Kenny aka Nilaya in beer . Yeeeeeehawwwwwwww! 

Taken from the changelog:

Revision 1.4550 - (view) (download) (annotate) - [select for diffs]
Mon Sep 10 07:55:16 2007 UTC (9 hours, 35 minutes ago) by kennygraunke
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.4549: +7 -0 lines
Diff to previous 1.4549

- Initial implementation of non-deathmatch duels.  Now, instead of killing
  a player, you'll simply defeat them/knock them down when their health
  reaches zero,  If you strike them when they're down, you'll kill them -
  otherwise, they're automatically released after 30 seconds.
=> NETVERSION BUMPED!

.....aaaand an older one:

Revision 1.4480 - (view) (download) (annotate) - [select for diffs]
Fri Aug 17 07:21:39 2007 UTC (3 weeks, 3 days ago) by kennygraunke
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.4479: +9 -0 lines
Diff to previous 1.4479

- Removed useless duel points system; settings has a better system in mind,
  for the future.  I did not bump netversion, simply publishing 0, as I didn't
  want to break that just yet.

[ThomPhoenix]

Indeed it's great! Wasn't Waylander complaining about this for so long?

[eldoth_terevan]

If you strike them when they're down, you'll kill them -

Nicely done IMHO.

[Nikodemus]

yeah sounds good, very good

I only wonder, will the attack stop once your target rach zero? This way you won't kill people by mistake, if you meant otherwise :]
So press attack again to kill target?

[Caarrie]

yeah sounds good, very good

I only wonder, will the attack stop once your target rach zero? This way you won't kill people by mistake, if you meant otherwise :]
So press attack again to kill target?

you get the option [a popup] to decide if you want to kill your enemy

[Nikodemus]

a popup on who screen? ;\
how about more ergonomy?
i do realise it is alpha, maybe popup was the simples way to code. But I hope it wont be there once featuree finished.

[Under the moon]

* Under the moon smiles contently, and preparers the beer.

[Caarrie]

a popup on who screen? ;\

the screen of the person doing the killing

[Nikodemus]

the screen of the person doing the killing

It is what i meant =\

[Rayken]

Sweet!  I think the popup should say "Finish Him!"

Seriously though, this is an awesome change.

[Myriel]

I like it! It's simply great!            

[Stylee-FB]

well sounds good, though a pop-up is not a good solution, if you have a duel 2vs2 or more... and a pop-up is a bit OOC, I think you should just have a finish-him-stance... and after that 30 secs, someone should not restore with more than 1 hit point

[Caarrie]

well sounds good, though a pop-up is not a good solution, if you have a duel 2vs2 or more... and a pop-up is a bit OOC, I think you should just have a finish-him-stance... and after that 30 secs, someone should not restore with more than 1 hit point

if you have no message then you will just go ahead and kill your target. and after the 30 seconds you cant attack the target again as the duel will be over [or it will be this way when the bugs are fixed]

the message about killing your target comes up when one last hit will kill the target so without the message how will you not hit them that one last time?

[peeg]

You char could simply stop to attack once your enemy was defeated.
Attacking him again could finish him then, doing nothing would spare him.

[ThomPhoenix]

Just see the system in practice first, before you judge based on theoretical information.