Questions tagged [rts]
Real-Time Strategy. A game played live (ie not in a turn-based structure), where the objective is to build a base and conquer other bases.
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Adjusting Minimap Camera Viewport Indicator to Account for Occlusion of Camera by UI
I am working on a 2D RTS game in Unity. One thing I want to represent is a minimap indicator that shows the camera's viewport. I got it working, but it doesn't reflect how the camera is occluded by ...
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Adjusting unit orientation to the terrain
I'm working on RTS game and got stuck on a pretty simple question I think, but I'm not skilled enough to find the proper answer. I don't want to use Unity built-in physics to do the job for me and I ...
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Recreating StarCraft 2 pathfinding – no navmesh method seems fitting
As a hobby project I am trying to re-create pathfinding similar to StarCraft 2 based on the presentation from GDC 2011: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014514/AI-Navigation-It-s-Not
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Find the best attack position
I'm doing what this thread is doing except that it's not very satisfactory. What this does is finding the "closest" attacking position. But typically you want the attacker to attack from as ...
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Client and server with fixed tick in pygame
I'm trying to write a 2D RTS game with maximum of 10 players.
When server finish intializing each player receives start coordinates and game start time so each client will start processing ticks ...
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How to make ranged RTS units move to their firing range from an opponent using flow fields?
I am trying to make a simple real-time strategy game (only the battle system of units fighting each other; no building, no economy, only battles and victory). I am using flow fields to make the units ...
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Triggering Enhanced Input Actions via inputs with modifier keys (Shift/Alt/Ctrl) in UE5
This question refers to the use of enhanced input in Unreal Engine 5. Whenever I say "modifier", I refer to modifier keys such as Shift, Alt, and Ctrl (rather than the Input Modifers such as ...
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How to implement 3D visibility checks with terrain occlusion in an RTS?
Some RTS games, for example games built on the Spring RTS engine, implement a visibility/detection system that checks both whether a hostile unit is within the detection range of a friendly unit, and ...
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How do some RTS games efficiently compute the launch angle of projectiles to hit moving targets, accounting for gravity? [duplicate]
Some real-time strategy games, notably Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander among others, have simulated projectiles that travel along realistic-looking parabolic arcs to reliably hit moving ...
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How to shift focus of RTS gameplay from manual dexterity to strategy? [closed]
I am doing an exercise where I have to make a board game where the win condition relates to area control. I decided to make a real-time game where players have to control certain key points at the end ...
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How do I modify parts of a texture on a quad?
I am programming a Real Time Strategy game, and I was wondering how I could retexture one part of a terrain quad to change a texture in the position where I click at. For example, if I clicked in the ...
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How to generate terrains in real time?
I am trying to make a terrain editor for my Empire Earth OpenGL clone engine. Are there any articles of how to generate terrains in real time? It would be cool if it had pseudocode, even cooler if it ...
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Maintaining unit formation while following path
I'm currently working on a 2D Age of Empires style RTS game.
Here's my problem:
I'm currently using the A* algorithm (via Path finding package) to move my units.
When you select a "group" of ...
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GGPO / peer to peer winstate
How do games using GGPO (or maybe peer to peer in general) like Guilty Gear determine a winner? Just reporting a winner consensus might work with many independent players per lobby, but in e.g. a 1v1 ...
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Do we need an ackowledgment packet in deterministic TCP multiplayer game?
I am trying to implement a deterministic game after having read 1500 archers on a 28.8. The simulation uses fixed-point math and the client only sends commands to the server which sends back the ...
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