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Offline thrila

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« on: May 16, 2004, 02:40:16 PM »
Could we have a dot command to highlight a base. It takes me forever to find a base on large maps when someone aks for help .  This would really help.:)
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2004, 02:46:16 PM »
Great idea. Could be helpful
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2004, 03:35:03 PM »
.move   (insert base number  1 - 200  ect ) takes ya right to it
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2004, 05:20:15 PM »
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.move   (insert base number  1 - 200  ect ) takes ya right to it
That works very well if they give a friendly base number. But when someone calls out for help at an enemy base, you'll never get there. :)
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2004, 09:50:00 PM »
So let me get this straight...


You're too lazy to spend 10 seconds to look for a base on a map so you want the AH2 team to spend 48 hours coding in a command so that it'll highlight the base for you?
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2004, 12:18:37 AM »
Good idea thrila! I am also georaphicaly challenged.
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2004, 01:53:19 AM »
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So let me get this straight...


You're too lazy to spend 10 seconds to look for a base on a map so you want the AH2 team to spend 48 hours coding in a command so that it'll highlight the base for you?



Perhaps you shouldn't make assumptions.

It's not called laziness, it's called frustration.  If i was lazy i wouldn't even bother looking for the base.  But i do and i get frustrated because i can't find it.

And how do you know the length of time  it takes to code a dot command?  I'm guessing you don't.
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2004, 08:22:31 AM »
.smite Punisher:mad:

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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2004, 08:33:29 AM »
As a workaround I usually do a .wingman on the guy requesting help.

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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2004, 11:48:23 AM »
Some time ago, I did some grids for the small maps to help find fields - similar to this one for SFMA.  However, they are out-of-date now, so I have been thinking of updating them, and also doing ones for the big maps.  Might be an idea to wait until AH2 is live though before I do.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2004, 12:45:48 PM »
Devils advocate, on a map like AKDesert, it often takes quite a bit longer then 10 seconds to find a base based off number.  I remember times where I needed to spend upwards of a minute before finding a base, and no, I'm not blind.
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2004, 01:10:27 PM »
hmmm, .field ##. Highlights the numbered field. With the big maps and 200+ fields...I like it :).
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2004, 02:54:03 PM »
Really? That's one more dot command I didn't know about!   Thanks, NB.....    :D
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2004, 03:08:14 PM »
Hey, are you having me on?  Just tried it in SFMA and it didn't work.....  :p
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2004, 03:51:41 PM »
I think he was speccing out how the feature would look, an intuitive command, etc.
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