SWR Productions Forum _ News Forum _ Shockwave Update: This will be bumpy
Posted by: The_Hunter 15 Feb 2016, 22:51
Hello Shockwave Fans. Today we want to show you another rework to an existing unit:
The Scout Car is available to all Chinese sub-factions including the Vanilla faction, and replaces the Bullfrog. It is a cheap scout unit available at the Command Center with no prerequisites. Unlike the Bullfrog, it does not have a capture ability, but it is much faster and has the ability to temporarily reveal a large area around itself. This will allow Chinese factions to scout out an enemy's plan in the early game, something sorely missing for China since the original Generals.
Here are a few pictures of the Scout Car in action: http://shockwave.swr-productions.com/images/Screenshots/Screenshot01.jpg http://shockwave.swr-productions.com/images/Screenshots/Screenshot02.jpg
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It's correct decision, bullfrog with capture ability is cheat. I hope you will not forget about all bugs and cheats and fix everything. Also, thanks for information about development.
Posted by: SoraZ 16 Feb 2016, 3:23
QUOTE (Angel @ 16 Feb 2016, 0:53)
It's correct decision, bullfrog with capture ability is cheat. I hope you will not forget about all bugs and cheats and fix everything. Also, thanks for information about development.
We'll definitely try
Posted by: Kris 19 Feb 2016, 21:09
Hello road grinder, my old friend; Nice to see you once again.
Posted by: Generalcamo 20 Feb 2016, 5:52
QUOTE (Kris @ 19 Feb 2016, 15:09)
Hello road grinder, my old friend; Nice to see you once again.
Glad SOMEONE caught that.
Posted by: Rafinius 27 Feb 2016, 23:32
Is there no worry that these cheap, fast, throwaway units will kind of make stealth tactics against China next to useless? I mean this seems almost like old BroodWar Overlord levels of detection. Or does it only see invisible units when activating its ability, in which case I hope that said ability has a non-negligible amount of cooldown.
Posted by: Maelstrom 28 Feb 2016, 0:00
QUOTE (Rafinius @ 27 Feb 2016, 23:32)
Is there no worry that these cheap, fast, throwaway units will kind of make stealth tactics against China next to useless? I mean this seems almost like old BroodWar Overlord levels of detection. Or does it only see invisible units when activating its ability, in which case I hope that said ability has a non-negligible amount of cooldown.
It's even simpler. It doesn't detect stealth at all
Posted by: Generalcamo 28 Feb 2016, 1:24
It's a purely visual scout. It will help you with initial unit movements and what faction the enemy is. It will not help you find those camo-netted tunnels or those stealth hijackers heading to your war factory.