Frozen Synapse "The Ultimate Tactical Game" from Mode 7

Send some more challenges over my way. I got some spare time at work to go in and out of games.

Username: Tempest

TempestBlayze wrote:

Send some more challenges over my way. I got some spare time at work to go in and out of games.

Username: Tempest

Just challenged you to a Hostage game.

You have to get the two hostages out to safety. Once you move them, you can't change their paths. Also, once you move them, I can start shooting them.

Anyone have an extra copy? I've got ten bucks

Grubber788 wrote:

Anyone have an extra copy? I've got ten bucks :)

Torq hasn't replied back, so I'll take you up on that.

KrazyTacoFO wrote:
Grubber788 wrote:

Anyone have an extra copy? I've got ten bucks :)

Torq hasn't replied back, so I'll take you up on that.

PM sent.

Edit: And done, thanks!

Tkyl wrote:
TheCounselor wrote:

So, is there a way to zoom in on the maps? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Mouse Wheel. I'm not sure how to do it without the mouse wheel.

Hmmmm...I tried that and it doesn't seem to work. I just have a standard Microsoft wireless mouse.

KrazyTacoFO wrote:
Grubber788 wrote:

Anyone have an extra copy? I've got ten bucks :)

Torq hasn't replied back, so I'll take you up on that.

Hey sorry Taco, I was in a deal with JediK, which I just closed.
I don't think you'll have any trouble finding a recipient the way the thread is going so far.

Torq wrote:
KrazyTacoFO wrote:
Grubber788 wrote:

Anyone have an extra copy? I've got ten bucks :)

Torq hasn't replied back, so I'll take you up on that.

Hey sorry Taco, I was in a deal with JediK, which I just closed.
I don't think you'll have any trouble finding a recipient the way the thread is going so far.

Already sold my extra to Grubber, it's all good!

I picked this up. Haven't played it at all yet, but probably will when I get home. Feel free to friend me up/challenge if you want to play against someone with BOTH no experience AND unsound tactical judgment.

Should we start a Google doc for names?

garion333 wrote:

Should we start a Google doc for names?

Yes we should

Send some challenges my way, I managed to snag Prozac as my username back in the beta, I usually have to prefix or suffix it with stuff since apparently there are other Prozac's out there, however I suspect they are just cheap knockoff fluoxetine

LockandLoad is a murderer. That's not libel, that's stone cold fact.

My games with him last no longer than 3 turns. I'd go so far as to say it's brütal.

toph513 wrote:

LockandLoad is a murderer. That's not libel, that's stone cold fact.

My games with him last no longer than 3 turns. I'd go so far as to say it's brütal.

If I'm a murderer then Tykl is Jack the Ripper, Jeffery Dahmer and Ed Gein rolled into one.

And there was some bad luck in regards to where your squad was getting placed. Starting position is pretty critical.

Prozac wrote:

Don't send challenges my way unless you want to rage quit. Apparently there are other Prozac's out there which lose on purpose to make gamers feel better about themselves.

Corrected for accuracy.

EDIT: I'm also on this game as checkm-8, I'll get around to playing a few matches...as soon as I finish L.A. Noire...

wish i had this game.

Looking to help out the needy on this fine game. Be the first lucky guy or gal to PM me with your steam ID and Ill send ya my extra code. What a generous guy I am, otherwise known as a guy without any steam friends.

update: code has been redeemed

Please put your Frozen Synapse username on this google spread sheet:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...

Hopefully this will make things easier.

TempestBlayze wrote:

Please put your Frozen Synapse username on this google spread sheet:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...

Hopefully this will make things easier.

Grassyass

Tkyl wrote:
Sway wrote:

Question: I added several of you to my in-game friends list. I've sent out several challenges as well. Do you receive challenges cross-server at this point or do you need to be on the same server as the person challenging you? I'm on TEXAS4 simply because it has the lowest population when I loaded the game.

Robear, I'm pretty sure you were one of the ones I challenged. Did you get a notification?

From what I've gathered, you can play people across different servers. However, it seems like if you issue a challenge while the other person is not online, they have to login to the server you issued the challenge from. I might be wrong, but that's at least how it has seemed for me recently.

I think that's the case. The "click on Games" box prior to logging onto a server only works if you already "know" about the game.

Also, I saw you in the top 5, Tkyl!

I have some problems figuring out what is cover and what isn't. Some blocks on the map provide no cover at all while the same looking objects do some other time.

I made the group public because I wouldn't be around to administrate it for a few days. Now that we've had some joins, I'll switch it to invite only.

If someone wants to PM me with the non-goodjers names I'll eject them.

liquid wrote:

I have some problems figuring out what is cover and what isn't. Some blocks on the map provide no cover at all while the same looking objects do some other time.

Light blue colored blocks only provide cover if your dude is crouching. Dark colored blocks are taller and provide cover when you're standing. However, corners never provide cover, so be very careful around them.

Rezzy wrote:

Has anyone figured out a decent way to check sight-lines? It has happened multiple times now that an enemy spots one of my guys across the map diagonally through multiple doorways and windows while my guys are standing right outside of a window and can't spot the guy standing slightly to one side.

I think you can use the V key to do this.

I went through the group list and removed anyone I didn't recognize who wasn't in a GWJ Steam Group of some kind. Namely DoctorNoyes, Mr Aitch, and Resenses.

If I made a mistake and removed you despite your Goodjer bona fides, feel free to shame me in the thread and I'll re-invite you.

I switched over to Texas 2 and now can see the two games that were sent to me from Goodjers that I got emailed about. Looks like Texas2 is the place to be.

SocialChameleon wrote:
liquid wrote:

I have some problems figuring out what is cover and what isn't. Some blocks on the map provide no cover at all while the same looking objects do some other time.

Light blue colored blocks only provide cover if your dude is crouching. Dark colored blocks are taller and provide cover when you're standing. However, corners never provide cover, so be very careful around them.

While true, that's not entirely accurate.

Dark blue objects provide full standing cover.

Light blue objects provide waist high cover.

However, it gets a little more complicated. In essence, the game draws a line from your head to the other person to see if you can see them. So they might be behind a waist high cover block, crouching, but if you get close enough to it, you still might be able to see them behind it (Assuming they aren't directly behind it.) So the further you get from waist high cover and the closer the opponent gets to it, the worse cover it provides.

In addition, even if you are standing behind waist high cover, it provides a penalty to the opponent when trying to shoot you. The game basically takes several things into account to determine how long it takes for you to hit a target. Those things are:

Cover
Movement
Weapon Type
Distance
Aiming

So, are you behind cover? Then add a bit to the opponents time to hit you. Are you moving when you encounter the enemy? Add some time to your to hit timer. Did the opponent show up in your peripheral vision? Add some more time.

Once those are calculated, the person with the lowest time wins and will kill the other person. But also keep in mind that once a fight has started between two people, there are times when you can tell your dude to run instead of sticking in the fight. This is most useful when the fight overlaps a turn and in your simulations of the next turn you notice that your guys loses. So set him to "Continue on Sight", have him duck and run. This will save you a number of times.

If everyone could please switch over to the TEXAS server. It would be so much easier if people were in one spot. If you have a lot of stats on another server I can understand not switching but if you only payed a couple games switch over.

The multiple server thing seems to be temporary. Found this on their blog:

"We will re-sync all data when everything’s calmed down, but for now please choose a server and stick with it"

Personally, I don't care too much about the stats...but it's annoying having to close the game to log into a different server 4 times to check on all the possible games.

TempestBlayze wrote:

If everyone could please NOT switch over to any one server. After all, the developers said on their blog:

"We will re-sync all data when everything’s calmed down, but for now please choose a server and stick with it"

FTFY