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chiron
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:34 am    Post subject: Difficulty ? Reply with quote

Just wondering, what decides the difficulty in a game?
What's the difference betwen them?
When makin a map is it set to normal, can I change the difficulty setting?

Btw, my first mission is in progress Very Happy

/chiron

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scottlu
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can check for the run time variable $difficulty. It'll tell you what the difficulty setting currently is. 1 is easy, 2 is normal, 3 is hard.

For an example, D_03-sample.ld checks $difficulty for 3 in one place.

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Wizard
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Following on from scottlu, you can set different groups to appear or not depending on the level.

For example for an "Easy" level only have 3 enemy units appear.
For a "Hard" level, have 10 enemy units appear.

All using groups, etc

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reading about this I first despaired, thinking I would have to do my levels all over again. After thinking a bit more, however, I think that I can actually adjust difficulty without too much extra work. Since my levels are on the hard side, I will just set difficulty conditions on some of the more vicious enemy attacks.

It was great to get information about how to adjust for difficulty. I had not noticed the check for difficulty in D_03-sample.ld, and I see that it will be a lot easier to balance my levels now that I can let the player chose to make it easier. Smile

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chiron
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the quick responses !

Feels good to be here where everyone is so helpful.

This is why I log in several times a day just to see what has come up next to help us all in this wonderful game Laughing

yours
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