The Black Sheep

eRepublik => VMA-214 The Black Sheep => The Graze Game => : eShades January 12, 2015, 07:39:14 PM

: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades January 12, 2015, 07:39:14 PM

I know all of you have great ideas all the time. So much so that I can never remember all of them. :'( This sucks for me because even though I sometimes code my own ideas, a lot of you have better ideas and/or play the game more than me. ;D Sometimes you discuss your ideas amongst yourselves while I'm not there, too, so I just simply miss a fantastic brainstorm session. :o

Anyway, long story short, this thread is for any ideas you have concerning the bot, including bugs you notice or other errors (spelling, comma misplacement, w/e). Feel free to post positive/negative feedback on any recent updates if you dislike/like a particular change. I'd love to still hear your ideas on IRC, but I might ask you to post it here so I don't forget.

- Special oats remove 25/50/75% of a bank loan. It canNOT pay for the whole thing anymore. @Resoula
- More wolf parts @PMG-24

 

This list exists as of June 19th. Updates prior to this date not taken into account.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: wmiller159 January 13, 2015, 07:03:04 PM

wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   wmiller159   `hs
   wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   BSBot   Hayscores: 1.) Green Herd: 6,727,129 oats 2.) Blue Herd: 4,457,515 oats 3.) Red Herd: 3,945,577 oats 0 0
   wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   wmiller159   `heist
   wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   BSBot   .::Heist::. wmiller159 (Thief level: 10) gets some gear together and rushes out to rob the Coalition of Sheeps Bank (CSB)to loot 10213 ESD and 1,021,290 oats for Red Herd.
   wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   wmiller159   `hs
   wmiller159   wmiller159   [21:57]   BSBot   Hayscores: 1.) Green Herd: 6,727,129 oats 2.) Blue Herd: 4,457,515 oats 3.) Red Herd: 3,945,577 oats 0 0

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: wmiller159 January 14, 2015, 05:31:13 AM

[08:28]   wmiller159   `attack
[08:28]   BSBot   .::Strike::. wmiller159, with Shield equipped, deals a hit on the Wolf! The Wolf has lost 1294 energy.
[08:28]   BSBot   .::Death::. wmiller159 has killed the evil Wolf! We must rejoice in victory!
[08:28]   BSBot   .::Ding-Ding-Ding::. wmiller159, you receive 6,250 oats, 15 ESD, and a special Oat[Gold]
[08:28]   wmiller159   `oat gold
[08:28]   BSBot   .::Error::. wmiller159, you don't have a "gold" oat available.
[08:28]   wmiller159   `update 1
[08:28]   BSBot   .::01/13/2015->1::. If you use candy and try to kidnap a Congress-Sheep, you will be thrown in jail unless you're a Congress-sheep, in which case the Federal Barn Investigators and Secret Sheep Protection will duel it out.
[08:29]   wmiller159   `oat gold heist
[08:29]   BSBot   .::Error::. wmiller159, you don't have a "gold" oat available.
[08:29]   wmiller159   `sc
[08:29]   BSBot   .::SuitCase::. [TEAM: Red Herd || Stage: 10 || Tillage: 696/700] thief - Level: 45 XP: 2124/2160 Rank: 10/24 [Ewe Sheep Dollas] 36,165 Trap: Yes Time reduction: 4 hours (TEAM INFO) [Money] 9,412 [Oats] 4,089,330 (BUYING?) nothing!
[08:29]   BSBot   [Personal items] poison, scheduler, iSheep, barnmaster, fertilizer[2], BSM, heist, party, thumbs, ivory restroom, trough10, thief7, computer9, 0 boots [Resets] bsm, bsm, bsm [Boosts] graze, time

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: wmiller159 January 14, 2015, 06:04:27 PM

Both bugs are still active

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: bob boudahili January 14, 2015, 09:18:22 PM

[22:22]   BSBot   Hayscores: 1.) Green Herd: 7,076,067 oats 2.) Blue Herd: 5,558,567 oats 3.) Red Herd: 4,781,273 oats 0 0

[23:14]   bob_boudahili   .heist
[23:14]   BSBot   .::Heist::. bob_boudahili (Thief level: 9) gets some gear together and rushes out to rob the Coalition of Sheeps Bank (CSB)to loot 5917 ESD and 591,671 oats for Red Herd.
[23:14]   bob_boudahili   .hs
[23:14]   BSBot   Hayscores: 1.) Green Herd: 7,047,639 oats 2.) Blue Herd: 5,660,132 oats 3.) Red Herd: 4,823,214 oats 0 0

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades January 15, 2015, 10:30:17 AM

Thanks, guys. I fixed the heist error and gave you the oats from the two heists you pasted.

The gold oat error, I'm guessing, was due to a suggestion henryfrench had a few days ago. He suggested that the wolf not award any special oats if there were less than 3 players. So I scripted that but forgot to take out the "You received ___ oat" from the message. I don't know what you guys will think of that one, but lemme know if it doesn't fly.

<Thu@01:28:20[P]> ⌊&eShades⌉ .update 1
<Thu@01:28:22[P]> →BSBot← .::01/15/2015->1::. You can only get special oats from the wolf if at least 3 players came to fight it. Otherwise, it won't be strong enough to carry oats of any kind.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: bob boudahili January 17, 2015, 08:06:17 PM

[22:01]   bob_boudahili   .reset powergraze
[22:01]   BSBot   .::RUCheating?::. bob_boudahili has used a reset on powergraze.
[22:01]   bob_boudahili   .pgraze
[22:01]   BSBot   .::Error::. You have to wait 8hrs 39secs to powergraze again. I need to recover from your assault. :”(

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades January 19, 2015, 05:00:12 PM

It should be fixed, bob, but I didn't test it.

Game didn't reset as scheduled because of heist change. It was supposed to erase all heist participants before resetting but of course there are no waiting people.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: jkeller4000 February 19, 2015, 04:18:03 AM

here is my suggestion,

i love using the horn,  and this is should be able to be used everyday not just at the end of the weeks.

so i think every time the horn is purchased it doubles in price.

and have it start at 100 esd.

numbers and amounts it goes up can vary,

my the end of the week when a person get 750 k from heist, that will be 12 horns.    but if the price doubles.  then each day one or two horns will be used and then they cannot be used too much

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula February 19, 2015, 07:26:01 AM

Give us the simple competitive graze game back from before you added factories and congress-sheep!

Petition Signed by-
ME

Yeah!

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades February 19, 2015, 12:07:48 PM

: Resoula  February 19, 2015, 07:26:01 AM

Give us the simple competitive graze game back from before you added factories and congress-sheep!

The buildings and congress-sheep just add another element. You can still graze away. Please. :( Your idea would make it easier on me -- if anyone asks for a new feature, I can point at you and say "Nope! The game will stay simple" --  but seriously, I can just disable everything if your movement becomes large enough. :o

: jkeller4000  February 19, 2015, 04:18:03 AM

here is my suggestion,

i love using the horn,  and this is should be able to be used everyday not just at the end of the weeks.

so i think every time the horn is purchased it doubles in price.

and have it start at 100 esd.

I do like this idea. I'll think about it, but people have complained about too many wolves (this was after they asked for horns to be sold in the sheep shop!!). I increased the price to 50k ESD but like you said, it's still easy to get 10+ horns late in the game. A variable amount might help more so than a price increase.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades March 04, 2015, 09:22:15 PM

Random ideas:
- Get a command reset on leveling up *pola's
- An item that helps fight wolf & improves when fighting wolf
- Double item price each time you buy it (e.g. change lockpick price to 5 ESD so people can buy it at lower levels, but each time you buy it, the price for you will increase) *jkeller's
- stack parties (popular kids can be partied multiple times without wasting the party like you do atm)

Random ideas I had.

Bugs:
Topic isn't edited properly after game period is over.
Factory: unbuildable (thank god, right? Looking at you, Resoula. Bro.)

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula March 05, 2015, 02:05:37 PM

: eShades  March 04, 2015, 09:22:15 PM

Factory: unbuildable (thank god, right? Looking at you, Resoula. Bro.)

I hax0r3d your game, man.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: PMG-24 March 27, 2015, 03:16:00 PM

timer issue http://prntscr.com/6m6dba

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades March 30, 2015, 11:29:22 AM

: PMG-24  March 27, 2015, 03:16:00 PM

timer issue http://prntscr.com/6m6dba

Fixed, thanks for pointing it out! The error was with that new update to let the same person get partied multiple times (i.e. stacking parties). I changed a few settings and forgot to change it in the barn master command. I appreciate the help, PMG.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: PMG-24 April 04, 2015, 10:31:30 AM

Please fix .wolf command, it's still not working!  :'(

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades April 09, 2015, 08:57:00 AM

 

Fixed @PMG-24! It was an issue that came about when I decided to put in bait info (only if wolf is baited) to the wolf's stats. My bad.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula May 14, 2015, 04:47:25 AM

Nerf the wolf. The fact that fighting the wolf can get you tens of thousands of oats whereas conventional grazing isn't generating even 100, and stealing only generates a few hundred, and heists generating a few thousand, is a giant imbalance.

As I'm seeing it right now, if 10 people grazed, stole, and heisted against 3 people that did nothing but fight the wolf, the ones fighting the wolf would still win the round with how many oats that generates.

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12:11   Resoula   eShades as a suggestion
12:11   Resoula   have you thought of maybe a bsm-like ability for thieves that gives them faster steals for say, an hour?

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Make it so we don't auto-waste wool on trying to block a fatal wolf blow. Make it optional or get rid of it completely. It doesn't actually save you from the wolf nor do you have any say in whether or not you use it, then it's gone.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades May 17, 2015, 04:08:00 PM

Kk, Resoula. I modified the # of oats (and ESD, while I was at it) from wolf battles.

Noted the other ideas; will think of something for the wool. I like the steal-bsm idea as well. :D

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula May 18, 2015, 07:00:18 AM

: eShades  May 17, 2015, 04:08:00 PM

Kk, Resoula. I modified the # of oats (and ESD, while I was at it) from wolf battles.

BSBot   .::Ding-Ding-Ding::. Resoula you receive 375 oats, and 2 ESD.

Thanks for the change, but that should be what we're receiving in the very beginning of the game. As our hunter levels go up, or as time passes, the reward should increase to match everything else.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades May 18, 2015, 09:35:23 AM

Okie dokie, I'll continue to modify till we get a good balance.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula May 18, 2015, 10:21:18 AM

13:15   Resoula   eShades when your herd has the paint shop open do you think you can change it from saying that your herd is ahead to "Steal for 150 ESD" instead?

Also can we get "sell" option? So we can sell things like poison that we don't want for ESD?

EDIT: A re-balance of finding resets. BSM seems to be the most common find. But the most common finds SHOULD be graze and steal, but its only once in a blue moon that I stumble upon a graze reset, but I find a bsm reset every single day. I'm finding poison more often than I find graze resets.

EDIT 2: Allow congress sheep to transform herd money into ESD which can either be sent to any player he/she chooses or used to pay of debts to the bank of any herd members he/she chooses to pay off.

EDIT 3: The late-game heist is too OP. Nerf pls. No other function stands a competing chance.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula June 08, 2015, 02:22:25 PM

Add the ability to give items (IE: Lockpicks) to other players.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades June 10, 2015, 10:38:19 AM

Just FYI, working on this stuff. I want to get rid of heist and replace it with a new thing you can do at level one, perhaps a whole new concept involving a feudal system where you are the sheep overlord and your slaves people obtain oats in various ways (wars, farming, ...?). Still thinking it through. Suggestions welcome.
But maybe we'll modify & still keep heist on top of that.

Regardless, I want to fix the smaller issues first.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula June 11, 2015, 07:59:41 PM

: Resoula  May 18, 2015, 10:21:18 AM

EDIT 2: Allow congress sheep to transform herd money into ESD which can either be sent to any player he/she chooses or used to pay of debts to the bank of any herd members he/she chooses to pay off.

If this is done I'd also ask for an inverse option.

More importantly however, a value needs to be added to special oats. I can take a 3,500 ESD loan, and give up a bronze oat to pay it all back. That's a HUGE exploit considering at this point in the game no one has close to even 1000 ESD.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula June 13, 2015, 03:20:02 PM

Time boost is no longer showing a countdown in .bm

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: PMG-24 June 14, 2015, 11:01:53 AM

Hey eShades!

How about some more wolf parts after killing it?
Like the wolf's nose does the same as tooth, but for hunting. And the claws for crafting. The tail could have a one-time use to scare away the dog when stealing.

Some time ago we talked about adding an extra level to the fence, or adding a gate as new building, that would retain the thief and the herd has to ransome or bail out the thief, without the option to use lockpicks.

Some new weapons to the locker might be nice, like a revolver, rifle, crossbow, machine gun :P

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: PMG-24 June 16, 2015, 12:11:12 AM

some issue with crafting, check the screenshot http://prntscr.com/7hij9y

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades June 16, 2015, 09:42:11 AM

Erm, weird. I'm guessing we didn't have a project going on. However, I already set it to not auto-craft for you in that case. Perhaps I missed some specific situation. Thanks.
Also, I am working through the rest of your and Resoula's suggestions. :))

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: Resoula June 16, 2015, 10:04:39 AM

http://gyazo.com/b972c9bd791e816f629328c53da93cea

It does this to me in .bm too when I have a boost active.

: Re: Report bugs / post suggestions here
: eShades June 16, 2015, 01:12:33 PM

Shoot. I thought this problem would be fixed. I guess it only splits up messages, not notices.