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| ===== VPAC CPACK pages ===== | ===== VPAC CPACK pages ===== | ||
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| ==== AIR ==== | ==== AIR ==== | ||
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| * [[cw4: | * [[cw4: | ||
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| ==== SPECIAL ==== | ==== SPECIAL ==== | ||
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| - | ==== Friendly | + | ==== Non-Player Units ==== |
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| ===== Enemies typically found in VPAC ===== | ===== Enemies typically found in VPAC ===== | ||
| + | :NOTE: This is not a comprehensive list. It's only a list of units that I (Vertu) typically use. There can be and are, other units found in VPAC maps which are not mentioned in this list. | ||
| ==== Standard ==== | ==== Standard ==== | ||
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| * [[cw4: | * [[cw4: | ||
| + | * [[NOT_DEFINED|Hover Tank (Corporate Pack Vertu)]] | ||
| + | * [[NOT_DEFINED|Ceiling Cannon (Corporate Pack Vertu)]] | ||
| + | * [[NOT_DEFINED|Ceiling Auto Cannon (Corporate Pack Vertu)]] | ||
| + | * [[NOT_DEFINED|Ceiling Laser (Corporate Pack Vertu)]] | ||
| + | * [[NOT_DEFINED|V-Nullifier (V-Blasters)]] | ||
| === Ultra Heavy === | === Ultra Heavy === | ||
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| VPAC is most certainly a more skill based version of PAC. LPAC (Lazy Play As Creeper) is less skill based than PAC and more chill with less control over all units. VPAC is the exact opposite of LPAC. Now, although that is the case and VPAC is complicated, | VPAC is most certainly a more skill based version of PAC. LPAC (Lazy Play As Creeper) is less skill based than PAC and more chill with less control over all units. VPAC is the exact opposite of LPAC. Now, although that is the case and VPAC is complicated, | ||
| - | ==== Tutorial Missions ==== | + | ---- |
| - | * TCML Tutorial Mission | + | |
| - | * NO OTHER TUTORIAL | + | ===== VPAC performance information ===== |
| + | Performance is a very high concern for this custom gamemode. Although it is somewhat notorious for being very laggy, it is actually more performance efficient than normal PAC and LPAC. I (Vertu) even helped optimize the more updated LPAC, (most directly, its rebuild script). VPAC however is still more performance efficient based on my very limited insight. Creeper World 4 has quite a harsh performance limit for custom assets when they make the majority of a map. | ||
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| + | Anyways, forget the idea that VPAC is laggy. Forget that it is unoptimized. It is very likely a scapegoat. It is by far the most performance efficient custom gamemode out there. By FAR the MAIN source of performance issue in VPAC maps was NOT custom assets but the prospect of creating a game within a game, something I learned in my particle fleet recreation in CW4. CW4 was not intended to have a modding capacity large enough to recreate games with, which is perfectly understandable. Older VPAC maps however did have performance fires which in modern times have been addressed and VPAC as of phase yellow now focuses on squeezing as much from the limited resources the game allocates for custom assets. | ||
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| + | ==== Major performance milestone versions ==== | ||
| + | :WARNING: Not finished! | ||
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| + | ==== CW4 Computer Resource Use ==== | ||
| + | CW4 restricts itself to run off of a single CPU Core when running units. It will never allow additional cores to be used. This obviously makes sense for a simple game like CW4 where there will not likely be hundreds of semi-complicated units. However, with the amount of modding support it has, here comes me (Vertu) who makes a bunch of custom units with dynamic functionality (and various performance inefficiencies like spamming [[4rpl: | ||
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| + | From K75 (A KnuckleCracker dev/ | ||
| + | "CW4 does in fact multithread where it is possible to do so (cf. the Creeper flow simulation). However the portion running units does not, since being " | ||
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| + | Also, if any map has Autopilot AI, it WILL lag as a fully functioning AI using the built in units has to do A LOT of calculations in order to actually operate. It needs to figure out how it can place units, how to use them, how to " | ||
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| + | ===== Tutorial Missions | ||
| + | * TCML Tutorial Mission | ||
| + | * VPAC Testing Initiative map series. Name changes from Testing Initiative to TI starting from the 7th main mission. | ||
| + | * Testing Initiative 1&2 - Basic PAC units ([[cw4: | ||
| + | * Testing Initiative 3&4 - Creeper Units ([[cw4: | ||
| + | * Testing Initiative 5&6 - Advanced Units (mainly [[cw4: | ||
| + | * Testing Initiative 6.5 (PROPER | ||
| + | * Testing Initiative 6.75 - Optional challenge mission (must be on hardcore difficulty), | ||
| + | * TI 7 - Full arsenal " | ||
| + | * TI 8 - Applied enemy units. Especially the [[DNE|Hover Tank]]. | ||
| + | * TI 9 - Applied defense against relentless enemy units. Introduction of special unit [[DNE|Vertu Frigate]]. | ||
| + | * TI 10 - Singularity Weapon of the [[cw4: | ||
| + | * TI 11 - Introduction of player-applied [[cw4: | ||
| + | * TI 12 - Working around void terrain. | ||
| + | * TI 13 - INTO THE OCEAN WE GO! | ||
| + | * TI 14-XY - TBD | ||
| ====== Road Map ====== | ====== Road Map ====== | ||
| - | - Fix things that break and add misc-things (general maintenance and refinements). | + | - <color # |
| - | - Add different types of starts other than landing | + | - <color # |
| - | - Add late game units like a Battle Drone. | + | - Add more enemy units. Currently we have the swarm tactic [[cw4: |
| + | - Add the Battle Drone. | ||
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