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133 votes
Allow resuming an on-line match using the replay file
Network disconnects or real-life reasons shouldn't mean that the match can't be completed. There should be a way to resume a game with the same players using the replay file.
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101 votes
Add map caching
Downloading the same large map file(more than 500k or maybe 1mb)again and again its preety anoying....how about a map recognising metod??,so you dont have to download the same map twice (maybe comparing the dimensions and the size of the local maps with the host map,so it doesnt matter the name of the file)
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76 votes
Re-add ranks and secure logins to WormNET
Ranks and secure logins should be made to work again, but anonymous logins should be preserved.
Status: under reviewRanks and secure logins are part of 4.0's WormNET design. However, I don't see strong reasons (and lots of counter-reasons) to keep anonymous logins in 4.0. Also, how the ranks, experience etc. are calculated remains an open and very complicated question.
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68 votes
more efficient menu layout
Allow to choose a map from User/SavedLevels directly from the menu before the game (without going into the map editor and loading the map)
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58 votes
Support for multi-layered PNG
For stuff like destructable / non-destructable terrain, perhaps custom background, ...
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46 votes
Add remaining landscape styles from W1 and WWP
from W1:
--Candy
--Geiger
--Junk
--Mars
--Nam
--Snowfrom WWP:
--Domestic
--DinosI'm not sure Team17 will let us to just add stuff from the other games, but we can look into implementing custom landscapes, and make those file formats importable.
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39 votes
2v2 Anti-quitter system
when u play a 2v2 game, sometimes one of the players quit the game,desync or disconnects form the host.So, how about letting his teammate control his team??
Transferring control "live" will probably be untrivial. We'll probably make taking over someone's teams possible with the resume-from-replay feature ( http://feedback.worms2d.info/pages/general/suggestions/72462 ).
Update: this is planned for 4.0, along with being able to reconnect to the game and get back control over your surrendered team.
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36 votes
Add an option for respawning mines
Obviously, this would only be useful on indestructable landscape. Would be interesting in boomraces, shoppers, etc.
This will probably go in together with some scripting or other customization (e.g. support for mission files as schemes)
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31 votes
Mini Map
Let's face it: The fact that we cannot see the whole map can be annoying at times. It's even worse for lower resolution monitors but even on a 1600x900 monitor you cannot always see the whole map.
Here is my idea:
Let's just have the option (switch it ingame with a hotkey, of course) to show a m... moreWe'll probably have zooming in 4.0. Will a minimap still be necessary then?
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31 votes
Hear custom soundbanks and fanfares
Is it possible to have other wormnet users to hear custom soundbanks and fanfares without downloading them?
Status: under reviewThis is a complicated question. We intend to add this for 4.0, however this is complicated by that it'd be too easy to annoy people with custom soundbanks -therefore they must be easily mute-able.
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26 votes
Add the 3 unused weapon sprites as default weapons
The three unused, original weapon sprites - laser, Sheep-on-a-rope and black gun - would be great additions of new weapons with unique mechanics.
Add them as default weapons.
My proposals on the weapons' mechanics:
1) Laser:
a two-shot weapon with low damage (~15hp);
fires a laser beam for a ce... moreI don't feel that adding hard-coded gameplay mechanics elements, such as weapons, is part of our goal. This might happen when support for custom weapons (a-la Fiddler) will be added.
Edit: maybe I should make it clear that just because someone drew these sprites, it's still not trivial to add them as new weapons. They need to be converted, palletized, added to the graphics archives and redistributed, not to mention all the game engine changes required to make these work.
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25 votes
Mini-camera to monitor weapons' trajectories
A mini-camera at the top right or left (150*150 px or smaller) to check the weapon trajectories. So, in this way, you can hide your worm after shot while you monitor your granade!
To me, this is necessary in an elite or hysteria scheme where there is few time to hide worm. -
21 votes
booby-trapped crates
Simple, just like Worms1 and Worms2, crates that explode when an misadvised worm step over it.
Status: plannedThis should be easy to add in the new scheme format.
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18 votes
Add health crates with random amounts
The current settings for health crate amounts range from 0 to 255. I suggest that the setting for 0 be changed to random, which would be from 1hp up to half of the worm's starting hp (e.g 1 to 50).
Status: plannedMany people seem to like this pretty "random" idea :) Anyway, this should be easy to add in the new scheme format.
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17 votes
Bring back removed or unused weapons
Unused in WA:
--Worm Strike (air strike with worms as payload)
--Bible Bomb (massive cluster bomb?)Available in W2:
--Homing Strike (air strike with homing missiles)
--Homing Cluster (cluster bomb with homing clustlets)
--Cloned Sheep (herdable sheep)Available in WWP:
--Colour mines/intellige... moreI don't feel that adding hard-coded gameplay mechanics elements, such as weapons, is part of our goal. This might happen when support for custom weapons (a-la Fiddler) will be added.
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16 votes
Add more Spectator slots for hosted games
Extra slots should be configurable by the host. This would allow more than (7 - # of Teams) people to be in a game that, for some reason, many people would like to spectate it live (either to look or chat). Examples: popular tournament finals, clan matches with lots of members present from the du... more
It would be much easier to do this outside W:A, kind-of-like a retranslation bot. That would resolve all the UI design and protocol issues. Would that work as a compromise?
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16 votes
Option to change gamecontrols in game
it would be useful to be able to change game controls(keyboardkeys)in game so it would be more comfortable to play.
We will definitely add customizable controls in 4.0.
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15 votes
Mine fuse for mines placed by players
Make the mines placed by players have the same fuse as the scheme setting (0, 1, 2, 3, random) instead of fixed 3sec fuse. Apply to Mine Strike too.
Status: plannedThis should be easy to add in the new scheme format.
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15 votes
"Remove wind" scheme option
For a game like Time Trial Rope Race, removing wind would help eliminate the only luck factor in the scheme.
Status: plannedSounds like a simple option for the new scheme format.
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15 votes
Add individual soundbanks for each worm in team
If an option to hear custom soundbanks online is implemented, maybe you could make it so each worm can have its own sounds? So a Simpsons team can have worm "Homer" with Homer sounds, "Bart" with Bart sounds...
This will increase the size of the soundbanks eight-fold, though...
Also - not before 4.0 (soundback downloads require protocol changes, should go in background even during the game, and there needs to be in-game UI to mute a player's sound bank).
