Herotu
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16 hours ago, VVonder said:
Totally agree; Windows Text for normal human voices is pretty bad. There is support for both google text-to-speech (better) and ElevenLabs (much better) but it is hard to setup in the current release. The next will be much better (maybe this weekend); I've added a configuration panel for setting the elevenlabs api key (they allow for a large amount of text-to-speech each month on a free account). You will also be able to set the default engine to use for unknown voices both for NPC and players.
For NPCs it is easy because they are repetitive and easy to cache to disk. So a high quality voice is easy to justify. For players the cache is rarely useful and a little creepy, so I disabled it. I'm cheap-as-hell, so I'm making it easy to use Windows TTS for players (because it is free and fast) while using the slivers of pennies high quality services for NPCs.
One case where Windows TTS is more than fine -- Clockwork. If anything it is not robotic enough, so I'm wrapping it in vocoder effects. It's pretty good. Oh, I can attach.. a work in progress, but here are "Prototype Oscillator" and a Vahzilok "Reaper"; I'm reasonably happy with both these.
You're doing amazing work.
Would it be possible to offer the ability to switch TTS provider please, in case ElevenLabs goes out of business?
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14 hours ago, Rudra said:
That's a bit confusing to read... can you include a space above and below "Seedlings generate toxic clouds near the Seed:" so I'm not looking for its health bar too? Would be helpful to retain that for players like me..
I agree, but I think that takes us into a different discussion about highlighting more relevant text.
13 hours ago, biostem said:I mean, you can adjust the UI scale. Also, do those windows *not* give you the resize option if you move your cursor to one of the corners?
I appreciate the UI scaling option, I am grateful for it, but I don't use it because my eyesight ... so I'd like to keep the text scale but change the size of the wasted space.
Perhaps I'm asking for text-only to be scalable, so then I can shrink down the boxes but keep the text size the same?I note with interest that we can change "Chat Font" and "Name Size" already.
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I'm constantly amazed by how much screen space it taken up by UI elements in CoH.
I wonder if something could be done like this, possibly the most egregious example on the left... something like I've mocked up on the right, please?
I realise I've added an extra line by accident, please ignore that.
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Would you rather have your character be effective or feel effective?
I think the question is wrong.
IMHO, Controllers are boring but OPAF. You're trading "interesting" for "powerful".
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There is a picture of 50Cent (the rapper) in the game files. Was that your doing?
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What did newer games do that you wish you could have put into City of Heroes?
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I like Saviour of Atlas Park or something more vague, but if you want to describe your character, I would say something like;
Red Cap
Thin Line
Match Maker
Electrician
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OMFG, the dream! It's happening! It's HAPPENING! 😄
Thanks for posting this, I'm so happy.
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Some pictures from this week's contest. I didn't get all the contestants ...
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If you could remember any coding tricks or behind the scenes engine shenanigans that the current developers might benefit from, would you?
Do you currently develop Homecoming?
Would you like to?
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On 3/28/2024 at 2:22 AM, Fox Lee said:
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If it's not too late, Rick Rocketboots would like to apply for the position.
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On 6/3/2023 at 2:06 AM, Herotu said:
Because I can't be here for the costume contest this weekend, I'll pop a couple of power-suit outfits up to inspire you all.
On the left, Veritas Ex Machina and on the right Johnny Rocketboots.
The idea with Veritas Ex Machina was to put as many angular pieces on one costume as I could.
The idea with Johnny Rocketboots was to light him up like a Christmas Tree. Colours inspired by some other game - possibly Wildstar.
... and if it bothers you that Johnny Rocketboots uses a jetpack and not rocket boots, haha the joke's on you, I don't care!
Johnny Rocketboots came 2nd in a the Star Gazer Lounge Costume Contest yesterday! 😄
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On 1/31/2024 at 1:45 AM, Manbreakfast said:
Made an edgy Hero who falls to villainy character. Using the demonic magic of the Hellions backers against them Elkarome thrusts herself into the world of justice and violence. Not knowing which she likes more. After a fast start she quickly pairs up with a talented new hotshot rookie SharpJaw Myuki They would soon venture into the city's rotting heart. A match made for hell.
I love this - it's like a proper comic strip. Great shots!
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This guide is what forum pins are for!
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I think this is my favourite Dinosaur Jr song, from the much maligned album Hand It Over. The drums are great! Go Murph!
Dinosaur Jr - Can't We Move This -
This is a character creator minor inconvenience issue.
If I change the colour of the cape (red boxes in the image). The collar changes, and I have to go back and change the collar colour (yellow box) again.
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9 hours ago, Ultimo said:
I tend to agree, I'm not one for gimmicks. My thinking for the Power Armour set is to make it less reliant on toggles. I mean, it's just armour, it would provide protection just by being there. Enhancing it in some way might require power, or some other resource, of course. Thus, things like a powered exoskeleton, or life support systems, or advanced sensors (or other gadgets) would need power... but the actual armour plating wouldn't. That was the "gimmick" I had in mind, but there's some really good ideas here already.
Ooh, it could be like Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet where it starts off weakish with no gems and each power is another gem ... I'm just thinking how you'd justify an origin other than Technology.
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On 4/20/2024 at 2:03 AM, Thraxen said:
There are by far my favorite class. Electric isn’t the best though. It’s a lot of fun on stalker as they have a pretty good st chain cause of AS and lighting rod doesn’t break stealth (which I think is incredibly stupid and makes no sense).
im at 12 scrappers, 5 tanks, and 1 brute. I wish I could find more brutes to play. Theme is only reason I kept the one. And kinda want 1 of each class at 50.
anyway, scrappers are great. The atos make a big difference. I’d get both procs at lvl 10.
Is this right? The ATOs you mention are;
- Critical Strikes: Recharge/+50% Critical Hit Chance Proc and
- Scrapper's Strike: Recharge/Critical Hit Bonus?
Do I buy 5 of each?
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18 hours ago, Ultimo said:
So... I have a number of characters whose concept includes powered armour (like Iron Man, or similar). Pretty well all of them just use Invulnerability, but it seems to me there might be a place for an actual power set depicting powered armour. Here's a quick rundown of some ideas, perhaps we can start a discussion and work out something they could consider making!
1. Armour Plate (Passive) Adds 20% resistance to Smashing/Lethal.
2. Ceramic Plate (Passive) Adds 20% Resistance to Fire/Energy/Cold.
3. Life Support (Toggle) Adds 10% Defense to Toxic/Radiation/Negative
4. Ablative Plate (Click) Adds a pool of Temporary Hit Points
5. Exoskeleton (Toggle) Resists Knock/Immobilize/Sleep/Immobilize/Hold/Disorient
6. Refractive Coating (Passive) +10% Defense vs Smashing/Lethal/Energy
7. Fusion Reactor (Passive) +20% Endurance Recovery Rate
8. Emergency Battery (Click) Immediate +50% Heal, +50% Endurance
9. Overcharger (Click) +40% Resistance to all, +50% Endurance discount
Obviously it needs work, but this is the first notion off the top of my head.
You've listed your powers without a theme. Latter powersets were implemented with secondary mechanics - you know, dual blades has combo system, other sets have other side-effects going on.
What's the secondary mechanic? The overall concept: A reason why the power suit is different from the other defense sets. What's it's Unique Selling Point? Does it have a battery that charges up as you get hit and discharges when it's full, for example? Or does it have a battery that starts a battle at full power and runs out of juice as you get hit, somehow regaining charge in another way?
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There are two types of Defense sets:
Resist - where you reduce incoming damage.
Defense - where you increase the chance to avoid incoming damage.
Both of these things are cool and all.
I just wondered how they work on a thematic level? How do you headcannonball them?
Here's what I could come up with.
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Invulnerability - you get hit but your "invulnerability" means it does less damage. Makes sense.
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WillPower - you reduce the damage through dulling the pain (hello invulnerability, can I have my power back please?)
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Shield - the shield gets hit instead of you?
Stone - you're inside a "shell", so although you get hit, "you" don't get hit?
Super Reflexes - ye, you avoid the damage. Perfecto.
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There is a point at which the thread repeats itself because newcomers don't read the old posts.
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I posted a link to a Scrapper guide yesterday.
If you watch the video you will see that Savage Rad would be very good on Scrapper, and why.
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