Map size

[Dragalar]

Can we expect to have much bigger maps at some point ? To add to the strategy side of the game.
It would be awesome to have even continents to play on.

[Kirilles]

Originally posted by Dragalar:

Can we expect to have much bigger maps at some point ? To add to the strategy side of the game.
It would be awesome to have even continents to play on.

Hi! Initially 200x200 maps were a limit in the game because of enemy numbers that the game can spawn in a wave and complexity of systems that calculate pathfinding and collision of such huge numgers of enemies - up to 25k. During the developement our coders managed to optimize some parts of code and introduce maps up to 300x300 in size.
If they managed to create a miracle again we'd be happy to make maps even bigger, however, it's unlikely to happen :(

[Dragalar]

Hi, thanks for the answer :)
Is it not possible to cap the units limits on a gigantic map ?

[Kirilles]

Originally posted by Dragalar:

Hi, thanks for the answer :)
Is it not possible to cap the units limits on a gigantic map ?

They are already capped :) From some point in late game the number of enemies in waves stops rising. That's why we added a Skilled Survivor option - to keep creating a challange for a player without increasing enemy numbers. We might have lowered the cap, but DiNaO is a game about big armies and massive sieges and lowering the cap would kill the feature.

[White Lion]

Originally posted by Kirilles:

Originally posted by Dragalar:

Can we expect to have much bigger maps at some point ? To add to the strategy side of the game.
It would be awesome to have even continents to play on.

Hi! Initially 200x200 maps were a limit in the game because of enemy numbers that the game can spawn in a wave and complexity of systems that calculate pathfinding and collision of such huge numgers of enemies - up to 25k. During the developement our coders managed to optimize some parts of code and introduce maps up to 300x300 in size.
If they managed to create a miracle again we'd be happy to make maps even bigger, however, it's unlikely to happen :(

Perhaps you would consider the unit cap to be defined by the PC spec of the player. Surely a PC with 16 cores CPU can handle 4x the total enemy units than the ones with 4 cores CPU.

Use the concept of a game called Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator (UEBS). Total units are only limited by hardware spec.

[Arsene Lupin]

I mean, units are also limited by the physical space available on any given map -- and that's not a number you really want to see ever hit 100% capacity, because then you wouldn't be able to see the terrain.