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Not well-known controls

Hi! There are some controls in Hedgewars which are not broadly known and can’t be configured directly.

In game:

  • [Precise]+[Walk left]: Look left (without moving)
  • [Precise]+[Walk right]: Look right (without moving)
  • [Precise]+[Timer 1]: Minimum bounce
  • [Precise]+[Timer 2]: Low bounce
  • [Precise]+[Timer 3]: Normal bounce
  • [Precise]+[Timer 4]: High bounce
  • [Precise]+[Timer 5]: Maximum bounce
  • [Hog info]: Turn team bar on/off (yeah, that’s exactly not what the key binding menu says, but … lol)
  • [Precise]+[Hog info]: Toggle tags above hogs
  • [Precise]+[Hog info]+[Switch hog]: Toggle entire HUD on/off
  • hold [Precise]: Your hog won’t slip away on slippery ground (important for Snow and Christmas themes)
  • [Precise] + [Switch hog]: Switch through hedgehogs in reverse order (in 0.9.21)
  • [Confirm]: Team chat (opens chat with “/team ” pre-entered)
  • [Precise] + [Screenshot]: “Map dump”. Save entire map as image map and as mask into the screenshot folder, the names will be “mapdump_<date>_land.png” (mask) and “mapdump_<date>_landpixels.png” (image map).

Lesser-known flying saucer controls:

  • [Precise]+[Up] Aim up
  • [Precise]+[Up] Aim down
  • [Precise]+[Long jump] Fire towards crosshair direction (rather than dropping weapon)

In map editor:

  • [Left mouse button]: Draw/erase
  • hold [Right mouse button]: Draw/erase straight line without preview (only in line mode)
  • [Left mouse button] + [Left Ctrl]: Draw/erase straight line with preview (only in line mode)
  • [Mouse wheel up]: Increase brush size
  • [Mouse wheel down]: Increase brush size

If you have more esoteric key binds, please let me know.

Script and schemes: Pro Roper

I present you a script+weapon scheme+game scheme combination called “Pro Roper”.

It works like this:

All players (should) start with 1 hog which you place somewhere on the map. Every round a health crate with 15 HP spawns. The available things are: rope, grenade, cluster bomb, mine and bazooka.
The terrain has no land objects and no girders and can’t be destroyed. There is a border around the terrain, so you can’t drown.
Pro Roper must be played on a map where you can reach every spot; there should be no enclosed areas. Maybe good maps for Pro Roper have to be designed first, who knows?
Wink Smiley

There are two special rules which are enforced by the script:

  • You have to collect one health crate first to unlock the weapons; a message will appear if the weapons have been unlocked.
  • You only can attack from a rope or while flying with a rope selected

The turn time is only 15s, so you have to be quick!

I have tested the stuff and it seems to work so far. There is only one minor problem: At the first turn no health crate drops. This is very strange; simply skip the turn in this case. It does not really affect the game. If somebody can explain me what’s wrong here I’d be glad.

I hope you like it. And I’ll probably suck in this as hell.

New version

When comes a new version of the game and what it will be?

Linux Game Awards

Hello,

We have found Hedhewars worthy to be nominated as the project of the month.
The Project of the Month was (re)created to raise awareness for individual free game projects and for the the free gaming community in general.
The community can vote on their favorite project, and the winner will get a free one month advertising on the popular Linux Gaming websites: lgdb.org, portablelinuxgames.org, linuxgamingnews.org and gamingonlinux.com
Prizes from other associated websites may follow.

Here is a direct link to the voting page, please spread the word to the community and hedgewars might win the prize.
http://www.linuxgameawards.org/award-instance/project-of-the-month-january-2014

Thank You,
Maxim Bardin
LinuxGameAwards.org

Apology to Star-and-moon

I'm sorry, Star & Moon, for calling you selfish. I promise I'll never do that again. Please bring back PAotH.

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