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[Ialdabaoth]

So, here's how you fix flamers:

1. Make trees flammable. A flamer that hits a tree automatically lights it on fire.

2. Trees that are on fire spew smoke in a 30 meter radius around the tree. The smoke disrupts visual and IR sensor modes.

3. Trees within 30 meters of a tree that is on fire have a 5% per second chance of igniting; trees which are on fire have a 5% per second chance of going out.

This is what flamers are for in the TT game, and there is nothing sweeter than lighting a forest on fire and then advancing under cover of the smoke.

Network-wise, this could be done reasonably easily without lag, since you only need to send the following info:

1. Tree #<tree_id32> is now on fire
2. Tree #<tree_id32> is no longer on fire

Since there are less than 4 billion trees per map, you should be able to transmit the current 'fire' state of all trees without using much bandwidth.

[Phaesphoros]

Sounds like Conway's Game of Life. Do you want to build a Turing machine of burning trees?

[Ialdabaoth]

I admit, the idea does hold strong appeal to me.

But yeah. Fix flamers, then introduce the Firestarter. It'd be hilarious!