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  croniev
  Just me or is this a bit cynical? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the gameplay is fun and everything. Just the concept makes me really uneasy, especially as I have a friend who's house was destroyed recently in war...
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  erelong
  Top comment is kind of skeptical of this kind of game idea, so let me go in a different direction (I'm not necessarily bothered by the game concept):what other kinds of games could we create using OpenStreetMap?Could the game have a "rebuilder" role for people to rebuild destroyed areas?Could you do like a "Pokemon Go" and search for hidden treasure in different areas?Could you just "mark" areas without destroying them, like capturing different areas with colors or something?
• peibin
  It's just for fun guys. It's just a game ! Don't let game play yourself !
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  heggy
  Fun idea but horribly laggy. Just driving down a street and I would get bounced back constantly and make very little progress. Ping was showing up as much as 5000ms
• gosen
  it's kind of entertaining as a game for sure, but I guess last few years changed me in a way that I felt sad when I played.. I guess because I thought that it can easily be a reality and it is a reality in a few places right now :(of course there're still many games with violence which I played and I don't want to be a moralist, but here something clicked differently, is it the "real buildings" maybe?
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  vfosnar
  as an active osm contributor and community member and io games enjoyer i love this.if the author is readin this by any chance pretty please improve the attribution placement, projects like this are whats bringin interested people in to help us build a better open map for everyone <3
• dasyatidprime
  I can't load the thing, but the idea reminds me of the trope of adolescents playing early FPSes and making maps based on their homes and schools, for good or for bad…
• pjmlp
  Neat idea, however in my home town it quickly gets stuck on the streets, maybe the collision testing isn't that great.
• jms703
  I just demo'd my own home. Kinda felt nice. Always wanted to rebuild it.
• anon
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  jaapz
  5 minute respawn timer after being shot is a bit excessive
• chiph
  For US addresses, can you include the state in the search? It's common for the same city name to be reused. For example: Dallas North Carolina (small town) vs Dallas Texas (metropolis)
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  fixitplz
  I want to try this but every time I try to join either from my mobile or desktop (both on WiFi), I get this error: "That callsign belongs to another player. Pick a different one." that comes from the Railway-hosted wss://worldstrike.fun/wsHere's a full response with headers:HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols Connection: Upgrade Sec-Websocket-Accept: GeKaJfsfiYd9s2vROz7kMU3RDWA= Sec-Websocket-Extensions: permessage-deflate; server_no_context_takeover; client_no_context_takeover server: railway-hikari Upgrade: websocket X-Railway-Request-Id: UA8DKXk_TKiusD2aYqVb7A x-hikari-trace: lhr1.7mfs x-railway-edge: lhr1{"type":"error","message":"That callsign belongs to another player. Pick a different one."} Connection Closed: 1005
• Glyptodon
  Keep getting "lost the convoy."
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  glibg10b
  It keeps saying "Your connection dropped. Let’s get you back out there." after a few seconds, then returns me to my spawn point. I don't see any bad HTTP status codes in the network tabCan you make it a little more resilient on Wifi + 4G? I would really like to try this, it seems funAlso, incorporating elevation data would also be really cool
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  ByThyGrace
  This thing just crashed my whole DE. My GPU reset. Haven't had one like that in years.
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  discoinverno
  Nice! Are tanks spawned at the last picked location? I picked my hometown as I wanted to demolish a friend's house, and I was surprised to find 2 tanks there (it's a random small city in Europe).I also have the bug where it keeps respawning me to the starting point after ~30 seconds
• jimmydddd
  I can't see my tank because the status box takes up most of the screen?
• hettygreen
  The Last Starfighter meets the IDF
• treapassing-sil
  Destroying Mar-a-logo is a blast! So cathartic.But I'll stick to destroying places that have made my life miserable.
• netsharc
  I guess I wasn't the first to have the idea to flatten the White House...Bye bye, ballroom!
• u03c6
  of all the fun things you could do based on OpenStreetMap choosing to destroy cities says a lot about the values of our times
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  igleria
  I don't get it, how is it possible people are in my local town? or is this more populr than this thread? fun stuff nevertheless.
• NDlurker
  Anyone else immediately think of San Diego?
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  brontosaurusrex
  Is there a way to change viewing angle?
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  indrex
  Saw no buildings. Fired at the next tank.
• behole
  FUN. Tanks are not my "thing" but it was fun to cruise around LA shooting at stuff. I have always wanted to make a racing game with real roads around you. Make segments like from the house to the store and see who can drive em the fastest in game. Good inspo from worldstrike! TY
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  jagged-chisel
  Would love to see some stats on what people decide to destroy …
• cowlevel
  Hi there! My name is Ender, and I'd love to play this game.
• RicoElectrico
  Similar in spirit: https://kaijumietz.de/
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  m00dy
  it's missing interpolation on position estimation.
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  pythonRon
  It would be more fun if I could pick a city. Knocking down Trump's white house would be a kick.
• latexr
  I am genuinely interested in the opinions of people who live in or fled war-torn countries. Would they find this in poor taste? That it trivialises ongoing struggles? Have they tried looking into their own cities? Do they not care? Do they think this is somehow useful? Does it surface memories? Are they more bothered by the execution?Of course, we’d need more than one or two data points. If you know someone (or are you yourself) in that situation, I’d welcome learning your thoughts. No judgement or ulterior motive, just looking to understand another perspective.Edit: And, of course, the downvotes are already coming. Don’t know why I bother with this community anymore. Call for exploiting and exterminating other people (I’m not talking about this submission) and you are celebrated; but try to be empathetic and learn about others, no sirree, can’t have that, that’s a grave offence to the great hacker blowhards who frequent the big AI News network. This community has become putrid.
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