new flag...
new flag...
i might have seen someone mention this once...
have a flag that allows you to crawl up flat surfaces
or go accross a ceiling..wooohooo!
and of course go around corners so you can move up the side of a box the on to the top...
if you drop your flag....you fall right side up to the ground...
have a flag that allows you to crawl up flat surfaces
or go accross a ceiling..wooohooo!
and of course go around corners so you can move up the side of a box the on to the top...
if you drop your flag....you fall right side up to the ground...
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The problem with a flag idea such as that, is not so much the climbing on stuff, as it is the aiming / shooting. Ask patlabor on IRC sometime to expound on the difficulties of changing the aiming mechanism.
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well, the problem is, as I understand it ... you would need to compensate for negative angles, if indeed, shooting is to be allowed with a flag of this nature.
For example, suppose I were to drive on a ceiling in a box, and an enemy crept up on me -- how do I shoot the enemy on the floor while I am on the ceiling? IIRC, the math isn't complex, but rather, the fundamental change in gameplay that would be brought about by this, is unwanted by the maintainer at this point in time (or probably forever).
I'm sure someone more intelligent than I will respond if I'm wrong.
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For example, suppose I were to drive on a ceiling in a box, and an enemy crept up on me -- how do I shoot the enemy on the floor while I am on the ceiling? IIRC, the math isn't complex, but rather, the fundamental change in gameplay that would be brought about by this, is unwanted by the maintainer at this point in time (or probably forever).
I'm sure someone more intelligent than I will respond if I'm wrong.
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okay
okay when your on the wall you can't shoot? would that work?
here are 2 more i thought up....i might have heard of one before
from someone elses idea..
1. freeze or imoblize ..you fire at someone they can't move
for 1- 10 seconds therefore making them an easy victim
for other players...5 seconds should be enough for most
people.
2. wind cannon when fired knocks you accross map till you hit
something then spins you 360 degrees a couple times to
disorient you...cannot affect shots fired already just
vehicles.
here are 2 more i thought up....i might have heard of one before
from someone elses idea..
1. freeze or imoblize ..you fire at someone they can't move
for 1- 10 seconds therefore making them an easy victim
for other players...5 seconds should be enough for most
people.
2. wind cannon when fired knocks you accross map till you hit
something then spins you 360 degrees a couple times to
disorient you...cannot affect shots fired already just
vehicles.
I've come up with a few, diffrent new flag ideas myself... I'm not sure if these are repeats or not, but I'll post them anyways.
-RF Right (starbord) track failgure. Your right track is dead, only allowing you to pivit around it.
-LF Left (port) track failgure. Same as above, just the left track.
+AT Anti theif. If this flag is stolen, It freezes and disables the theif.
+AM Anti Missile missile. Blocks a limited number of GM shots, usless aginst all others.
+BS Burrowing Shot. When you shoot, the bullets burrow, allowing you to kill burrowed (and normal) tanks, and shoot under walls that are just off the ground enough to allow the Burrowed tanks to pass. Also useful for shooting tanks below you on buildings, as the bullet would decent from the point you shot it.
+GR Grappler. Shoots a grappler at another tank, or flag, allowing you to pull it to you. If it is hostile, it is killed, if friendly it is droped dirctly in front of you, and If it is a flag, you drop the Grappler flag, gaining the target flag.
+TR Tracking. You see the last 400 units of trail of the tank you targeted. If ST, then the first 50 units is invisable on radar, but can be seen in world.
+PS Phase Shifting. Your tank is impervious to super bullets, but can be destroyed by all others.
-BE Becon. GM's can lock onto you even if the their tank is faceing away from you. Missiles track better.
-RF Right (starbord) track failgure. Your right track is dead, only allowing you to pivit around it.
-LF Left (port) track failgure. Same as above, just the left track.
+AT Anti theif. If this flag is stolen, It freezes and disables the theif.
+AM Anti Missile missile. Blocks a limited number of GM shots, usless aginst all others.
+BS Burrowing Shot. When you shoot, the bullets burrow, allowing you to kill burrowed (and normal) tanks, and shoot under walls that are just off the ground enough to allow the Burrowed tanks to pass. Also useful for shooting tanks below you on buildings, as the bullet would decent from the point you shot it.
+GR Grappler. Shoots a grappler at another tank, or flag, allowing you to pull it to you. If it is hostile, it is killed, if friendly it is droped dirctly in front of you, and If it is a flag, you drop the Grappler flag, gaining the target flag.
+TR Tracking. You see the last 400 units of trail of the tank you targeted. If ST, then the first 50 units is invisable on radar, but can be seen in world.
+PS Phase Shifting. Your tank is impervious to super bullets, but can be destroyed by all others.
-BE Becon. GM's can lock onto you even if the their tank is faceing away from you. Missiles track better.
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how bout a bad flag dat duznt allow u 2 shoot 4 a certain amount of time? like a Weapon Malfunction(WM or WX) flag?
an how bout a good flag dat allows u 2 steer ur bullets? by movin ur tank either left or right(an wen u jump or fall) .. basically it follows da same movements as ur tank... sorta like a semi-guided missle =P
or Guided Bullet(GB) flag?
yes/no?
an how bout a good flag dat allows u 2 steer ur bullets? by movin ur tank either left or right(an wen u jump or fall) .. basically it follows da same movements as ur tank... sorta like a semi-guided missle =P
or Guided Bullet(GB) flag?
yes/no?
I dont think the game need more solo-flags. Would be nice to see more features on the battlefield, new building-shapes, perhaps moving objects, doors etc.
However, if i should come up with input on new flags, it would be nice to see flags, that might be usefull teamwise.
Eg: Missle Flares. One tank got shots that"attract" GMs, however the "shots" themselves are harmless. So this tank would need a helper to do the real kill.
However, if i should come up with input on new flags, it would be nice to see flags, that might be usefull teamwise.
Eg: Missle Flares. One tank got shots that"attract" GMs, however the "shots" themselves are harmless. So this tank would need a helper to do the real kill.
I don't need huge pictures here.
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what about a flag that kills everyone on the field, except for me? we can call it the "Death Barrel Survives" Flag DBS
or maybe a flag that will lay an egg and produce tiny little super bot tanks that follow the flag carriers ever move and shots "Egg Laying Bot Flag" ELB
or maybe, hmmm, did you guys ever play "Contra" for nintendo? they had that spreads flag that sould spread out in abot a 45 degree angle and kill everything in front. "Spreads" S
or maybe a flag that produces a hallogram and you always apear to be somewhere on the radar that you really arent. "Halogram" H
or maybe a flag that that has a big ass hammer atached to it so if you come near it it will smash till you die from it? "Big Ass Atached Hammer" flag BAAH
these are just some thoughts, i am sure they would be pretty easy to add to the game
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or maybe a flag that will lay an egg and produce tiny little super bot tanks that follow the flag carriers ever move and shots "Egg Laying Bot Flag" ELB
or maybe, hmmm, did you guys ever play "Contra" for nintendo? they had that spreads flag that sould spread out in abot a 45 degree angle and kill everything in front. "Spreads" S
or maybe a flag that produces a hallogram and you always apear to be somewhere on the radar that you really arent. "Halogram" H
or maybe a flag that that has a big ass hammer atached to it so if you come near it it will smash till you die from it? "Big Ass Atached Hammer" flag BAAH
these are just some thoughts, i am sure they would be pretty easy to add to the game
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baaahhhd, death barrel!Death Barrel wrote:or maybe a flag that that has a big ass hammer atached to it so if you come near it it will smash till you die from it? "Big Ass Atached Hammer" flag BAAH
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