redirection

Ratatosk · Post by **Ratatosk** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:38 pm

ok i know it might not be easy to do and useless on some servers, but what about a flag that takes a set ammount of hits and makes it as if it was shot into a portal and will just randomly come out of a portal

Goodbye2U · Post by **Goodbye2U** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:44 pm

You mean some sort of turret? But it takes the shots fired from
other people, and uses those.
Actually, from what I can gather, there's a much better turret being implemented.
There would be no need for this flag.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:05 pm

Goodbye2U wrote:You mean some sort of turret? But it takes the shots Actually, from what I can gather, there's a much better turret being implemented.

Huh? what are you talking about?

Joe-Schmoe · Post by **Joe-Schmoe** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:42 pm

I think what he means is, while you're holding this flag, you don't get hit. Instead, the bullets teleport to the nearest teleporter. Kind of like the shield flag.

I think it's a bit too similar to SH though. Maybe if it ricocheted off the tank instead of being absorbed...

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:59 pm

I understand what Murtagh is saying. My question is for Goodbye2U since he seems to indicate that some sort of turret is being worked on.

captainmack · Post by **captainmack** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:42 pm

yeah, what is this turret that is being developed?

ducktape · Post by **ducktape** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:57 am

captainmack wrote:yeah, what is this turret that is being developed?

I dont believe there is not one in development, i think thats what Jeffm is talking about.

captainmack · Post by **captainmack** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:25 am

ducktape wrote:
captainmack wrote:yeah, what is this turret that is being developed?
I dont believe there is not one in development, i think thats what Jeffm is talking about.

ohh, i didnt notice that was jeff. makes sense

LJuk · Post by **LJuk** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:22 pm

No, it was goodbye, I think.

Goodbye2U · Post by **Goodbye2U** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:12 am

(resists posting Phoenix Wright's "Take That!")

It's in the wiki project ideas, namely here:

Two-player tanks *

Make modifications to the game such that it is optionally possible (e.g. via a server configuration) to allow multiplayer tanks where one player can only drive and the other can control the turret. The implementation would have to be some simple/intuitive interface to join and depart tanks as well as implemented in a fashion that preserves the "spirit" of BZFlag's operational simplicity.

But apparently I missed that this was an idea, not something being worked on. My bad.

Ratatosk · Post by **Ratatosk** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:15 am

Joe-Schmoe wrote:I think what he means is, while you're holding this flag, you don't get hit. Instead, the bullets teleport to the nearest teleporter. Kind of like the shield flag.

I think it's a bit too similar to SH though. Maybe if it ricocheted off the tank instead of being absorbed...

yes this is a good idea as well. it could even be a better one, but there was never really a plan to put it in a turret or something, just to kinda route it onto the teleporters, but the reflect idea is better because some worlds dont have portals