Melee Idea

Tuna_ · Post by **Tuna_** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:08 am

It would be awesome if you could pick up the weapons of your defeated foes in melee just as though it was chaos dm. That way you could switch through the weapons that you have picked up to find one that will better help the situation.

jb · Post by jb » Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:10 pm

Tuna_ wrote:It would be awesome if you could pick up the weapons of your defeated foes in melee just as though it was chaos dm. That way you could switch through the weapons that you have picked up to find one that will better help the situation.

We can look into that but it may not happen. Duel started out as a one on one, first kill wins type of thing. So as you as you killed you guy the round was over. Also to get the cool weapon dropping effect, we dont use Epic's normal death weapon toss. We remove the weapon, then spawn a "gib" class and give it the same mesh as the weapon. This gives us the weapon bounce effect. (I would agree that we should work on this effect more so as the current one is ok but could use some teaking). This would require us to change they idea behind how we handle the weapons of duel.....

Phantasma · Post by **Phantasma** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:10 pm

I got one too, how about the addition of Death Blow's. A Death Blow would be a move only useable in special matches like one on one, because it would raise alot of issues in a 4 way. Well the Death Blow is a move that would be used when your opponent's heart is beating or in the area of 19 hp. What the move would be is a auto headshot or something that would make alot of gibs(whatever works best for the weapon). An if the move connects it'll bring up a close view of what is about to happen, kind of like the death camra in offline play. An because of this camra change this move wouldn't be used in a 4-way or LMS. After the move is completed the annoucer would say something special like "Holy ****". Instead of what it would usually say.

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:51 pm

How do you make the camera show what is about to happen if the blade is already slicing up the opponent?

How about an online Death Cam for the last person to die?

And how about making the announcer say something like GOD-LIKE! or WICKED SICK! or HOLY SH!T when you own someone or get totally owned yourself? Like one-hit kills or flawless victories.

And can you make the weapon fall more realistically? Also, I would like to see your melee weapon get stuck if you're not careful and you hit a solid object. It would be funny to see someone frantically trying to pull his sword out of the wall while his enemy rushes to attack him.

FireFly · Post by **FireFly** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:30 pm

We can look into that but it may not happen. Duel started out as a one on one, first kill wins type of thing. So as you as you killed you guy the round was over. Also to get the cool weapon dropping effect, we dont use Epic's normal death weapon toss. We remove the weapon, then spawn a "gib" class and give it the same mesh as the weapon. This gives us the weapon bounce effect. (I would agree that we should work on this effect more so as the current one is ok but could use some teaking). This would require us to change they idea behind how we handle the weapons of duel.....

Can you not use karma?

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:00 pm

We are using karma (well.. sorta) and thats the problem. Karma is not sent over the network, and depending on your physics settings, it can be different on each persons PC. This means locations for dead bodies and things can change, and thus that sword that just dropped in our version wont have a location on the server, and thus isnt pick-upable.

Bananasalat · Post by **Bananasalat** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:56 pm

You can use KActors in inet games.
And everyone sees the same thing.
(played a map full of KActors on FUs server)

May you dont use KActors

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:56 pm

As jb said, its a gib thats given the mesh of the weapon.

Bananasalat · Post by **Bananasalat** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:57 pm

ahh ok

sry

Tuna_ · Post by **Tuna_** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:07 pm

then how does it work that you can pick up weapons in chaos dm?

ZCaliber · Post by **ZCaliber** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:29 pm

In Chaos DM, Weapons are dropped as weapons, and not as a part of a gib chunk (So, in Duel the weapon is kinda like a part of your body, whilst in DM it isn't)

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:06 pm

I wanna be able to pick up a gib...

Tuna_ · Post by **Tuna_** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:32 am

lol whack someone with a piece of a leg Take That!

ZCaliber · Post by **ZCaliber** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:37 pm

To quote a famous web 'cartoon'

"Jimmy was the last to go, Tex came up behind him, ripped his skull right from his head, and started beating him to death with it."

"Wait a minute, beating him to death with his own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible."

"That's exactly what Jimmy kept saying!"

Jimmy: "This doesn't seem phisically possible!" *As he's gettin' beat down by his own skull mind you*

Zachariah · Post by **Zachariah** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:42 pm

Red Vs Blue?