Chaotic Dreams

Hey Everyone,

I have a few questions And here they go:

Concerning the grappler, I understand that you can use them anywhere to pull yourself to that object, and if you were to "accidentally" grapple someone you would fly towards them But my question is, since a grappler uses claws to grab onto a target before pulling you in, could the grappler be used as a weapon since you would be "clawing" someone? Now I understand since it's unlimited, it shouldn't inflict more damage than say 5 hp. Is this already in the plans for the grappler of UT2K3, or could it be ?

Second, Could you explain more about the Anti Gravity Belt , Jump Boots, and the Enhanced Rail Delivery Weapon? I know that the anti gravity belt will cause you to fly, but for how long, and are there are limits? And for the jump boots, how high can you jump and do they have to recarge after each jump? And finally I have no idea what the Enchanced Rail Delivery Weapon is

Third, concering the Heart Beat Sounds when your health is low, could this option be at the discretion of the user, or will it be forced upon for realism?

Fourth, how do laser trip mines exactly work? Could I simply shoot at the laser beam to cause an explosion, or would I have to shoot the actual mine?

And Finally, here's an idea, would it be possible for you guys to reconfigure andrenaline, so that so many andrenaline points could do certain things?(ie 50 andrenaline could transport you back to base?)

Now I understand that you're still in the alpha stages, so you don't have to answer everything, but what I'm looking for is a little more explanation that just stating what will be in it If you guys want to make it a surprise, feel free to again

Thanks,
Evolution

Below are the answers to some of your questions. Keep in mind this is all work in progress. Some things may change by a little, lot or get complely dropped as we dont have everthing tweaked yet:

Evolution{FU} wrote:But my question is, since a grappler uses claws to grab onto a target before pulling you in, could the grappler be used as a weapon since you would be "clawing" someone?

That is in the game and working now damage is set to 10 but we may adjust that up or down.

Second, Could you explain more about the Anti Gravity Belt , Jump Boots, and the Enhanced Rail Delivery Weapon?

Antigravity belt lowers you gravity so you can "float" around or jump higher. The user will be able to turn it on/off. And at the moment the default time it will run is 30 seconds.

Jump boots allow you to jump higher in the Z direction. Right now they do not need to be charged inbetween jumps.

ERDW = Think of the guns in the movie Eraser and you will have an idea

Third, concering the Heart Beat Sounds when your health is low, could this option be at the discretion of the user, or will it be forced upon for realism?

This feature was taken way back from the good ol Q2 version. It was not there to resemble realism just to give the user some feedback that their health is low...it also gives your enemies a signle that you are week. As it stands now there is no control to turn it on/off.

Thanks for taking the time to clear a few things up jb Well hopefully the beta will come out within a month And when the very first alpha or beta comes out, you'll be sure to see me playing it