Question to MOD team: Combine Shields

o_yohan1973 · 06-08-2005, 04:38 PM

I'm not partial to doors in the small maps I'm working on. Will it be posible to use "combine shields" in this mod with "team" entities.
Meaning a shield that will only allow red or blue team to enter or even shoot through.

Even more,
Will I be able to use the combine shield that will only allow certain classes to access the other side for any given team?

Will I be able to make the shield glow with a team color?

Will I be able to option or toggle between a "kill" and "deny access" shield?

The shields CAN offer soooooooooooo many option to game play. Please ohhhhh please make sure

o_voipme · 06-08-2005, 04:45 PM

Now, this isn't coming from a mapper, but I think it works like this. The combine shield effect is a texture. Soooo...I think you can make certain objects and stuff react differently to each team. Something like the spawns on tempest_r3.

o_sobe green · 06-08-2005, 05:11 PM

Wow I didn't think about this. This would be great. I don't know how hard it would be to implement though. It reminds me of what the doors on roasted should be like. I think its roasted that I'm thinking of.

o_yohan1973 · 06-08-2005, 05:48 PM

I used to make little "turtle-ish maps" to play with my co-workers durring lunch break. There were only 4-8 of us on any given day. I used to use the lazers to protect entry ways from the opposing team but now that we have the "shield" that would be a really great since I'm one of those folks that loves to blure the line between indoor and out door areas the "shield" just fits soooooo perfectly into that design theme IMHO.

o_broodingdude · 06-08-2005, 05:55 PM

An excellent point/suggestion. I think that this would add a good dimension to gameplay as well. I would love to stand behind one of these and show my sprited derriere to some uber-sniper that's been fraggin all day.

o_anshinritsumai · 06-08-2005, 08:06 PM

I like your idea.

The ability to have it as a selective barrier or killing shield to repsawns.

o_docwolfe · 06-08-2005, 08:39 PM

it's the same idea as the lasers in rock2 :P

o_etzell · 06-08-2005, 09:15 PM

Not to mention numerous custom maps.

o_yohan1973 · 06-08-2005, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etzell

Not to mention numerous custom maps.

I never said it was comletely original...I just wanted to know that I'd be able to use the shields the way we used to use lazers but with some added features such as team based non-killing barriors. As far as I know lazers could not do that. All lazers could do is damage/kill...they couldn't deny access the way shields can.

o_eat · 06-08-2005, 10:44 PM

Yeh its possible to do.

o_sobe green · 06-09-2005, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DocWolfe

it's the same idea as the lasers in rock2 :P

No, this shield would block grenades, gunshots, rockets, anything damaging from entering it at all while letting the right team walk through it. The lasers just keep the physical player from coming in. Grenades and rockets are still game.

06-08-2005, 04:38 PM	#1
o_yohan1973 Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Question to MOD team: Combine Shields I'm not partial to doors in the small maps I'm working on. Will it be posible to use "combine shields" in this mod with "team" entities. Meaning a shield that will only allow red or blue team to enter or even shoot through. Even more, Will I be able to use the combine shield that will only allow certain classes to access the other side for any given team? Will I be able to make the shield glow with a team color? Will I be able to option or toggle between a "kill" and "deny access" shield? The shields CAN offer soooooooooooo many option to game play. Please ohhhhh please make sure

06-08-2005, 04:45 PM	#2
o_voipme Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Work Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Now, this isn't coming from a mapper, but I think it works like this. The combine shield effect is a texture. Soooo...I think you can make certain objects and stuff react differently to each team. Something like the spawns on tempest_r3.

06-08-2005, 05:11 PM	#3
o_sobe green Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Wow I didn't think about this. This would be great. I don't know how hard it would be to implement though. It reminds me of what the doors on roasted should be like. I think its roasted that I'm thinking of.

06-08-2005, 05:48 PM	#4
o_yohan1973 Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I used to make little "turtle-ish maps" to play with my co-workers durring lunch break. There were only 4-8 of us on any given day. I used to use the lazers to protect entry ways from the opposing team but now that we have the "shield" that would be a really great since I'm one of those folks that loves to blure the line between indoor and out door areas the "shield" just fits soooooo perfectly into that design theme IMHO.

06-08-2005, 05:55 PM	#5
o_broodingdude Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hawaii Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	An excellent point/suggestion. I think that this would add a good dimension to gameplay as well. I would love to stand behind one of these and show my sprited derriere to some uber-sniper that's been fraggin all day.

06-08-2005, 08:06 PM	#6
o_anshinritsumai Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I like your idea. The ability to have it as a selective barrier or killing shield to repsawns.

06-08-2005, 08:39 PM	#7
o_docwolfe Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	it's the same idea as the lasers in rock2 :P

06-08-2005, 09:15 PM	#8
o_etzell Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Not to mention numerous custom maps.

06-08-2005, 10:44 PM	#10
o_eat Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yeh its possible to do.

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