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Old 02-04-2005, 06:21 PM   #1
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What has been the FF team's planning methods?

I think you guys said that you have been planning this mod for more than a year now, which makes me wnder how you guys have progressed towards the final product.

For example, did you guys start by
listing the bugs you wanted to be done away with
listing all the new abilities the hl2 engine offered TF style gameplay
then had a mighty long discussion on what needs to be done about class balance

im sure the list is probably alot longer and complicated than that, im just interested to see a little insight of how the planning stages has worked.

Thanks for your time.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:27 PM   #2
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Analysis - Design - Implementation - Testing xD
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Old 02-05-2005, 03:37 AM   #3
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I know there's underwear and profit somewhere around here...
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Old 02-05-2005, 03:43 AM   #4
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LOL if your refering to that South Park episode lmao
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Old 02-05-2005, 04:02 AM   #5
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Old 02-05-2005, 05:11 AM   #6
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haha, Jiggles: you never cease to amaze me.

But as for the main question...

Given a new engine, it was likely that various bugs wouldn't carry over. They were worth identifying, though. Before working on identifying bugs, and since the idea was to make a mod that was *like* TFC (in a lot of ways, but certainly not identical to)... Defrag created an amazing document that contained just about every aspect of TFC. All weapons, classes, etc - and very detailed characteristics & numbers corresponding each.

To make the rest of the long story short...

A list of desired changes came after that. Then various features and gameplay aspects were or approved / denied.

Once the HL2/SDK came out, some research had to go into determining the features and capabilities of each. Various tasks were split among people based partly on their specialty and partly on what they're good at.

The categories listed on the dev team site sort of emerged naturally. Tasks were further split up into manageable pieces... and little by little we're seeing the results.

Hope this helps - I know it's not the most in-depth analysis possible, but it gives you an idea
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Old 02-05-2005, 07:15 AM   #7
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It would be intrestign to see the initial document about current tfc that defrag made, although i dont know if you wish to release it.
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Old 02-05-2005, 04:04 PM   #8
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I agree with Apoc. That would be very interesting to see...
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Old 02-05-2005, 04:14 PM   #9
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Sorry we dont intend to release that document.
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Old 02-05-2005, 05:55 PM   #10
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It also contains an ingenious get rich quick scheme I invented. So we can't release it ;(
All I have to say is the document was well in excess of 100 pages and that i'm a huge, horrible nerd.
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Old 02-05-2005, 06:28 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by qui
Analysis - Design - Implementation - Testing xD
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggles
I know there's underwear and profit somewhere around here...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Defrag
It also contains an ingenious get rich quick scheme I invented.
Jiggles was right!

Well me steal all the underwear thats phase 1 and then ?production? thats phase 2 and then profit!
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Old 02-05-2005, 11:14 PM   #12
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omgz 100 pages? now theres something to read while on the can
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Old 02-07-2005, 10:45 AM   #13
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Quote:
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It also contains an ingenious get rich quick scheme I invented. So we can't release it ;(
All I have to say is the document was well in excess of 100 pages and that i'm a huge, horrible nerd.
Well, at least you're honest about it :P
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Old 02-07-2005, 12:58 PM   #14
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It also contains an ingenious get rich quick scheme I invented. So we can't release it ;(
All I have to say is the document was well in excess of 100 pages and that i'm a huge, horrible nerd.
Any chance this can be released upon the initial release of ff, would make for quite a brilliant use of a sunday afternoon
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Old 02-07-2005, 06:40 PM   #15
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It also contains an ingenious get rich quick scheme I invented. So we can't release it ;(
All I have to say is the document was well in excess of 100 pages and that i'm a huge, horrible nerd.
That must be an exaggeration. You couldn't pay me enough money to even write half that much about TFC. I dont see how that was possible. Unless it was the largest font.
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Old 02-07-2005, 07:07 PM   #16
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I'm afraid that's no exaggeration.

The font is a normal-sized font, and the document reads like a whitepaper (if you're familiar with those). Defrag really is that big of a nerd ;D <3 fraggles. Doesn't say much for me, though, since I read the thing.
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Old 02-07-2005, 07:26 PM   #17
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i bet i could read it, air force manuals r the most dry pieces of shit ever, and i have a shit load of them to read
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