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Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100841]

Fri, 19 March 2004 05:15

PySnake is currently offline

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Registered:March 2004

Now let me preface this with this: I've played JA2UB maps where the enemy drops everything, if the enemy has a pistol, he drops it and the ammo he's carrying. I tend to dislike those maps because you end up with too much "junk" in a sector when you're done there (8 .38 pistols, 20 nibs of .38 ammo, etc.). The balance/money issue comes up too when you can sell all that stuff.

I just wondered, what do people think about an INI "drop all" option in JA2? I've always been conflicted about this. I like the balance of the game the way it is; but if an enemy was shooting at me with an M-16 (and I only have pistols), I would want it (especially if I defeated him using only those pistols).

By putting in a "drop all" as an INI option, people could play the game how they wanted, unless there's a better solution to this (drop 50%, drop only weapons)?

What are your thoughts?

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100842]

Fri, 19 March 2004 05:34

jurisk is currently offline

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Registered:March 2004

I'm all for a "drop all" option, but that basically requires a scenario where the enemies' stats are boosted to be similar to your mercs' stats.

As to junk in sector - having sector "pockets" be of infinite size and have them "auto-merge" similar items may be an easy solution. And perhaps more flexible removal of stuff from the sector.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100843]

Fri, 19 March 2004 10:16

Kaerar is currently offline

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Registered:January 2003
Location: Australia :D

The drop all function would be a great addition. But with options, with the ability to say drop all firearms/weapons, a drop everthing and drop ammo definitions and it'd be golden!

With moving the stuff, making vehicles have an inventory capability would be useful, using a different interface to the mercs you could have say 4 sets of 4 large item boxes, which would be able to carry an ample amount of kit for the average team. Maybe allowing a road only vehicle quite early then a roam everywhere Hummer or Jeep later on.

Auto merge and more intelligent item handling in sector inventories with the ability to hold up to 10,000 items per sector.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100844]

Fri, 19 March 2004 10:39

Khor1255 is currently offline

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Registered:August 2003
Location: Pleasantville, NJ

I think I might be on to the part in the code that determines vehichle placement. I'm not even close to being able to really understand the syntax of C but was thinking of looking for the movement code of mercs (in tactical mode), copying that and superimposing it to the vehichles in tactical mode part.
Inventory would (of course) follow shortly. I'm looking for what determines speed of movement (in tactical) and bumping that up. This is just awesome! My brother writes code for machines (not C unfortunately) and he tells me there really are no limits to how much you can write into a game provided you have enough time and access to therapy. Women work fine in that capacity.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100845]

Fri, 19 March 2004 11:06

Digicrab is currently offline

Messages:253
Registered:December 2003

Please note that we are trying to stay away from adding individual mods as options. I personally feel that this puts too much burden on the user to figure out what everything is. What we are doing is separating radical new mods from plain JA2. Right now we have "Platinum" mode that you can choose at the start of the game. This mode contains all the features the members of the project liked.

Re: Vehicle inventory

I've thought of this even before the source came out. Rest assured, if I don't get hit by a truck, you will see this feature in Platinum at some point in time.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100846]

Sat, 20 March 2004 01:14

Rude Dog is currently offline

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Registered:March 2001
Location: Chasing Pussy

Digicrab,
Do you mean that we will be able to use the vehicles IE. the Hummer to haul equipment and supplies?

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100847]

Sat, 20 March 2004 05:55

Khor1255 is currently offline

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Registered:August 2003
Location: Pleasantville, NJ

I'll up the anty of that last question by adding; why not make vehichles moveable in tactical mode? Of course you would need to counterbalance this by giving the enemy vehichles as well.
I think I hear the clinking of tank treads now...

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100848]

Sat, 20 March 2004 07:21

Ninth Hour is currently offline

Messages:33
Registered:January 2004

Moving vehicles during tactical mode would require new vehicle animations, wouldn't it? Seems like a thorny problem.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100849]

Sat, 20 March 2004 07:34

Digicrab is currently offline

Messages:253
Registered:December 2003

@Rude Dog

Yes, I hope to make it so that you can load up the jeep with spare supplies. I always wondered why I had to carry that mortar in my backpack around with me everywhere. =)

Re: Moving vehicles in tactical
Why would you want to do this?

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100850]

Sat, 20 March 2004 07:44

wudu is currently offline

Messages:56
Registered:September 2002

Two words:

Vehicular Manslaughter.

Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100851]

Sat, 20 March 2004 18:27

Snap is currently offline

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Registered:September 2000
Location: USA (by way of the Old Wo...

@Digicrab: so you get either all or nothing? In that case I would limit "Platinum" to basically bug fixes (of which there could be plenty) and perhaps some very obvious enhancements that everyone can agree on. But arguable stuff like increased line of site or precise CtH display would be better as options. Just my opinion.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100852]

Sat, 20 March 2004 18:37

Khor1255 is currently offline

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Registered:August 2003
Location: Pleasantville, NJ

Why would you want vehichles to move in tactical mode? Really? Is that a real question?
For starters, there's the fact that tanks can't even move toward where the action is. Second, when bloodcats attack you are somehow forced out of you're vehichle (and the cover it would provide you). And another reason is why the hell not? This could provide another dimetion. Right?

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100853]

Sat, 20 March 2004 22:44

Rude Dog is currently offline

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Registered:March 2001
Location: Chasing Pussy

You guys are going to hate me on this one, but I don't like the ides of moving vehicles in tactical screen.
Yeah, I'd be the first one on the block mowing women, children, and red shirts down for the fun of it. The amount of extra animations for not only the vehicles but for the victims would be enormous! There would have to be anims of the people trying to get out of the way and then either flying through the air like a rag doll that got spit out of a Rottweiller's mouth in mid shake or getting crushed under the wheels of the car, truck, or tank.
My vote is NO MOVING VEHICLES, only for that reason.

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Master Sergeant

Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100854]

Sun, 21 March 2004 06:57

JSF is currently offline

Messages:8
Registered:March 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada

Here's a thought, why don't you gather all the modifications that you make in the game -resolution, moving vehicles, etc- put them into a mod, and make a second options menu for the mod options? This would give people the opportunity to choose which of the mods they want to play with during the game. :whoknows:

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100855]

Sun, 21 March 2004 09:35

Messages:176
Registered:May 2002
Location: Los Angeles ( Hollywood )...

@JSF

Because we are not making a MOD, we are making the source code more easily mod-able by / for others.

The changes we are making are being done so that YOU can change things the way you want them. Making item lists, and weapons lists, city locations etc, external from the .exe .

The resolution change is just that, it does not give more color depth, or nicer images, it just allows people to display the game at a larger resolution ( for laptops, large monitors etc.).

Adding an inventory to the Hummer etc. has been wanted since the game originally came out and I hope it will make it into a future release of the code by this group. The same is true for the burst mode being uncapped, the CtH curser, the ability to relocate cities and SAM sites, allowing the END GAME trigger to be changed etc.

Headshot

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100856]

Sun, 21 March 2004 13:45

Digicrab is currently offline

Messages:253
Registered:December 2003

Don't forget fully automatic weapons. =)

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100857]

Sun, 21 March 2004 14:29

JSF is currently offline

Messages:8
Registered:March 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada

My bad, I see what you mean. :ok: Sounds good.

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100858]

Sun, 21 March 2004 17:18

Ghrad is currently offline

Messages:5
Registered:November 2003

Full Auto?!? Please, please, please?!?! And a pretty good example of mobile vehicles is already out there...Fallout Tactics. You gotta love that tank, with a firing weapon. Maybe if the vehicles move, then it would be possible to add mutliple positions for weapons, man that .50 and the main gun. *Grins evilly*

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100859]

Fri, 26 March 2004 22:38

LlamaGod is currently offline

Messages:6
Registered:March 2004
Location: Yggdrassil

How about ammo packs or something? Like maybe a pouch that can strap on to your merc's leg and you can store clips and smaller ammo (shells, speedloaders), but probably no missles?

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100860]

Fri, 26 March 2004 23:39

defrog is currently offline

Messages:235
Registered:March 2004
Location: Austria

well moving vehicles and shooting from them is on my wish list... along with vehicle inventories...

but I'm evil; watch the RPG! ohh crap the humvee is toast; and... ohh wait, you exploded with it! Smile

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just need to animate the .50cal gunner getting ripped in 2 to make me truly happy! Smile

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Re: Enemies Drop Everything?[message #100861]

Sat, 27 March 2004 03:21

McKnight is currently offline

Messages:6
Registered:January 2004
Location: Sydney, Au

Just for the sake of throwing in my 2c - Im against vehicles in tactical mode, yeah all for em in a 3D game - but we dont have the source code for one of them do we...

For those who are keen to mod their own version of 'enemies drop everything':
build\tactical\inventory choosing.c
The percentage chance for enemies dropping stuff is defined right at the top, with helpful comments and all.
I havent walked right through this bit of the code yet - but a simple change there and a recompile should get you where you want to go.

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