Got a Quick Suggestion? - Small suggestions that don't need their own thread

[scary_guy_from_halfl]

Argh, sorry, I keep forgetting irony doesn’t work on the internet

[Phat]

@NickAVV

ITT, Phat fails to understand jokes and sarcasm.

Yes, I am a robot that means that I do not comprehend things like emotions,humor and sarcasm.

[NickAVV]

Oh, okay, glad there’s a logical explanation for that previous post and you’re not just completely dumb. :3

[Phat]

@NickAVV

dumb. :3

E = mc^2

[Dillxn]

Edit: whoa, ninja’d big time.

[Nintyuk]

@scary guy from halflife

At this point if you’re going to suggest things and then get disappointed when told they won’t make it into the mod, you might as well just suggest things that are probably going to be in anyway.

SUGGESTION:
When you have a gun, you should be able to look at guys and click and sometimes make them fall down (ideally they would stop shooting you, too)!

SUGGESTION:
No, no, here’s a really crazy idea. I know this mod is supposed to be fairly serious, but what about if, out of nowhere, there’s the Ghostbusters gun!

SUGGESTION:
Also, I know that the team has potentially recorded hours of material, but to increase immersion, the player’s character shouldn’t say anything.

1. Excellent idea, I think we’ll call clicking shooting and the falling down bit dieing

2. Another cool idea, but to avoid confusion we’ll call it a gluon* gun

3. This idea fits in well with the theme of Half-Life, i think it will make the final cut

*is this how you spell it? It’s called the egon in the files but this is it’s proper name

[Guf]

@syshock

In real life a persons arms are independent-- meaning your head doesnt move along with them. In a hectic firefight, your gun will move around while being positioned on your shoulder or hip, and you take advantage of this motion by aiming while still being focused on one thing…it makes a difference because normally the camera stays centered on the gun making you think the persons head must be glued to the back end of the gun (which is robotic), but now it feels like someone is behind the gun.

If you are any good at holding a gun, your head will be stuck to it.

Also, note that in the HL FPS’s at least, the camera is your eyes, not some other indirectly controlled thing. Thus the only thing other than the gun being completely stuck to the camera is for it to lag behind the movement slightly. Crysis even shipped with just such an option. The first thing to move in RL is your eyeballs (camera) and the thing to move next is your head and if you are any good with guns, the gun with it. Hence the only realistic effect is a slight lag of the gun on the screen rather than any preceding the camera. I believe in Crysis it was cosmetic only tho - your actual aim wasn’t affected, tho I could be wrong about that.

@syshock

Free-aim doesnt mean you’re not focusing on your target or that you’re not holding you’re gun properly. You’re meant to put your arm’s in place first, aim and then shoot. Sometimes you can move your arm’s a bit while shooting if you’re confident that the gun is positioned corectly. In the videos (links) I posted, the gun was positioned normally but was slightly independent of the camera. The movement feels more natural and less robotic. Moving you’re head first means there’s less reaction time to danger, and if both move simultaneously then thats robotic. On the battlefield the obvious choice is to point you’re gun then see who came crawling out of the bushes.

Lets look at a real life situation…
You’re alone in the jungle. Its dark. You’ve got a handgun. You hear a sound behind you.
What do you do?..me? I’ll swing around and shoot the hell out of whatever is there. Also, about your head moving first… that only applies when your arm’s move out of you’re vison. Its only when you’re mentally prepared for something that both move in sync. For example you are waiting for someone to throw a ball. You’re eyes and head will move with your hand’s. Being mentally prepared all the time is un-realistic and robotic just as having the camera and gun always in sync.
It comes down to this we are talking about the battlefield and free-aim creates a realistic effect.

In the above, your arguments only support what I said above.

[Hmm - seems I missed a page…]

[Soup]

@Phat.

E = mc^2

I know you’re joking, but I’m not sure how…

@Nintyuk

*is this how you spell it? It’s called the egon in the files but this is it’s proper name

Yeah, it’s gluon. It’s one of those “look, we added real science to our game!” additions, since a gluon is a subatomic particle.

[scary_guy_from_halfl]

@Nintyuk

Yeah, it’s gluon. It’s one of those “look, we added real science to our game!” additions, since a gluon is a subatomic particle.

" I know! Let’s put in a gun that shoots bees!"

“What! That’s ridiculous! We’ll need to balance it out with a gun that shoots pure SCIENCE, like blue science!”

“BEES IS SCIENCE TOO :’(”

In a similar vein…

“We’ll put in a gun that shoots bouncy balls, but they make people into fire!”

"Only if we make it BLUE fire, because blue is SCIENCE color > "

No, no, only joking, I’m sure VALVe put plenty of hard work into designing the HL series’ weapons.

[Maxey]

I sure hope the BM team has come up with a nice fluid simulator for the Tau Cannon.

[Ballsopt]

what fluid? i assume it’s going to be more or less like the Tau cannon in HL2.

[Maxey]

The Tau Cannon shoots a superheated liquid, although I can’t explain how it bounces off the walls.

[Soup]

Oh god, not this again… There’s no reason for you to think it fires any kind of liquid, at all. The name is a big hint.

[Maxey]

Haha I know, I was just making a reference to iKy, I think.

[scary_guy_from_halfl]

@Maxey

The Tau Cannon shoots a superheated liquid, although I can’t explain how it bounces off the walls.

I certainly hope the BM team has better things to do than figure out how to squirt their superheated fluids all over everything!

[NickAVV]

@scary guy from halflife

" I know! Let’s put in a gun that shoots bees!"

“What! That’s ridiculous! We’ll need to balance it out with a gun that shoots pure SCIENCE, like blue science!”

“BEES IS SCIENCE TOO :’(”

Cue laughter.

[Soup]

@Maxey

Haha I know, I was just making a reference to iKy, I think.

Oh, thank fuck… You had me there. Yeah, it was iKy, the little retard.

[scary_guy_from_halfl]

@NickAVV

Cue laughter.

Er, yeah… I take it that’s my cue to stop posting

[NickAVV]

No, no. I meant in a good way. >.- I like your posts. Keep posting.

Some human touches certainly are lost when posting flat text. :\

[Tmaned]

@Ballsopt

so…anybody else have any random suggestions that won’t make it into the mod?

Moar cowbell.