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

[Dias]

@Argh

1. In a building (level: “Surface tension”) was a guard guarding a weapon store.

You can only guard boxes of crap for so long before you get bored.

@Argh

So I would say, if there are situations, where new soldiers have to be spawned, there should be every time a comprehensible way, where they could came from.

What, the usual tact of “let’s make things appear wherever the player can’t see” isn’t good enough for you?

[Coolm4n]

I think you should add some destructible environnement, especially on epic scenes like this one. Just imagine how marvelous it would be if some sandbags flew away and part of the fences break due to the explosion.

[Yronno]

That would lower performance and require too much work, I would think.

[Coolm4n]

L4D have many of these effects (exploding gas station, airport crash) and don’t require a high range PC.

[Medevilae]

@Coolm4n

L4D have many of these effects (exploding gas station, airport crash) and don’t require a high range PC.

But those are not happening in the same way as he was suggesting. The events in L4D you are talking about are scripted, while the explosion of flammable crates is not. Besides, BM uses the OB engine while L4D has a newer one, so the devs are limited to what the OB engine can do.

@mattemuse

Now that tarp crates (and pick-up-able tarps with cloth physics) are confirmed, my useful and realistic suggestion is that the player be able to trap headcrabs under tarps. They would still jump around and chase you, but their attacks would be blocked by the tarp and do 0 damage.

OMG. I know this is old, but moveable tarps were CONFIRMED? When? That is REALLY cool! I can’t remember seeing this in any of the Episodes. Isn’t that a new technology for the OB engine?

[Coolm4n]

@Medevilae

But those are not happening in the same way as he was suggesting. The events in L4D you are talking about are scripted, while the explosion of flammable crates is not. Besides, BM uses the OB engine while L4D has a newer one, so the devs are limited to what the OB engine can do.

Oh ok, I didn’t know that.

[bur]

@Medevilae

OMG. I know this is old, but moveable tarps were CONFIRMED? When? That is REALLY cool! I can’t remember seeing this in any of the Episodes. Isn’t that a new technology for the OB engine?

Check the new youtube videos.

[Apollomasque]

@iKy

ye it’s good if you come with a suggestion to explain in which way it can be implemented in the enigne

bad example : i suggest snow , coz cold = slow and i like snow xDxdXDXdXDxdxXDX

decent example : i suggest multiple sprites that contain the graphic image of snow to be placed in the freezer in order to reproduce the coldness of shit there yeye xD

Understood, but I’m not that good with computer stuff.
I know what a sprite is and a little about polygons and scripting, but when it comes to coding and development, I’m like a gibbering fish attempting to perform brain surgery.

I like that analogy.
If there’s a site or something you could suggest to teach me this stuff, please direct me.

[iKy]

i found out about most if this stuff on fpsbanana = google it , it explains how to replace models , sprites , everything , so i understood what they’re made of and what their role is , good place to start ,

also , someone made a good remarc when sayd that in a freezer if you shoot bullets and shit ice particles fly all around , it’s a good suggestion no?

[Brother_Shrike]

@iKy

i found out about most if this stuff on fpsbanana = google it , it explains how to replace models , sprites , everything , so i understood what they’re made of and what their role is , good place to start ,

also , someone made a good remarc when sayd that in a freezer if you shoot bullets and shit ice particles fly all around , it’s a good suggestion no?

That’s probably already been implemented, as it’s really easy by simply specifying the ice’s surfaceprop as a predefined ice material that has premade ice gibs that fly off when you hit it. It also has premade ice sounds and you slide on it.

[baconeggs]

@Argh

1. In a building (level: “Surface tension”) was a guard guarding a weapon store. How can this be, while soldiers are already present downstairs and everywhere around him (I don’t think the soldiers were that stupid, not to check the first floor)? Wouldn’t it make sense, if the guard would hide himself somewhere, instead of standing there? I also don’t think, that the soldiers said to a BM security to guard the weapon store.

I chased a shotgunner up the stairs to that room, and the guard shot the crap out of him. We could assume that they are either holding back until they can get some backup to deal with the security guard, or that they had just arrived when you turn up on the scene. With the airstrikes tearing through the facility I would want to be getting inside quickly too, screw checking top floors.

[xalener]

Human skulls on the zombies.

In HL1 they the headcrabas on the zombies had the vague outline of a human skull on it, to imply they were melting together. It looked fucking badass.

[Dias]

hahaha zing.

[Arkanti]

@bur

Check the new youtube videos.

What new YouTube vids?

Edit: Nevermind

[xalener]

@Raminator

No, they looked fucking bad and ass. There’s a slight difference.

You’ve wounded my mindpenis.

[Shortstop]

how about when the marines are firing and coming at you in surface tension when you re in the ventilation shaft and whe nthe dropship files over, you should be able to see into the plane/helicopter thingy and see more marines waiting to get a chance of killing freeman

[JamesKane]

@Shortstop

how about when the marines are firing and coming at you in surface tension when you re in the ventilation shaft and whe nthe dropship files over, you should be able to see into the plane/helicopter thingy and see more marines waiting to get a chance of killing freeman

True, but it didn’t work out that way…

[Right4Dead]

@Arkanti

What new YouTube vids?

Edit: Nevermind

I can’t find them.

[Ramirezoid]

@Medevilae

OMG. I know this is old, but moveable tarps were CONFIRMED? When? That is REALLY cool! I can’t remember seeing this in any of the Episodes. Isn’t that a new technology for the OB engine?

Ragdolls were introduced nearly a decade ago, so not really. Remember the floppy mattress from HL2?

[JeffMOD]

In Questionable ethics, you can use the sterilizer in the room with the headcrabs and a grunt shows up. Yet when you go through that hallway, barney is just standing there. I think that’s a bit unrealistic, maybe he should drop down from one of the beams in the ceiling to explain how he did’nt get attacked by the grunt.