Random hive locations?

Zcaliber

<div class="IPBDescription">Hath they gotten the axe, or...</div>Apologies for a newbish question, but takin' a gander at the mapping forum, I saw that most of them had 'Set'l locations for hives.

Please say it is'nt so in-game...

Also, If for say... one of the alien hives gets obliterated, would it be possible to set-up a hive in a new location? or is it gone for good?

Thank ye for your time. ^^

SmokeMasta

every map has multiple locations for hives most of the time there r 3.
if the aliens got their main hive destroyed and a builder survives th route to the new location the builder ca build a new hive

Tombo

So your saying if the a hive is destroyed and the marines pay no attenchion to that area then a builder alien can come in and rebuild/create a hive? <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->

Fam

In every map there are 3 specific hive locations, where the Aliens are able to build a hive. They are able to build this hive at any time, as long as they are a builder and have enough resources. If the marines destroy a hive, yes, you can rebuild it (STC). This is a major part of the game, as the aliens are always trying to get more hives, and the Marines are trying to kill them all to both win the games and make the aliens easier to combat. (As fewer hives means fewer weapons).

I agree it would be nice to be able to build hives and infest any area, but the logistics of this would be mind-bogglingly hard to put together. Due to the size of the maps, and the fact that you never know which of the three locations have a hive, the current system works well.

Longtooth

How much resources so hives cost?  I am not looking for numbers because I know those are STC but I mean how long does it take on average from the start of a game for a lvl2 to save up for a hive?

MooMoo_the_SnowCow

If the aliens haven't built a hive in a hive area yet how can you tell that it is a hive area? (i think i said have to much) Does it look diffrent before the aliens get there or is there some indicator when you enter it.

Sgt_X

Well first of all the hive areas are placed by the mapper so they are the same every time you play, which one has the initial hive is randomn but the actual areas where there <b>could be</b> a hive are always the same. Also mappers tend to put HEAVY infestation in rooms near a hive.

Crim0nKing

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lmfao.

Moleculor

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All of it changes from build to build. Can't say.

Legionnaired

Ok, well put it this way, on average.. how many level fives can you make for the price of one hive?

Longtooth

I want to be a level2 with maxed out cloak...It would make the aliens unbeatable!  I can see the movie title now Natural selection: The Phantom Builder.  Also what if the alien team is defeated and they still have 1 alien left with lvl3 cloak couldnt he just stand still and they would never be able to find and kill him?

coil

They would find the sensory chambers and destroy them, thus uncloaking him.

Longtooth

Wait one cotton picking minute are you trying to tell me that if an the aliens have the aliens have 3 defence upgrade chambers and an alien has carpace level 3 and the marines destroy one defence chamber that alien will resort to carpace level 2?  If so how does the alien in humbaba's last story in the TFTFL had level 1 or 2 invisibilty even though the aliens had no more structures left?

coil

Humbaba's story said all *hives* were destroyed, not all buildings.  There were probably some sensory chambers hidden somewhere that had not been destroyed.

Imperial_Fist

BUM BUM BUMMMM but if somebody saves up for a hive and builds it what kinda bonesses do they get?i men it must be expensive.  and when u cloke shouldnt it look like avp2 where theres a shimmer or distoded area around the alian so u can be sean sorta?

coil

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As soon as you figure out how to do that in the Halflife engine, make sure you tell Flayra.