Lerks And 3.1

Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Just browsing Mantis...</div> I was browsing Mantis for fun, and lookie what I came across...

Bug #0000522
Summary: lerks cannot fly backwards. this was added as a feature earlier but seems to have reverted, as did some other lerk flight attributes which have since been fixed.

tankefugl: 3.1 SVN revision 28:
Lerk can now fly backwards. Press backwards and tap jump to flap back from the way you are looking. Hold down to glide as before.

Does this mean that in 3.1 Lerks will be able to fly backwards like in the old days, except better?

Finally! Being able to spore and fly rapidly backwards out of that corridor at the same time once again!

Not to mention it's one of the few 3.1 notes out there, since obviously the 3.1 has to mean the next version.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    Damn. That should've been private. Oh well, whether you're in favor or against this, now is not yet the time to discuss it; we have so far not even sanity checked these items sufficiently. Anything can change at this point.
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  • Swift_IdiotSwift_Idiot Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11883Members
    I think if you added backwards lerk flight, they'd be even more the most agile unit.
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  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    edited April 2005
    Er, sorry if I spilled the beans on something. I was wondering why that wasn't private too for a moment...

    If you want, just delete this and I'll forget I ever saw it?
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  • CyberPitzCyberPitz Join Date: 2004-09-04 Member: 31301Members, Constellation
    hard part is having everyone who read it to have them forget D:

    Well, he said no discussy...so lets change this topic to an "I love lerk teeth. They are so much cleaner then skulks, and require less cleaning!
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  • ChurchChurch Meatshield grunt-fodder // Has pre-ordered NS2 Join Date: 2002-12-31 Member: 11646Members, Constellation
    Well people will probably discuss it unless you lock :-p
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  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    Well, mabye we can still discuss about people discussing it while not discussing it ourselves?

    I feel like I did something wrong now...
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  • MaDMaxXMaDMaxX Audiophile (NS sound guy) Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11835Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    /me dons shades

    *Flashy thing*

    You saw nothing here.
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  • Swift_IdiotSwift_Idiot Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11883Members
    Lerks have less teeth so it's easier to keep them clean. :o
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  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    edited April 2005
    Now the thread is going to get locked due to spam instead of in an effort to alter everyone's memory.

    Edit: removed previous comments. Do gorges have teeth?
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    This is the first time a request of mine is being honored. I'd tell you all not to be so stuck up if I didn't enjoy the feeling so immensely <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    I don't want to be yelled at by an admin for posting some "NS Food for Thought", so of course I honor your code of silence, while others have apparently honored it too and turned it into a fun type thing.

    Wait, what am I talking about?

    Fade teeth are even better! Then never get bits of muscle and flesh stuck in them!
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Actually, I'm not asking you to keep your mouth shut - no point in that. I'd just like to keep everyone from crying "unbalanced" and / or "pointless" until more time has passed.
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  • SandstormSandstorm Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21205Members
    It sounds like they want to give the Lerk the ability to attack in a different direction from where he's flying. I definitely approve of this, as this allows a Lerk to engage in melee combat while maintaining his flight speed. They can also circle around above the action raining down spores and umbra.
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    I personally would give 3 of my left toes to be in a game with backwards lerk flight. A more versitile version of the new lerk flight models has been a dream of mine for a while. Backwards flight is pretty hard to master, I really doubt it would make much of a difference except at the high skill levels, which IMHO needed the slightest bit of a boost anyways.
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  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited April 2005
    Oh you have NO idea whatsoever how hard it is to fly backwards .. believe me <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    It's mighty fun, though.
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  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    Is it like driving a car backwards?

    Reverse stearing!
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  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Well, yeah. But it's a car that moves up and down too, and you can't really look back to see which wall you're backing into.

    And the car makes a flapping noise.
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  • theclamtheclam Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30290Members
    Mmmm...I can just imagine lerking in ns_metal MS or ns_hera Landing Pad. This is going to be fun.
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  • RushakraRushakra Join Date: 2004-03-25 Member: 27523Members
    Excellent. ::Monty Burns finger-tapping.::
    The sooner Lerks can fly in more than one horizontal direction, the better our chances of having Lerk spikes back..

    At any rate, Lerks might actually be able to flap around and spore now instead of acting like flying Skulks.
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  • SwiftSwift Lost Keys Join Date: 2005-02-19 Member: 41683Members, Constellation
    Wow, that was well said. I always call lerks flying skulks.
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  • MrGunnerMrGunner Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11757Members, Constellation
    I still think it is a pointless addition to lerks, but I guess we'll see...
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  • Axel_StoneAxel_Stone Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18993Members, Constellation
    <3 teh idea. I miss the backwards flight. Its especially a pain in vents.
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  • eheheheh5eheheheh5 Join Date: 2005-04-02 Member: 47300Members
    eh, it saves 3 flaps of energy.
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  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    now make strafing bank the lerk left/right along with the view, and you have a winner.
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  • DrummerDrummer Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26654Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-MaDMaxX+Apr 12 2005, 06:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MaDMaxX @ Apr 12 2005, 06:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->/me dons shades

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    <jedimindtrick> this isnt the thread you're looking for </jedimindtrick>
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  • CyberPitzCyberPitz Join Date: 2004-09-04 Member: 31301Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Drummer+Apr 13 2005, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Drummer @ Apr 13 2005, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-MaDMaxX+Apr 12 2005, 06:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MaDMaxX @ Apr 12 2005, 06:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->/me dons shades

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    Holy crap! This isn't the thread I'm looking for!!!

    /me goes to the "Basic Changes From Porting Ns To Source" thread.
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  • PRTePRTe Join Date: 2003-10-25 Member: 21919Members
    well with pancaking removed i think this is a good addition to improve lerk versatility actually. at least now i know the devs are actually doing some interesting things for ns 3.1
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  • SnakestylesSnakestyles Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33308Members
    What i wanna know is do gorges have teeth ? even if they small and usless like chicken teeth.
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  • DrummerDrummer Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26654Members
    yeah, they have teeth, but they dont need big ones cause they're acidic spit disolves the food quickly

    <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/gallery/125934141f87e809f4.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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  • tapehandstapehands Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1980Members
    what about onos teeth? i mean. you really don't get to see those all that much. maybe when you're being devoured...but even then, it's the stomach acid that does most of the damage. X_x
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