Squishy Light Ball
The_Disposed
Join Date: 2007-05-29 Member: 61052Members
Join Date: 2007-05-29 Member: 61052Members
In the future i don't think they would use flares so how about a squishy light ball. The com would need to research them first. The marines get 2 each like grenades. To use it the marines squish it to break a tube inside to combine the liquids then throw it on a wall, it sticks on the wall. It lasts for about 1 or 2 minutes.
What if a cloaked alien walks past the light ball and you can see its shadow. What if there was 4 light balls around the alien and you could see 4 shadows moving along the ground, but you still cant see the alien.
What if we could throw them onto other marines or aliens.
What if a cloaked alien walks past the light ball and you can see its shadow. What if there was 4 light balls around the alien and you could see 4 shadows moving along the ground, but you still cant see the alien.
What if we could throw them onto other marines or aliens.
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Ah, nice... I put you on my dawatch. As much as I love to watch felloww photographers post work, I hate the site. I have move to Flickr, OMP and now started to move to my own ".com" in hopes of posting my work somewhere better, without the Myspace crap, but I think I will always stay active just for the atristwatch feature. *shrug*
Back to the subject at hand, what about light sticks? Just like the simple green snap sticks you pop and throw on the ground. That has to be the EASIEST solution to lighting there is to make ni any game, plus its similar to flares, but no worries about smoke effects and they won't completely give away everything in the dark areas, just help a little bit. Like flashlights, they help some but not completely... Glowsticks. That's my vote!
Back to the subject at hand, what about light sticks? Just like the simple green snap sticks you pop and throw on the ground. That has to be the EASIEST solution to lighting there is to make ni any game, plus its similar to flares, but no worries about smoke effects and they won't completely give away everything in the dark areas, just help a little bit. Like flashlights, they help some but not completely... Glowsticks. That's my vote!
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A sticky light ball is like a lightstick but much better. Having a stick u throw on the ground is just boring, this is the future damnit !
And for those who have played Half-life Ep1, the flares in there defenetly did the job even though they were just things you could pick up and throw around, the effect of a burning flare, I think, fits the NS world much better than a glowy tube or ball.
Normal flares are great, simple, get the job done. Very low tech and consistant, break and toss done. Now on the cost end this is cheap and it makes sense from the operational side, no mess, no fuss, easy and quick.
However I have to go with this is sci fi and the future and hell, add something to things, why not. Of course if you could just wield the lights on and your usually in doors with lights, where would you use them?
hey that gave me an idea. how about instead of the ball being sticky, its just a squishy ball like a water baloon and when you throw it, it bursts and the glowing liquid goes all over the wall lighting up the place.
then if marines or aliens walk through the liquid it sticks to them and leaves footprints and you can see it glowing on their feet. if a cloaked alien walks through it the marines would see these glowing dots moving around. so if your cloaked you need to avoid this stuff. it would not do the scan thing either.
then if marines or aliens walk through the liquid it sticks to them and leaves footprints and you can see it glowing on their feet. if a cloaked alien walks through it the marines would see these glowing dots moving around. so if your cloaked you need to avoid this stuff. it would not do the scan thing either.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
damn ###### hey i like that. but the liquid on contact with air or lack of bagged / caned presure needs to foam up like that space invader gap sealer ###### or shaveing cream. basicly as the idea is now puddle of it wouldnt do good, unless it hit the target, and as sulk feet dont penatrate the ground enough.
but if it foams up its will coat more of the spike feet, and or a direct hit will give the sulk that toxic rabies foaming at the mouth kind of apeal, WHAT it could be the kind of apeal missing from ns so far. *note that i am not saying any apeal is missing from it or its is lacking.
question will this trace grenade seep or drip down and run thru textures with alpha, like say grilling or will it look like a random puddle or late 12 year old engine sprite?
Regardless those are some questions to decide how best to implement it. I think either way it would be useful and a good idea.