Choose What Hive You Spawn At

Pr0n · June 2011

<div class="IPBDescription">Very Simple Idea</div>I have found that as Kharaa, once you have multiple hives it becomes preferable to spawn at a particular hive for one reason or another i.e. the one nearest the action or the hive that is under attack etc. but the game spawns you somewhere else instead.

Allow players, upon dying, to click a a simple button that appears at death screen and determine which hive to spawn at. You can have options like "Fastest Spawn Location," "Spawn at hive #1", "Spawn at hive #2" etc. You could show the spawn time at each hive and if there is a queue for that hive or not.

I tried searching for this but got a database error, if this has already been posted ME SO SORRY!

ScardyBob · June 2011

Not your fault. The <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?s=&act=Search&mode=adv&f=0" target="_blank">advanced search</a> feature is cleverly hidden so as to make repetitive threads more likely.

On topic: I've been <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=111793" target="_blank">asking for this for a while</a> with no luck. I'm not sure whether that's because UWE just hasn't gotten around to it (which is what I'm hoping for) or whether they don't want to include this.

digz · June 2011

I don't know the official word on it, but I think that this is one on the "polish" feature set that we'll see once more of the game is pounded out.

Considering the game is floating on top of the engine in LUA, it won't be difficult for other people to mod in the changes eventually either.

subshadow · June 2011

I would give it 2 options: spawn at hive with fastest respawn or spawn at hive that's most in danger (been attacked, lifeforms dying near it,...)

Floodinator · June 2011

I think when the shift is in game it diesn't really matter where you spawn or sometimes even where.
Just use it when hive (or structures as i read looong time ago) and get ported to it!

I don't think NS2 needs it and I also never have seen a plugin for NS1 to do it!

And what do you do when at Hive 2 all eggs are down and you want spawn at it? You choosed to spawn there so you will not spawn at another Hive!
And the coding for that won't be as easy then.

And I sometimes wanted (really I was like Hulk that I spawned at the wrong Hive) that I could have spawned at the other Hive, but on the way to this Hive i catched a Marine doing a sneak PG (was in NS1).

SkyPirate · February 2012

I agree very strongly with this in fact I was just playing as aliens and got very angry cause we lost, I spent my time running half way across the map every time i die we need to be able to choose spawn location, it doesn't matter for marines they have one base we have 3 bases at end game and where you spawn can decide the game.

ScardyBob · February 2012

So this has been implemented. When you are in the specing your egg, but not spawned yet stage if you hit space you switch between eggs. You can just keep cycling until you get to the hive you want.

Price · February 2012

Isn't it planed that you can choose the eggs? so its already in/will be in.
Idk if they removed it, it never works well for me.

Kalabalana · February 2012

I had also made a post asking for hive and egg choice when spawning.

Kouji_San · February 2012

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Price @ Feb 19 2012, 08:00 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904859"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>Isn't it planed that you can choose the eggs? so its already in/will be in.
Idk if they removed it, it never works well for me.</div>
Space will let you select an egg, pressing it will cycle through the available eggs on the entire map.

Obraxis · February 2012

If I remember correctly, right click will switch hives for egg selection. Space will switch eggs.

twiliteblue · February 2012

IMO jump key should cycle between the Hives, and right click should cycle between the eggs near the selected Hive.

PsiWarp · February 2012

IMO, it would be really cool if the game start camera effect played when you are dead (like seeing a cinematic), and it depicts the Hive location you are currently, then you could right click to cycle between the Eggs near that Hive (and that Hive only).

Pressing Space would jump you to the next Hive, playing the camera effect again.

Choose What Hive You Spawn At

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