Will there be a radar in ns2 eventually?
PersianImm0rtal
Join Date: 2010-12-02 Member: 75414Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
Join Date: 2010-12-02 Member: 75414Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
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There's already a way to identify and track enemies in commander-controlled areas; it's called the minimap.
If you're asking if the game will ever bounce real-time generated radio waves off of surrounding objects to give a rough map of the nearby area; I doubt it. That would be a lot of work and engine strain for very little utility.
that once researched meant that marines could wall-hack all aliens.
it was a great feature for marines but destroyed skulk play once it was present.
It was one of first key things invested in at startup...besides shotties and an extra ip.
I hope if they decide on such a feature it will be a 'spell' the commander casts on a certain area.
and not the constant ...I can see you feature in NS1.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng-Ze74TBF8&feature=player_detailpage#t=5s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng-Ze74TBF8...detailpage#t=5s</a>
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<b>Motion tracker in the left hand (you can de- and attach to the gun, the aiming will be a bit harder, but just a bit)</b>
:/ ######.... yea, they should made just a copy maybe with some little new stuff and stop inventing some huge bull######s :/ I hope the game will be fine, but i guess it will never be NS1 :(
well, NS1 is not so popular game, it's just a modification of "OLD" popular game, that means not too much ppl knows it, if u make a new game with own engine, it will be not so unknown, ppl will hear about it more, than 8years old game, they even not going to try that old game... so tell me, what was the point of remake for example... Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike Source? it's same game, with another graphics details and controllability...
That wasn't a remake.
It was a conversion to the new engine.
Ever hear of:
Half-Life & Half-Life: Source
Day Of Defeat & Day of Defeat: Source
They did the same for Counter-Strike.
Adding such a scanner would turn this into a point and shoot....
"Movement to the left!"
(marines all fire left and kill skulk)
"movement above"
(marines all fire at vent and kill skulk)
"4 aliens moving in next room"
...
I love how I am checking all corners and vents when I move into a room currently, and I love how I still get rattled by surprise attacks.
NO SCANNER!!!!!
But i think for the gameplay it would be better to make it like in CS. Or in other word just make a
small version of the minimap in the topcorner. But it is just disturbing to klick c for map and then
the fullscreen is filled with the map....
that once researched meant that marines could wall-hack all aliens.
it was a great feature for marines but destroyed skulk play once it was present.
It was one of first key things invested in at startup...besides shotties and an extra ip.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
motion tracking was actually pretty rare in my experience, and certainly was very rare in competitive play. It cost 35 res, and made it so you couldn't research anything else at the obs during its long research time. Some times going really early motion tracking could be powerful, but generally it was super risky. Going early motion tracking, means you don't get armor 1, and phase tech is delayed, so you your marines are really weak early game.
Motion was a powerful tool, and hit certainly makes skulks weaker, but it doesn't effect the other more dangerous lifeforms much, and it was expensive enough to make getting it early pretty risky.