Maybe I am too tired because its about 11:52 PM for me right now but I don't understand what you mean by that. steven8. Sorry!steven8 wrote:I think it sounds like I want the paycheck the writing the User's Handbook for this game. I may be able to retire on it.
Yep! I plan to have all weapons be able to drop and pick up anytime. Also, I plan to have you be able to pick up enemy weapons and the weapons keep track of how much ammo they have so that you will see it isnt wise to swap out your fully loaded pistol for the machine gun that enemy just unloaded and now only has like 5 shots left. And your weapons will also be as smart. Cant have you drop a weapon and pick it back up and find it fully loaded! I am trying to make it just like a professional game.steven8 wrote:Now, your player just 'has to lose a weapon'. Then we have to find another one of the same thing somewhere else if we want one, or is it possible to have the weapon left in that position to go pick it up if we can?
*laughs at the comment, (now I get it!)*steven8 wrote:Just being a Smart-Alek, MoG. It's just that the inventory/weapon system is so complicated, the guy who writes the user manual so the player can understand, will take many hours - hence, a large paycheck. Pay me no mind, I have a horrific headache, and can't think too well myself.
steven8 wrote:I think your system is terrific! I especially like being able to pick up the enemy's weapon. Just great!!
I don't think that U as usekey will work. It's just too far away from the movement keys (E,S,D,F).On the last page, Jay wrote:You could make, like U = usekey, I = Inventory and then O = Other weapon
That's not what i meant. I meant that the player CAN carry more than just those three, BUT he can not exchange weapons between inventory and the three 'slots' when he is fighting. But he can press a key and then switch from the big one to the guns and back.MakerOfGames wrote:I see your points I am very glad you have voiced your opinion! However, I think that system restricts the player too much only being able to carry one large weapon and two small single handed weapons.
Do as you wish. It's your game, after all.I will seriously give the controls more thought, but I think the current configuration works best.
) and I'm sure most of us are more than happy with those keys.Hey, I could make my controler script and then write up another one the way you like it and have an option to switch configurations like on console games. That would be an easy fix, only would have to change the key numbers in the player script. Ok, so how about I make my script and get everything working, then once everything works right, we can mod the script and make a second control configuration?Juutis wrote: Do as you wish. It's your game, after all.
The bad thing about scripted players is that there is only one key layout, the user can't customize the controls.
But, people are flexible (even more flexible than RF!!!
Wow just read through the whole thread and just love the idea heck I love everything ! Oh just one crit I had, well just a bit of advice, Get the game and all the main features finished before you start with some thing like smart weapons that remember if they were loaded or not, you know? 
And I would love to help, any way I can soem scripting, lowpoly modelling and especially animation! Keep up the great work it sounds GREAT!!! Well, that is a main feature of the game. Without the weapons keeping track of there bullets it would kill the "feel" I am going for. As it is now(without scripting yourself), RF is just pick up a weapon and its fully loaded. You cant drop weapons or pick up weapons from enemies. Being able to pick up used enemies weapons and drop your own is a very important part of my idea. I want to bring a revolution to the style of games that RF has made. As I have said before, I am going to make the game be the way professional game designers should make games. Now I do realize that I will be pushing RF to its max in its current state. The good thing is though, that I plan to finish the game over a year from now. So that leaves alot of time for improvement in RF (I am hoping that HardwareTnL will be implimented in RF before my games launch around 2008 as I see it now. Maybe RF2 will be done when my game is nearing completion and I can convert it over.) Anyway, I will keep with my current set of ideas and features and hope for the best.psYco wrote:Oh just one crit I had, well just a bit of advice, Get the game and all the main features finished before you start with some thing like smart weapons that remember if they were loaded or not, you know?
(steven8, Juutis, psYco) In addition to what MoG said. If he would build the 'main features' (something like the scripted player, some basic weapon system for all weapons and stuff like that) first, it would be hell to make the weapons keep track of ammo afterwards. Almost every major script would probably need some modifications. So it's much wiser to script those advanced things as soon as possible.psYco wrote:Oh just one crit I had, well just a bit of advice, Get the game and all the main features finished before you start with some thing like smart weapons that remember if they were loaded or not, you know?
Taking breaks is important when making games. It's not going to work if you have to force yourself to work on a game every time. Of course, sometimes you have to do it, but if it happens often, it's time for a break. I've had this problem too, after long modeling/scripting sprees, and taking some time off really helps. It's good to switch your brain off every once in a while.MoG wrote:I currently have no news updates about my game. I have been taking a break from it. My mind was a little fried from pushing myself for a few weeks in the end of July and the begining of August.
but he seems not to have viewed the post yet, 
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but if some one could explain to me how cell shading is done, or point me in the direction of a tute on it. I know what it is and I love it! (have you seen the new team fortress 2 trailer frm valve, the cell shading there WOW ) And Ive always had this dream of making a realy dark, satire, black, white, grey and 
red cell shaded adventure game! (not adventure like point and click, adventure like 3D hard as nails action with hard as hell 
puzzles 
!
