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Bittah Commander
post Aug 5 2009, 12:50 AM
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Here's just a few requests/suggestions...
  • A superweapons allowed multiplayer option (checkbox).
  • A superweapon launch anim.
  • Air strikes (possibly you could adapt the Hunter Seeker's logic for this).
  • EMPulseSparkles= moved from [AudioVisual] to the (EMP) weapon or warhead (this way the visual effect an EMP weapon has on a vehicle can differ per weapon).
  • Sticky anims (warhead animations that stick to units, just like the EMP sparkles). It might be useful to know that when you add Next= to EMP_FX01 (the default EMP sparkle anim), the animation specified after Next= will stick to the unit when it moves.
  • the Shockwave from Ion Cannon to be made optional (so it can either be disabled for the Ion Cannon or be assigned to other weapons).
  • Dogfights
  • The possiblity for units to pick multiple (possibly have a definable limit) firepower or armor power-ups, just like in Sole Survivor (it's already possible with speed upgrades I believe). Currently when a unit that already picked up a firepower upgrade or armor upgrade picks up another crate which is supposed to contain a firepower or armor upgrade, it'll be a money crate instead (even if money crates are turned off).
  • ROF power-ups (also like in Sole Survivor).
  • The option for stealth crates to be temporary (so units that pick up a stealth crate will uncloak again after a certain amount of time). If reversing the effects of a stealth crate is not possible, maybe have a stealth crate attach an invisible sticky anim to the unit which after a certain amount of time (set via a number of invisible frames and framerate) jumps to another invisible sticky anim with 1 frame (via Next=) which deals 1 damage point, then jumps to another invisible sticky anim with 1 frame which heals 1 damage point and constantly keeps looping these 2 single frame anims.
    I believe animations can't heal units however, which brings me to my next point...
  • Animations that can heal units (like weapons or particle systems can).
  • The ability to select a target for a hunter seeker (like you would do with any other super weapon). This would for example allow modders to modify the hunter seeker into a missile which can be shot down for (or just a plain hunter seeker which attacks the target you want it to attack). I'd suggest the possibility for normal missiles to be shot down... But I doubt there's even a point in bothering tongue.gif


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Bittah Commander
post Aug 12 2009, 10:31 PM
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Well, here's another suggestion...

Move SmallVisceroid= from [General] to InfantryClass so the unit the infantry will turn into when it dies on tiberium can be definable per infantry. Possibly even add a flag like Next= or Zombie= or even DiesInto= (first 2 make more sense though IMO) to define what the infantry will turn into when it dies of anything other than tiberium.
In addition to that, a flag like VehicleClass.MergesInto would also be useful, so you can specify what any specific unit can merge into (if anything) and possibly even add a VehicleClass.SplitsInto flag.

The way I imagine this'd work is that after a certain interval (the interval would be definable by SplitsAfter=X seconds) after the creation of the unit, the unit will split into 2 other units (or it will just turn into 2 of itself if it has itself specified after SplitsInto=). Possibly (although not necessarily) this could also be forced (if it's player controllable that is) by deploying it, but the idea is really that if for example an certain infantry dies on tiberium or normally, it could turn into a unit (this unit is simply be created by the AI or a player or have been placed on the map in advance or have been sent in as a reinforcement in singleplayer) which divides itself into 2 other units after a little while. If it has itself specified after SplitsInto=, it'll just multiply into 2 of itself and those 2 also multiply into 2 after a while, etc. etc. So after a while the map will be crawling with them and the player quickly has to destroy them before they overrun him.


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- Bittah Commander   A few suggestions   Aug 5 2009, 12:50 AM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE (Bittah Commander @ Aug 5 2009, 01...   Aug 5 2009, 01:04 AM
|- - Bittah Commander   QUOTE (CCHyper @ Aug 5 2009, 03:04 AM) So...   Aug 5 2009, 01:08 AM
- - Darkstorm   Planning a Sole Survivor mode for DTA I see, or at...   Aug 5 2009, 03:37 AM
- - Orac   Actually, if there's room for me too add a sug...   Aug 5 2009, 04:54 AM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE (Orac @ Aug 5 2009, 05:54 AM) Hyper...   Aug 5 2009, 02:03 PM
- - Bittah Commander   A different palette for every building... Would be...   Aug 7 2009, 02:19 AM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE (Bittah Commander @ Aug 7 2009, 03...   Aug 7 2009, 10:05 AM
- - Bittah Commander   With the houses I found Firestorm actually DOES re...   Aug 8 2009, 09:00 AM
|- - CCHyper   QUOTE (Bittah Commander @ Aug 8 2009, 10...   Aug 10 2009, 12:47 PM
- - Deathrider1991   The possibility for buildings to stop fuctioning w...   Aug 10 2009, 04:08 PM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE (Deathrider1991 @ Aug 10 2009, 05:0...   Aug 10 2009, 05:40 PM
- - Deathrider1991   Oh, I thought I saw a post on PPmsite about that, ...   Aug 10 2009, 05:56 PM
|- - ^Rampastein   I don't think this small (re-)suggestion needs...   Aug 11 2009, 08:01 AM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE (^Rampastein @ Aug 11 2009, 09:01 A...   Aug 11 2009, 11:37 AM
|- - ^Rampastein   QUOTE (CCHyper @ Aug 11 2009, 02:37 PM) S...   Aug 11 2009, 02:48 PM
|- - Bittah Commander   QUOTE (CCHyper @ Aug 11 2009, 01:37 PM) I...   Aug 11 2009, 08:36 PM
|- - ^Rampastein   QUOTE (Bittah Commander @ Aug 11 2009, 11...   Aug 12 2009, 12:57 PM
- - CCHyper   Indeedy... Question though, do lasers crash YR?   Aug 12 2009, 01:38 PM
|- - Lin Kuei Ominae   no. They have fixed them afaik too. So if you can ...   Aug 12 2009, 02:40 PM
|- - ^Rampastein   QUOTE (Lin Kuei Ominae @ Aug 12 2009, 05...   Aug 12 2009, 02:56 PM
|- - Lin Kuei Ominae   Haven't you seen Hypers post on ppm?   Aug 12 2009, 03:20 PM
|- - ^Rampastein   Meh, I don't visit PPM that often, about once ...   Aug 12 2009, 03:48 PM
|- - Machine   Actually I would love the tag "DiesInto=...   Aug 13 2009, 01:37 AM
|- - Lin Kuei Ominae   How about the keys UnitType.YellowSpeedPenalty=[F...   Aug 14 2009, 08:08 PM
- - CommanderSpartan   I have a question, will you fix the pilots?   Aug 16 2009, 02:38 AM
- - CCHyper   QUOTE Move SmallVisceroid= from [General] to Infan...   Aug 24 2009, 11:07 PM
|- - Lin Kuei Ominae   QUOTE (CCHyper @ Aug 25 2009, 12:07 AM) W...   Aug 25 2009, 11:01 AM
- - CCHyper   Strange. Ok, ill look into this too.   Aug 25 2009, 05:11 PM
- - Bittah Commander   QUOTE (myeself)Have health bars (without the selec...   Sep 17 2009, 11:06 PM
- - Poskov   These are all good ideas, but it would be nice if ...   Jan 7 2010, 12:56 AM
- - CCHyper   I will not be altering the INIs themselfs, you mod...   Jan 7 2010, 03:32 AM
- - Darkstorm   Yeah, it would be very irritating to transfer a mo...   Jan 7 2010, 06:34 PM
- - CCHyper   HyperPatch is 2.03, with my additions and/or fixes...   Jan 9 2010, 04:54 PM
- - Devastator   I'm thinking it's okay to post in THIS top...   Apr 30 2010, 11:58 PM


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