Dynamic infestation?

slayer20slayer20 Killed a man once. Join Date: 2007-12-13 Member: 63157Members, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">Hammer editor</div>Will level designers beable to add an entity in hammer that allows designers to go ingame and dynamicaly edit infestation? I ask this because I'm sure that when a hive is placed the infestation will start infesting. But what if we want something to already be infested? I had an idea for my map and I was thinking about how it would look in NS2.

Also, how will infestation effect doors? Will it lock them or still allow doors to be opened/closed? And will it grow in vents blocking things from getting in/out?
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  • RadixRadix Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34654Members, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    Having areas of expedient growth for DI would be good also - for example, if it was in the lore that DI would grow faster in hospitable environments, and if heat was considered a positive environment, you could place a growth enhancer near a generator, so that DI would spread over it faster.
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  • the_x5the_x5 the Xzianthian Join Date: 2004-03-02 Member: 27041Members, Constellation
    I'm not sure how this would work as it not rendered in the same way... Hammer doesn't allow you to do that, I think you'd have to ask VALVe to include that feature. I guess you should try going on the steampowered forums and asking somebody involved with the development of Hammer.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    since they have a fully licensed source engine, Hammer might not even be the level editor supplied with the game. It most likely will, but im sure they could give out a modified hammer it if they wanted to.
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  • the_x5the_x5 the Xzianthian Join Date: 2004-03-02 Member: 27041Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1679014:date=May 20 2008, 12:24 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ May 20 2008, 12:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1679014"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->since they have a fully licensed source engine, Hammer might not even be the level editor supplied with the game. It most likely will, but im sure they could give out a modified hammer it if they wanted to.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I thought the Hammer editor was a separate license? I didn't know that was part of the commercial SDK... are you sure?

    Regardless, it's still not rendered the same as in game, is it? I had thought the 3D camera in textured model is rendered through a more static means using basic windows APIs. (note how it flickers as it is refreshing the few as you pan the camera)
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    oh i could be wrong, i just figured it was all together.

    I bet they could easily add an entity to control aspects of DI though if it is the same editor.
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