Differnt game-modes?

JorisKanters

<div class="IPBDescription">Will there be different game-modes?</div>Forgive me if this has already been asked (it probably is, but I can't find it).

In Natural Selection I there was, apart from the normal ns, the combat game mode.

Will there be a combat game-mode in ns2?

Thanks in advance.

FocusedWolf

Unless something has changed... NS2 will <u>only</u> contain NS mode, and CO mode is something the community is expected to create as mod, where you would head to a custom server to play this mod.

TrC

Thanks to modability (word?), I bet you will see more modes, but official NS will feature only one.

Evil_bOb1

The devs are concentrating on a "classic" mode for first release. They could/might develop new modes afterward.

Delphic

Something I've still not seen an answer for is if UWE have any plans to make 'game-mode' mods easier than how they'd currently have to be approached given the lua set up. That is currently you have to copy paste all the game play code you need and then change it how you need to... everytime NS2 changes you'd have to repeat the process, the fact all the lua files are quite modular makes this easier, but it could make far easier seeing as a lot of people might just want to modify minimal rules!

Evil_bOb1

I know nothing of programming and all but I guess if you wrote your own game mode code then it wouldn't matter if NS2 changes. It sounds pretty obvious that if you base your stuff on their code that you have to follow their movement if they change their code.

Tweaking of variables isn't really making a new game mode though. And If "a lot" of servers do it, it won't be a good thing. I wouldn't want a join a server finding out that each time I'm playing its with different variables. When you practice (your coding or whatever) you stay at home and generally avoid releasing your stuff to the public. :D

But I'm all up for real new game modes. Capture the egg. Save the hosties(before they become an egg). Left 2B digest.

Feha

As of now, if I press the change gamemode thing, I see some different strings. If I got it right they are all the same as what currently is, except they change what races are battling. Such as one is named marine vs marine or similar.