Readyrooms

RenegadeOTV

Post up your ideas for readyrooms.

An idea some people have been saying is make it really hard to get to the marine and alien tunnel, and if you fail you get put in auto join.

Also you could make the readyroom a slanted tunnel that you can't climp up, and you slide down into auto-join, and have to do something difficult to get to the marine or alien rooms

CrAcKbRoCk

Lol, eh....
All that would do is annoy the people trying to play your map

Ollj

Best ready room ever: just let them fall a long distance and below them is their "destiny" join team.

theres one rule for NS maps.
RR should be small (not force to waste much time in), have enough info_player_start with enough space between them AND <b>a quick free choice wich team to join</b>.

MrBen

A hanger. Either side 2 drop ships.

To put it one is infected, (aliens) one isn't (marine)

Observe map you go up some stairs to....the observatory.

Random team you jump out the open air lock.

Ollj

join_spectate should be a damaged high voltage, or in other ways dangerous, area with a big sign "<i>DANGER! do not touch/enter !</i>" (or you will join spectators) and of course the "spectate hologram". <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

CrAcKbRoCk

Imo, the RR should reflect the map it is in, but in a way that sets it apart from the map itself.
Also, you should/could create a RR that sets up the map(eg: Marines get into a drop-ship, if the map is on a planet, etc..).

Seraphic8X

Those are some pretty original ideas. That would be totally sweet to see an obstacle course to get to the Marine/Alien join. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Dirty_Harry_Potter

<!--QuoteBegin--Seraphic8X+Dec 30 2002, 10:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Seraphic8X @ Dec 30 2002, 10:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->That would be totally sweet to see an obstacle course to get to the Marine/Alien join.   <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
what about minigames in the readyroom like
- skulk racing - a part of the ready room where skulk races happens again and again, then the players could go in and bet on a specific skulk...
- ping pong - stand in front of the ball to hit it, then just play.
- Onos riding - try to stay on the onos for at long as you can.
- skulk ranch - catch the most skulks to win.

Seraphic8X

Minigames would be nice, but NS already eats a lot of server cpu power....

I think just through architecture a ready room can be made into a fun little bout.

KboT

I think an rdy room with a holo-map of the entire map and maby even something like a bar with an NPC that when you "Talk" (Press 'use' key) to it it will say like hi or whatever. That would be kool!

AcdFRe

Omg i just had the perfect idea...

1. Players start in an open area
2. Players can either walk into a hive (aliens) or walk into an APC or a Dropship (Marines)
3. This would make a great ALIENS feel, the only problem would be is making the APC
4. When you walk into the APC, the "LETS ROCK" wav plays, and as u walk into the hive, you hear an alien scream

what do you think? <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo-->

Seraphic8X

Sounds like a good idea. Although it sounds pretty similar to that 2 dropship idea stated earlier.

Zazi

I'm making like Manah did in the early versions of Caged. A black room.

AcdFRe

<!--QuoteBegin--Seraphic8X+Dec 31 2002, 12:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Seraphic8X @ Dec 31 2002, 12:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Sounds like a good idea. Although it sounds pretty similar to that 2 dropship idea stated earlier.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
true but mine has more of an aliens feel...

JusticeBlade

Have you played NS_hera I believe? That is a good ready room example. Easy and efective choce system and a little secret to boot! Thats how a read room should be.





btw if your wondering about the secret go to observe match and at the secound little light on the right press "use" then walk in <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Battousaix

de_dust nsish readyroom...... the best way to put cs into shame mwhahahha and its already mine....... ONLY MINE MWHAHAHAHAHHA

Battousaix

mwhahahah mine alooonneeee....... my precious ^^

Seraphic8X

Huh? Where's the JOIN MARINE JOIN ALIEN floating green text?

Comprox

Well, I wouldn't worry, no one else seemed to be jumping all over converting a part of de_dust into NS... *cough*

sySTEm1

cant remember which map, might be hera actually, but i was flying round in spec mode and i found the ready room miles above the actual map, and below that is some other box.... full of stars.... how quaint.

Jim

you can get into it through a door on the way to spec mode.

sySTEm1

happy new year liek

Yardbomb

<!--QuoteBegin--Mr.Ben+Dec 30 2002, 09:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mr.Ben @ Dec 30 2002, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A hanger. Either side 2 drop ships.

To put it one is infected, (aliens) one isn't (marine)

Observe map you go up some stairs to....the observatory.

Random team you jump out the open air lock.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I like this idea alot!
Especially the Jumping out an open airlock part <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Windelkron

have readyroom with sensible portals. I'm talking about Hera here, where you actually feel like you're transcending some border. All the other readyrooms don't quite cut it in that regard, especially Tanith -- don't have just a flat 'ol wall.