A couple of questions
Mecha
Join Date: 2002-05-01 Member: 564Members
Join Date: 2002-05-01 Member: 564Members
I am fairly new here, and I'm interested in making a map for NS. I know a fair bit about mapping and can cope with all of the basic stuff, however I have a couple of questions.
1. I really do not get the idea of the "alien only" vents that join the hives together. I have heard it mentioned numerous times that you couldn't have them. This is because lamers will hide in them and the marines will be able to do nothing but wait till they come out. If all vents are accessible to the marines it changes the whole game-play, this mainly being that you can't have these short cut routes for the aliens to go from hive to hive. Every map layout I have seen on these forums has had "alien only" routes marked on it, so I'm guessing they are going to stay.
2. The other question was about the pre-game sequence, I just wanted to know which set, or if any new scripted sequences were going to be used for the marines in the final game.
Please respond, I would really like an answer to these questions.
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1. I really do not get the idea of the "alien only" vents that join the hives together. I have heard it mentioned numerous times that you couldn't have them. This is because lamers will hide in them and the marines will be able to do nothing but wait till they come out. If all vents are accessible to the marines it changes the whole game-play, this mainly being that you can't have these short cut routes for the aliens to go from hive to hive. Every map layout I have seen on these forums has had "alien only" routes marked on it, so I'm guessing they are going to stay.
2. The other question was about the pre-game sequence, I just wanted to know which set, or if any new scripted sequences were going to be used for the marines in the final game.
Please respond, I would really like an answer to these questions.
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2. 1 word readyroom
i'm also curious for the scripting
The 'alien-only' vent refers to a vent that a Marine can't easily access, or can't survive in. For example, making a long vent filled with a hazard will kill any Marines that slowly crawl their way through, but a fast moving level1 will only be in for a moment. As for access, just placing it out of jumping reach of a Marine is enough, as an alien can wall crawl or fly up to it for access.
As for scripting, stay tuned. More on that in the weeks ahead.
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