Quick question...

Raptor091288 · July 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Fits better here than anywhere else</div>and i didnt see it on any of the FAQS (maybe im not a very good reader?) ok, when the commander researches new technology, will the marines get it instantly, or will they get it on next respawn, or will there be an upgrade facility that they get it from? (which one, i wanna know so im not all confused in-game thinking: wheres my new weapon? or whered this gun come from? real wierd until after i thought that and figured it out on my own)

Cork2 · July 2002

ahhh poor guy you had to think, i feel sorry for you going throught all that pain of thinking, thinking hurts don't it <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Plaguebearer · July 2002

Newly researched weapons arrive the way all weapons do (cept pistol, knife, and LMG, which you spawn with): dropped 'from the sky' by the commander for distribution to the troops.

Or also, perhaps, distributed by the Armory building - I think. Don't know for sure, as I'm not a PT.

HBNayr · July 2002

My guess from what I've read so far is that the Commander has access to that technology immediately to pass around. As in, you research the shotgun, as soon as the research is done, the Commander can toss some down on his troop's feet. Of course, I'm not sure about some other technology, like the jetpacks, but this might still be being balanced by the dev team. I think that for now we're just going to have to sit it out and wait for the manual to come out.

-Ryan!

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
-- Plato

Moleculor · July 2002

Depends on the technology. Some is available instantly, some is available through the commander dropping it.

As everything is <span style='color:lightblue'><b>Subject To Change</b></span>, I can't tell you which is which.

Silver_Fox · July 2002

technically, hes not droping it, hes 'phasing' it in ...

come on people!

Necrotic · July 2002

hey, so the marines actually get a knife? is it any use whatsoeva? >D
back on topic - is it obvious when the commander dr..phases in a gun or whathaveya? im not likely to walk right past it in a fit of blindness?

coil · July 2002

Phased-in items and buildings are accompanied by a sound and a flash of white particles. And sometimes by your commander yelling "somebody pick up that damn grenade launcher!"

Pugsley · July 2002

I think what he means if you are running about with a HMG and the commander upgrades damage or something, will the marines HMG upgrade in his hands? Or will he have to wait until he gets a new HMG for the extra damage to count.

humbaba · July 2002

Upgrades in his hands. Same applies to an alien running around with speed upgrade when a new movemtn chamber is built

JediYoshi · July 2002

I have four <s>quick</s> questions:

What are "phase gates" and what do they do? Also how do they look like?

When an Alien dies, how does it get to respawn?

When a resource gatherer is built for the Aliens, how are the resources divided for themselves?

What is the rate of collecting resources for the Marine and Alien side(like 2 resources per 3 seconds)?

Cork2 · July 2002

1. i thin it is used for new reinforcment to get to places faster and i thing they are round.

2. my gess is the same way the marines do, if you have enought recources you will be respawned in like 20 seconds

3. they can't built recource node or what they are called their hives give them the points they need if you have 3 you get alot of recourse if they are gone you wount get any i think you will still get some if you kill someone.

4. iknow they got some for killing their enemys maby for destorying hives or buildings not sure about the rate maby 1 every 1 second or a hundred per mine per recourse nodes. not sure maby a play tester will tell.

coil · July 2002

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1) Phase gates are teleporters. They look like little teleportation machines. (:

2) Aliens are spawned by the hive(s). More hives can respawn more aliens quickly.

3) Each alien has individual resources. The resource model is being balanced/tested/updated, etc., so I can't tell you anything on the off-chance that it changes in the future.

4) See #3.

Cork2 · July 2002

well i gess i was wrong <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> oh well but then again i haven't played the game yet so i was pretty close with my anwsers.

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