What if... airlocks...

LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">An idea fer mah map.</div>Would it play well for there to be roughly 6 airlocks, which take about 5-6 seconds to pass through, in certain junctions around the map? I think this would slow down the progression of both sides, making it a bit more tactical.

If answer to first is "Yes," would it also play well to have a "Purge" button, which would turn on a trigger_hurt inside the airlock? There'd be one of these on each exit of the airlock. Basicly, someone, if he thinks that there's an enemy coming through the lock, can push the button and kill everything inside, or at least severely damage it..

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  • Terawatt_99Terawatt_99 Join Date: 2002-02-09 Member: 188Members
    hmm... could be interesting, it would add a new dmiesnion to the gameplay, one thing i'd try to make sure of if i were you, is to keep the purge buttons out of view from the actual airlocks, so that people can't just camp by the button and push it every time someone walks through...
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    I just realized that the commander could listen for the sound, and if he diddnt see marines in teh lock, could purge it and kill all the aliens inside...

    I don't think it'll be going in, maybe somewhere else, low traffic area or something, but yeah..
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  • TiCKTiCK Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 708Members
    Cheap commander.  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    I think ns_freon has some airlocks. So yeah, it's possible, if not exactly original...
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  • nrbynrby Join Date: 2002-03-05 Member: 270Members
    Might #### people off a bit, also why would you need an airlock between internal compartments of a ship?

    I dunno, could work :x
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  • gutterclutchgutterclutch Join Date: 2002-06-30 Member: 850Members
    You don't have airlocks inside a ship, you have blast doors, if decompression is what you're guarding against. Maybe the ship could have blast doors at strategic points that marines would have to open each time they tried to get past, slowing them but not overly so. perhaps the ceiling could be constructed so that bobs need not hit the buttons, and needless to say blinkies wouldn't be slowed by the doors

    it would definitely make the game less tactical to have airlocks and more strategic - it would all be about planning to have your opponent be stuck in an airlock and you with your claws or guns trained on them while they're all caught up. it might be good, but there's a slim chance of that
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Note: the Level4 CANNOT BLINK THROUGH DOORS/WALLS.  This has changed from the original idea.  As of now, he can blink anywhere he can *see*... this includes blinking through tight places.

    Hera has two large, weldable blast doors separating Reception from the rest of the map.
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  • doctopepadoctopepa Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 99Members
    *DELETE THIS POST WILL YOU?*
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  • doctopepadoctopepa Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 99Members
    make a spaceship. make two airlocks that leads to two trains that leads to two new airlocks on a new spaceship. that haven't been done before, eh?
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  • FreestylerFreestyler The First NS Fan Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 20Members
    Coil: From what I can gather, the Level 4 blinks to the first solid in his L.O.S.  Doors are not solids, so I think he an go through doors and entities, then stop at the first solid brush.

    Not to sure about that though...
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  • CallMessiahCallMessiah Join Date: 2002-06-24 Member: 813Members
    If this was the case, Freestyler, I think the lvl4 could get stuck very easily. I for example often make pipes or stairs entities. If a lvl4 would blink towards the pipes he would stop at the wall behind the pipes, getting stuck in the pipes, if they are close to the wall, or behind them.
    Then again, I don't have a clue how it really is in game, but I trust the devs to be smart enough to think of this, since I do not, as MonsE once stated "think the devs are utter and complete idiots".
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Ooooh, thats a good idea doctopepa! Now If I can make a hexagon room without leaks up the wazoo, i'd be in business!
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  • Dan_ForeverDan_Forever Join Date: 2002-08-02 Member: 1054Members
    If you were to do that legionnaired, it might be an idea to have them as glass walkways between ships, if you think that would be possible...
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  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    Sure it's possible.. I decided to hold off on my NS map for a while, work on a Firearms one until my mapping skill improves.
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