Superlerk Plugin

StuStu Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14705Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Don't get carried away now ...</div> It always struck me as odd that lerks could never pick marines up and fly off with them. Well, now then can <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

The SuperLerk plugin allows lerks to pick up a marine (by pressing their USE key), and fly away with them. Even for a battle-hardened Frontiersman, this comes as quite a shock; marines drop their current weapon out of sheer surprise. The trauma of having those nasty pointy talons dug into their shoulders costs the marine 10 pts of damage every 2 secs; but hey - the fun is in finding a nice place to drop the marine to their doom (ns_nothing has *never* been such fun before!) Think you're safe in that nice shiny suit of heavy armour? Think again. Lerks with adrenaline upgrade can pick you up too. And those talons can tear through metal too - it just takes longer.

Of course, SuperLerk allows Lerks to carry gorges as well, just like [WHO]Them's excellent LerkLift plugin.

It's currently testing all this week on the Skulkrush Veterans Server (80.254.233.6:27025), and if there's no serious bug reports, I'll release the source code and Linux binary (sorry - I don't run Windows) Friday evening UK time, if anyone's interested.

Stu
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  • predatory_kangaroopredatory_kangaroo Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12225Members
    Sounds excellent Stu,
    As soon as you release the code, i'll compile it as a win32 dll for those who use windows servers <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    At last <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Now my dreams of using lerklift to drop marines down ns_nothing's pits of doom can be realised!
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  • StuStu Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14705Members
    Yes - strangely enough, we tested it very heavily first on ns_nothing <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Thanks for the offer of making the Windows DLL for everyone unfortunate enough to not be running Linux <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Stu
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  • The_MAzTerThe_MAzTer Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11784Members, Constellation
    nice plugin BUT lerks not a bit over powered then? i mean, get 3 lerks from start, all pick up a marine, so u only got 2 guys (in 6vs6) left, spike em of whatever.

    its very easy to pickup a gorge with lerklift. I guess it will be the same easy to pickup the rine.

    i hope its still posible to kill the lerk as rine. Much more fun <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • StuStu Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14705Members
    Gorges tend to want to be picked up - marines don't <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> Anyway, testing's gone well, and the plugin's available for release. Here's the zip file with the linux binary and source code.

    <a href='http://www.skulkrush.com/files/ns2-mods/SuperLerk-1.00.zip' target='_blank'>SuperLerk-1.00.zip</a>

    Let me know how you get on with it - it's my first metamod plugin release.

    Stu
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  • DEADscottDEADscott Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15022Members, Constellation
    Anyone got it compiled for win?
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  • TechwidTechwid Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8440Members, Constellation
    You should add the ability to where if your the gorge being picked up pressing your use key will drop you. I can think of a time when a gorge was getting ready to build a hive and the lerk kept grabbing him and flying him half way across the map when he didn't want to leave and wanted to help the team :/
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  • StuStu Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14705Members
    That's already part of the plugin.

    Stu
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  • predatory_kangaroopredatory_kangaroo Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12225Members
    Compiled first thing, no problems, tested it in my metamod, works great.
    Here's the release build, all zipped up and warm <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • surprisesurprise Join Date: 2003-01-16 Member: 12382Members, Constellation
    edited October 2003
    im the first to download? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    hehe, we have 13:45 here in germany <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    I am SO getting that plugin..

    ..when I get back on my PC with NS <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    But this plugin sure sounds fun. The funny thing though,is the subtitle of the thred....'Don't get carried away now ...' made me laugh lol
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  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    If you send the marine falling to his death do you get the kill? or does it register as a suicide?
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  • jplovejplove Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17475Members
    WoWoWoWoWoW

    This plugin looks like it's going to be a lot of fun!!!
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  • MerciorMercior Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4019Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Nice one Stu, Me and a friend came up with this idea a while ago but neither of us knew how to go about making it.. Would it be possible to let lerks pick up marine structures too ? That would rock <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • AcecoolAcecool Join Date: 2002-10-20 Member: 1560Members
    Its not a steam server...
    Anyone know of a steam server with this?
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  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    edited October 2003
    Nice nice.
    Now make a superskulk plugin please <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> You KNOW you want to ^^
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  • FreaqFreaq Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18404Members
    edited October 2003
    I already have this Plug-in, works great though. I got it at <a href='http://www.modns.org/forums/index.php?showforum=4' target='_blank'>modNS.org</a>. Try the skulk attach..... *Marine with skulk attached to head running around screaming.......*
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  • StuStu Join Date: 2003-03-19 Member: 14705Members
    Lift marine structures? That *would* be funny ;-) Maybe with adren only, able to lift obs, turrets and ips? I'll code something up over the weekend to see whether this is possible or not.

    Stu
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  • FreaqFreaq Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18404Members
    Case Senario.
    *Marine walks out of base* "Bang Bang Bang!"
    *Walks back into base*
    "WTH??!?!?!"
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  • DEADscottDEADscott Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15022Members, Constellation
    Sweet plugin, works well. Thank you.
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  • PaqueMannPaqueMann Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16606Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Just played on skulkrush with it, fun fun ^_^

    We were playing on ns_osmsiege (or something like that) and at the end of the game I grabbed a marine, went outside, and *SPLAT*.

    Next map I played was ns_origin, and then for some reason I couldn't lift gorges, it just didn't work.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Superlerk plugin (Win32) works great...good job!
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->If you send the marine falling to his death do you get the kill? or does it register as a suicide? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->It registers as a suicide.
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