Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
And I'm free...freefalling...

Now, usually the things I suggest are a little over the edge.  Like nuke-launchers for the WJF (prays).  But honestly they could be nothing more than cars at this point, with different descriptions and enter/leave/startup/shutoff messages.

How many peeps wanna see the judges come down to RED on a badass heli/hover/jet thingy?

But that's not what this is for...
Cars exploding, bullets shattering windshields, people getting mowed down, -in- their rides by mp-11s...this is what I seek...carnage.

Though setting it to be operated by 'piloting' might be a whole different story.  Still, I wouldn't drive one knowing my piloting skill wasn't well enough if they decided to just do it the cheap way :D

Quote: from Damarung on 11:55 am on June 22, 2007[br]Automobiles :D
Horns for cars are nice, and its in another thread, but an intercom system on the cruisers would -really- be sweet.

But that's not what this is for...
Cars exploding, bullets shattering windshields, people getting mowed down, -in- their rides by mp-11s...this is what I seek...carnage.

Doesn't 'honk' work for horns? It should do. Needed modifying to use the same sound splash code the sirens do to give some range to it.

Damageable vehicles (and other objects) was on the priority list... 6+ years ago and I think there's some groundwork done on it. Definitely needs implementing now that people are using vehicles as mobile impenetrable homes. ;)

Yea, AV garage is position for the drop on RED, rapid response and such. Idea was to have some dynamic space code (similar to the badlands) to handle 3d airspace for flying vehicles (and parachutes, bungee jumps, hand-gliders, etc). Biggest problem is working out what the horizon looks like and how low you can go at any given ground coordinate (rooftops, etc for every coord). There's a post somewhere about it...

Quote: from Damarung on 10:02 am on June 23, 2007[br]Instead of say, me pulling up to five gangers and just honking my horn incessantly.

That has a certain comical charm to it. :)

(Edited by Rastus2 at 7:39 pm on June 23, 2007)

Quote: from SoulExistence on 1:49 pm on June 22, 2007[br]Heh... Aerodynes in the tunnels... Certain Judges that can't drive worth a damn crashing their WJF AD's into buildings... Umm.. yeah. I think there's more important stuff for us to fix and implement before we touch flying disasters.

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Quote: from Damarung on 3:22 pm on June 26, 2007[br]

Enforcer Grenade Launcher.  What to do...make the nades work?  Nah, hasn't happened.  Possibilities = Shotgun, nade, non-lethal dart, imbedding tracker round maybe?  Something...

Make it the Dildonade Launcher!  I can see it now, mixers running scared after seeing one of there own mutilated by an exploding plastic penis round! Scary..

Red is a war zone, right?

No. It's happy handjob land.

There are room desc.s on gold that reference HovCabs or something. So is this another part of that two tiered have / have-nots things? Are the people that show off driving a Holden really just poor as shit compared to those that ride aerodyne's? And just for kicks, is there a rough estimate of how much a ride on a HovCab might cost? Ok, the last question was in jest, but I'm interested in knowing, given that vehicles with wheels are semi-upper-class due to restrictions on space/traffic, just where the hell do aerodynes fit in?

Speculating, the platform that is the underside of Gold sector sewers above Red is say, fifteen stories or so above ground level, correct? That's a pretty cramped environment to fly in, pretty exposed I'd imagine. By comparison, I imagine Gold sector is much airier, with skyscrapers I'd hope so, but how many stories am I supposed to be imagining here? I think it's cool that towers are in game, btw, and even cooler that they are stepped such that only ground levels are public accessible but you never really know how tall they are.

Anyway, hungry for info. about game world. Thanks.

Oh, and I don't think ACDs are aerodynes, they're humanoid drones that launch rACDs (which are air-based), according to 'help'.

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Aerodynes now exist and are very reasonably (though far from perfectly) integrated into the game mechanics.

Feel free to badger the characters you would badger about getting your grubby hands on the flight stick in one these.

Some Notes:
They are expensive and are easily more expensive than the ground vehicles available for purchase.

They are not faster than ground vehicles. This is mostly due to how complex the logic is to manage everything that happens when you fly.

They depend on piloting for use and aero_tech/auto_tech for repair. At present, they share body work parts with ground vehicles.

Theres a -lot- of empty, ambient space inside the dome wall. This will be getting filled in here and there with things, but don't expect the city to be a massive metropolis over night. This empty space occurs on the ground too, and if you land/stall/run-out-of-gas/crash into one of these places, you're stuck there ICly and someone will need to rescue you.

To those of you fortunate enough to be involved in testing, fall damage is now enabled. And yes, you can leave the craft while its in the air, and boy will it suck.

Again, expensive, not faster than cars, available ICly, but man are they fun. Oh, and compatible with ground vehicles (no bikes).

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