Matrix Hovership Mod

[legacy-Inverness]

Heres my Full Idea: (TDM or ONS)

The matrix mod would consist of one map, which would contain the Zion Dock (at the bottom), and the Surface (at the top of course), and an array of tunnels arround them that extends as far as the Unreal Ed can make them.

One team would start in Zion, the other on the surface. There would be four hovership (2 per team): The Hammer, Nebuchadnezzar, Logos, and the Vigilant. The players would get inside the ship and go through the tunnels trying to blow up the other teams ship. Each ship would have a driver's seat (with an EMP) and multiple gun turret seats.

The EMP would destroy all ships (15,000 damage) within a large radius, and destroy the ship of the person who has it, and would require a charge-up (similar to deployment of Leviathan) before it could be activated. The charge time would depend on the EMP Range.

(EDITED)

Nebuchadnezzer: (Medium Cruiser Class)
Medium Speed
4 Turrets
Medium EMP Range
20 HoverPads
5,000 HP

Hammer: (Heavy Cruiser Class)
Low Speed
5 Turrets
1 Howitzer Artillery Turret
High EMP Range
28 HoverPads
10,000 HP

Logos: (Light Cruiser Class)
High Speed
2 Turrets
Low EMP Range
28 HoverPads
2,500 HP

Vigilant: (Medium Cruiser Class)
Medium Speed
4 Turrets
Medium EMP Range
20 HoverPads
5,000 HP

Osiris: (Super-Heavy Cruiser Class)
Very Low Speed
8 Turrets
2 Howitzer Artillery Turrets
No EMP
34 Hoverpads
25,000 HP

NOTE: Low Speed = Speed of Manta

It would only be fun if the tunnels were very extensive, to the point where you couldn't memorize it (if possible). And with small mechanical tunnels (like in Matrix: Rev) that is a shortcut but hard to fly through. Also there would be diffrent version of the map (possibly) that could have diffrent tunnels but still having zion and the surface.

The ship controls would need to be made so it can "fly" in any direction. But still be realistic.

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If it can be done it would be VERY popular. At least I think so =D
Comments?

[legacy-Inverness]

Bleh, I don't get how people don't think of these things.

[legacy-QuickSilverQ]

its not that people dont think of them...its that people dont have the tiem or patience to see them through ^_^;;

[legacy-Inverness]

Yea you're right.

I wish they did though =).

[legacy-Kahoona]

Well the Maxed Out mod is basically the Matrix...

[legacy-QuickSilverQ]

i would love to see a matrix mutator...with abilities like running on walls and running up buildings. :up:

[legacy-Kahoona]

Go right ahead and completely ignore my post...

[legacy-Inverness]

Did you people even read what i said?
its OUTSIDE the matrix, you battle with hoverships.

So don't complain about people not reading yours :p

[legacy-Kahoona]

I wasn't talking to you...

[legacy-Inverness]

Nobody who posted before you... mentioned a typical Matrix Mod.

[legacy-FireCrack]

Originally posted by Inverness
Nobody who posted before you... mentioned a typical Matrix Mod.


Originally posted by QuickSilverQ
i would love to see a matrix mutator...with abilities like running on walls and running up buildings. :up:

[legacy-Inverness]

lol...
my fault XD

[legacy-MrDarth]

Do you have any idea how long it would take to make a network of tunnels like the one you're talking about!!?? If someone had the time to do it they probably would and it would probably be awesome but this is a big project you're thinking about, people just don't want to put in the effort.

How long has your obsesion with the matrix been going on??

[legacy-Inverness]

Ever since I bought The Matrix: Revolutions on DVD,

Anyways about the tunnels, it doesn't have to be very detailed, I mean its gonna be extremely dark (lit up by lights on the ship)
So it wouldn't have to be extremely deailed but it would need good textures and some features that would appear to make it 3D. Yet I don't know if sophisticated textures could give it a 3D look.

[legacy-FireCrack]

the map would be easy, you'd hbave a bunch of different 'tunnel section' static meshes and you'd sloyt them together to make the tunnels then add some fog. Do a tad of tweaking here and there for effect presto. It's peety tedious though.

[legacy-Inverness]

Well the hoverships would be the main focus of the mod, They would have to look pretty realistic... Have same effects as seen in movie etc.

If I had more experience in Maya I would try making one myself but I don't have the time required to do such a thing.


Edit: Edited the Top Description.

And the Hovercraft piloting would be configured so you wouldn't really know which way is down, up etc. Since they're completly autonomos in 3D space so to say...

[legacy-MrDarth]

Modeling isn't that hard to learn, there are plenty of tutorials!

[legacy-Inverness]

I know the basics but I'm not skilled enough to create 5 hoverships at the right scale and detail (even though I know that) and animate the hoverpads etc.

[legacy-717]

Bleh, I don't get how people don't think of these things.
I thought of the same thing in my threed last month
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=5011005#post5011005

[legacy-Inverness]

lol, I wish I knew how to model -.-

[legacy-MrDarth]

Personaly, I think that the Ships from "The Matrix" are ugly.

Thats just me though...:down:

[legacy-Inverness]

Considering they're made by humans who are 4 kilometers below the surface whos surface cities have been completely destroyed and global temperature decreased severely...

I'd say they did pretty good :O

[legacy-MrDarth]

Well considering that its a movie they should have been sleek and shiny to meet public demands!

How can the stars of the movie fly around in one of those unstylish hulks?

[legacy-Inverness]

because they're about to get killed by Sentinels.. thats how they can fly around in them :P

[legacy-MrDarth]

or they could star in a different movie...

one with no sentinals to destroy them:up:

[legacy-Inverness]

Then there wouldn't be any hoverships :O
=P

[legacy-MrDarth]

Thats the point

[legacy-Inverness]

Thats your point, not mine.
This thread is for mod ideas, not criticism, leave...

[legacy-MrDarth]

Just a friendly debate...

no hard feelings

[legacy-theXinferno]

Originally posted by QuickSilverQ
i would love to see a matrix mutator...with abilities like running on walls and running up buildings. :up:

there was one on fil;eplanet but that was for goty

[legacy-DarKGamer]

actually on www.UT2003hq.com there is a UT03 mod call Monkey Matrix Moves with bullet-time, running on walls, doing weird flips, and everything. I think it works in UT04...

[legacy-Inverness]

Bleh, everyone always thinks of The Matrix that way and never about the other half of it. :mad:

[legacy-Rehevkor]

Originally posted by Inverness
Ever since I bought The Matrix: Revolutions on DVD,

Anyways about the tunnels, it doesn't have to be very detailed, I mean its gonna be extremely dark (lit up by lights on the ship)


Not likely... Unreal Engine 2.0 doesn't support dynamic light actors natively. You can code your own, but they're a major performance drain and the shine through BSP and static meshes. There would definitely have to be static light sources in the tunnels.

[legacy-Inverness]

Hmm, well thats not good, oh well.
The tunnels will still need to be dimly lit.

[legacy-vernies_garden]

personaly if i were to do a "outside the matrix" gametype it would be kinda liek a team invasion. were each team gets a ship or two and a base and every one is attacked by sentinals and various other bots. and the team with the most kills and such wins. yea you dont have the "kill your pals" fun that unreal provides but still would go more to the matrix realm. plus it'll give you the opertunity to use one of those killer mechs in matrix 3. :bulb:

[legacy-Maxim98]

u no there is a matrix moves mod oput there called the monkey matrix moves look it up on google i found it not to long ago and its cool all the powers of the matrix exept no melee u can even run on walls in slomo/bullet time

[legacy-Inverness]

Originally posted by Maxim98
u no there is a matrix moves mod oput there called the monkey matrix moves look it up on google i found it not to long ago and its cool all the powers of the matrix exept no melee u can even run on walls in slomo/bullet time

Did you even read the topic?
This is not about that bullet time crap :mad:

[bartje321]

bullit time, try typeing
slomo 0.1
in the console
(slomo 1 to reset)

[legacy-717]

MMM shows bullet rings too.:weird:

[legacy-Maxim98]

i no its out side the matrix and it sounds really coo jut sayin that there is a mod like that sry i drove that off topic :(

[legacy-Flippy1320]

I would love a mod like that but more of the movie than just 2 vs 2 Hoverships.

Where one team is machines and other team is humans, and Humans can get into APU and kill other team while machines try to kill a limited amount of reinforcements Humans and destroy certain checkpoints.

[legacy-D1ZZ]

That can be good.

It would be a defensive mod where humans must stop those squiddys. With APU's and hovercrafts.

[legacy-Quirken]

http://www.planetunreal.com/proleague/thematrix.html

That has Apoc's Matrix Moves and Monkey Matrix Moves.

Apocs has:
-wall running (dodge into a wall)
- crouch hover (jump and hit crouch, you can hover for a few seconds there)
- rolls instead of dodges, including view roll

Monkey has:
-everything Apoc's has
-bullet time, with bullet trails

[legacy-FireCrack]

Originally posted by Rehevkor
Not likely... Unreal Engine 2.0 doesn't support dynamic light actors natively. You can code your own, but they're a major performance drain and the shine through BSP and static meshes. There would definitely have to be static light sources in the tunnels.

who told you that? dynamic lights are everywhere, that's why they have a checkbox in the settings menu.

[legacy-Noodle]

OK I love the Matrix ever since I got the only good one "the First" on DVD and second all have you seen the frst one or are you just obsessing over the 2 bad one I mean they had like o story and all action if I wanted to think about nothing in a movie Id watch the Terminator But like the first I wanted to think about it and the only thing I could think about in the second was How damn long is this fight gonna be and in the Third is God damnt this chick has rebarb through her so hurry up and die so god damnt stop with the Matrix abuse and go outside and stop trying to encringe on my nerd dom

[legacy-KnivesTheMapper]

There was a HL mod called the Specialists.