XS Vehicles (Xyx-Shinzon Vehicles)

[Doc Shock]

Looks really cool so far!

My suggestion how it should work against vehicles:
A device that powerful shouldn't just explode. Instead, the blade could simply cut through the armor and get stuck in there. When it sticks to a vehicle it would then burn it over time, it is on fire after all.
This means that the driver has to get out to destroy it before it burns his vehicle down. Upon destruction it will explode, doing some more damage to the vehicle, so that the blade wasn't completely wasted when a skilled player takes it out right after it hit his ride, i.e. before it can do any significant fire damage.

[Farseer]

Maybe make the blades cut through the whole vehicle, emerging from the other side? That would have to do some serious damage.
And Xyx, I have one question- did you manage to get your stuff working online, at least partially? I'm mainly curious about the beam effects because your code suggests that you are using dynamically-adjusted emitters instead of xemitters and that's very similar to what I developed in some of the weapons that I'm working on. Can't firgure out the replication for these beams so I wonder if you managed to do it in some way?...

[Xyx]

the blade could simply cut through the armor and get stuck in there. When it sticks to a vehicle it would then burn it over time, it is on fire after all.
This means that the driver has to get out to destroy it before it burns his vehicle down. Upon destruction it will explode

That is pretty much what the Cruiser's flare missiles already do. They stick, they burn, you can go out and shoot them, after which they explode. They don't burn for damage, but every guided missile in your surroundings will home in on you.

Maybe make the blades cut through the whole vehicle, emerging from the other side?

Can't, for technical reasons.

did you manage to get your stuff working online, at least partially?

Partially, yes, but beats me which parts.

[SoldierX]

Wow,that was annoying...i just made an account 2 weeks ago,and i have to re-make it?! oh well.

i like the fire blade,having it stick into vehicles is a nice idea,but i have a way to make it almost fair. having the only way to remove it being to blow it up,maybe you should have it like: if its on a turret on the vehicle,have it fly off when the vehicle shoots; have it so when the driver stops short,the blade flys off into a tree or person; or model it after the mutalisk Glaive Wourm: have the 3 blades seperatable,so it hits a vehicle,and 1 blade stays on,but the other 2 fly into a tree at another angle, then have the last blade stick onto a person. when they all are stopped,have them explode to do a bit more damage.

[SoldierX]

and on a different topic: the Maya software in the 7th folder of my DVD copy of UT2004,i got the software key 2 times,and i did the instalation. it says i have enough disk space,but on the page you enter the code on,i hit the next button,and nothing...let me repeat, NOTHING HAPPENS!!! i hit it with enter,nothing. i use the mouse,left and right,nothing. anyone have any idea why this happens?

[Doc Shock]

Hm, yeah, didn't consider the flare missles when I made that post. But a simple explosion would be a bit too conventional. Maybe you could ask UT2004Addict for some of his Lancer tire mine code? Would be cool to be able to rip off a hellbender's tires or a goliath's treads with a giant blade... As far as I noticed, you two seem to help each other out quite regularly (Hyperion Karma stabilization etc.), so I guess another code exchange would be totally ok.

[Xyx]

having it stick into vehicles is a nice idea

Can't, for technical reasons.

any idea why this happens?

Wrong thread. Try one of the tech forums.

Maybe you could ask UT2004Addict for some of his Lancer tire mine code?

Yeah, maybe I could. Good thinking!

[Farseer]

Xyx, it's weird that you, the coding master of vehicles, said two times on two pages that something is not possible because of technical reasons I don't really agree, having projectile stuck in a vehicle or cut through it IS possible. First option can be seen in ChaosUT I believe, second will be proven when I finally manage to release some of my weapons, with a railgun a little different from what you all know And yes, it uses real projectiles (I assume fireblade IS technically a projectile?), not hitscan.

[Shadowsage]

i am back!
me want my avatar though...

anyway, i really enjoy the progress of this so far.
Xyx, can we have an update on the spider pretty please?

[shadow21]

so the thread is going to continue on this forum, eh? well.....how the hell did you guys get 392+ pages???????

[Kyllian]

so the thread is going to continue on this forum, eh? well.....how the hell did you guys get 392+ pages???????

Lots and lots of posting from a lot of people
That and your forum view settings are probably at the minimum
I have posts/page set to max and this is page 99

[Xyx]

Xyx, it's weird that you, the coding master of vehicles, said two times on two pages that something is not possible because of technical reasons I don't really agree, having projectile stuck in a vehicle or cut through it IS possible.

Of course that is possible. It's just not possible combined with several other features, inside the amount of modding time and energy I have available to me.

Making a projectile stick is relatively easy, just look at the Cruiser's flare missiles. However, the Fireblade is not a projectile from a coding standpoint. It's actually a vehicle like the Manta. If you read any of the dropship threads (there were quite a few) you might have heard that nobody has managed to stick one vehicle to another without problems. I might be able to find a way, but I'm not very optimistic about the time it would take me.

can we have an update on the spider pretty please?

If I have updates, you get updates. If I don't have updates... well, let's just say that you asking about them does not make a difference.

[Fury.T32]

yay first post on new forums!

back on topic.

as the fireblade is actualy a vehicle, will there be an option for a teammate to press the enter vehicle button while neer it to hijack it? because i can see this becoming a major difficulty. (launching many fireblades, which then get hijacked by teammembers, prompting more fireblade launching...etc)

but im sure as a master coder you've escaped this problem

.........so yeah, lots of pages and stuff

[Farseer]

It's just not possible combined with several other features

Ah, I see. Forget what I said then.
I'm looking forward to next release, especially that I will be glad to look up some of your code, mainly the replication mentioned before. But I won't steal, promise!

[Xyx]

as the fireblade is actualy a vehicle, will there be an option for a teammate to press the enter vehicle button while neer it to hijack it?

OF COURSE not!

I will be glad to look up some of your code, mainly the replication mentioned before.

I'm not using any except for that provided by Epic. I'm probably not going to bother either until UT2007. I could learn all about replication now and spend loads of time implementing it, or I could learn and implement it from the start when I update the mod to UT2007.