"Sentinel" Automatic Cannon [Pics] [Beta11] [Updated]

[ScorpDK]

First off, a big WOOT for Mr.Evil...
secondly...*grabs minigun sentinel* MINE! *runs off while grabbing ammo on his way and laughing maniacally, preparing himself to place a few of these new babies in his stronghold*

[Mr Evil]

Accidentally broke the Disturber in beta3. I fixed it if you want to download it again, sorry.

[Mr.UglyPants]

Sweet. Sucks my internet on my desktop is dead. Gonna have to use a USB, lame.

[BuffyTheSlayer]

is first page's link is fixed link ?

Accidentally broke the Disturber in beta3. I fixed it if you want to download it again, sorry.

I did it redownload but file was same as first download file
I love MiniGun sentinel !!!

[Hushpuppy]

can anyone make an Assault Mod? so we can get that gamemode back?

[ScorpDK]

what does that question have to do with this sentinel?

And LOVE the mini-guns...sure, it's a placeholder model, but pretty kickass atm...wonder how the final product looks like, with animations like spinning barrels and what-not =D

[Mr Evil]

I did it redownload but file was same as first download file

The fixed version should be a few bytes different in size. You can check by equipping a Sentinel with a Disturber and seeing if it works (the broken version would only fire once and then go idle forever).

[UT2004Addict]

Mr. Evil, I must say this is one of the most enjoyable mutators I've come across in a while. It adds an enormous amount of depth to the game -- some RTS elements on top of the usual static-map mayhem.

While I can't code much for UT3 at the moment, there are some parallels with this and some other base code I've been working on. If possible, I'm going to make my stuff as "compatible" with the Sentinels as possible (that is, augment / complement what you've released without using your code). Again, not much time to discuss now, but I'd love to hear your reflections later.

[Strogglet15]

I was waiting too long for this...Thanks Mr.Evil,i hope you can make the Sentinel mods faster

[Mr Evil]

I know a large proportion of UT fans are also pyromaniacs, so here's a gratuitous screenshot of the new flamethrower:

[shot]http://mrevil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/temp/Sentinel/Flamethrower.jpg[/shot]

If only there were some Skaarj pupae around to use it on.

[ScorpDK]

overkill...=O
are the flames on the ground just visual, or do they still do some damage to anyone who steps into them?

can't wait for the next version, since UT3 has smaller architecture, a flamethrower will be more effective than a minigun. (Didn't use flamethrower alot in UT2k4, because of it's range)

[Mr Evil]

overkill...=O
are the flames on the ground just visual, or do they still do some damage to anyone who steps into them?..

The flame consists of a stream of projectiles with emitters attached, so the damaging area should match the visuals reasonably closely. Particles don't always bounce around in exactly the same way as their parent projectiles, but they don't stray very far.

The flames on the ground aren't stuck there; it's simulating a gas fueled flamethrower rather than a liquid fueled one, as that's just easier.

...can't wait for the next version, since UT3 has smaller architecture, a flamethrower will be more effective than a minigun. (Didn't use flamethrower alot in UT2k4, because of it's range)

The range is increased a bit in the new version. Part of the reason it was so short in UT2004 was that it couldn't handle too many translucent particles at once without a massive performance hit. UT3 seems to be much better at doing that, so it's possible to have more particles going at once, which can make a longer flame and still look nice.

[BuffyTheSlayer]

omg wow !

I know a large proportion of UT fans are also pyromaniacs, so here's a gratuitous screenshot of the new flamethrower:

[shot]http://mrevil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/temp/Sentinel/Flamethrower.jpg[/shot]

If only there were some Skaarj pupae around to use it on.

really want Flamethrower Sentinel too !!!
please

[ScorpDK]

The range is increased a bit in the new version. Part of the reason it was so short in UT2004 was that it couldn't handle too many translucent particles at once without a massive performance hit. UT3 seems to be much better at doing that, so it's possible to have more particles going at once, which can make a longer flame and still look nice.

uhmmm...or maybe THAT was the reason why i didn't use flamethrower sentinels back then XD bad computer, lots of particles...boom.

[Mr Evil]

Here's the source code for beta 3: Sentinel_UT3_v1.0beta3_source.zip

Please note that for beta 4 I have made some substantial changes to how things fit together, so don't get too comfortable with the source for the current release, as anything you write to work with it now is likely to need equally substantial changes.

really want Flamethrower Sentinel too !!!
please

And you shall have it, you'll just have to wait until the next version is finished. I expect I'll release it when the custom models are mostly finished, but there's no fixed date when that will happen.