hl Balistics MOD Thread

hey

Im currently working on a HL mod will be called balistics unless that name has been use ived cheacked around and it seem open anyway i was wondering since im new to this kinda thing if any one could help me out.
i need help in just about every aspect

-skinning
-im learning mapping
-codding
-and i need a lil help to tweek the start menu

the concept of the game will be simillar to the HL mod Natural Selection[a marine VS aliens FPS] but a more futuristic point of view.

if ANY 1 could help me i would greatly appreceate it

**Smokey

why anybody would help you if youre making something similar to an other mod?

it similar...was to give you an idea of how the game would work....you get what im saying its not just a run in there and shoot like CS or some of the other hl mods TFC where you run in blindly no tactics.

It also had the commander which i liked and would use...although it would run diffrently from the way NS has thers runned

thanks for reading

**Smokey

no offense...

can you post your concept here?

you mean like an out line?

yes

IF it looks like a duck quacks like a duck smells like a duck than it's a duck

what?:|

ducks quacks to echo

don't spam, by the way i think this mod looks like a fusion of a lot of mods, you should add something new...

What i mean is if it looks like NS and feels like NS than it's just another copy of NS

yeah i noticed that a while ago :/ you are right, he should add more stuff to the mod

**Smokey wrote: but a more futuristic point of view.

NS is pretty futuristic as it is..so yeah your making ns

yeah if u make it any more futuristic you might aswell make an unreal tournament mod

No one wants to join a mod they know nothing about. Give more information damn it!

i think NS is a lil futuristic on the marine side but the alien side is um a lil like ravenous beasts running around.....im going to put together a lil summary of my ideas and you tell me what you think.

i do realize that this game sounds like a remix but you could say that about anygame.there just similar function but a whole new game once its together.

anyway il get working on the summary.

**Smokey

Death_Viper wrote: IF it looks like a duck quacks like a duck smells like a duck than it's a duck

what if it looks like duct tape?

anyways are you planning on having lasers and stuff? this may be a dumb idea, but to keep from being a rip on ns why dont you make it a co-op or something? or some sort of special gameplay element like zero gravity? or something?

Balistics HL mod overview

MARINE Corps.[TMC]

-Marines belong to a world class oganization called The MARINE Corp. TMC
-There will be 4 classes including the "commander" role
-machine gunner [lots dmg little accuracy quick bullet releace, longer reload]
-backup gunner [less damage more acurate,normal bullet releace and normal reload]
-rifleman [ highly acurte, high dmg, longer wait lor bullet release, quick reload]
-"the commander role" i like the over view type role im just not sure how you can use it
without copying "Natural Selection"It would include the ability to drop buildings like and armoury and
upgradeble buildings.aswell as wall turrets, rail gun chairs and baracades.Upgraded weapons will also
be given out by the commander aswell as a few more things.

Xenoforms

currently i have only come up with 5 aliens and an idea of there attacks i need help to find out whats practical and whats not.
on the last being you can evolve into is a floating body that can induce a sphere like sheil around him allowing all dmg to drain
his "energy" istead of life once the energy is gone his life reduces and this alien has little life aswell as only being able to attack
when the sheild is down.for the same creature i wanted a parasite ability that would allow you to take control of the marine as
he slowly lost liek allowing you to control him for maybe 60sec? or like 5 life every 5 seconds?I havemany ideas conserning the
aliens.except i cant fugure out how or what they build and how the upgrades system would work.

extra notes

i dont see this game working except for a destroy the other team permenently mode.....i like the sound of that.Aswell i dont
know how the "commander" role will be played and how the aliens upgrade work. also im not sure how the spawning will
work the hive idea for natural selection i found a little cheesy but they do need a place to spawn and protect.

thanks for your time i hope you like my ideas if any of you are interested i can get some consepts scaned im not the best artist
but you ll get the idea

**Smokey

what do you mean by co-op?

anyway i think every1 is going to get NS:C and so this wont be hlf as close to NS:C.....but i wasent trying to go for a NS copy i just like the idea i mean think about hw many games are just about the same...just new story and new GFX.....the maps will be played on earth unlike NS all though there will be facility building that you have to take back[so nograv wont work].got any more ideas to mak it unique?

to be honest this idea for a mod came a little way back when i was playing ureal 2 and thought maybe somethign like this multiplayer would be cool[thought that game require a lil strategy]so since then there was like no strat game they all just go phsyco i wanted to make this.this is my 3rd time triing to get people to help me make this mod ....this is the firt time any1 was intrested AT ALL!

**Smokey

- Edited By **Smokey On Sun 28th, Dec 2003 @ 4:12:58pm

a co-op is where all human players are on 1 team and then you have a bucnh of ai comming after them...

i dont think id want to do a game that invols AI its just to time cnosuming and there are to many glitches.got any other ideas?

**Smokey

doesn't half life (or whatever game your modding for) already have the inbuilt AI?

you don't have to have co-op, but if you can do it, then i think that it'll be better than normal mp

yeah or u could just say -I am stealing the idea from the NS creators and changing all the skins and all the guns add some new maps and call it mine- LOL

i wasent tring to steal NS's ideas i was tring to make a game thats like Unreal 2 but wanted an extra think to make it a lil more fun....anyway i dont realy care for the critism i wanted some help you can cant help let me know....and if you can in ant way possible PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

**Smokey

First bit of advice: If you want to be taken seriously, act seriously. If you want to walk the walk, talk the talk as well. Bad grammar hurts Frosty's precious eyes. Second bit of advice: People aren't going to be enticed to join a mod when it's just a bloring chunk of text. You're going to need concept art and a website to generate interest. Take a look at the Defense Command HL2 mod, and several of the others. HL2 hasn't even been released yet; hell, there's not even a release date as of now, but these mods have generated their own communities dedicated to the mod through the use of renders, art and their forums and websites.

i dont think id want to do a game that invols AI its just to time cnosuming and there are to many glitches.got any other ideas?

If it's implemented properly, then there are no glitches in the AI. I do not recall any glitches in the Half-Life AI recently, and considering this is going to be based upon the HL engine, you should have no problems inplementing it. Sven-Coop has managed to work in flawless AI into online play. Sure, HL's AI is getting long in the tooth, alongside all other aspects of the engine (low frequency sound effects, low poly engine, 16-bit engine, ect) but it's functional and fun.