RamPaGe attempts to overhaul the FPS genera by blending it with streamlined RPG elements. It's still an FPS at heart, but players will be motivated by ever stronger weapons and abilities to keep fraggin' away.
Rampage is careful never to ever make players too powerful while still provide a "carrot on a stick" at all times. Although players will increase their maximum power potential by getting more and more kills with each weapon, players will have much of their power reset on every respawn. This includes having their health regen reset and all powerups stripped.
Had fun making this thing, might be one of the most heavily modded versions of Unreal to be made entirely in Kismet. If anyone wants to open the hood and look at the kismet setup, the meat of it is located in sub kismet sections named "player_0" through "player_29".
Features:
-Modified UT3 weapons that scale in power as players battle
-An overhaul of the CTF game dynamic
-A simple RPG system that discards item power-ups and complicated menus
Weapons:
Impact Hammer: No longer a mere melee weapon, this weapon grants its user the power of flight. By hitting the ground, the hammer propels the user up and then forward at great speeds. When the player crawls, or stays still for 5 seconds, this weapon charges an AE blast that can hit all enemies in a radius when the player hits the ground.
More hits with this weapon means further rocket flight and less time required to charge the impact explosions. Explosion hits are not counted towards exp, ONLY melee hits.
Hitting the ground hard will cause the user to hop a short distance forward, while tapping the ground will cause the user to shoot up to great heights if their level is high enough
Flack Cannon: Players wielding the flack cannon are incredibly hard to kill. Passive health regeneration is doubled while wielding this weapon and consecutive Flack hits will cause this regeneration to skyrocket. Hitting yourself and teammates with the secondary fire will heal for large amounts of life (be careful, if you're very low on life and hit too close to yourself this could kill you).
This weapon comes equipped with a stun affect. If you take damage, nearby enemies may be knocked around and find it very hard to hit or pursue you. Leveling the flack cannon increases your regeneration potential, and will start you with a higher regeneration on spawn.
Sniper Rifle: Think of every shot with this weapon as a roll of the dice at the craps table. When you hit the enemy with the sniper rifle you have a chance of getting very powerful, but temporary bonuses. Body hits have a very small chance of turning you invisible, while headshots can give you quad damage or even invulnerability. Players hit by snipers will notice their regeneration slowed. Get hit enough times and your regeneration will cease to work, but by that time you'll probably be dead.
Making several shots with the Sniper rifle will give you permanent jump boots, making you harder to kill. Leveling the sniper Rifle also increases the odds of receiving powerups.
Rocket Launcher: Shoot your feet with a rocket and you'll summon up to 4 minions to protect you. These minions will follow you anywhere until you de-equip your rocket launcher, where they'll patiently stand guard, waiting for you to switch back to your rocket launcher and follow you again.
Shooting minions with your rocket launcher will heal them and if hit enough, upgrade them to have berserker. There is a 10 second timer on summoning more minions. Leveling your rocket launcher will reduce this timer in future builds and possibly give minions better weapons.
Shock Rifle: Hit enemies with your shock rifle to get construction points. When the required points are reached you'll hear a vehicle or turret’s signature noise. At this point shooting yourself with a shock ball (secondary fire of shock rifle) will summon that type of vehicle. Be sure to move after you hit yourself with a shock ball or your vehicle may spawn kill you.
Unlike standard UT3 vehicles, these vehicles regenerate health over time. If your vehicle is hit by your shock rifle, or a teammate’s shock rifle, you will regenerate a large amount of health over 5 seconds, this doesn't stack. Minions will heal also heal you with their link guns.
Gameplay:
There is only 1 flag point for both teams, at the top of a series of floating platforms. The only way to score "points" is to kill the other team while you hold the flag.
Flags are made available in 30 second intervals.
Only 1 flag can be in play at a time, so it is crucial that you kill the enemy player holding your flag and return it so your team has a chance of grabbing the next flag.
This setup greatly simplifies the gameplay of capture the flag. No longer are there multiple objectives to worry about, or a reason for players to sit idly in their base. Gameplay in RamPaGe is always incredibly fast paced with both teams desperately trying to either kill or protect the flag carrier, and to secure the flag spawn area so the next flag grab will be for their team.
NPC’s:
Npc's spawn on the outskirts of the map and run for the middle. They do minimal damage and pose next to no threat. These bots are more a means of accumulating exp with your weapons than posing any threat. Story-wise they are “unworthy†fallen soldiers who run to the middle for a quick painless death.
Some Helpful Advice to get you started:
Get exp! Leveling weapons is a fun diversion from the run of the mill killing spree that is UT3. NPC’s are the easiest targets to get exp from. Try not to charge up your impact hammer too much when killing them so you can get a couple extra exp hits in. Sniper Head shots not only give better powerups, but 3x the exp of regular body shots for the sniper rifle.
Use the flack cannon. Although you only get 50% of the passive regen while using a different weapon, you can still boost this regeneration by getting hits with your flack cannon and switching to another weapon. It's often a good idea to quickly switch to this weapon, heal yourself, and switch to a more suitable weapon, especially when you're going for the flag, or have the flag.
Use the foggy outskirts to your advantage. You can take cover here with vehicles and heal them with your shock rifle. This is also a great area to retreat to with the flag to get some sniper kills in relative safety. Grab the flag and use your impact hammer to rocket out to the outskirts.
The sniper rifle can be a great weapon to use before picking up the flag. If you get a lucky invulnerability or quad damage, you can rack up some points very quickly once you pick up the flag.
Every weapon has its advantage and disadvantage. Don't try to be a "sniper" or a "healer", use all of the weapons and become the sum of their parts. When you're in a tight spot (especially with the flag), use the flack cannon or impact hammer to rocket jump out. The impact hammer gets you out faster, but the flack cannon lets you rocket jump out while healing for large amounts of health. Switch between the two and get the best of both worlds. Once you're in safety, you might charge up your super attack on the impact hammer, and surprise the angry mob with a large explosion, you'll get some points if your teammates have softened them up.
Although you can't get into a vehicle with the flag, you can get into turrets. If you see your flag carrier in trouble, set up a turret near them, it'll act as a giant new health bar for them, and allow them to fight back and rack up some kills.
Always stay near the flag carrier, and keep them healed with the flack cannon. If they get burned down by the enemy team, pick the flag up and keep the momentum going!
P.S. Had a ton of fun making this mod, but at some point you gotta call it quits. As a one man dev team without any real scripting knowledge or much of a multiplayer test team, this is about as far as i could feasibly push this map.
