Hey guys, this week we are going to mix it up some. While in the last post we showed more than enough, this month I've been really busy at coding in alot of the features that have me, as well as the team, excited.
Probably the greatest thing I'm excited about is the player count condition. This will allow us to change any of the events in a map depending on how many players there are ingame, and will change dynamically when players enter or leave the game. From the amount of monsters that are in a map, to the way a puzzle can be solved, to a whole other path opening, the possibilites are endless to what can be changed and suited well to the amount of players ingame.
Ammo Giving - This will allow you to look at another player and give them a clip from the weapon you are holding. Very useful when your "spray and pray" friend is always low on ammo. When your not looking at a teammate, the same button can be used to broadcast to everyone on your team the weapon you are carrying and how much ammo it has. Weapon dropping is also possible.
Location - The name of the room your teammates are in will appear on the scoreboard as well as the chat messages they send (much like UT2k4) so you have a rough idea of where they are at all times.
Voice notifications - When teammates are reloading or their health/ammo is low, among other things, they will shout outloud automatically to keep everyone in check.
Health - Teammates health will appear on screen when you look at them, telling you if they are hurt, dying, healthy, etc. so your able to heal them in time.
Medical Satchels - You'll find many of these item's scattered about maps, which can be used on you or your teammates.
Objectives - Will appear on the scoreboard so you and your teammates know what needs doing.
There are many other things we are working on to make the coop experience even better.
Aside from that, we are working hard at getting playermodels done, and plan on showing them when they are more complete. Mark has also been working hard at getting us sounds when needed.
We do need more hands, so if your interested in helping us we have positions open for:
Modelers - We need models ranging from lamps to machinary. Being able to texture them yourself and model vegitation is a plus.
Texturers - We need playermodels, blood and grime decals, as well as other models textured.
Coder - Someone who can code in the more advanced features and has a good amount of knowledge in AI.
Drop us a line on our forum: www.blacksierramod.com/bb/.
Sorry for the loss of comments. I had to remake the post because I accidently checked Private, which you can't edit, unfortunately.
Actually, I am like 98% sure you can. *shakes head* See what happens when I don't do the news post? =P
FYI: The splitscreen is from the PC, we're working on getting Splitscreen ability to work off of your computer using an X-Box controller mainly. Pretty cool.
As long as its not dependent on that. You think im kidding? Kane and Lynch forces you to use an XBox controller and use Splitscreen on the Pc because they thought people had low standards for games and would just put up with that kind of garbage. Theres other games that try to force you to do that too.
With the invention of the internet i'll personally probably never use split screen but it seems like a cool feature. Splitscreen is so old gen, I heard console gamers were still using splitscreen to play multiplayer games. :P
You do have to use xbox controllers if you want to play splitscreen on PC. We aren't dependent on it, but its there if you happen to have a controller and friend lying around.
Split Screen for PC... THANK YOU. o.o;
I've been looking for games that do this for ages... I think it's a feature that needs to be added more, especially with the whole Media Center or Computer in your Living Room stance. I've got my rig attached to my TV, and I don't like consoles, and I don't like online play, so I love split-screen.
Now I'm REALLY excited. :p
-Indi
Man, this sounds great and it looks incredible too!
cool, keep it up id love to see moore
Really starts to remind me of KF, but with a kickass overhaul :D
I had the first comment. :(
Oh well, great work anyways.
I really hope this one doesn't die since it does seem like an updated Killing Floor. I am actually considering buying UT3 just for this mod but the lack of updates is not good!