First I'd like to say that I'm porting this from C++ to Lua and it's coming along very well thanks to my good friend Dozer236. He has helped me immensely with the coding. Further more I'm no longer using chat commands except for when you create a profile. Everything with building, buying weapons etc will all be key hooked. Here is what all I have planned out:
Keys:
7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3 - Selection 1 - 9 (Selection1 = NumPad7. Selection2 = NumPad8 etc)
NumPadEnter = Main Menu key. NumPad0 key = Cancel. Page Up = Yes. Page Down = No.
Profile Layout
Profession:
The profession selection will be as follows:
Professions:
7 - Commander 8 - Militant 9 - Mercenary
Once you have selected your profession, you will be prompted to select your side. Press the Main Menu key again for the following:
Sides:
7 - GDI 8 - Nod 9 - DISABLED
The third selection is disabled currently until I can put together one for normal renegade. Once you've selected your side, you will now be able to select your diplomacy with other players. This menu will be as follows:
Diplomacy:
7 - Alliance 8 - Enemies
When you pick one of them you will see a list of all the available players:
Alliance:
7 - JadeDrgn 8 - genxblaze 9 - Dozer236
The same will be for Enemies. However their profile names will show up not their in game names. The alliance/enemies will be linked via the profiles. Once you have selected your side, an mcv will arrive at your location and you will be able to begin building. Deploying the MCV is simple, go inside it and you will get a menu to chose the option to deploy (it's the only option there is for now). After you have deployed it you'll have to find your way out (it may be hard considering there is no interior, well there is but some people crash with it so I'm not gonna bother adding it). With the MCV deployed, press the Main Menu key (numpad enter incase you forgot already) for this menu:
Main Menu:
7 - Build Mode 8 - Buy Weapons 9 - Rank Up
The only functioning one for the time being will be Build Mode so that's all you'll see for now. Once you begin build mode, you can begin to build your base. These are the keys used in build mode all on the numpad: / = Base Structures. * - Base Defense. These keys are enabled whether or not your in build mode: - - Infantry. + - Armor. They will look similar to this:
Base Structures:
7 - Power Plant 8 - Refinery 9 - Barracks
4 - WarFactory 5 - AirStrip 6 - Helipad
1 - ComCenter 2 - TechCenter
It will be the same for all sides.
Well that pretty much sums it all up. Hope you all are looking forward to this as much as I am. I'm still currently setting up the profile system. Once it's all setup I will begin working on finishing porting the buildings over.
Looking good. Very good.