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[Liederkranz]

That is interesting... headlights being used for blinding opponent mechs? Again the realism vs gameplay matter. A flare on your eyes could be too intense and the camera could need a moment to balance light levels. Luckily there's the HUD to assist, but might not be enough!

 

The depth of this night time playing is increasing by the minute.

 

Hahah I didn't meant exactly for blinding opponents. I was talking more about giving the victim some jumpscares besides the existing fear that there's a pred around. :P

[Loglino]

That is interesting... headlights being used for blinding opponent mechs? Again the realism vs gameplay matter. A flare on your eyes could be too intense and the camera could need a moment to balance light levels. Luckily there's the HUD to assist, but might not be enough!

 

The depth of this night time playing is increasing by the minute.

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[claisolais]

Simply reading this post brought me back to those best days I ever had with HWK...I miss those days and all the ideas

[SandSpider2]

I'm working on an atlas of Illal at the moment and I'm including loads of locations for potential game maps.  I'll be including as many illustration as I can do.  So if you have any more ideas for game maps write them in here and I will try to incorporate appropriate locations.

[Loglino]

https://community.pl...ing/#entry20089

This idea I made could be easy to implement. It is for a sort of underside to the center of the metropolis "Andromeda". The map would take place all underground and the area above would be like Prosk but much "bigger". All you would need to do for the atlas is make sure you implement this taller and highly industrial part of the city.

The underground area would have three sections. One part for cheap residential, one for dark passageways and maybe tanks/crates for storage, and one for heated manufacturing of some molten material, in which you may take large damage for touching it, that is if it were to be on the map. I already have a 3D model of the entire map in my head.

 

More ideas incoming soon.

[SandSpider2]

A large underground map idea was popular in the old forums and those pics look great.  Something like that would be awesome to play in.  Wouldn't be good for siege or missile assault though.

[Loglino]

A large underground map idea was popular in the old forums and those pics look great.  Something like that would be awesome to play in.  Wouldn't be good for siege or missile assault though.

Yea that was a problem I tried to solve. CTF would could be a great candidate for this map though.

[DeeRax]

Not to mention a night/underground/otherwise low-lit map would actually be amazing for straight up DM.

[Pelanthoris]

About dynamic maps:

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Kind of mixed feeling about that being dropped. Although I'm all in for predefined dynamic stuff.

 

Mine maps would be nice

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Except it would be like bunker, except for grenades instead of hellfire.

 

And night maps, oh boy.

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Would like to see something similar to marine nightvision in 1999 Aliens vs. Predator. If you have nightvision, you don't have radar (or motion sensor to be accurate).
And just like in AvP, predator can see everyone and is generally a pain in the fuzzy of the bunny.

[DeeRax]

Damn, that map destruction tho.

[SandSpider2]

A quick sketch for a mine shaft map.  Just add jump pads.

 

Edited by SandSpider2, 02 July 2015 - 04:01 AM.

[Hek_naw]

Destructible maps look good, not gonna lie, but makes you wonder how much do tactics hold up to them. Of course you'd want some parts of the maps only being destructible.

 

Someone mentioned this before, but I would love to see a gate mechanism you can trigger somehow, limiting direct access between areas. While you control a switch/control panel, you'll be able to open or close gates, and maybe this switch has a cooldown or can only be used from one side at a time. So you have to go another route if you're in the wrong side of the gate.

[WastingTime]

Oooooh @ destructible maps
Reminds me of red faction
Oh darn I can't get around this gate b/c I dont have a key
But I do have this rocket launcher......

Could change the chokepoint game

[Pelanthoris]

Someone mentioned this before, but I would love to see a gate mechanism you can trigger somehow, limiting direct access between areas. While you control a switch/control panel, you'll be able to open or close gates, and maybe this switch has a cooldown or can only be used from one side at a time. So you have to go another route if you're in the wrong side of the gate.

 

Mount & Blade Warband, anyone?

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