AA/ new units

Gilgamesh · Post by **Gilgamesh** » 14 Sep 2006, 15:35

Howdy, some people may have seen me online, some may have even played me in a game or two but now after a few weeks it's time to say a proper hello to the online community that makes Spring so good.

I was thinking about making a unit or two and showing them to the maker of AA.

Could anyone give me a few pointers for unit creation and ideas please.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 14 Sep 2006, 15:37

Read. The. Wiki.

Hint: look up at the top of the board. Left! Left, I say!

And, btw, welcome to the boards, and good luck with that... idea.

Gilgamesh · Post by **Gilgamesh** » 14 Sep 2006, 15:44

wow, a reply already? it was like... less than 5 min(:

Thanks, but i have already taken a look there. I just wanted to get some ideas on how to design my units...

I would like some idea on what to work with because i don't want to make a unit that:

1: is useless in multiplayer, other than a waste of time, metal, energy and being decoy/meat shield

2: it not some crappy copy of someone elses unit.

For example i just a idea. It would be for a tech-2 k-bot that is a AA-unit, but also able to defend itself from ground attacks (to an extent).

It could be useful because there is no ture Anti-air k-bot for tech 2

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 14 Sep 2006, 15:49

Um, just PM Caydr, then. I'm sure he'd love to hear your ideas for adding new units to AA.

Not.

FoeOfTheBee · Post by **FoeOfTheBee** » 14 Sep 2006, 16:29

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/wiki/Basic_ ... king_guide

j5mello · Post by **j5mello** » 14 Sep 2006, 17:23

just to let u know Caydr is adding in lvl 2 AA kbots

Welcome to the forums!! Make sure u wear a helmet

bamb · Post by **bamb** » 14 Sep 2006, 18:56

If you use gpl or some other "free" textures, I think people then more likely would like to use your unit.

j5mello · Post by **j5mello** » 14 Sep 2006, 20:50

oh i got an idea for units that AA needs...

Lvl 2 Hovers. Its nice cause their scripts/FBI's don't have to be that complicated (but can be) and they would add a lot to the mod.

Gilgamesh · Post by **Gilgamesh** » 15 Sep 2006, 05:53

Hmm, yea! level 2 hovercraft! that's a GOOD idea.

There can be tons of units to do for them(: thx for the idea

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 15 Sep 2006, 13:10

Hehe, how about we make some hover monsters for level 3 instead?

I mean Hover is tech 1.5, so then it could go to tech 3..

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 15 Sep 2006, 13:21

let's make a level 3 constructor and level 4 gantry

with a UBERPWNEVERTYTHINGKROGOTHWITHDGUN

or we could focus on other things...

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 15 Sep 2006, 13:22

Ahh, well his stuff to do, I was just shoving an idea on the table

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 15 Sep 2006, 14:13

Caydr has been trimming units from AA left and right, so unless you're making the anti-air units, I doubt he'll be receptive to more stuff.

eddy · Post by **eddy** » 15 Sep 2006, 14:37

j5mello wrote:just to let u know Caydr is adding in lvl 2 AA kbots

Welcome to the forums!! Make sure u wear a helmet

correct me if im wrong but he add only 1 unit (core)

j5mello · Post by **j5mello** » 15 Sep 2006, 16:41

Oh WTF!!! Where the hell are thos AA bots!!!!

Scrap the hover idea MAKE LVL 2 ANTI-AIR KBOTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

such a pain in the @$$ when i go kbots that i don't have acess to good mobile anti-air... grumble... grumble

Soulless1 · Post by **Soulless1** » 15 Sep 2006, 17:26

actually I think Cadyr might be looking for models for his AA kbots - it's probably worth askin him if you want to make some...

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 15 Sep 2006, 17:44

Making them's not an issue, I can remake the ones I did before the hard drive crash. Texturing's not an issue either. Scripting's not an issue. The issue is... ....

Yeah... I guess I should probably just make them...

Gilgamesh · Post by **Gilgamesh** » 17 Sep 2006, 08:09

I'm on hoildays! While passing the time chilling at my hotel room, i have been coming up with a load of idea's for units and such. Many of which are very usful.

My first idea is a K-bot called centurion.

It's a tech 2 k-bot that can handle any threat with 2 defender aa-missile packs, a advance hvy laser and a short range arty cannon. It also has above average health.

Such a powerful unit comes with weaknesses so here are a few.

1-It has below average movement speed.
2-It's costly (build time wise)
3-It can't preform as well as a dedicated unit for a task. eg:mavericks, bulldogs.

What do ya think? i'm going to draw up some skeches as well so when they are done, i will post them here.

I also got another unit to add.

It's called a "Roper". It's a hovercraft mine layer that can not only place the normal ground mines but also sea mines like charges to take out subs and such.

I got more coming so if i can get to a computer, i will share more of my ideas.

Bye for now(:

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AA/ new units

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