Unit Evolution

Zoy64 · Post by **Zoy64** » 23 Jun 2007, 08:35

i dont know if this has been asked before, but when a unit gains 1.00 experiance or higher, it would turn into an advanced version of itself.

E.g. A Zeus would turn into an adv. Zeus
Bigger guns, faster legs, longer range, and cooler armor

and another idea of mine is when a certain type of unit "evolves," it would turn into a whole new unit that you cant normally make.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 23 Jun 2007, 08:37

It can be done, with some work, you can give a unit new abilities and possible even reveal "new" elements of the model.

Zoy64 · Post by **Zoy64** » 23 Jun 2007, 08:44

i hope you see what im saying

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 23 Jun 2007, 09:05

Yes, we have intentions to do something like this with our Jedi and Sith units.

Zoy64 · Post by **Zoy64** » 23 Jun 2007, 09:15

what, like a padawan<Knight<Master?

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 23 Jun 2007, 09:57

Old way: what neddi said
New LUA way: I'm sure trepan's morph can be invoked through LuaCob too.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 23 Jun 2007, 18:18

Possibly. It's just on paper at the moment, so it could well change, depending on how well it plays.

You won't get Jedi until well after the next release though; I don't want to get anyone's hopes up.

pintle · Post by **pintle** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:52

i was told (cant remember who by, but it was somebody who knows what they are on about) that unit movetype couldnt be changed in a unit morph (i was thinking of jump-infantry). Would this mean they cannot change speed when they morph?

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 23 Jun 2007, 20:36

A full morph would delete one unit and spawn another with some attributes copied over, I don't ssee why they should need the same movetype.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 23 Jun 2007, 22:48

KDR_11k wrote:A full morph would delete one unit and spawn another with some attributes copied over, I don't ssee why they should need the same movetype.

Me neither. That may be why Optimus never gave speed upgrades, however.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 23 Jun 2007, 22:59

Optimus uses COB to upgrade stuff, Lua is different.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 23 Jun 2007, 23:05

I thought we were still discussing the old method! My bad!

pintle · Post by **pintle** » 24 Jun 2007, 00:18

So the morph would lose current hp/xp etc? And if not would this make jump troops possible?

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 24 Jun 2007, 00:39

It would be quite nice to have experiance for units actually mean somthing.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 24 Jun 2007, 00:41

LOrDo wrote:It would be quite nice to have experiance for units actually mean somthing.

It does mean something. It means quite a lot as is.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 24 Jun 2007, 01:59

pintle wrote:So the morph would lose current hp/xp etc? And if not would this make jump troops possible?

Pure COB wise no (and speed can be changed these days). Lua wise, I expect its actually possible to pass the XP/HP/other stats over to the new unit if needs be.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 24 Jun 2007, 05:28

I hate to tell you that epxeriance doesn't mean anything to a unit.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 24 Jun 2007, 05:40

rattle wrote:I hate to tell you that experiance doesn't mean anything to a unit.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 24 Jun 2007, 05:45

Experience.

Did none of you ever play D&D as children? Honestly.

Zoy64 · Post by **Zoy64** » 24 Jun 2007, 06:45

im sry pintle, but i could care less about jump infantry.

and about experience, what does it actually do, besides increase HP? And it a unit evolves, i think the HP procedure should go like this: the old unit has 50% of its health left, then advanced unit would have 50%when it evolves, get it?

and another idea, a unit that salvages parts of other units :idea:

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