Feature Request: Fetch a parameter from a map.

Min3mat · Post by **Min3mat** » 19 Sep 2005, 23:08

it would be awesome for games like TA:WD and you could make the map have a combination of terrain and stuff...although radar blips would give you away, in TA:WD i think its more reliant on LOS anyway

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 20 Sep 2005, 06:12

I think it looks weird to have a Desert Camo Abrams driving on greenworlds and Woodland camo HMMWV's roaming on desert maps and vice versa.

So i'm all for it...

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 20 Sep 2005, 13:47

Originally posted by GrOuNd_ZeRo
Those would be enough currently, Crystal, Acid, Slate etc are not very common so those can just use the defaults.

Note that in my suggested "camo overlay" (which may not even be possible), I suggested that every mapper would be able to provide his own personal camo texture which is overlayed, or would be able to specify a particular camo texture from a common pool (as in "desertcamo", "snowcamo" or "forestcamo", all present on common maps). This way, if a map maker makes an acidworld, and wants to set a particular camoflage for units, he can make one; if he wants default non-camo textures, he can specify none, and if he wants to use a camo used by a default camo (such as on one of the forest or snow maps) he can just specify that camo texture.

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 20 Sep 2005, 16:19

The overlaying camo might have a few hitches, esspecially with bright colors and team colors, lights and such might become obscurred, buildings will become odd colors, which would be interesting, but a energy storage with camoflaged yellow glowy sides?

I prefer being able to create a model for each occasion, a common texture set might cause problems i.e. missing sets for crystal maps which the unit/mod doesn't have, and will probably have to be forced to use the default, might make matters complicated.

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 21 Sep 2005, 01:04

Perhaps it could be controlled the same way team colors are currently controlled? Instead of having just teamtex.txt, you could have teamtex.txt and camotex.txt, which would replace textures accordingly...

There, no need for seperate models. Happy?

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 21 Sep 2005, 01:57

Yeah, I suppose so

Spring RTS Engine

Feature Request: Fetch a parameter from a map.

Doesn't Battletech Spring sound so awsome!