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Unit Evolution
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 08:35
by Zoy64
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.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 08:37
by Neddie
It can be done, with some work, you can give a unit new abilities and possible even reveal "new" elements of the model.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 08:44
by Zoy64
i hope you see what im saying
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 09:05
by Warlord Zsinj
Yes, we have intentions to do something like this with our Jedi and Sith units.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 09:15
by Zoy64
what, like a padawan<Knight<Master?
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 09:57
by rattle
Old way: what neddi said
New LUA way: I'm sure trepan's morph can be invoked through LuaCob too.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 18:18
by Warlord Zsinj
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.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 19:52
by pintle
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?
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 20:36
by KDR_11k
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.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 22:48
by Neddie
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.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 22:59
by KDR_11k
Optimus uses COB to upgrade stuff, Lua is different.
Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 23:05
by Neddie
I thought we were still discussing the old method! My bad!
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 00:18
by pintle
So the morph would lose current hp/xp etc? And if not would this make jump troops possible?
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 00:39
by LOrDo
It would be quite nice to have experiance for units actually mean somthing.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 00:41
by Neddie
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.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 01:59
by FLOZi
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.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 05:28
by rattle
I hate to tell you that epxeriance doesn't mean anything to a unit.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 05:40
by Snipawolf
rattle wrote:I hate to tell you that experiance doesn't mean anything to a unit.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 05:45
by Neddie
Experience.
Did none of you ever play D&D as children? Honestly.
Posted: 24 Jun 2007, 06:45
by Zoy64
im sry pintle, but i could care less about jump infantry.
and about experi
ence, 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: