Sir Lucius
05-03-2003, 01:46
I remeber marthrax or Pan Weasdal saying something about having a really unique super awesome idea concerning the camera deployable but they didn't want to say anything b/c they were afraid some other company would steal it(apperntly video game espionage is a huge business and those 2 have a big bag a secrets they want to keep mum on).
That's why I'm here! Baseless speculation -- or so I have observed -- is one of my strongest points. All we realy know is that it's a camera, and it's cool. So what can we rule out? Well, first of all it'd have to be original -- if another game already uses the idea then there's really nothing to keep secret. Another thing that it's probably not tribes-play specific. This would have to be something you could find in counterstirkes, quake 4's, rise of the triad 2006 edition, whatever, etc. The only possible exception I can think to this -- and this is a good possibility at that -- is that they're guarding it from dave g and his bucket of planetside. The only problem is, if dave g wanted to steal it then it'd have to auto target, have a ridiculous range, abd shoot goombas at you with really shap fangs and there's no way you can dodge them and you die if you get hit by them unless you brought some deployable teamwork to counter its effects.
But for some serious ideas I guess they'd have to have some sort of optical changes. So I guess one design possibility could be they operate in an area of effect. When you get inside that AoE you are able to see in the camera's vision. And then the camera has some crazy vision crap like it can see through walls or some ****.
Another idea is that it projects false images to make decoys or something. Like you could make a fake door on the wall ala road runner.
Rear view mirror is another idea, where it plugs into a hud window on your armor so you can always see what the camera sees (this idea is nothing new, but I still think it would be cool even if it does double your poly count. I mean being able to tune in on your HoF view or your LD's view or your capper's view, or some gen observasion veiw at all times would be so discustingly useful it's border line cheating).
Another idea is camera trains. Little drone bots that move around an area -- harder to hit, more to observe.
Controlable spy cameras you can piolet into the enemy base. Watch the enemy while they're sleeping taking a shower, putting on their armor, etc.
Cameras that scream. Who wouldn't want tripwire alarms? :)
That's all I can thik of for now :/
That's why I'm here! Baseless speculation -- or so I have observed -- is one of my strongest points. All we realy know is that it's a camera, and it's cool. So what can we rule out? Well, first of all it'd have to be original -- if another game already uses the idea then there's really nothing to keep secret. Another thing that it's probably not tribes-play specific. This would have to be something you could find in counterstirkes, quake 4's, rise of the triad 2006 edition, whatever, etc. The only possible exception I can think to this -- and this is a good possibility at that -- is that they're guarding it from dave g and his bucket of planetside. The only problem is, if dave g wanted to steal it then it'd have to auto target, have a ridiculous range, abd shoot goombas at you with really shap fangs and there's no way you can dodge them and you die if you get hit by them unless you brought some deployable teamwork to counter its effects.
But for some serious ideas I guess they'd have to have some sort of optical changes. So I guess one design possibility could be they operate in an area of effect. When you get inside that AoE you are able to see in the camera's vision. And then the camera has some crazy vision crap like it can see through walls or some ****.
Another idea is that it projects false images to make decoys or something. Like you could make a fake door on the wall ala road runner.
Rear view mirror is another idea, where it plugs into a hud window on your armor so you can always see what the camera sees (this idea is nothing new, but I still think it would be cool even if it does double your poly count. I mean being able to tune in on your HoF view or your LD's view or your capper's view, or some gen observasion veiw at all times would be so discustingly useful it's border line cheating).
Another idea is camera trains. Little drone bots that move around an area -- harder to hit, more to observe.
Controlable spy cameras you can piolet into the enemy base. Watch the enemy while they're sleeping taking a shower, putting on their armor, etc.
Cameras that scream. Who wouldn't want tripwire alarms? :)
That's all I can thik of for now :/