This is very exciting news. T1 is one of the most interesting and engaging games I've ever played. I understand that you need to keep the scope of work to a manageable amount of content, but I really hope that deployables, at the very least a turret, and some walls/forcefields, make it in. Sitting around building up base defenses while under relentless assault (or vice versa, assaulting said defenses built by the other team) was one of the most fun aspects of the game for me.
ET - Quake Wars Mod: Tribal Wars
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I played mainly Shifter, which did have many deployables. I don't consider it shitty in the slightest. I guess my preferred play style was very focused and probably not that mainstream. I enjoyed a 24/7 Broadside server (a map that basically puts two bases within 100m of each other, insanely fast action in such a fast-paced game) where in order to survive as a team you had to really coordinate your defenses, and deployable force fields and blast walls were all that kept you from losing immediately. To break through it required a concerted push by heavies with mortars, speed guys to get to the generators, etc... was a lot of fun.
Star-Demon
Veteran X
Get ZOD to help. PLS
Yeah, those repair packs don't move themselves.
Subtle Bump. New netcode + tiling terrain: http://www.twars.org/blog.php
Hell Phoenix
Veteran XV
Terrain tiling makes me wet... Arc, pm.
Hell Phoenix
Veteran XV
So you're redoing the ET:QW netcode? Awesome... I might just have to redownload the SDK and take another look at the map editor. I did promise the ET:QW community that if this Tribes mod ever did come out I'd try my hand at mapping
Wait, the map editor is free? Link?
Original maps - especially ones created by artists who obviously are cognizant of the layout of "ski ramps" and landing positions, etc. - are very exciting. However, recreating some of the classic maps would be a welcome trip down memory lane as well. Unfortunately I'm pretty bad at names, but giving it a shot: Raindance; ...that map with two A-frame type bases separated by a long bridge (forgot name, doh); Broadside/Blastside... I'm sure you know the rest, but that would be really great (Not that I have any skills to offer to contribute unfortunately, except my enthusiasm and encouragement).
(Not that I have any skills to offer to contribute unfortunately, except my enthusiasm and encouragement).We're doing what we can within the framework to provide netcode that is far more optimized for the Tribes-style experience - player-driven, high speed, max precision. Thankfully, "what we can" is a hell of a lot in ETQW - it really is an extremely flexible platform for modding! Even in its very early stages the netcode shows a hell of a lot of promise - eg just a while ago on the test server I was getting solid 120fps with baby smooth movement (of both myself and the other players), even with my ping of 180. With this model there are way less problems caused by prediction error, and antilag is far, far simpler and more precise.
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you want a trip down memory lane, you fire up tribes and play those maps. the rest of us are fucking sick of playing the same 5 maps for the past 10 yearsOriginal maps - especially ones created by artists who obviously are cognizant of the layout of "ski ramps" and landing positions, etc. - are very exciting. However, recreating some of the classic maps would be a welcome trip down memory lane as well. Unfortunately I'm pretty bad at names, but giving it a shot: Raindance; ...that map with two A-frame type bases separated by a long bridge (forgot name, doh); Broadside/Blastside... I'm sure you know the rest, but that would be really great