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Pyromania, new weapons implemented

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 I've been working on oil jets, flaming oil jets, and flamethrowers. This stuff is a lot of fun! And, it gives us even more ways to kill each other... The individual flame particles all bounce off obstacles, so you get a nice flame-licking-under-car effect (see the last couple of images) ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 4, 2006, 3:55 pm Last edited Aug 4, 2006, 3:58 pm by sam

piXal The Saints Pedestrian Renegade Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Sweet stuff! The fire effects is nice and will be handy in close combat racing, but the oil will give the game alot of tactical opportunities. Will the fire stay on the target if he gets some massive burns? Looks great! Cheers! //pixal Posted Aug 4, 2006, 4:13 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Thanks.. yep, the idea is that cars, characters etc. will be able to catch fire. The oilslicks work well by the way, what happens is the affected tyre(s) go to zero grip, and then regain their traction over a period of about 5 game seconds. It could make for some nasty incidents on a fast corner... ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 4, 2006, 4:33 pm

piXal The Saints Pedestrian Renegade Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: Jul 29, 2006 I would say that going to zero grip is WAY to much to work like oil should. If you half the grip from the moment you enter the oil and then let it regain the grip back to max over 5 game secs i would say fair play! And dont forget that oil on the tyres in gravel does absolutely nill. Cheers! //piXal Posted Aug 4, 2006, 6:14 pm

Six Gun Jack Jacks Gunfighters Racer Renegade Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: Jun 10, 2006 looking good Sam, will give them a try soon... ......................... vet wv elmsautumn pvp1 Posted Aug 4, 2006, 10:35 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Thanks 6GJ. Actually I need to implement firedamage critical hits before these weapons can go live for testing.. you want graphical descriptions of your enemies toasting, surely? ;-) ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 5, 2006, 10:18 am

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 piXal: regarding oil effects on tyres, I guess playtesting will be the best way to figure out the right level of grip-reduction. Various aspects of the game system, such as this, are always likely to need tweaking. I haven't spent much time with it yet, of course, but my initial tests make it *seem* like going from zero-to-full grip in 5 game seconds might work well. ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 5, 2006, 12:28 pm

piXal The Saints Pedestrian Renegade Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: Jul 29, 2006 You´r absolutely right Sam. I might have jumped to a conclusion too early, it was just that it sounded so drastic with zero grip. Lets see how it works when we get to play with it. Anyway it´s great fun playing this fine game. Keep up the good work. Cheers //piXal Posted Aug 5, 2006, 10:40 pm

Six Gun Jack Jacks Gunfighters Racer Renegade Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: Jun 10, 2006 yeah, best to just try and see first, we can give you our impressions. I had thought they were already in the game. I have been busy so much haven't had much time to play and test, sorry Sam. But I am still here =). ......................... vet wv elmsautumn pvp1 Posted Aug 7, 2006, 9:56 am

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 OK, the fire-damage critical hits are there: another 72 ways to injure each other, plus 1 additional permanent injury. I have created a racetrack-owned vehicle as the first flamethrower-wielding car: The Hotshot I've also added some Vipers with extra bite... Asp Asp II These will start turning up in the one-off events.. The reason there are no bring-your-own-vehicle deathraces yet is that I need to have *all* weapons implemented before that's possible... but I'm getting there...  ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 10, 2006, 11:12 am Last edited Aug 10, 2006, 11:35 am by sam

Jim Pole Position Racer Renegade Group: Contributors Posts: 199 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 fun! ......................... vet Posted Aug 10, 2006, 11:23 am

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,781 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 OK, flamethrowers and flaming oilslicks are really working now. Honest. Apologies to anyone who tried them in the last day or two! Torque has a very server-centric approach, and it can be a bit painful getting the client to spawn anything on its own.. I figured it out though.. Smokescreens and paintclouds will be along soon. They're all finished apart from the code that adds paint splodges to cars that are hit by a paintcloud. ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Aug 11, 2006, 10:20 am

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