ToggleWaterZone

ToggleWaterZone

Postby Ulukai » 18 Jan 2012, 16:37

There has been talking about water maps serveral times already but so far no one made an actual attempt at creating one that would actually be playable in the game. I was thinking about this and I got this crazy idea... Apparently in UT there was an ToggleWaterZone actor which toggles an area to flood for a set numer of seconds / minutes. I think it would be a cool idea to make a map with water at the bottom and a series of floors above each other. Somewhere in the map would be a trigger that toggles the water to raise to the top, changing everything in a water zone. After the set time, the map gets normal again.

Once this would get implemented, I'm in for creating a map like this. It would take me quite some time and I want to finish another map I'm working on first, but eventually I could do it. This could be a cool feature that people talk about and attracts other people.

What do you think? Would it be a good idea? Let me hear you! :)
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Re: ToggleWaterZone

Postby inpersona64 » 18 Jan 2012, 17:38

Ulukai {l Wrote}:What do you think? Would it be a good idea? Let me hear you! :)

Sounds interesting enough. Although it was mentioned a while back that a full-on water map would hinder the parkour aspects of Red Eclipse (which is what this game is all about) I still am 100% behind the concept of a water map. Maybe not a bunch of them but perhaps just 1 map would be worth trying. I mean it wouldn't hurt.

ToggleWaterZone I have never seen before but the way you described it made me think of something like Keystone just filling up to the top with water lol. Sounds a bit funny to me, but interesting.
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Re: ToggleWaterZone

Postby Ulukai » 18 Jan 2012, 21:54

Of course it's not something that would fit every map. I have a specific map layout in mind that would work very well with it. The fact that it is triggered and time limited, only hinders the parkour during that short time.
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Re: ToggleWaterZone

Postby TheLastProject » 18 Jan 2012, 22:21

Guess that would be fun as a mutator. Not sure though.
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Re: ToggleWaterZone

Postby Ulukai » 19 Jan 2012, 11:09

Hmmm I don't think a mutator would be the good approach for this feature. If a toggIeable water zone gets built in the engine, I think there should be a few special maps that make use of this material zone with a specific layout and some triggers that players can activate when they want to.
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Re: ToggleWaterZone

Postby rocknroll237 » 19 Jan 2012, 21:04

Interesting idea. I like it. :)
I agree with the other guys. It shouldn't be a mutator, there should just be some special 'flood' maps with triggers instead.
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