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rasz_pl

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« on: August 04, 2006, 11:59:04 pm »
http://user.it.uu.se/~svens/larverna/normal.html

maybe buildings older than 1 minute would start to spread this shit arround? Would be cool and look better than low res unanimated gray "stuff" texture.

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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2006, 12:14:43 am »
woah thats some crazy stuff... but i disagree w/ u

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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2006, 12:20:47 am »
Sorry, I like my creep. But those caterpillars are freaky o_O
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2006, 01:13:22 am »
hrhr, when in Sweden it's better to walk than to ride a bike *G*

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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2006, 02:32:12 am »
arghh i am all itchy now :(

but i agree a litlle i think places around alien buildings should slowly turn black (like it is under eggs) so when a base is standing on place for long its all alien style
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2006, 05:28:06 am »
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but i agree a litlle i think places around alien buildings should slowly turn black (like it is under eggs) so when a base is standing on place for long its all alien style


You want creep all over the place so the alien base looks like the hive in film "aliens"? ...and so the humans can say things like "it looks like some sort of secreted resin" and, a little later on, "THEY'RE COMIN OUT OF THE GODDAM WALLS!!"

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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2006, 06:08:36 am »
Yea, it'd be a much better "creep area" effect, like the Zerg have in Starcraft. When you build structures as the Zerg, the creep area increases around the buildings, covering the terrain. Why isn't the creep in this game more like that? It would help builders know how far they can build.

As for the Humans, this idea can be used as well, except, only when you have a construction kit. If my idea is implemented, if you have your construction kit out, a transparent sphere is drawn around the reactor and repeaters, to show how far the power is going, like the Protoss Pylons do, in Starcraft.

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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2006, 06:20:52 am »
"sphere" made me think about "sphere of influence"
Why not go a step further and lower the chargetime for the builder when the sphere increases?

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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2006, 07:38:07 am »
Expanding creep sounds interesting.

But would it damage framerates?

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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2006, 07:49:55 am »
I think not as I think it would be a texture and not another polygon model.

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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2006, 03:15:48 pm »
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I think not as I think it would be a texture and not another polygon model.


now it is a flat model with a texture on it, you can see it by placing for example acids on curved surfaces, sometimes "creep" grows on curved surfaces, sometimes it just sticks out like a piece of paper

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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2006, 04:26:23 pm »
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Quote from: "reinie"
but i agree a litlle i think places around alien buildings should slowly turn black (like it is under eggs) so when a base is standing on place for long its all alien style


You want creep all over the place so the alien base looks like the hive in film "aliens"? ...and so the humans can say things like "it looks like some sort of secreted resin" and, a little later on, "THEY'RE COMIN OUT OF THE GODDAM WALLS!!"

thats excactly what i was thinking off ;) caus this game is like totally alien style
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2006, 06:11:58 pm »
"Dude, where's my bike?"


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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2006, 08:00:30 pm »
Goddamn junkie caterpillars!

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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2006, 09:10:37 pm »
Please tell me that was a plague and that doesn't happen every damn summer :P
And the creep would a bit of a bad idea since it would alert humans there are alien structures nearby faster...

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« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2006, 09:11:39 pm »
I just wanna flamethrower all that shit  8)


Oh wait, we have flamethrowers in Trem eh...?

Lets make it a feature now  :D

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« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2006, 01:43:24 am »
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Please tell me that was a plague and that doesn't happen every damn summer :P
And the creep would a bit of a bad idea since it would alert humans there are alien structures nearby faster...
Yes, because it isn't already hard enough to find the Human structures...

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« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2006, 02:19:38 am »
You could try to make a level with somthing like that. Sweet pic BTW.
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« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2006, 04:12:38 am »
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but i agree a litlle i think places around alien buildings should slowly turn black (like it is under eggs) so when a base is standing on place for long its all alien style


You want creep all over the place so the alien base looks like the hive in film "aliens"? ...and so the humans can say things like "it looks like some sort of secreted resin" and, a little later on, "THEY'RE COMIN OUT OF THE GODDAM WALLS!!"


I am SO on that. I want to see Hicks say that in-game..... *laughs*
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« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2006, 04:16:49 am »
i have that on the alien base its a purple organic stuff but it doesn't move

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« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2006, 04:36:50 am »
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And the creep would a bit of a bad idea since it would alert humans there are alien structures nearby faster...


Maybe add some damage from the creep as a trade off for the visibility? This can also be a solution to egg hunts.[/quote]
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2006, 05:14:26 am »
how about a texture that worms its way from the overmind to other structures like a vien or somthing that runs off a script and a human walking on it gets hurt and/or slows down slightly

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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2006, 07:23:17 am »
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how about a texture that worms its way from the overmind to other structures like a vien or somthing that runs off a script and a human walking on it gets hurt and/or slows down slightly


this is exactly what I had in mind. A DYNAMIC texture with worms that slows humies down, granger spit should slow hummies too, and should too have those worms :)

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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2006, 03:26:48 pm »
Those pictures are more than slightly disturbing. XD
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« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2006, 03:47:54 am »
Heh.. it took me a while to figure out why you wanted more snowy white trees in tremulous.

Freaky worms.

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« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2006, 04:12:14 am »
Those are tentworms, they are everywhere, and you get rid of them by burning the web they make.

Very fun.

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« Reply #26 on: August 10, 2006, 05:28:38 am »
I can imagine... Is it anything like burning steel wool?

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« Reply #27 on: August 10, 2006, 09:43:12 am »
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And the creep would a bit of a bad idea since it would alert humans there are alien structures nearby faster...


Maybe add some damage from the creep as a trade off for the visibility? This can also be a solution to egg hunts.
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I think the crep slowdown humans. I have played a few local games, only me against me, and walking near eggs and other stuff make you slooow. So seems that slowdown you. Anyway I have not check that in real games.

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« Reply #28 on: August 10, 2006, 01:15:32 pm »
Now THAT is FREAK-KAAAY. Man that is right out of a Steven King novel!!

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« Reply #29 on: August 10, 2006, 03:02:42 pm »
Imagine you lying in that pile.
Now imagine they're infesting your whole house.


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