Command view: Midclick=noclip

When holding middle click in command view you can use your mouse to look around/wasd to move like in noclip.

/post

 

Better yet

Commander does not clip with brushes in comm view mode, so he doesn't get stuck on all the random shit lying around.

 

Like ZM style?

I think perhaps some maps would need to be built with this in mind (quite a lot have wierdnesses outside the skyboxes or outside the normal relms of access), but otherwise... mhm.

 

Voted yes, but commander view should be always noclip.

 

Yes the void is an issue, but I'd rather have visual issues than get stuck every 2 seconds.

 

RTSes are top down for a reason, that reason is because it's easier. The only problem in empires is that there's a lot of clutter, so you can't always see your people from the top, and alt rotate kinda sucks.

 

A bit off topic, but what about a high/low zoom key? Less time zooming is always a good thing.

 

you could make a "commander clip" brush, like commander clips trough everything besides commander clip brush

the skybox could be coated with it, and some special geometry that you dont want the commander to clip trough

 

But why? Has commander any advantage if his view is inside a mountain?

 

He could find the precious gem stones! But if he goes too deep! WHAT LURKS! WHAT LURKS!

 

I'll smoke what he's smoking.

 

He may find Adamantium......

 

We've hit HFS!!!

 

No, but he has an advantage if his view doesn't get stuck on a mountain, or if he can slide inside to the indoor corridors and caves that exist on many maps.

Spec mode is just much, much easier for players to manage. I already have alt-look rebound to mouse3, and it helps a HUGE amount as comm, even though it's so limited. Having mouse3 switch the comm to spec mode like in ZM would be hugely helpful.

Basically, I rarely have trouble maneuvering my view in ZM. I have trouble maneuvering my view in Empires all the time.

 

Just need to make sure he can't plant a barracks below the map, or anywhere else he shouldn't be able.

 

Demented: You ruin all our fun!

Aquillion: What's ZM?

 

Zombie Master. It's another RTS + FPS game, although in it, the player in the role of the Zombie Master uses RTS control to send a bunch of zombie bots against a team consisting of everyone else. They also use traps and so on.

Mostly, it's worth using for comparison because it's another source mod that uses RTS controls, and it does what this thread is requesting.

 

Needs more Dwarf Fortress tbh.

 

I'd prefer if the middle mouse click allowed you to grab-move like in black and white, and a number of other RTS games. Especially given the rather poor minimap responsiveness.

 

*grabs up guys that dont want to spawn backwards and starts trowing them to the base*