Dev Blogs II Discussion

It's actually alright if we don't get aircraft for a while, because really, if we fix the game to be the best as it is right now, it'll have so much replayability that we'll be able to wait til' Krenzo marries a pornstar and comes back to coding :D

 

Anybody remember flying around those AFVs because there weren't models yet? And they were super tiny. LOL

 

pff, who wants aircraft?

better balance & bugfixes are the only things i want atm. asap - not with the "great content update" in ~3 years.

 

what else would they be making?

 

updated tank models, the new jeep etc...

 

woo, i can just see a f-22 chasing a 40k ork fighter XD

"Alpha 2, hostiles inbound, requesting permission to engage"

PLANEZ!!!

i also want jeepz. WITH A BIG GUN.

 

Those miniAFVs were awesome, we should get a server up of that RC

 

I'm not a dev so i'm just guessing, but these things have been mentioned somewhere at some point:

- Better vehicle models: i think i saw some new NF ?heavy? vehicle a few months ago for example
- Better jeep(s): not sure if i'm talking about a model with no bars or totally different models (is that idea about jeeps with guns still alive?)
- Smaller NF barracks
- ...

Wasn't NF supposed to get a brand new design or something?

And what about that idea to change the looks of vehicles depending on their equipment? The turret part would change depending on the weapons it has installed or something?

Anyway, i don't know what they're doing and most of the above probably has been discarded by now, but i'm sure some modeler is doing something at least. Lots of stuff to do.


Ontopic:
I actually would love aircraft to be added. I just think empires needs to be improved first, before putting time in it. If that means that in the end there may not be enough time/players left to add aircraft, so be it.

But i do want them cause it just works with empires. Airplanes and helicopters in games like BF just suck. But in empires ... Empires may be both a FPS and RTS game, but the tactical and strategical decissions are 90% about RTS. The idea to have VTOL's instead of regular airplanes was the first one that gave me hope. The units would also be those you see in RTS games: not only stuff that kills people like in BF games, but also transport planes you can use to get to places you can't get to over land. You could fly over a chokepoints and just put 5 guys behind enemy lines, or maybe one tank instead of 5 players. That is if the enemy doesn't have a radar and AA missiles, or fighters that will engage you and take you down.

Just remember that airplanes will not be present in maps we have now. Those would stay the same. But bigger maps made from start to work with aircraft would be added. I would love to be on the first line of ground defense, while people over voice chat are yelling they're going down. Then i'd see a bright light on the horizon, followed by smoke, while an enemy fighters flies over us in a big turn to get repairs and fuel at one of their bases. Wherever their bases are. With larger maps you just wouldn't know half the time.

Excellent

 

Why is the picture aliased and sort of messed up in the middle picture? Did megel encode something into the picture itself like they did a while ago with that microphone one?

 

hell no, i like the current NF design. got used to it. i hope they dont change to much.

in my opinion only the jeep model (remove the fucking bar in the middle of the field of view) and NF barracks (too big) need to be improved.

anyway, is there a list or something of waht devs are going to change/improve/remove?

 

Filler

 

I'm always amazed by what the my little pony engine can accomplish.

 

You see, when Gabe Newell isn't making the games how much better the my little pwny engine can be.

Steam still sucks though. Mods ftw

 

When you say GUI, do you mean each and every window (vehicles selection, class selection, team selection, squad selection, F menu, commander menus and even the HUD)?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni_rAamVP2s

Or is it the type that tracks your IP?

 

yes. Its getting redesigned from the ground up.

 

<== very excited

Just one question though. Will different teams have different colors, like red and blue?

 

He's changing the code only. It will look the same.

 

LIES.
The flashlight will look much better.

 

Read the final paragraph of the devblog

It will look the same originally, but, I'm making it easy and possible to change.