When a commander is trying to place a building..

The pushing idea seems to me to be the easiest and simple to add suggestion. I personally don't want to see random see thru buildings flying around in game anyways.

 

I would rather crush the noobs. They will learn QUICK get the F off the god damn refinery so I can drop it!

 

this can lead to a lot of com abuse... Think about Pickled as com killing all noobs... and not noobs..

 

lol limit squashing to refs only? you know... we could implement some sort of like outline on the ground so you can see where the com wants to place it. Then when he does, a wire frame sort of like slowly(5 seconds) rises from the ground. You have 5 seconds to get out of the Fn way or else your killed when it turns solid.

 

Refineries at least should telefrag anyone on top of them because that isn't abuseable.

edit: ninjad by viro

 

sl; com, can i get a rax? im all alone behind enemy lines with my buddy here...

com; sure thing sport

sl killed by building

slhelper killed by building

sl; goddammit comm...


i can already REEK the sweat of frustration and drama created by this

also exploits with comms thinking they are playing ants with magnifying glass at gamestart around the barracks

 

pushing people away will probably be abused to get people up into higher ground or normally impossible/inaccessable areas.

crushing people will probably lead to you losing 1-5 tickets.

i dont see anyway around it besides making everyone who is in the way.. teleport to the middle (inside) of the building... (but thats for VF/racks/radar)
i guess pushing people out of the way when dropping res points might be good, since mostref points arent near exploitable areas

 

for the rax it could just teleport them to the spawn points inside them, but it would be cheap since it could be exploited to protect players from like 40 tanks rawarrwwrarw and then the tanks start shooting a billion 50. cal bullets and then poof they are all safe.

 

This should be implemented in some form anyway, it'll be discussed.

 

Right now, here are the plausible methods with cons.

• Make a (about as high as an unbuilt wall) small ghost of the building (yellow, transparent (about as transparent as a scout touching one object)) ghost of the building appear.
  • Could be annoying to see floating VFs and such.
  • Unknown method of chopping down building height.
  • Building placement is probably client(commander)-side, not server-side, so this could use resources.
• Allow buildings to teleport troops that were standing in the way inside the building. Every building has space inside.
  • Very unrealistic.
  • Could be used to shield players instantly.
  • Soft-model clipping is already shit...what would this do?
  • Armories, BE Barracks, are small (in terms of moving space).
  • Griefing potential.
    
• Push players to the perimeter of the building.
  • Somewhat unrealistic. Better than teleporting.
  • Players would probably clip.
  • Could be use to shield players (though to the same extent today as putting a building in front of them).
    
  • Griefing potential.
• Put a 2D blueprint on the floor of sort. This could amount to simply the letters ff the building with a hammer or whatever, or just a top-view of the building.
  
  • Would need to add an entity + artwork (I think)
  • Players may not notice.
  • Colours might end up blending in with the current colour/texture f the ground.
    

 

It should just have a 2D imprint on the floor.

 

You forgot mine you turd.

 

Anything that involves killing players will never be implemented.

 

Maybe make it so that if a com wants to place a building, every player in the buildings radius will get a voice message saying that he is in a way of drop-off or something(after com tries to place the building ofc).

Won't help against grievers, but its better for noobs.

 

If your staying in a spot that you know the com wants, your griefing therefor you forfeit your current life.

 

It's not going to happen.

 

It's extremely griefable. As Trickster said, it will NOT happen.

 

I know it probably won't happen but, it should. It can't be griefable if you know its going to happen if you don't get out of the way in the time allotted.
Besides who the fuck cares if its griefable? If you have a grief com kick him out of com then ban/kick from server with admin help. There are better ways for a com to grief.

 

Do you think before you post?

Who is supposed to build it if the "noob", "idiot" "griefer" "prone player" is killed?
Also, we should not encourage griefing, it's already a pain in the ass to get the commander out of the command vehicle, even more painful to get someone to take over.

 

Viroman, just no. Seriously, you're derailing a good fucking thread by going "LOL LETS SLAY PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET OUT OF THE WAY". There will be no more discussion on that. None.