Few new ideas

Carbon · 05-04-2003, 03:36 PM

Ok...for like the past 2 hours I've been fucking around trying to make a Minelayer unit. (similar to the one in RA2)

I've been using the TroopCrawler as the model but I can't seem to get it to work right. You can't use the upgrade china mines command, unfortunately. I tried making it so that a button fires a secondary weapon which then makes a new OCL_Mines that creates the object Structure Mine, but that doesn't seem to work either.

Anyone else have some ideas? I'm starting to run out.

On a side note....has anyone tried making a superweapon that allows you to take over a building? I've been trying to mess with the code on that as well. I believe it's possible and you could link it some how to the 'Capture Building' ability, but maybe just kick down the time it needs to work???

I'd appreciate any feedback/ideas/suggestions.

guyee · 05-04-2003, 04:41 PM

i've been trying to re-enable the old engineer thing, where he'd take over the building and die. Not exactly an easy feat, especially since i haven't really worked that hard at it.

I've managed to make a minelayer, but it basically lays an actual field, not individual mines. Basically all that it does is it builds a drone, which uses the cluster mine code to generate the field, obviously it's a smaller field, but it's still a field

Carbon · 05-04-2003, 05:55 PM

That's fine.

I'm looking for it to lay an actual field.

So...did you make a dummy drone or something??

oldmfunk · 05-04-2003, 05:56 PM

Carbon, hows your Ninja coming along?

Shadow · 05-04-2003, 06:14 PM

I have a good idea, maybe it's too good, I'll leave that until I am sure it'll work, but anyway I've got a related idea.

How about putting the Generals Abilities Purchase buttons onto the GUI HUD, it saves time and frees up a menu for other things

Carbon · 05-04-2003, 07:02 PM

My ninja unit itself is done and has been for a while.....

But...I still need a skin.

Right now it just looks like Black Lotus.

Anyone wanna help?

oldmfunk · 05-04-2003, 07:04 PM

Depends, lets see it so far...

WickedBlizzard · 05-04-2003, 07:04 PM

If anyone is able to unwrap it I could try something for ya...

Wickster

Carbon · 05-04-2003, 07:10 PM

Lol...ok

Let me specify something....right now whenyou build it...it has a button image that's original.

Besides that it just moves/sounds/and looks like Black Lotus.

I'd like to change her briefcase to a sword and put a hood over most of her face....but I lack the skills to. I don't have 3D Studio max.

So...to clarify again. Right now the ninja looks like just black lotus, except that it has my 'ninja' abilities instead of lotus'

guyee · 05-04-2003, 07:37 PM

ok, all i did was create a dummy drone that basically just uses the cluster mine code.

Make a drone, make it unselectable and invisible(no model). Give it a lifetime update of 1 millisecond (just cause i dislike the number 0). And ondeath make it create a minefield (take a look at the cluster mine code for the way that's supposed to be done).

If you want me to i can code the drone for you, and the command button, and other stuff.