mg_piratewarsMODERN

[Desum]

Out of the whole list of MG maps, my favorite has always been(And unless my project is successful, will continue to be) mg_piratewars. Its simplistic idea of two ships using cannons to blow the crap outta each other then have the lifeboats duel it out has always been brilliant to me, but i hate how so many people hate it because of its various flaws. So, i've started work on mg_piratewarsmodern. It uses the same principle, except with modern warfare attributes.

Currently Includes:
-Modern style battleships
-Missiles instead of cannons
-A fog set atop the water making it so while you CAN shoot the lifeboats, it becomes alot harder to find them.
-Every lifeboat comes with its own mini-machine gun attached, so that the driver isn't completely defenseless for knife attacks
-Both lifeboats and missile launchers now require you to press 'e' to control it, and 'e' to exit, thus minimizing the lame part where you automatically control them and often glitch into permanently controlling it
-Missiles not only can damage the ship, but a minor explosion can kill people aswell
-Instead of sinking, when the final blow is dealt to the ship, it explodes! Completely blowing any fool stupid enough to stay on it!
-You can use the lifeboats from the start
-Space on lifeboats has been shortened, but 2 more lifeboats have been added
-A secret is hidden at the bottom of the sea! *coughsunkentreasurecheststhatincludegunsbutrequir eyoutobefastenoughtogettothebottomandbacktothesurf acecough*


Im interested in knowing what else the mg fans want in this map, so that it becomes more then the current pirate wars "Love it or hate it" map.

[barackobama]

Fantastic, you should join our FPS group, and upload the map once it is done, you can find us here: http://www.fpsbanana.com/studios/20750

[Desum]

Thank you, Garfield, i'll be sure to upload it once its complete(Should be done by tomorrow night)

[Trogdor]

"-Every lifeboat comes with its own mini-machine gun attached, so that the driver isn't completely defenseless for knife attacks"

What do you mean by that? Do you mean the DRIVER gets it, or a PlAYER that defends the driver? The mini-machine gun can be WAY more deadly than the knifes, and the drivers shouldn't get advantages over the players, but I see what you're saying. In piratewars the driver is dead almost every time. So, if you could make that work, it'd be great.

"-Instead of sinking, when the final blow is dealt to the ship, it explodes! Completely blowing any fool stupid enough to stay on it!"

Do you have time to get off? Because as soon as the final blow occurs on the normal piratewars it immediately starts sinking. So when the last blow has occured on yours the whole thing blows up, immediately, or do you have time to get off? Or does the explosion not hurt you?

"-A secret is hidden at the bottom of the sea! *coughsunkentreasurecheststhatincludegunsbutrequir eyoutobefastenoughtogettothebottomandbacktothesurf acecough*"

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I remmember when I first played Piratewars I searched everywhere, knifing the ground on the bottom, to see if there was a secret. That would be a GREAT addition. Make it harder to get to though. Like, only people with 100hp can reach it and get back.

The idea's on this map are GREAT. If the map "succeeds", we'll be on modern_piratewars a lot, considering how much attention pirewars got. We'll be on piratewars even more, and we are on it alot .

[Mammal]

*coughsunkentreasurecheststhatincludegunsbutrequir eyoutobefastenoughtogettothebottomandbacktothesurf acecough*

*cough sunken treasure chests that include guns but require you to be fast enough to get to the bottom and back to the surface cough*

Mabye?

[SpikedRocker]

-Modern style battleships Nice touch.
-Missiles instead of cannons I think cannons would have been acceptable, just modernize them.
-A fog set atop the water making it so while you CAN shoot the lifeboats, it becomes alot harder to find them. Interesting, what kind of sky box are you looking at?
-Every lifeboat comes with its own mini-machine gun attached, so that the driver isn't completely defenseless for knife attacks I'm with trogdor, this might not be very good cause you could just shoot each other before they even get close.
-Both lifeboats and missile launchers now require you to press 'e' to control it, and 'e' to exit, thus minimizing the lame part where you automatically control them and often glitch into permanently controlling it Good idea.
-Missiles not only can damage the ship, but a minor explosion can kill people aswell Makes sense.
-Instead of sinking, when the final blow is dealt to the ship, it explodes! Completely blowing any fool stupid enough to stay on it! I suggest a claxson to be trigged to go off when the damage is close to exploding the ship. Gives players some warning.
-You can use the lifeboats from the start If you could have the life boats up out of the water, then the player has to lower the boat into the water to use it. That way we don't have people jumping in the lifeboats all the time and play the other part of your map.
-Space on lifeboats has been shortened, but 2 more lifeboats have been added
-A secret is hidden at the bottom of the sea! *coughsunkentreasurecheststhatincludegunsbutrequir eyoutobefastenoughtogettothebottomandbacktothesurf acecough*

I commented on things I thought I liked or had a suggestions for. My only concern is having an appropriate skybox for the fog element, you obviously wouldn't want a bright sunny day and fog, but night might be too dark. Good luck with it.

[Desum]

I'll have to do some google work to see what sky box to use, but other then that:

1. The 'machine-gun' is not the actual machine gun, its a little mounted gun ontop of the lifeboat.
2. I was planning on including one of those little red sirens on the ship, that starts to flash and beep when too much damage has been taken.
3. Thank you for the idea with the life boats being lowered into the water, i'll see what i can do with that.

[Mammal]

I had the idea that, like on a real navy ship, when areas breaks water pours in, and that the ship slowly sinks.
I know you want it exploding, so how about for every chunck taken out of the lower half of the ship it will sink a small amount. This will add to the effect as when you take hits the ship will wobble and sink, water will be building up and eventually the ship will explode. This coupled with low visibilty from fog, warning lights and alarms going off will have a very good effect in my opinion.

Mabye make a night version and a day version, or a foggy and non-foggy version?
I think it would be amazing at night with search lights on each ship and small lights on the lifeboats, not being able to see more than 2ft in each direction.

Is it possible to have it randomize or alternate whether the round is night or day?
As that would be really really cool

[Trogdor]

1. The 'machine-gun' is not the actual machine gun, its a little mounted gun ontop of the lifeboat.

I still dont get it. You mean a gun, like the ones on the regular piratewars now? If it's just there to be there, I dont think it will protect the driver very well. Imo, I dont think the gun is needed. If you drive the boat with 'e' now instead of just standing on it, it eliminates the flaw of accidently getting back into 'driving mode'.

It's YOUR map though. We may suggest but you do what you think will be best. Hope you do a great job!

[Desum]

Mammal- I'll see what i can do.. I COULD make a day and night version, flop it into the same map, and have a button for a chooser. On the spotlight thing, ty for that idea.. Never really thought about that. As for sinking little by little, im not sure if thats exactly possible for someone of my level of mapmaking, but i'll see if i can mess around with triggers enough.


Trogdor- The machine gun is mounted, it can't be turned, and its main focus is to let the driver be able to do something other then get knife rushed. Its low on the boat