Resin's / 4thD Special Code

[IceDreamer]

Regardless of what personal feeling may exist towards the guy, there is no denying that some of his code used to create new weapons is just plain COOL. If we can obtain his permission, how do the people here feel about trying to integrate some of the effects into the game through our patching process?

We are talking things like:

Black Hole explosions
Explosions which cause impacted units to go flying
Chain beams and lightning
Phasing defenses
Different types of Shield
Retargeting Missiles
Bouncing Projectiles
Advanced Holographic Jamming


Many of these are things which could be added to existing units without changing the balance of them, and some could be used as buffs to units currently seen as UP or not used. What do we think?

[lextoc]

I think the game can definately use a graphic update. I mean, the UEF shields just look ugly now...

[Ze_PilOt]

These are balance changes, not graphic effects.

I've done my own holographic jammer a while ago, but the engine is not that great handling it.

[IceDreamer]

These are balance changes, not graphic effects.

I've done my own holographic jammer a while ago, but the engine is not that great handling it.

Yer, they mostly are. The Black Hole and weight of fire changes are closer to graphical changes than balance really, and would be easiest to implement without changing anything to the point where a difference is made. The others would require more careful thought. His Jammer might be worth implementing though? (It certainly works)

[Ze_PilOt]

What is weight of fire ?

[ColonelSheppard]

http://youtu.be/4XA7mBDGvnI?t=37s
this explosions would be no balance change it would just be cool

[Ze_PilOt]

They need to be tweaked down, the game looks like the Titanic 3d (michael bay edition) parody.

[ColonelSheppard]

yeah but plane exploding while going down is a cool idea

[Bliss]

Even if I'd love any improvement in graphic engine , I'm against every change which may have impact in performances

[IceDreamer]

What is weight of fire ?

That's the 'Units go flying' one.

They need to be tweaked down, the game looks like the Titanic 3d (michael bay edition) parody.

That trailer was made with the 4thD explosions mod, which was a bit OTT, and which I am not suggesting. I'm just suggesting the physical code, not the new effects which they used. Just the bits which make units go flying, or suck them into the centre of the blast, or whatever.

Even if I'd love any improvement in graphic engine , I'm against every change which may have impact in performances

Any change to the graphics of this game is going to have extremely negligible impact on performance compared to the real problems, which are pathfinding, the AI Memory leak, and the fact that dead units don't completely vanish.