Spiderbot alpha testrelease

[tundramagi]

I love playing with this.

One question, once it's in svn will the spawn thingy be vehicle_spiderbot rather than turret_spiderbot? (That way it would be consitant with it's cvars (g_vehicle_spiderbot_bla)?)

Also will the miniguns support ballistics if ballistics is enabled on the server (full ballistics also includes the bullets taking time to get to their target etc)? And some degree of penetration (I saw the _speed and _bulletconstant things).

[tZork]

Yeh it will be renamed. names just a splinter left from when i first tested the model really (i did that with turret_walker AI)

As for ballistics, unlikely. it behaves wired for this unit (tracers are wrong, it hits unexpected places, etc etc). i don't know why (it seem to work for walkers). It will get penetration tough, but in a simple X units form instead.

[tundramagi]

Yeh it will be renamed. names just a splinter left from when i first tested the model really (i did that with turret_walker AI)

As for ballistics, unlikely. it behaves wired for this unit (tracers are wrong, it hits unexpected places, etc etc). i don't know why (it seem to work for walkers). It will get penetration tough, but in a simple X units form instead.

Could it have bullet speed though (when full ballistics is enabled () rather than hitscan (like mg, sg, etc work now: by default they are hitscan, but you can set )) for the bullet itself, this is fun for slowmo stuff and making videos.

[tZork]

well.. if i or someone else writes anti-lag for projectiles, ill certainly do that. else.. well if i get bored (not a high prio for me)

[Darcshadow7]

First of all, this is the best thing evar.

But i found a bug. Sometimes when you get out of the spiderbot, the camera screws up

Example:




The floor is flat, and not slanted. Again, thank you for making this. Its the best thing evar. whoever did the Model/Cockpit, good job too.

[tZork]

Not a bug, the door to the spiderbot just happened to slam shut a bit to soon a chop half your left leg off. (known, fixed)

[AnArKiSt]

I installed Nexuiz SVN last night, and I tried the spiderbot today.

The spiderbot has lots of potential, but the way it moved and the jumpy model was really annoying.

A player in the spiderbot turns, then the spiderbot turns, which obstructs vision.

Good work over all though. The rockets and machine gun weapons were fun.

[tundramagi]

I installed Nexuiz SVN last night, and I tried the spiderbot today.

The spiderbot has lots of potential, but the way it moved and the jumpy model was really annoying.

A player in the spiderbot turns, then the spiderbot turns, which obstructs vision.

Good work over all though. The rockets and machine gun weapons were fun.

It worked nearly ___flawless__ for me. I don't know what you're talking about. "Has potential" WTF? It is HERE. It doesn't just "maybe in the future have some use". It works and works well right now.

Guess what: some machines don't turn as quickly as a person! Also you're criticizing the fact that it's a spiderbot ("moves jumpy")! My GOD. If something is not exactly to your liking (players) you dislike it. Clearly you're not over the age of 20.

Have you ever thought that maybe there will be more than one vehicle? Maybe there will be tracked and wheeled vehicles of various types aswell.

It's like you expect everything to be made to your proscription, that the devs are slaves to your will and should change things as you desire.

If you want a wheeled/tracked/faster vehicle you will beable to code and model one. Please don't criticize another person for making the vehicle they wanted.

[tZork]

chill, all input is welcome. that don't mean i will do what everyone says ofc

The spiderbot has lots of potential, but the way it moved and the jumpy model was really annoying.

Not sure what you mean by jumpy. if you mean that its not as smooth as walking a player, then its as it was intended. the view follows the models animations. otoh threes been problems, presumably with prediction, that made ppls view shake (even when standing still). AFAIK i fixed that, but if this is what you mean its certainly not the way its supposed to be.

A player in the spiderbot turns, then the spiderbot turns, which obstructs vision.

Intended, i wrote code specially to get this effect. its the prize you pay for the fire-power and protection, so to speak.

[AnArKiSt]

Clearly you're not over the age of 20.

What makes you think that you are any less childish? I gave an opinion about the spiderbot, saying that I liked it overall. I also mention that there were some parts that I as an indivdual did not like, and you call it a personal attack against the devs. Anytime someone gives an opinion that you don't like, you try to mitigate it by making a post saying the person who posted the opinion is being an asshole. Oinions will vary from your's, so grow up.

Heh, you are emulating the exact same behavior that you have been bitching at Alpha about.

tundramagi = hypocrite