Pick-ups

[XepptizZ]

Pick-ups
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HealthVail

http://nix.teegtahn.com/uploads/final_shoot.jpg

Adds 2 healthpoints.

To do; Scripting
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NecrisVail

Adds 10 seconds worth of vampireserum
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HealthPack

http://nix.teegtahn.com/uploads/Preview3.jpg

Adds 25 healthpoints

To do; Skinning
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NecrisPack

adds 30 seconds worth of vampireserum
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SuperHealth

Adds 100 healthpoints

To do; Concepting
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NecrisElixer

vampiregod, unlimited vampireserum
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Headgear
-Replaces Thighpads

Protects the head from substantial ammount of damage.
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Shield

Adds 100 armour points
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Revival
-Replaces ShieldBelt

Adds 100 armour points and regenerates health and armour at a steady of 2 points per second, health to 120 points and armour to 150 points until the armour has depleted.
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BloodAura

Adds 150 armour points wich reduce damage by 50%, the damage inflicted is redirected to the attacker until his health is below 50.
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DuplicationError
-Replaces Invisibility

Creates a fake double for a period of time.
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Ethereal

The player becomes a mere ghost appearence and shifts through people with ease without damage, in contrary to the projectiles, wich do pas through with ease, but damaging the victims soul directly, armour is not an issue for the ethereal. Aside from that the ethereal one is soundless, as if non-existent.
Untill the power-up wears off anyways.
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GenBoost

http://nix.teegtahn.com/uploads/001BaBla.JPG

Replaces Jumpbooths

Speed, firerate, agility is increased for a set ammount of time.
This Item drops on death.

To do; Concepting
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UPDamp
Replaces damage amplifier

Works in a similar manner to the damage amp, only damage increases exponentially with each kill. Initial starting damage multiplier would 1.35, and formula for the damage would be 1.35 + (n^1.5)/8, where n is the number of kills since the aquisition of the power up. At 5 kills you've got a 2.7 damagemultiplier, at ten kills that's 5.3.
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3750/preview21sq.jpg
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Scourge

Cumulative damage amplifier. This weakens the defence of the victim of this powerup, and the effect is built up. Weakening effect depends on damage of the weapon used, and this effect applies to the shots of all players, regardless of whether or not they posess the powerup. Weakening effect formula= (damage of shot*1.15) divided by roughly 100, so . This will need to be tweaked to stop someone with a mini mowing down millions, or someone with an RL unable to weaken someone. NB. The weakening effect lasts until the next death, it is intended to make the opposition fragile.

[niX]

HealthVail

Adds 5 healthpoints.
I understand we are playing Unreal Tournament here but 5 is just too much, people tend to take out normal Vials out of the game because they are way too cheap and give too much health - sad game play. so imagine what kind of play it will be with +5 off each healthvial.

you know people will want to play this mod with UT's default and/or other costom maps and spots with health vials will be just too cheap!

[XepptizZ]

You know the mod is open to suggestion, what ammount would you recon?

[harryhash]

I think no more than 2....but I like the whle Necris vamp pickup theory....work for your health...

[XepptizZ]

I think no more than 2....but I like the whle Necris vamp pickup theory....work for your health...
Yup, thought up during a conversation between me and Swanky.

And coz of the timelimitations the player will be forced to be more active, interesting for lastmanstanging.

[niX]

2 not anymore, thats my final decision.

[XepptizZ]

2 not anymore, thats my final decision.
Kej, changed the description a bit. Oh yea, and not all the items have a finished Idea yet, nor a necris counterpart.

[harryhash]

K, feel free to shoot down this idea, but i like it :p

Maybe, to make the amp a little more interesting, make it slightly amp damage done to the user. This will encourage people to take out the person with the amp because it will be that little bit easier. Im not saying double damage to the user, but maybe 1.25 or 1.1...

Any thoughts?

[XepptizZ]

K, feel free to shoot down this idea, but i like it :p

Maybe, to make the amp a little more interesting, make it slightly amp damage done to the user. This will encourage people to take out the person with the amp because it will be that little bit easier. Im not saying double damage to the user, but maybe 1.25 or 1.1...

Any thoughts?
Wel, the UPDamp is now a droppable item, so grabbing it is like instant populairy :) , But it needs somekind of necriscounterpart and my mind has been blank some how :/.

[tarnationsauce2]

Wel, the UPDamp is now a droppable item, so grabbing it is like instant populairy :) , But it needs somekind of necriscounterpart and my mind has been blank some how :/.
That sounds awesome.
I think it should still have the glow that he original amp has.

A Necris counterpart? How about something to replace invisability?

It makes you "ghost like" and makes all of your ambient / shooting sounds completely slient. And maybe a particle system to follow you so that you have a mysticla aura around you.
Also all projectiles/smoke shot from you are translucent so they are harder to dodge and tell where they are coming from.
The HUD of the person with the powerup could have everything translucent red filter (like normally when you get hit) and change FOV to ~130 to give the look that you are fighting from "the other side".

[XepptizZ]

Ghost, I luv that idea! It sounds very Necris too. So, you become a mere shimmer, like you're projectiles and completely silent. Really cool FOV Idea too.
In addition, how about makin all the projectiles railgun like when you're a ghost? They're transulcent and I assume without actual matter too. And you can go through people too, it doesn't really afect them, but it suits the idea IMO.

Well, Tar, it's your idea, so what shll the pick-up od DEWM be named?

EDIT, Yeah, clasic glow remains, the new UPDamp is actually just made to look more fitting for the glow :)

[tarnationsauce2]

How about the Necromaster?

[Dark JaXx]

going trough people...nice idea! not too ambitious? :p Anyway, love to see that...I know I will nagging if I said that I wanna go trough walls...if you go trough players, u can also go trough walls, not? Naaah...just kidding :cool:

[XepptizZ]

going trough people...nice idea! not too ambitious? :p
Nope

[coreper]

and how about the Mortar Helmet ? [ http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33138&page=60&pp=15 ]
i just saw a real cool idea when i was searching for a warhammer skin

[XepptizZ]

We have been concepting, drawing up the concepts from day one, I'm not planning on breaking that formula. Imagin yourselfe being a game-designer, would you google for a design?

No, and neither are we going too.

[coreper]

We have been concepting, drawing up the concepts from day one, I'm not planning on breaking that forumla. Imagin yourselfe being a game-designer, would you google for a design?

No, and neither are we going too.
be easy, and ok

[harryhash]

lol we ARE being easy. the fact is we need ORIGINAL content. dont get me wrong, WH40k would make the best total conversion mod, but this is not that mod.

pen, pencil and Max. all you need for this...

[coreper]

We have been concepting, drawing up the concepts from day one, I'm not planning on breaking that forumla. Imagin yourselfe being a game-designer, would you google for a design?

No, and neither are we going too.
be easy, and ok
i just got passed it because Warhammer really looks cool!
and for the weapon i am designing i AINT taking designs from google [but it really is about to be a really neat gun][also designing a enforcer replacement]

[XepptizZ]

be easy, and ok
i just got passed it because Warhammer really looks cool!
and for the weapon i am designing i AINT taking designs from google [also designing a enforcer replacement]

And we're [B]making better ones. Further than this I'm not going into disscussion.
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[Dark JaXx]

Nope

Ok, I'll leave it up to you.. :D :evil:

[harryhash]

K-Idea Time!!!! (full credit for Xepp, this one was a team combined effort)

HumanAmp>Harvester

Works in a similar manner to the damage amp, only damage increases exponentially with each kill. Initial starting damage multiplier would be in the vicinity of 1.25-1.35, and formula for damage increase would be 1.? to the power of n, where n is the number of kills since the aquisition of the power up. This is the purple one xepp already has textured.

NecrisAmp>Scourge

Cumulative damage amplifier. This weakens the defence of the victim of this powerup, and the effect is built up. Weakening effect depends on damage of the weapon used, and this effect applies to the shots of all players, regardless of whether or not they posess the powerup. Weakening effect formula= (damage of shot*1.15) divided by roughly 100. This will need to be tweaked to stop someone with a mini mowing down millions, or someone with an RL unable to weaken someone. NB. The weakening effect lasts until the next death, it is intended to make the opposition fragile.

I hope i gave you guys enough info here, you need something clarified just post and i'll do my best.

[radio667]

Nix asked me to post this here . Its his progress on the Healthvails . " Xep get on MSN so i can send them to you "

http://nix.btmaps.com/uploads/nixvails01.JPG



http://nix.btmaps.com/uploads/nixvails02.JPG

[XepptizZ]

Really impressive stuff Nix, I'm really happy to have another skinner :D

[XepptizZ]

OK, made a nice frontpage render of Nix' skin.

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/268/preview46ve.jpg

[xvenomx]

diggin the vials, nice work!

[coreper]

are you guys also going to change the shieldbelt?
and the vials really look good

[harryhash]

Yeh, we definately gotta change the shieldbelt...i mean, who uses a belt?

How about a shield pack for humans and a retaliation field for necris? (Shield works almost identically to the shieldbelt whereas retaliation field protects 50% of the damage done to the user and directs the protected damage back to the attacker? maybe set the limit to the retal at 50 points damage for balances sake...)

[XepptizZ]

Harry and me have come up with the following for the Normal shieldbelt replacement;

It adds 100 armour points, and slowly regenrates health and armour to 150 armour and 120 health. If the armour is at zer0, than the power-up has worn-off.
This item is dubbed Revival.

After some Brainstorming Harry came up with "BloodAura" as a kick-ass name for the Necris counter part

[coreper]

Harry and me have come up with the following for the Normal shieldbelt replacement;

It adds 100 armour points, and slowly regenrates health and armour to 150 armour and 120 health. If the armour is at zer0, than the power-up has worn-off.
This item is dubbed Revival.

After some Brainstorming Harry came up with "BloodAura" as a kick-ass name for the Necris counter part
thats a kinda cool name,
sorry me being dumb, but what exactly is Necris ?

[harryhash]

thats a kinda cool name,
sorry me being dumb, but what exactly is Necris ?
google it

[coreper]

google it
wow, cool shots! necris is a very cool skin, only the ones on UT are kinda stupid [i mostly found from ut2k4 and ut2k3]

[XepptizZ]

News is in, pics later :)

The UDamp and healthvail are scripted, also, then new UPDamp can now enjoy the new sounds made by Tarnation, really nice work there, it sounded really heavy aand made it just a bit more brutal tahn usual.
And serious, the UPDamp is uberbrutal, exponential damageincrease is da win :rockon:

[Dark JaXx]

Nice work on the healthvials...I really like them...niX improved a lot, and shows that he does have skills in skinning...good eye for detail... :)

[coreper]

http://nix.btmaps.com/uploads/nixvails01.JPG
http://nix.btmaps.com/uploads/nixvails02.JPG
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/268/preview46ve.jpg

which one are you guys gonna use? the blue one or the purple one[s]?

[tarnationsauce2]

I have a feeling it's the purple ones. they are the only ones rendered in UT.

Although I think sticking to blue might be best. In UT blue has always been associated with health, purple is for the damage amp.

But maybe it's time for a change of pace?

[coreper]

i like blue better