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More Sauerbraten suggestions

by Mad Merv on 03/29/2006 04:05, 122 messages, last message: 04/27/2006 23:08, 41039 views, last view: 05/17/2024 23:34

I posted a bunch of sauerbraten suggestions for the editor UI, AI and weapon scripts under "Most Wanted Features".

another idea came to mind: the ability to manipulate the location of mapmodels by selecting them and holding "M" and using the mouse wheel for height; mouse movements could move it on a 2d plane -- holding "R" while a mapmodel is selected could use a 3d trackball effect to rotate the model, with the mouse wheel resetting its rotation to 45 degree angles. if the middle mouse is pressed, it could do the other axis

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#1: copied from Most Wanted Feature

by Mad Merv on 03/29/2006 04:09

UI:
sauerbraten needs a textbox that allows for simple script editing to control AI, add particle systems, and modify the functionality of guns.

sauerbraten could also use a way to select entities -- a selection highlight could appear around mapmodels and other entities ..

lighting:
-ability to apply shaders from a menu on a selected surface.
-lights could be better rendered within the edit mode as a _color-coded directional arrows_ rather than a glowing blue particle

AI paths/movement curves idea:
bezier curves for AI paths; set start and end point, twist handle to move, use R to rotate. Link paths by matching endpoints.. copy and paste; autonumbered. render number next to path for reference.

lighting:
pulsing and flashing lights, moving lights by selecting a light and start_path, then end_path, auto-referenced. copy and paste lights while selecting them and paths also copy

additional browsers:
in addition to the texture browser, it would be a good idea to provide an additional quick edit menu, that would enhance placement of entities with small visual icons, perhaps rendered on the fly offscreen at low resolutions during boot
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hold shift in editor to....switch some mode in the editor back to a mouse cursor? perhaps a 'quick edit' menu could pop up that used a standard mouse cursor, arresting control of the camera view during this mode only.

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debug and multithread the patch lighting to occur while using the editor

weapon language:

in addition to the special flags that could be used to set weapon statistics (duration, ammo, behavior/particle effect script, etc) . . . this same language should define the behavior of the weapons

enemies should be programmable in a
you should add an object based meta-language that provides timed movements and behaviors for both peaceful and combat AI.
simple commands like:

sniper; // sniper mode; enemy does not move when gains LOS; keeps its post and fires when given LOS opportunity
stand; // stands still; default setting
aggressive; // toggles aggression, which means kill on sight of player
wimpy; // toggles evasive combat
vindictive; // kills other AIs who engage it even accidentally
tactics
wait until <event|duration |player=near/distance|contact (with player)>;
seek [player|nearest|x/y/z or map marker name];
near [player|nearest|x/y/z or map marker name] then <command>;
animation x/y/z duration; // plays an animation at x/y/z
animation path duration; // interpolates an animation between coordinates x,y,z (moves object incrementally from source to dest for duration);
insane; /* toggles kill everyone mode, a special mode that provides sequences where enemies attack nearby wimpy enemies, for scenes */
hostage; /* special combat mode which penalizes the player */
sentry x/y/z distance; /* paces and stands within a certain distance of x/y/z, returns to x/y/z when not fighting */
hunt <duration>; /* hunts the player for x seconds, a counter which is reset when the enemie gets LOS on a player */

adapt the file format to a programmable filespec configuration file, so that you can modify the 3d file spec in a filespec.cfg file

-support for PCX in place of JPG files.
-support for TIF in place of JPG files.
-support for P4D files in place of md3 files, or other alternative animation format