First Strike Forums — Boarding ships or Titan mode

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (mcsrxz) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:25:14 +0000

i like that idea

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Lombax Bob075) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:31:58 +0000

when i said boarding ships i meant small ships that could enter enemy hangars but still carry 4 to 6 people. hence no teleporting...

those people could get off and then attack internal systems on the battleship

sry about the extra post. my bad lol

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (jedi-ftank) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:30:56 +0000

why did you make 2 posts with the same thing

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Luke SkyRaper) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:47:23 +0000

I can just see some "teleporting" troops splatted on my windsheild ... make little blood/gut marks that obscure veiw a little .

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Stardestroyersarecool) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:41:24 +0000

Lombax Bob075 wrote:

there could be boarding party ships. each carrying 4 to 6 people. they'd need heavy armor though so they wouldn't get picked off easy
oooooo frigates escorting boarding ships!

And what would they do?

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Lombax Bob075) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:20:57 +0000

there could be boarding party ships. each carrying 4 to 6 people. they'd need heavy armor though so they wouldn't get picked off easy

oooooo frigates escorting boarding ships!

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (herbanator3) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:19:06 +0000

Just to let you guys know, he posted the exact same thing in "suggestions".. so maybe you could lock one of them?

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Jamix) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:14:40 +0000

On a space map, what would the chances of you spotting one floating infantry be? I mean, to see a Tie or X-Wing clearly you need to be within 200m, and even then they look like a spec of dust (thus the HUD boxes them for you). Infantry are less than half of that size... so would it be a real issue?

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Slimshiesty) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:13:39 +0000

What if it was to encompass 2 maps?

The first to bring down shields of the craft to be boarded, by taking out weps, shields, and say taking a spawn point in the hangar. there shouldnt be too much lag with there being only one ship borded.

The second map would be the inside of the ship, controlling points up to the command center.
or a couple of core rooms, where they would both need to be destroyed for the win.

My opinion is that any map that leads to another map, in a sense of story mode, would be an ideal thing to do for fans of the movies and games, gives them a sense of being in the movie.
Stringing multiple map combinations would give the sense of embarking on the original trilogy through your eyes.

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (FSDev| JayBiggS) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:18 +0000

Only problem is, teleportation isnt instantaneous. So you'd see infantry floating across the map

Re: Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Jamix) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:33:46 +0000

Personally, I'm curious if a python event that occured when a player "entered" a vehicle couldn't immdiatly eject them and then teleport them to a portion of the map that is unreasonabily far (and totally safe) from the rest of the battle. Fighting on a moving ship has the potential for a lot of lag and collision issues (thus my loathing of titan mode), and since we are not in atmosphere, a teleportation event actually could work for boarding/ejecting.

Food for thought.

Boarding ships or Titan mode

null@example.com (Lombax Bob075) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:25:19 +0000

I'm probabley not the first person to request but i couldn't find their topic. They did it battlefront2 and it would give space maps a lot more use from guys who like ground fighting. You wouldn't have to change the frigates or small ships any but maybe the imperial battleship and a new rebel battleship. Setup would be basically a copy of titan mode. Have all the small frigates attack each other and the enemy battleship's shield until the shield goes down. Then ground fighters could break into enemy hanger and take out several systems on the ship to get to the core (sound familiar?). To keep space fighters involved you could put some of the destroyable systems on the outside of the ship for bombers and frigates to target.

Keeping lag down.....
- static and/or less detailed battleships
- small number of frigates /or none and leave it up to bomber/fighters
- keep insides of battleships small

Optionals
- if its still not possible to board ships im fine with just destroying exterior systems on ships
- shields wouldn't have to encompass the whole ship maybe just the hanger gates
- anti frigate/fighter guns on battleships (i wanted some these on escape from hoth)

Post your comments,criticism,improvements, and YES i am a hipocrit for not understading how hard it is to code and make these things. Just a gameplay idea! I already love this mod! Thanks First Strike Dev Team!