• From: Melbourne, Australia
  • Registered: 2006-01-15
  • Posts: 499

Topic: Hoth Insertion

At the start of the Hoth map, is it possible to have the GE insert from Y-85 Titan Dropships?  The troops couls spawn in the dropship and parachute (assuming there is a parachute or SW equivalent in the mod) to the walkers or mount Speeder Bikes and drop to the surface (just like dropping the barges fron the chips in 1942).  The dropship could be static, which makes perfect sense as it uses repulsors, to prevent problems and sneaky Bothans from parking it out of bounds, killing anyone who spawns onboard.

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  • From: Seattle, Washington
  • Registered: 2006-01-06
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Re: Hoth Insertion

I like your idea of having the Imperial troops spawn above the ground level in their dropships.  Parachutes might be an issue tho.  A function using the fastroping code might solve that.  Maybe the troops could be lowered to the surface by using the fastrope code, but making it look like a tractor beam, or repulsor lift, or something like that.  Something similar to the grav-lift in Halo maybe, but fitting into the star wars universe.

Hey...they were saying that they were having trouble with making the ATAT a mobile spawn right, maybe they could use the fastrope code there as well to make it more realistic.  The troops exiting the AT-AT could pull a Luke Skywalker, but in reverse.  Hmmm... if only I could remember which post was discussing that particular problem.

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  • From: Kent, UK
  • Registered: 2006-01-02
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Re: Hoth Insertion

we are in process of animating and getting the movement correct first before we get the ATAT spawning correctly..

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  • From: Flanders (Belgium)
  • Registered: 2006-01-03
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Re: Hoth Insertion

Remove the parachutes, no parachutes exist in the SW-universe

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Re: Hoth Insertion

Back during the good old days of GC, when we were testing .4, a lot of the Devs and testers brainstormed a map where Imperial stormtroopers would land from Imperial shuttles. The shuttle's would contiunally go back and forth from high in the air, to the ground. Unfortunately, due to restricted time and a need to release .4, we were never able to accomplish the task.

Would it be more easily possible to accomplish this with the BF2 engine?

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  • From: Oklahoma
  • Registered: 2006-01-16
  • Posts: 130

Re: Hoth Insertion

Well i like the map hoth for GC so i cant wait till get in a snowspeeder or a tie fighter

  • From: Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Registered: 2006-01-01
  • Posts: 524

Re: Hoth Insertion

The AT-AT Barge will be in the map, I can assure you that.

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