The flag in CTF should be something unique and futuristic

[Kantham]

A mutator could be always possible. A simple hologram base with a nasty flag model. Then the player would cary a small package which would be attached on his back. It's all possible but require some skills to make.

wiki.beyondunreal.com is your friend.

[NeoNite]

What if you cap a flag, and say your team is thunder crash.
The moment you cap it, an animation commences on the flag itself. Say... an eagle flying by. And maybe the sound of its shriek.

Might be a little too much. So if you'd leave out the sound, but keep the animation.

Whenever a team caps a flag, their logo appears. And when you cap, the animation starts.

[Vault]

how about replays of caps?

eh...

[gramps]

Originally Posted by Selerox

New flag animations are fair enough, but it's got to be y'know, a flag.

I'll take mine Classic with the chilli sauce.

hear hear. just ketchup on mine tho.

[Neophoenix]

Originally Posted by NeoNite

What if you cap a flag, and say your team is thunder crash.
The moment you cap it, an animation commences on the flag itself. Say... an eagle flying by. And maybe the sound of its shriek.

Might be a little too much. So if you'd leave out the sound, but keep the animation.

Whenever a team caps a flag, their logo appears. And when you cap, the animation starts.

I would rather have the logo always animated, and then have a special animation for when you score the enemy flag.

I also want COLORED team symbols. It would look way better than just a white outline, and you could then have national flags and such for competition matches.

[Bullet10k]

Originally Posted by Selerox

Seen how many people are playing Q4CTF recently? It's a nightmare of an idea. A flag's a flag.

rofl do you seriously mean that Q4CTF has very little people playing because of the flag style it has?

[Phopojijo]

Originally Posted by Bullet10k

rofl do you seriously mean that Q4CTF has very little people playing because of the flag style it has?

Lol, its all in the details afterall.

[NeoNite]

Originally Posted by Neophoenix

I would rather have the logo always animated, and then have a special animation for when you score the enemy flag.

I also want COLORED team symbols. It would look way better than just a white outline, and you could then have national flags and such for competition matches.

Maybe if the logos would have a slight... halo.. and when you cap it would light up...and animate at the same moment.

F.e. an eagle: When you cap, the eagly spreads its wings, shrieks and lights up..

Eh, maybe a little exagerated.

[T2A`]

I dunno... I thought people didn't play Q4CTF because it was total crap just like the rest of the game. Maybe my logic is skewed though since I haven't played the game since four days after I bought it.

[Neophoenix]

Originally Posted by Turns2Ashes

I dunno... I thought people didn't play Q4CTF because it was total crap just like the rest of the game. Maybe my logic is skewed though since I haven't played the game since four days after I bought it.

Why is it so crap? I've been trying to find a demo, to see what Q4 is all about.

[briach]

Even if you were kidding NeoNite, that sounds like a badass idea, imo.

[NeoNite]

I wasn't kidding. But it would probably be hard trying to keep it within reasonable boundries. I mean, you get too many animations/sounds and it's overkill...

[zynthetic]

imo the holoflag things in UC2 and Q4 look like something you'd get from Q3's cg_simpleItems.
I really dont care what type of flag, (classic/future) just as long as it doesn't look like a sprite.

[ThirtySixBelow]

Originally Posted by Neophoenix

Why is it so crap? I've been trying to find a demo, to see what Q4 is all about.

The multiplayer is alright, the movement is just a little to slow and the rox are poorly programmed. They move very slow so you can't hit someone at long distances and since the player movement is so slow, they totally own from up close. The way you move with the haste pickup should be how it is all the time. The single player is totally kick butt though, I loved it. The environment of the single player was second to none. You get all kinds of feelings while playing through it. The only thing about the single player that I didn't like was the skyboxes, they looked pretty previous gen. (most likely the engines fault since doom 3 was mostly all indoors and there was no need for a solid skybox system). You will get a mixed bag asking about this game. If you ask someone like T2A who played it 3 times and automatically labeled it as dumb, you will get all and nothing but negative comments about every aspect of the game. If you ask someone who is indifferent to what makes games good, then they will rave about all of it's features and how awesome it is only because it looks good and not knowing that the game is pretty standard to the FPS genere. I guess i'm somewhere in the middle. I liked the single player because it was fun for me. That doesn't mean it will be fun for everyone though. I'm not much into the multiplayer though because of it's few shortcommings. It's very close to being great, but they missed a few things that hopefully the mod community will pick up. If you like single player I would get it, if you want something to replace your UT, wait for some mods you like, if any, to come out.

About the flag, I guess the holographic standard looking flag would be my choice. I doubt the flag is going to make or break the gametype.

[T2A`]

When I say "Q4 sucks" I mean the multiplayer. Perhaps I should have clarified. I gave it more than a few tries and it's just the most boring spamfest I have ever had the misfortune of taking part in. If said spam was fun I'd be all for it, but it's not. It's a slow and lumbering excuse for FPS multiplayer, and I never had any fun playing it. I haven't touched the single player yet, and while that may look good, the multiplayer maps all pretty much look like total crap, and the engine runs slow as hell for the amount of stuff it's rendering. I'm not gonna say "it's okay" when I severely dislike playing it, and it's ridiculous when the success of a game depends on a community-made mod that may or may not come into existence at some point in the future. I had an open mind when I got the game; in fact, I wanted the game to succeed in ways UT2004 has failed and I really hoped it would be a huge success. I was greeted by nothing but disappointment with regards to the multiplayer, so I stopped playing it completely and haven't looked back since. Naturally, this is what I need to post whenever someone asks my opinion on the game, but I'm lazy, so I just paraphrase everything I just said by saying "Q4 sucks" instead.

[ThirtySixBelow]

I totally agree that it's lame they are putting the multiplayer in the hands of the community. They should have released them as separate games if they felt rushed to get it out and therefore didn't put much into it. If someone decides to base their opinion on one persons dislike of the game, then that's their fault anyway, but someone else might actually enjoy the game

[FireCrack]

A worn, tattered, fabric flag is best!

[Neophoenix]

Sounds Like I won't be getting Q4 any time soon . I'm not going to spend $50 just to find out, "yeah they were right, it does suck." And the fact it seems no demo was made further puts me off. Epic better release a demo, or I'll be pissed.

Originally Posted by FireCrack

A worn, tattered, fabric flag is best!

Aren't the current UT2004 flags like this already?

[NeoNite]

Eh, just because they don't like it after playing the game for a few days (veteran level achieved), doesn't mean you will share their disgust ;-)

It does need a friggin' demo, though.

[Bullet10k]

Originally Posted by Phopojijo

Lol, its all in the details afterall.

ok let me rephrase. "do you seriously mean that Q4CTF has very little people playing JUST because of the flag style it has?"

the flag style made little to no impact.