I'll be happy to answer any questions about UT2004

[Jacob Korn]

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Did anyone ask about changes to the goo gun? Please describe.
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ya, like does the goo float in water now?


/stuffed up quote stuff :S

 

[Hanover_Fist]

Did anyone ask about changes to the goo gun? Please describe.

ya, like does the goo float in water now?

My guess, based upon the silence that has fallen upon the goo-gun question, is that it's either gone or totally nerfed down to being useless. (which wouldn't bother me a bit)

Don't you remember the huge "the Pro's know what's best" fight over @ INA over the goo gun?

And I believe that in all the flaming in that thread that someone from Epic did say it was a mistake and would be taken care of....or something along those lines.

Epic doesn't want that fight all over again, with the possibility of it tarnishing 2k4's release......now do they?

 

[Minimaul]

Goo gun is in. Watch the video's. There's some DM video's where people pick it up. Also, look at the HUD. You can see the goo gun spot and it's outline.

As for if it's nerfed down... I don't know.

 

[Jacob Korn]

i dont really mind what they do to the goo gun, but they just have to make the goo float in the water

 

[edhe]

Bah, the goo gun #2's one of the most skillful weapons in the game...hope they don't make it bloody useless to the effect of the combo from UT > 2k3.

 

[Jacob Korn]

ya, secondry fire is good, u can get a 1 shot kill.

 

[Ruprecht]

Any idea what the suggested player counts are gonna be for onslaught maps. Since the maps are supposedly so big, are we going to see 32 player games? Me shudders at the thought of a 32 player fragbu onslaught game.

 

[JohnDoe641]

ya, secondry fire is good, u can get a 1 shot kill.

wrOd. That's what makes it a fun weapon to use when your having trouble with the opposition or want a really nice mid air frag.

 

[-AEnubis-]

Yea, but what makes it not fun, is when that shot doesn't kill. Then, it's hella wak.

 

[Creole Ned]

I asked before and didn't gt a for sure answer.

Did you get to play Bombing Run at all, and if so did you notice any changes to the core gameplay that would make it more challenging than just throwing the ball and translocating to it?

Please answer this question if you can. I'm interested, too. Bombing Run was fun but much like UT's Assault, it was undone (to an extent) by a "feature" that never came out in testing before the game shipped.

 

[Prophetus]

Unfortunately, I was unable to play BR...so I can't provide any answers to that question.

 

[Bonesaw_]

what about...

for those who have played it I'd like to know what the situation is with player visibility with the default skins - ok so we got bright teamskins that are red and blue but what about playing DM is it easy enough to see players or will we require ttm style brightskins?

 

[carthiefer]

Sorry if this was mentioned already but is there a new version of Unreal Editor? If there is did you get to see it? Is there anything new about it? Thanks.

 

[Prophetus]

The models/skins constrasted well with the environment. The only problem I had was on large maps and trying to figure out just what skin choice the player model was using. I mean, I knew it was Skaarj, but wasn't sure what Skaarj skin it was until I came closer.

In DM, I didn't have any problems finding or evading models/players...even when they initiated an ambush.

As for the editor, I didn't get to see it and I'm not quite sure what new features, if any, it currently possesses.

 

[Bonesaw_]

What about the player's speed or the weapon switch speed - I find the player speed is too slow for the weapon swap speed in the game, have these been changed at all?

I for one wish for a faster player speed (yes even in light of all the jumps we can do )

 

[Creole Ned]

Thanks anyway, Proph. We'll find out soon enough on BR.

 

[Prophetus]

The player run speed didn't seem to change and the weapons switch speed was very responsive to the input command. I can't confirm if any of the above was tweaked or changed, but they didn't feel awkward.

The models reacted well with the maps. However, there were some areas that caused the models to get "hooked". I would blame this on the map design, than the actual models. Of course, I am a player who loves to find ambush spots and I'm sure most places I tried to camp wasn't designed for that purpose.

When it came to running or evading vehicles (in Onslaught), there wasn't a problem with the models reacting too slow. They were responsive and quick enough to evade incoming vehicles or projectiles. In Assault, CTF and DM, I didn't think the models were too slow.

 

[TWD]

On the BR issue: Mark Rein told me in an IRC conversation that BR maps WOULD be included. I'm sorry I do not have the direct quote I recently cleared out all my logs. I know other people have it (spark?) and I think it would be a good thing to post it. We got a lot of good info from it.

 

[Prophetus]

One thing about the Editor question. From what I understood from Cliff's informal speech, he wanted to ensure that modders would not have any problems with UT2003 mods working with UT2004. He was extremely considerate of the mods made for UT2003 and the time the teams spent on each one. From what I gathered, it would appear mods created for UT2003 will work in UT2004. Does that mean the editor will be the same? No, the editor could include new features or options and still be compatible with works created in UT2003's editor.

 

[Sir_Brizz]

On the BR issue: Mark Rein told me in an IRC conversation that BR maps WOULD be included. I'm sorry I do not have the direct quote I recently cleared out all my logs. I know other people have it (spark?) and I think it would be a good thing to post it. We got a lot of good info from it.

Yah I already knew that. I'm interested in any changes in the core gameplay.

I'm assuming there will be quite a bit of changes because BR isn't going to be included in the demo.