The driver-gunner rule. Worry.

[IndianPsycho]

I can understand the team wanting to speed map porting up, but if thats the only reason why then its stupid

Building it around UT2004 proper would probably mean losing a lot of the feel that XMP had with the scaling, perspective, and movement (and it's debatable as to whether UT2004 even has it right in the first place -- DE designed their levels to be played with players that were 20% larger than they eventually ended up being.)

 

[Pawnbroker]

Sorry, I'm going to try to get back on topic here

EDIT: Saw the vehic thread I'm curious, are you guys tweaking the vehicle physics? As it is now, the Jugg is a mobile gun placement, and the Harbie is useless (except for jumping canyons!). The Raptor does take some odd bounces now and again too.

Is button switching b/t turret and driver going to be implemented?

Thanks.

Also, just to second Mr Woof, MF Techs are always among the top scorers in a server. I should know! I play one on TV.

 

[W0RF]

OMF TechTV!!!!!

"And it is Worf, madam, not Woof."

Reportedly (I say that only because I am not a monkey, but I'm sure the monkeys would tell you the exact same thing) the vehicles will be the same, and handle basically the same, but because they are based in UT2K4 vehicle code, they should "grip" the road much better and not split into odd pieces, and other things those vehicles did that you probably wouldn't expect from a high-performance machine.

However, unless they have altered the Harby's weaponry in any way, expect it to remain useless.

 

[Jaybo]

Leave it as is imo, this is XMP, not 2k4 and certainly not ONS. Just my opinion

 

[[DF]phalanx]

pfft me wants raptors that dont spin all over the place on terrain slants and sharp corners
me wants harby thats usefull to move in rather then it rolling down a hill :/

 

[Emmet Otter]

I gotta admit, the harby was a pretty useless vehicle which people rarely use cause of its slow flying projectiles which also obstructed your view when shooting (Im reffering to the top gun) And practically no one ever used the rear gun =(

 

[.sl0w.]

I gotta admit, the harby was a pretty useless vehicle which people rarely use cause of its slow flying projectiles which also obstructed your view when shooting (Im reffering to the top gun) And practically no one ever used the rear gun =(

Yeah, the buttcannon is very useless - would be better if the would change it with a Asmd




Btw, Jaybo - your Sig is wrong

 

[fireball]

I've used the Harbie buttgun to self-d the thing before. Otherwise, I'd like to see it do the shock-lance bounce effect. It does a lot of damage but it's friggin impossible to hit anything with it.

 

[FurociousFa]

if the harbies rear gun could look in more directions (all besides hitting the actual vehicle) it would be a force to be wreckoned with : )

 

[GotBeer?]

Everything is bigger in XMP 'cause we ain't no wimpy 2k4 players!

Switching driver/gunner without exiting the vehicle would be bad. Like someone said, the Jugg would be unstoppable (fire a shot, move Jugg to avoid incoming rocket/shocklance bolt, shoot again, move to avoid second volley, repeat). And can you imagine a Raptor driver switching to the gun before the Raptor even stops moving?

On new vehicles: wasn't someone a long time ago working on a vehicle based on the 4-wheeled V10 Viper engine-powered motorcycle? That could be fun, a rediculously fast but fragile 1-person vehicle.

 

[[Lithium]]

GotBeer?'s got the right idea.