Hi, I'm currently mapping for the hl2 mod Fortress Forever. I've been wanting to do a Smash TV mod for hl2 for a long time but never got the chance to get in touch with a coder so I had renounced until yesterday when I got a conversation going with someone in the ffbeta irc chan... So here I am again, trying to get a coder to jump on this idea with me. I'll let you read yesterday's log, I think it's pretty informative and that's all I got so far:
I wanna make a Smash TV mod for hl2
I'm in.
coop play, 8ppl
top down view
lots of simple monster models
God yeah.
I'm so in.
I'm so in it's ridiculous.
lol ok stop making fun of me now
I'm not, dude
i am, secretly
I'd love a Smash TV mod.
That game ruled.
heh
yeah,
Rack up some ridiculous cash gettin' cheered on by hot girls while you murder dudes en masse.
What's not to like?
I can make textures and maps lol...
Oh those would be easy.
the whole mod would be easy.
seriously tho it would be awesome, Ive been thinking about it alot
It'd be pretty easy to make I think.
it would just be pure fun madness
yeah its not too complicated too
Just get some maps that accomodate top-down play, modify some stock HL2 weapons.
xactly
Make some simple player models.
And write some good AI.
Ai doesnt even need to be good lol
just follow players
HL2 bots would prolly work.
need very simple monster models so that it doesnt lag too much with many on screen
Right, right.
They're top-down anyway and hyper zoomed-out so who cares?
but yeah... imagine 8 ppl coop killing monsters and stuff
xactly
You'd only need hi-poly shit for the announcer segments.
Explaining the awesome prize you just won.
lol
With hot bikini girls.
I'd LOOOVE to map for that
Dude.
Fuckin' do it.
Make the map and move the default camera in the SDK.
How hard could it be?
i cant code for shit or the mod would already exist man
lol.
I wonder if we can get a hold of anyone.
Who can codezor.
It's easy, seriously.
good luck
Would the camera be stuck in the center of the room or would it hover over the player?
I was thinking stuck
that way everyone sees the same thing
of the arena
might be easier to code the camera to hover over the player tho
Yeah.
Less concern over perspective as well.
as long as the arena doesnt extend too far out of the player view when you stand in corner
you know what i mean
Right.
you got me all excited again... not cool. lol
rofl.
coop is the future of online play too
Oh sure.
But DM would be fun, too.
dm what
player vs player lol
?
Imagine it. Eight players duking it out against each other, while also making sure they don't get taken down by waves of monsters.
hahah
Ah man.
yeah, lets of variations can be made without too much coding
lots*
there could be a mode "protect the chick"
where a chick walks in the arena
and you have to kill monsters before they get her
Wasn't that also in the original?
dunno
I can see it now.
i only played Super Smash TV
KEEP THE GIRL ALIVE!
then the dude just, like
turns and shoots the girl in the head
Announcer: "COOOOOOLD BLOODED! $5,000 BONUS!"
rofl.
I'm sure we can bribe aftershock or mulchman to work for us
Doubt it.
Mulchie's hard enough to get working on FF.
And Aftershok is a busy bitch.
lol i know i was kidding
Oh okay.
they have enough with ff
but yeah
if we could just get 1 coder interested
to start slowly
im up for mapping that shit for sure
So yeah... First thing to do would be to change the camera view to bird eye view like hovering over the players. Then we can build up from there slowly... As soon as I get a coder on this, I'm gonna start mapping for it. If you wanna see my work, download Fortress Forever 2.0 and create a server on map ff_dropdown. http://www.fortress-forever.com for more info.
