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Baker



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:18 am    Post subject: Engine feature ideas Reply with quote

(I was going have this be a reply in the future tutorials thread, but it is more of a "what-if" feature idea.)

1. Another: play with the viewport size a little when a demo is playing.

A number of games close in the top and bottom viewarea a little for cutscenes (a few Quake mods like OUM and some others whose names elude me have "cutscenes" -- usually when you push a button to show what door or whatnot just opened).

Would be a cool effect for those as well, although only Nehahra really uses demos for cutscenes as far as I know. This would require a modhint of some sort (an extension or having the server play with a cvar).

As far as demo playback goes, the small amount of extra space could optionally be used for demo playback controls and/or even a demo progress bar.

2. I personally like transition effects or sequences. Maybe not a fit for a true Quake mod, more something like a total conversion would be to have something happen in the middle of the use of a teleporter.
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r00k



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an idea that i plan on implementing soon.

When you are recording a demo, have an on-screen:


O [REC]






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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1) See your mouse during a demo as well as interact with a few on-screen buttons for volume, playback speed, and progress. Buttons become transparent upon mouse-off.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rockets emitting sound
True underwater ambient
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

-Ogg Vorbis (and MP3) support for mod/sound/cdtracks/track00x.ext (and all other sounds too)
I love it every since I noticed it in Darkplaces.
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r00k



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, I just had another brain fart...

After finishing a level, have an option for INSTANT REPLAY.

Sure its possible for a player to "RECORD", then during intermission "SAVE", playdemo "demo_replay". But it might be more convenient if its just a keypress.

I'm not sure if this should be done engine side or could be done in quakeC, but for mods like racing or sports like, i think it would be a cool little diddy...

I can almost do it by just binding

bind l "load demo_replay;wait;record demo_replay"

bind k "save demo_replay;wait;playdemo demo_replay"
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

r00k wrote:
Oh, I just had another brain fart...

After finishing a level, have an option for INSTANT REPLAY.

Sure its possible for a player to "RECORD", then during intermission "SAVE", playdemo "demo_replay". But it might be more convenient if its just a keypress.

I'm not sure if this should be done engine side or could be done in quakeC, but for mods like racing or sports like, i think it would be a cool little diddy...

I can almost do it by just binding

bind l "load demo_replay;wait;record demo_replay"

bind k "save demo_replay;wait;playdemo demo_replay"


sounds like a system to see the flaws that u made in the level, can go back through and ix them, and work on the speed

sounds like more speed runners with this

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A Centerprintesque QC function that can print anywhere on the screen.

I wish DP had that.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It does, in csqc, which is the correct place for those kinds of things anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CSQC is next-gen, but i warrant for anti hacks Neutral
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