[Danukem]

SalaciusCrumb, on Apr 16 2010, 02:11 PM, said:

It would be great if you could make Duke start in the Skycar, either fully controllable or or with Locators.

You can make him start in a crashing skycar, guided by locators. I haven't coded a way to make him start in a controllable skycar though.

Here are the instructions from the manual:

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Making a Skycar crash sequence. A crash sequence will only work at the start of a map. Place tile #6410 in the air, along with the player start position. Place a series of LOCATORS, creating a path for the crashing skycar to follow. The final locator in the sequence should have a lotag of 0, with previous ones counting up. Give the skycar a lotag equal to that of the first locator in the sequence. For example, if you have placed 16 locators, then give the first locator and the skycar both a lotag of 15. The next locator will have a lotag of 14, and so on until you get down to 0. The locators can be as far away from each other as you like. However, keep in mind that the crashing skycar cannot make tight turns. If you have placed the sprites correctly, then the map will begin with Duke in the skycar as it follows the path and random explosions surround it. When it reaches the lotag 0 locator, it will crash, Duke will get out and say “That’s the second time those alien bastards have shot up my ride!”. Ironically, Duke cannot be harmed while in the crashing skycar, although he can be harmed in the controllable skycar.

Attached is a map that demonstrates the effect.

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•  xmas2k1.zip (98.9K)
  Number of downloads: 536

[SalaciusCrumb]

Yup, I know that effect I thought of more like when you are an in a space map, you are heading into a hangar on autopilot as some kind of intro.

[Danukem]

SalaciusCrumb, on Apr 17 2010, 06:39 AM, said:

Yup, I know that effect I thought of more like when you are an in a space map, you are heading into a hangar on autopilot as some kind of intro.

I'll add that if you plan to make a map using it.

[necroslut]

Just a suggestion; wouldn't it look better if duke held stuff at the bottom of the screen instead of in the center? That way it would be less obvious that he's not holding them in his hands and they wouldn't block the view. Also, now it looks like he pours the soda into his eyes when he drinks it.

[chicken]

I got a strange phenomenon when i enter the skycar. The screen is black, just the little target window for the bomb is active.
eduke version is new, Dukeplus is new...
Can you help me with this?

Edit: Polymer only!

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[Danukem]

chicken, on Apr 29 2010, 10:20 AM, said:

Edit: Polymer only!

It's because Polymer doesn't yet support the command I use to draw the bomb view in a separate window. I should add ifvarn rendmode 4 to that line so it doesn't try to draw the window in Polymer.

[DuduKrazy]

i have a similar problem regarding the skycar in polymer, except that i can't ride that thing at all. i only hear "Rockin'" and nothing happens at all after this.

[dnskill]

make non-Hrp/open gl graphics. so it can look like original game!!!
this should not be hard at all.

[dnskill]

the blue assault troopers mess up sometimes, mainly when sitting on toilet. they show up as normal green/red then when you kill them they turn blue. also, as i said before, why not make weapons\art for non polygraphic. so then if you want the game to be modern, but have original look, you dont have to have 3d double barrel, id say, just add a new graphic for new weapons you added. mainly for double barrel, use bloods. or try and make one that looks like the shotgun pigcops hold. i would be willing to help. i'm not saying get rid of graphics/code, i'm saying you should make it to where if you dont use polygraphic, you won't see black, you'd see 8-bit sprites

[dnskill]

DeeperThought, on Mar 13 2010, 09:27 PM, said:

I did my own screen-jumping recoil in my DNWMD mod before Nuclear Showdown existed, although James has done it better since then (especially in AMC TC). One day, DavoX pointed out to me that if you are competent with a gun, the recoil may move the gun up but it's not going to move your head up (which is what seems to be happening when the whole screen moves). That kind of killed it for me, and I have never desired to add the screen-jumping recoil since.

As for playable arcade machines: I did think about doing that a long time ago, but it's never been a high priority. If a good, reliable mapper had an idea for a level where playing arcade games was a big part of it (maybe a big old fashioned arcade complex and you get the keycards by playing games?) then I would be motivated to do it, but I have plenty to keep me busy in the mean time.

EDIT: Something you may not realize is that the arcade games would take place in parts of the map which are specifically built for that purpose, which means they would not work in old maps, only in levels designed for the arcade game code.

add shadow warrior code, for remote control cars. but the cars would be on arcade, hiden from player on level, only veiwable on screen, unless you noclip, you wouldnt find it.

[Danukem]

Mr.Gerolf, on May 1 2010, 07:38 PM, said:

why not make weapons\art for non polygraphic. so then if you want the game to be modern, but have original look, you dont have to have 3d double barrel, id say, just add a new graphic for new weapons you added. mainly for double barrel, use bloods. or try and make one that looks like the shotgun pigcops hold. i would be willing to help. i'm not saying get rid of graphics/code, i'm saying you should make it to where if you dont use polygraphic, you won't see black, you'd see 8-bit sprites

I have answered this many times, in different threads. The short answer is: it's more work than you think (not just graphics), and I have other things I would rather do with my time. I might do it eventually, but I'm not promising anything.

As for remote controlled cars: Generally speaking, I add new map related features only when someone is actually making or going to make a map that will use it. The next thing I need to add is the skycar level start that I promised for Salacious Crumb.

[Mikko]

Was just playing DanM's skycar map and came here to complain about two things of which the black screen/polymer compatibility issue has already been addressed.

But anyways, wouldn't it make more sense for the car to have its own health system, maybe a health gauge that slowly regenerates (better than getting off to pick toolkits or health packs)? As far as the maps that already utilize the car go, such a system is not really necessary because the flight sections are relatively short but in maps with longer flight sections (such as in the above-mentioned map) it'd make sense.

Technically it should be doable. The AMC TC has a mech that has its own health gauge that slowly regenerates. You can also set its initial health to whatever level you wish.

[Danukem]

Mikko_Sandt, on May 3 2010, 09:18 AM, said:

Was just playing DanM's skycar map and came here to complain about two things of which the black screen/polymer compatibility issue has already been addressed.

But anyways, wouldn't it make more sense for the car to have its own health system, maybe a health gauge that slowly regenerates (better than getting off to pick toolkits or health packs)? As far as the maps that already utilize the car go, such a system is not really necessary because the flight sections are relatively short but in maps with longer flight sections (such as in the above-mentioned map) it'd make sense.

Technically it should be doable. The AMC TC has a mech that has its own health gauge that slowly regenerates. You can also set its initial health to whatever level you wish.

There's no technical difficulty with doing it that way, but if the car has its own health, doesn't that mean that the car can be destroyed or become unusable while the player lives on? (say, if you eject as the last missile is coming in). But then the player could get into situations in existing maps where the map cannot be completed. I suppose that could be prevented with a few tweaks.

[ReaperMan]

Any chance you might make the snack machines work? It doesn't make much sense that you can get a Coke (or Pepsi) but not Doritos.

[williamjcm]

Hey DT,

I played an HL2 mod called SMOD Redux 8.

There is a gamemode which make enemies drop coins you can get to buy health and armor at the Health/HEV Stations.

You should add the same system but for the vending machines instead.

[necroslut]

williamjcm, on May 4 2010, 09:22 AM, said:

Hey DT,

I played an HL2 mod called SMOD Redux 8.

There is a gamemode which make enemies drop coins you can get to buy health and armor at the Health/HEV Stations.

You should add the same system but for the vending machines instead.

But Duke has unlimited amounts of money.

[DuduKrazy]

but what if the money was of another currency? like Canadian Dollars as opposed to US ones.

[ReaperMan]

DuduKrazy, on May 4 2010, 08:07 PM, said:

but what if the money was of another currency? like Canadian Dollars as opposed to US ones.

Dukes American, why would he have Canadian money?

[Danukem]

That would be for the Duke Canuckem TC.

[williamjcm]

williamjcm, on May 4 2010, 09:22 AM, said:

There is a gamemode which make enemies drop coins on death you can get to buy health and armor at the Health/HEV Stations.

You should add the same system but for the vending machines instead.

Let me explain : you kill an enemy, it drops one coin. You use the coins you collected on a vending machine that give you a 5hp Duke Cola (for the soda machines) or a 10hp snack (for the snack machines).

But to make this work, there should be an entity placed at the start of maps that tells to the game "there are vending machines, make enemies drop coins on death".

[LeoD]

The idea is not bad but I don't think it's worth the effort. Destroying the soda machine gives you many cans already.
DT, how about adding occasional burps after drinking?

[Danukem]

It's too much effort for something the player won't use much. Besides, the coins would be hard to see unless I made them big and silly, but then they would be out of place in a lot of maps.

[3D Master]

Okay, so, um, I got a problem: there's all these lovely reference to using alt-fire, I checked the manual, more reference to using alt-fire, but then I went to see if I could set the key for alt-fire, but nothing. Nowhere in the DukePlus menu did I see it anywhere, and the standard Duke keyboard and mouse menus there's no alt-fire option, so what gives?

[The Commander]

Yes there is.



Ignore the blue font and background. It's still Duke Plus.

[Danukem]

That's right, and the "RELOAD ALTFIRE" function is also available in mouse setup. If you think it's not there, then keep looking. It's there.

[The Commander]

I have it bound to "R" and "Mouse 2"

[Zaxtor]

DukePlus wont work O.o

I extracted the thing in DukePlus folder and everything right without disturbing or altering folders.

EDUKE.CON:1: error: could not find file `DukePlus/dpcons/DUKEPLUS.CON'.
Found 0 warning(s), 1 error(s).

I think Eduke needs glasses cus the dpcons is there with all the requirement.
I even updated to latest Eduke and still no working.

I even put a duke.grp in it.
No change

[Gambini]

make clean folder, for the case named ¨dukenukem¨
extract dukeplus.zip in dukenukem folder
drop a copy of duke3d.grp in dukenukem folder
click on dukeplus.bat
click again on dukeplus.bat
(these two last operations have to be done quickly)

[Zaxtor]

Duke plus zip I've downloaded doesn't have a dukeplus.bat

[Gambini]

Where you got it from?

1- Go to this site: http://deeperthought.dukertcm.com/dp/
2- Click on the ¨download¨ button.
3- Choose ¨save file¨
4- Repeat this process:

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make clean folder, for the case named ¨dukenukem¨
extract dukeplus.zip in dukenukem folder
drop a copy of duke3d.grp in dukenukem folder
click on dukeplus.bat
click again on dukeplus.bat
(these two last operations have to be done quickly)