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agscratcher wrote:

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Back on topic.


Let's try to think of a name.

I think my bland acronym I came up with is good enough for now.

I mean look at Garry Newman. He called his game-thing "Garry's Mod." Look how far he went!

Last edited by PW132 (2011-11-06 13:40:02)

PW132 wrote:

agscratcher wrote:

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Back on topic.


Let's try to think of a name.

I think my bland acronym I came up with is good enough for now.

I mean look at Garry Newman. He called his game-thing "Garry's Mod." Look how far he went!

Thought of a good one:

Tactical
Shooting
Fun

TSF for short.


EDIT: I'd like when encountered, but it'd cause some loading for a player to log on.


Maybe have some premade content that's already in the game?

Last edited by agscratcher (2011-11-06 13:45:37)

agscratcher wrote:

EDIT: I'd like when encountered, but it'd cause some loading for a player to log on.


Maybe have some premade content that's already in the game?

agscratcher wrote:

agscratcher wrote:

EDIT: I'd like when encountered, but it'd cause some loading for a player to log on.


Maybe have some premade content that's already in the game?

Idea:


There's a "waiting room" moment where players register to play a round on a server. During that time, the content is loaded onto the server. That way, there wouldn't be loading lag during heated matches. Players who have already had their content loaded onto the server in a previous playing just have to sit and wait during the waiting room.


Example:


I register to play a round on a server. My content is loaded and then we play. After a while, I leave. 2 hours later, I register again. However, my content is already loaded, so no hassle on my side.

Last edited by agscratcher (2011-11-06 13:51:55)

agscratcher wrote:

Idea:


There's a "waiting room" moment where players register to play a round on a server. During that time, the content is loaded onto the server. That way, there wouldn't be loading lag during heated matches. Players who have already had their content loaded onto the server in a previous playing just have to sit and wait during the waiting room.


Example:


I register to play a round on a server. My content is loaded and then we play. After a while, I leave. 2 hours later, I register again. However, my content is already loaded, so no hassle on my side.

Server-side content also makes sense. Probably more than a central content server.

PW132 wrote:

Again, what if you had a FPS where you could model and rig your own character for use in multiplayer?

Tentative name is MOFPSWUGCC (Multiplayer-Only First Person Shooter With User Generated Custom Content).

NEW PLAN:
The game would cost about 1 or 2 US dollars. it would only be available as digital download. It would probably run under Source, possibly UDK. When attempting to join a server for the first time, the player is thrust into a waiting room while player model data is sent to the user, and his model is sent to users already playing, as well as to the hard drive of the server. During the waiting room process he can chat with users already playing. When he joins, all content is loaded.

However, a option in settings would enable you to bypass the waiting room, but have all custom content be replaced by place holder models. As downloads are finished, the custom content appears to the player. When this option is enable, this player also has a placeholder model to other players until the download is finished.

To make a player model, they make it in the modeling software of their choice, then have the model be run through a special program separate from the game so it has the correct animations and the animations are tweakable, and I would make it so that you could have 3 hotkeys to play a custom animation as a taunt of sorts.

OLD PLAN:
If I made it, I'd make it uncopyrighted freeware so no one would be able to sue for copyright if someone makes a model of a trademarked character. I'd have the model be run through a special program separate from the game so it has the correct animations and the animations are tweakable, and I would make it so that you could have 3 hotkeys to play a custom animation as a taunt of sorts. When a server is joined, the game sends your character to eveyone on the server, but heavily compressed. The file is uncompressed and put into RAM when the file is needed, so the space taken up would not be excessive.

agscratcher wrote:

You seemed to have misinterpreted my waiting room idea. I meant that no one could log on unless the waiting room was open. That way, there would be no mid-match loading.


However, there always is the alternative option for impatient people.

Ah. Lemme edit real quick.

agscratcher wrote:

One question:

Would the options for waiting room/no waiting room be server side?

I think it should be server side, actually. 

NEW NEW PLAN:
The game would cost about 1 or 2 US dollars. it would only be available as digital download. It would probably run under Source, possibly UDK. When attempting to join a server for the first time, the player has to wait for the current round to end. When this happens, he/she is thrust into a waiting room while player model data is sent to the user, and his model is sent to users in the room, as well as to the hard drive of the server. During the waiting room process he can chat with users already playing. When he joins, all content is loaded.

However, a option in settings server-side would enable you to bypass the waiting room, but have all custom content be replaced by place holder models. As downloads are finished, the custom content appears to the player.

To make a player model, they make it in the modeling software of their choice, then have the model be run through a special program separate from the game so it has the correct animations and the animations are tweakable, and I would make it so that you could have 3 hotkeys to play a custom animation as a taunt of sorts.

agscratcher wrote:

Great idea.


If you're using Source, you could port it to the 360 and have it up on XNA.


...but you don't have to...

1. I do not have a Xbox! D:

2. Microsoft sucks poop when it comes to custom content on Xbox! It has to be PC/Mac only for it to work.

Last edited by PW132 (2011-11-06 15:59:15)

samurai768 wrote:

What license is Minecraft under? I mean, you can have whatever skin you want, even that of a trademarked character. Maybe you could use that one 

It does not have a license of any sort.

It seems you cannot punish custom user-created content in a game under copyright law.

Jack Thompson did try, however. He failed miserably, of course.

Temporarily closing for clean up.