Burn wrote:I'm never clicking any of your links ever again.
Burn wrote:High Command is an arsehat.
High Command wrote:That's a good point. Best to get the current alt modes straightened out first (weapons too) before fancier stuff.
I've been conducting my own weapons research, this time into the original tech specs and who had what weapons. Working through G1 at tne moment and some are a bit surprising.
Megatron's fusion cannon for instance would be 10fp 9sk if we went by his tech specs.
Hopefully when combined with Bun's research (which has been, frankly, amazing) we can revamp the weapons cabinet a bit and add a bit more variety to what people are using than the tried and tested favourites.
Psychout wrote:High Command wrote:That's a good point. Best to get the current alt modes straightened out first (weapons too) before fancier stuff.
I've been conducting my own weapons research, this time into the original tech specs and who had what weapons. Working through G1 at tne moment and some are a bit surprising.
Megatron's fusion cannon for instance would be 10fp 9sk if we went by his tech specs.
Hopefully when combined with Bun's research (which has been, frankly, amazing) we can revamp the weapons cabinet a bit and add a bit more variety to what people are using than the tried and tested favourites.
I think between you and Bun we have everything we need to finally overhaul and sort out some of the ridiculous situation we have with weapons.
The hard part now is the actual updating behind the scenes and the inevitable tantrums being thrown when X weapon gets nerfed to align with its G1 counterpart
Burn wrote:I'm never clicking any of your links ever again.
Burn wrote:High Command is an arsehat.
Psychout wrote:So many different options.
Pistol < rifles < missile < cannon < heavy artillery < orbital bombardment < death ray... and so on.
Laser
Plasma
Photon
Concussion
Ion
Burn wrote:I'm never clicking any of your links ever again.
Burn wrote:High Command is an arsehat.
Burn wrote:Psychout wrote:Still technically single (custom) colour, but are you thinking more like this?
Yep.
Having them rare would give people more reason to keep an eye on the alt mode rotation. At the moment (if it were working), what's the incentive to keep an eye on it?
Raphael Prime wrote:Burn wrote:Psychout wrote:Still technically single (custom) colour, but are you thinking more like this?
Yep.
Having them rare would give people more reason to keep an eye on the alt mode rotation. At the moment (if it were working), what's the incentive to keep an eye on it?
Is this a thing still being pondered on or considered? I know it was proposed afew months ago, but thought i'd ask cause i have a folder with a bunch of alts in this style that i did from all those years ago.(i also have several bot modes in this style too i think)
Psychout wrote:Yes and yes.
[Referring to the high detail alts from a page back]
The issue here is that if we were to include these, and it worked, the rest of the alt art would need to be redone in the same style to avoid looking like a 90s MySpace site. Whilst Phasewing is capable of making these, we have over 1000 alone and so this is a huge undertaking so I won't ask a single person to do it. If we get more alt makers active again then we can look further into it.
I'd really like to see the ones you have though and after this CfC round is complete we can try one and see if they work with the current recolouring script.
Raphael Prime wrote:(i'm guessing GIF still?)
As for getting more alt makers for this style, luckily enough, i made some tutorial vids back then that i actually just rewatched a few moments ago to refresh myself and try my hand at making a new one. So if anyone ever got interested in helping out, those vids could help.
Psychout wrote:Yep, still .gif
And feel free to stare the tutorial, our link in the staff section is long dead although I don't know if that is to the same vid.
KAMJIIN wrote:We used to have robot mode tactics way back in the day. Could certain tactics be added to those.
Not a bad idea tbh, and it's something I can do as well as Burn. Just don't expect it for a little while as IRL **** keeps getting in the way.KAMJIIN wrote:Back to a previous suggestion we could work out. An alt mode shop is still a viable thing. No coding needed, but could potentially Create a boatload of work for Burn. Create a stickied thread alt-mode shop. Set and list prices for the alts. Designate an Autobot to serve as "saleaman", Burn serves as Decepticon "salesman". Energon is paid. Burn applies the alt to the chosen character. Might help with the rotator issue, encourage players to try new modes, and enable players to reset prizes alts. Just make the price prohibitive enough to keep you from getting flooded with requests, fair enough that it would be a reasonable consideration.
If I'm 100% honest, the work involved there would be phenomenal, so don't expect anything like that Any time soon sadly.Regarding Weapons:<snip>
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