[Alephmodular-devel] Map Editing and Liquids

[Kevin W. <lu...@ea...>]

I was doing some work on my scenario that I sorta started a while back=20=

(to be released Not-Soon=99-At-All, probably: it's a Mario conversion),=20=

and I decided to flesh out exactly what I'd need to make it.  Most of=20
the stuff is actually possible with workarounds, but they're clunky,=20
bulky, and not so great.

So, here's the "Stuff that's really good for me, and would be difficult=20=

to do without":
  1) Bridges and Balconies (workaround possible - but very ugly)
  2) Good, solid Networking
  3) Ability to use different liquids within a single map (otherwise=20
ugly workaround)
The rest isn't quite essential, but would be nice:
  4) Jumping (I've thought of a workaround, but it makes all weapons=20
single-firing mode only, and would be pretty ugly)
  5) Ability to set the damage of liquids from within the map/physics=20
model, without having to resort to Fux!
  6) Ability to set certain weapons to use up more than a single clip on=20=

reload (I'm thinking of having a near-universal ammo type)
  7) Ability to set certain projectiles to slide along the ground=20
instead of bouncing or exploding (pretty simple workaround, though it=20
necessitates the End-of-Life to come from a timer instead of being=20
dependent on the shot)
  8) Projectiles that bounce off of walls, or ceilings
  9) 3D models instead of sprites (not necessary at all, though could be=20=

cool)

I submit this list to the AM dev-list simply because I think that AM=20
has more potential than A1 for most of these features.  If these sorts=20=

of things can make it in sometime during development/with modules, I'll=20=

be one happy camper.

All the best,
-Lunair=