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[cdmtx(YR)]

I don't know why but I like to see a light unbalance in the sides. That's what made RA1 such fun

I wouldn't mind there being a slight unbalance because when everything is perfectly balanced it's boring.

YuriNavalUnit:

DINOSAUR!! Leik one of those ones that was really really big and swam real good and had big pointy teeth!

But a Yuri Dinosaur would make sense- Allies have Dolphins, Sovs have GSquid, Yuri gets Dinoswimmer... cuz Yuri has such good TRex friends...

I leik teh Dinosaur Swimmy swimmy...

That's a good idea but I'm going to give them the Giant Squid instead because it uses mind control technology and the Soviet Army has abandoned mind control technologys for now.

[cdmtx(YR)]

I know this is going to sound rather dumb at first, but I'd like to be able to put troops and tanks into formations instead of them all moving in one big huddled mass. Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?

Well I have no idea how to code something like that. What I usually do is a don't become one mass is, I put them into small groups and spread them out manually.

Another strange idea would be to have an announcement whenever enemy aircraft get within the radius of your radar structures, kind of like an early warning system. It would give the player an opportunity to send his own aircraft to dogfight with the opposition. Would also leave open the need for both bombers and fighter planes and strategies on how to best utilize them. I've previously PMed Mig with this idea but have no idea on if he's going to use it, but it would be cool to see it utilized somewhere.

Since I added air to air combat that would be a good idea, I'll look into that.

[OmegaBolt]

Another strange idea would be to have an announcement whenever enemy aircraft get within the radius of your radar structures, kind of like an early warning system. It would give the player an opportunity to send his own aircraft to dogfight with the opposition. Would also leave open the need for both bombers and fighter planes and strategies on how to best utilize them. I've previously PMed Mig with this idea but have no idea on if he's going to use it, but it would be cool to see it utilized somewhere.

Since I added air to air combat that would be a good idea, I'll look into that.

It is actually quite a good idea. Just make a weapon that does 1 damage and the versus percentage is say 2%. Then give it's weapon a sound which is like an alarm of some sort, would be neat.

[Jeeves]

Yeah, I like that idea too, and I play on mute
Perhaps even some radio wave animation as a visual indicator, make it easier to find and warn the offender they've been detected.
As for formations, thats a game limitation - I'd love to order and march units around in formations, but it just cannot be done.

[cdmtx(YR)]

It is actually quite a good idea. Just make a weapon that does 1 damage and the versus percentage is say 2%. Then give it's weapon a sound which is like an alarm of some sort, would be neat.

So your saying have an alarm for all enemy units not just aircraft. If you would want to do it for just aircraft you would have to create a new armor type for them right?

[Palm]

Or you could just make the "Alarm Weapon" target aircraft only...

[cdmtx(YR)]

Or you could just make the "Alarm Weapon" target aircraft only...

Yeah I'm going to do that. Oh did you get my PM?

[OmegaBolt]

Just make a new projectile which has AA=yes and AG=no.

[Jeeves]

Because it can't be done?
Theres a tag from the shield thingo SW, but its only for the player using it, and dunno if it even works with other SW's.
Only way I can think of is combining that with an anim that spawns spies, and that would look crazy and wouldn''t work if the defendant had dogs

[OmegaBolt]

Could do a infinite range area fire weapon that has EMP effects. But thats besides the point, its a ridiculous idea imo.

[Jeeves]

But EMP is buggy...

[OmegaBolt]

But EMP is buggy...

It is, with RockPatch?

[Jeeves]

Well, I only tried once but the anim looped until my comp ran out of memory and closed it

[OmegaBolt]

[cdmtx(YR)]

Just make a new projectile which has AA=yes and AG=no.

Oh yeah thats right.

A second radar Idea could be a water device. Set short range to detect and subs within its radius, which could help you to defend your naval yard/sub pen/whatever better. Or deploy it to have it ping the whole sea/ocean/river/whatever.

I thought about having naval defenses, but then I decided against them.

Finally, a little note on Tesla

Most of you probably know about his little experiment back in 1899, where he created the largest ever man-made bolt of lightening with the largest Tesla Coil in history. He did this by supercharging the ground. Back then there were no computers or TVs or anything that was earthed (grounded). Imagine what would happen if you set the earth to discharge millions of volts these days. It would kill just about anything electronic. http://www.totse.com...sla/tesla5.html

Anyway, getting to the point. Why not add an oversized Tesla Coil, which instead of zapping the enemy, can be used as a double-edge sword of a super weapon? When activated it kills all power to EVERY base on the map and shoots a rather impressive and large bolt of lightning into the sky.

I'm quite familiar with Tesla's work he was a great inventor who never got the credit that owed to him. Nicola Tesla is going to be in second part of the storyline and will most likely will be in the campaign. The Russians will receive one of Tesla's other weapons. Think you could guess what it is ?

Could do a infinite range area fire weapon that has EMP effects. But thats besides the point, its a ridiculous idea imo.

Japan's special technology is EMP, I was thinking about giving them an EMP Patriot Missile Site. What do you think?

Edited by cdmtx(YR), 08 April 2007 - 10:18 PM.

[Jeeves]

EMP doesn't work on aircraft.

[cdmtx(YR)]

EMP doesn't work on aircraft.

Really, but there units?

[Jeeves]

Haven't tried on flying units, but aircraft and infantry, EMP doesn't work.

[cdmtx(YR)]

Haven't tried on flying units, but aircraft and infantry, EMP doesn't work.

Well there goes that idea. It was sort of unbalanced anyway.

[need my speed]

It works, not with EMP on aircraft, but the effect is the same. Make a primary weapon with EMP for vehicles and make a secondary weapon without EMP for aircraft. Make sure the secondary weapon will destroy every aircraft in 1 shot. Then just let it spawn the right particles etc and you have our EMP weapon.