1866 Multiplayer progress report (06.15)

[Highlander]

Time to tell you a little bit about what is going on on the multiplayer build.


Two new game modes:

Hold the Flag

Rules:

• Two teams, respawn rules similar to TDM.
• There's one flag on the map. It is spawned at a random position in the beginning.
• Both teams have to try to capture it.
• The team that can keep it for a certain time (90 seconds by default) scores.
• After a team scores the flag is respawned at a random position on the map.
• When the flag holder dies, the countdown is stopped and reset to 0.

Gold Rush

Rules:

• Deathmatch rules. No teams.
• Several gold bars are spawned on the map.
• Goal is to get as much gold as possible.
• When one gold bar is captured, a new one is spawned at a random position.
• Gold bars are highlighted on the screen, so that they are easy to find.

If you have ideas for other modes, share them.

New map:

No Man's Land

Perfectly suited for objective modes like conquest or gold rush:



Also, most models are ported to warband. What is left is mostly balancing and map making.
If you want to help and you have experience with the scene editor, go here.

 

[yellowmosquito]

Ooooooh yeaaaah. 

 

[Manakel]

me get very excited....

What about an "invasion" game mode ? poor players versus respawning horde of mexican guerilleros/ apache fighters.. with ammo respawn decreasing with each wave of guerilleros...

 

[Swagger]

what about line battles (1 general, several officers, and the rest is line soldiers) ?

and some ideas for more modes:

- hold the fort (can be several stuff, depending on the map, like a barn, bunker, headquarter office), basicly a team has to protect it (spawns inside), while the other has to capture it

- bank assault, similar but 1 team has to steal the money from the bank and retrieve it to a X place, while the other has to protect it

 

[Highlander]

What about an "invasion" game mode ? poor players versus respawning horde of mexican guerilleros/ apache fighters.. with ammo respawn decreasing with each wave of guerilleros...

Will be included.

what about line battles (1 general, several officers, and the rest is line soldiers) ?

Well, that doesn't have much to do with coding. You just have to organise those battles and then you can play them.

and some ideas for more modes:

- hold the fort (can be several stuff, depending on the map, like a barn, bunker, headquarter office), basicly a team has to protect it (spawns inside), while the other has to capture it

- bank assault, similar but 1 team has to steal the money from the bank and retrieve it to a X place, while the other has to protect it

Sounds similar to siege battles.

Edit:
Successfully ported to 1.123 module system.

 

[Manakel]

don't want to spoil the fun but what about module 1.1.24???

 

[Highlander]

Probably pretty similar ( =not much additional work), I'll take a look now).

Edit: Yeah, we can continue with the 1.123 modsys without problems.