Deactivating the Battle View (from the psx version)

[Deus Siddis]

Fantastic News!!! ;D

* To assist in visualizing the diffs at this point...
* If you've played Bungie's "Halo"-
* The PC ver of "Drive" reminds me of the "Warthog" in "Halo" ('cept with the added "Command Grouping" ability)...
* And the PSX ver of "Drive" is more akin to the "Tank" or the "Ghost" in "Halo"....

So do you mean that in this PC drive feature, you can look in a different direction from where your vehicle is heading?

* The "Targeting" is now enabled and will exceed that of the Tank in "Halo".

Could you be more specific about this, I'm not sure what you mean exactly? Sounds awesome though.

* K... gonna leave the updates at this point. Next time it will be a release schedule.

Might this feature be appearing on the roadmap?

[Rman Virgil]

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* @ Deus Siddis: here's the scoop.

* You can go from "Drive" to "Battle" overview modes at the press of a button.

* In "Drive" mode you get a list iteration of all available targets to select from..... or you can allow an  auto mode. If your "Piloting" a commander unit leading a combat group.... well you can see the possiblities.

* Roadmap....right now it's looking like this version of "Drive" will make our first release in the near future... this version is limited to ground units.

* We are hoping that in our 2nd to 3rd release we can include the "Enhanced Piloting" that will make possible for the 1st time ever Wz VTOL Dogfighting !.... (Pumpkin left unfinished but we will complete)...among other trick enhancements.

* There's a bunch of specific details on our site about this & everthing else which will go live soon - before our first release & you'll see for yourself (screens, art, so forth).

- Cheers, RV

[psychopompos]

* We are hoping that in our 2nd to 3rd release we can include the "Enhanced Piloting" that will make possible for the 1st time ever Wz VTOL Dogfighting !.... (Pumpkin left unfinished but we will complete)...among other trick enhancements.

how are flight ceilings going to be done?

[Rman Virgil]

how are flight ceilings going to be done?

* Very sharp my friend.

* Here's how Pumpkin commented the code:

/* primitive 'bang-bang' vtol height controller */

* Basically we need to extend the driving engine and the way Warzone handles unit movement to allow the player to use the mouse to change pitch/roll of the VTOL. (There are several reasons for this which I'm not gonna get into.)

* Currently VTOLs only move to a certain absolute height above the terrain and don't change altitude unless the terrain does (which is why you can see the silly bouncing around when VTOLs cross ravines, etc).

* In other words, there's work to be done & that's why it won't make our first release.. But we think it's very much worth the investment of time, creativity & expertise.

- Cheers, RV

EDIT: This odd Vtol behavior is something I've been studying for a while.

* I cannot think of any maps that are  available that are built on principles of "Extreme Verticality" (3+ height).

* I make use of this in my unrleased maps so I have noted Vtols behaviour in dealing with violations of the absolute ceiling....

* Basically the behavior parallels the "TA" 'Brawler' Chopper Gunship..... and you know what that means....

* "Bugs are your friend"..... not infrequently they lead to epiphanies & HOW to implement desirable "Future Features".....

[doom3r]

OMG finally! this is not good news, this is GREAT news! i've been waiting this moment for a long time...  ;D

btw, who's "your leader" who implemented this feature??

[Kayiaxo]

I'm happy to hear as well this feature is being worked on.
I understand it could take awhile before any stable version with this is out, but it's worth waiting for.

[doom3r]

Another thing, is an early version ready for testing?

[Deus Siddis]

When in drive mode, will you have control over your vehicle's weapon turret(s) directly and be able to fire manually at a keypress in any foreseeable versions in the future?

[doom3r]

In the psx version, you didnt directly control the turret. It aimed automatically at a target, which you could select with the left or right key

[Deus Siddis]

In the psx version, you didnt directly control the turret. It aimed automatically at a target, which you could select with the left or right key

I remember that, but apparently the PC version's drive mode is different and what I was asking about was more of a possible future feature, like that of the battlezone games from the same time as warzone. Being able to manually control the weapon systems in addition to manually driving at some point would be alot of fun, I was just wondering if it was anywhere on the visible horizon.

[Rman Virgil]

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* It is in a QC test phase right now.

* ANYTHING is possible in the continued development of this feature.

* When you folks get your hands on this preliminary version & test drive it in SKI & MP I'm sure you'll have a lot of feedback for us on its continued development & we look foward to those insights to guide us.

- Regards, RV

[doom3r]

who managed to make this feature availible?

[Rman Virgil]

who managed to make this feature availible?

* Our Lead Programmer who is also a fine musician (has composed kwel originals for the game).

* When we go live with our site you'll know who he is by name.

* I'll leave it to him if he wants to identify himself here before that time.

* We are in MP trials right now and so far so good.

* The 3 things that have to be rock-solid for the 1st release are: SP Cam, MP & brand New Map Editor (& all its New GFX resources).... we're close on all those fronts.

- Regards, RV

[doom3r]

So there is another team for warzone implementation? 

if yes, post a link of the site please

[Rman Virgil]

So there is another team for warzone implementation? 

if yes, post a link of the site please

* Yes.

* The site is not open yet but here is our addy:

*  http://www.warzone2200.com

* The site will open soon.... matter of weeks now.

* Work began on the source soon after its liberation. We donot utilize anything from the WRP code base. We took a different dev approach. I guess they call it "Cathedral" whereas the "WRP" is called "Bazaar". Our operational model is a RL Game Studio.

- Regards, RV