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Feb 3, 2004, 11:16pm

Let's go over this one again, it seems like it could have a lot of uses, and
be relatively simple to handle in code:

It would be nice to have variable avatar movement speeds. What I mean by
this is some kind of parameter in avatars.dat (of course, other means of
setting this could be considered, such as a bot command, however this seems
the easiest to implement for most users) which sets the movement speed for
each avatar.

I see something like this:
beginspeeds
walk=400
run=800
fly=600
fastfly=1200
swim=300
fastswim=600
endspeeds

Or whatever other format is preferred. Of course, if a speed is not
specified, the defaults are used. Note that my examples are intended to be
cm/sec. This also allows one to give flight to only certain avatars (fly=0
would imply no flight for that avatar, for example). Very useful for games,
especially considering the unrealistic movement speeds currently used.

-Monkey

Feb 3, 2004, 11:59pm

Also a gravity or weight settler variable for each avatar. So that if you
are a heavy avatar, you cant jump very high/far, but if you are a light one,
then you can go the full distance that the gravity in the world features
allows you to.

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Feb 4, 2004, 2:01pm

Good ideas, Uber and Fett. Different avatar speeds would certainly make
it easier for those of us making games in AW. And a "weight" or gravity
variable would also be good for avatars. I was able to change the
gravity settings once in a world and was able to mimic the "jumping" or
jet packs in Starsiege Tribes, but it took a bit of work to get it
right, and everyone (whatever the size of their avatar) all had the same
"weight" like Fett mentions, which made it a bit unrealistic.

Builderz
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[View Quote] > Also a gravity or weight settler variable for each avatar. So that if you
> are a heavy avatar, you cant jump very high/far, but if you are a light one,
> then you can go the full distance that the gravity in the world features
> allows you to.
>
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Feb 4, 2004, 5:44pm

Tribes, yea, exactly what I was getting at there. I tried to do a Tribes
thing a long long time ago, but it seemed near impossible since so many of
the games physics and other features could not be done in AW. With the
addition of speeds and weights, people can do more game things with armor
types, etc.

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Feb 4, 2004, 6:51pm

I was able to import some terrain and nice looking hills using Andras'
DEM2RWX tool, made some hovering/floating bases, and lowered the world
gravity to try and do a "ghetto Tribes" in AW a while back. But of
course, AW doesn't have any inventory support (need a bot), weapons
support (you can only click on others) and light, medium, and heavy
avatars would all have the same physics when they jumped. Then I thought
about making a Grand Theft Auto-type game (since it uses the RenderWare
engine), but also came upon several pitfalls there, too.

Builderz
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Feb 4, 2004, 8:02pm

I purchased the full source and a distribution license for the "Tribes"
engine (Torque game engine) from here:

http://www.garagegames.com

It costs $100.00 until your revenues are greater than 500,000.00
at which point you owe them a flat 10K


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Feb 5, 2004, 3:45am

Yes, I've been to the GarageGames site before and saw some demos of the
Torque engine. You don't get any of the copyrighted models, textures,
maps, etc. from the Tribes game when you purchase the engine, though.
But I think the engine itself is a great deal, money-wise.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

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Feb 5, 2004, 4:44pm

Wanna get together and try stuffing the AW bot SDK into it?

:-D

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Feb 5, 2004, 6:26pm

[View Quote] That would be pretty cool, an interactive bot.

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