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"Emitter Gun"

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Not an idea that I think will ever make its way into the game, realistically speaking, but one that I think would be fun:

Basically, the idea is for a paintinator-like character enhancement that's tunable by the creator, to change what it emits when fired.

The origin of this idea for me was that, I'm doing all these things with paintballs - capturing and emitting them, lethalizing them, adding magnets or sounds, and so on - it would be fun if some of that stuff could be applied back to the paint gun which spawned the paint in the first place.

But then, why stop there? If you could modify a paintball, re-capture it, and cause the paintinator to emit it, why not another reasonably small object? Why not a handheld gun that shoots bombs, golf balls, whatever?

Seems like a fun idea, anyway. 		2009-05-14 19:54:00

Author:
tetsujin
Posts: 187

You never know. It could be in a DLC. As for now, all you can make is a portable emitter.2009-05-14 19:58:00

Author:
elephantom
Posts: 6

i think this has been suggested a lot

Mm should really consider adding this, it'd make some great level mechanics - like creating your own path		2009-05-14 20:12:00

Author:
Dexiro
Posts: 2100

OH YEAH!!! Shoot the gun, and an entire section of a level spits out!2009-05-14 20:18:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

Very interesting. *takes notes*
Watch this space.		2009-05-14 20:19:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291

Fun idea for sure! Kind of makes me think of The Tick... "Hey sweetheart, whatcha' got in that Poodle Gun?"2009-05-15 00:31:00

Author:
Rustbukkit
Posts: 1737

that would be fantastic! great idea. like you fire floating platforms to walk across pits2009-05-15 01:09:00

Author:
redmagus
Posts: 667

It would be interesting if it displayed the item the gun emits above the gun, so you could maybe choose a certain gun for a task, go back and grab a different one, etc...2009-05-15 01:16:00

Author:
Theap Pleman
Posts: 670

Don't know if it can make it into the game, but it's a good idea!
Tho it might be exploited in a bad way....
User captures a bunch of stuff to lag/freeze the one who shoots or something.
Or user captures DLC material, makes the paintgun with the item as a prize and gives it away, or a copyable level full of those items with the DLC in them...		2009-05-15 01:34:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

So if you capture an emiter gun, then set an emitter gun to shoot an emitter gun that shoots emitter guns - will the world end?2009-05-15 01:58:00

Author:
LuckyShot
Posts: 713

So if you capture an emiter gun, then set an emitter gun to shoot an emitter gun that shoots emitter guns - will the world end?

lol, i don't think the gun you shoot will shoot by itself...		2009-05-15 02:16:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

It would certainly be interesting... but my guess is it would be REALLY buggy, and might be kinda bad moderation wise... you KNOW there are going to be some people who shoot out cetain parts of anatomy, or gigantic swear words >.>2009-05-15 06:52:00

Author:
Burnvictim42
Posts: 3322

you do realise that this would work exactly the same as an emitter only it's portable and you control which direction it shoots in

so what if someone wants to shoot swear words, they could do the same with a normal emitter		2009-05-15 08:07:00

Author:
Dexiro
Posts: 2100

you do realise that this would work exactly the same as an emitter only it's portable and you control which direction it shoots in

so what if someone wants to shoot swear words, they could do the same with a normal emitter

good point... not entirely sure what i was thinking when i typed that lol >.>

but i can imagine it would make a lot of lag- 4 ppl firing painballs right now can get messy, imagine 4 ppl firing complicated objects =/		2009-05-15 09:22:00

Author:
Burnvictim42
Posts: 3322

That's true...well they could limit what is set as the emitted object, so you can't make it too complicated...2009-05-15 14:07:00

Author:
Theap Pleman
Posts: 670

That's true...well they could limit what is set as the emitted object, so you can't make it too complicated...

Yeah, I figure that would be one of the limitations of it... Not so much for the sake of the game engine (an "emitter gun" would simply take as much thermo as the corresponding emitter would...) but for the sake of some semblance of logic - encourage people to limit their use of the thing to just objects that maybe kind of look like they could fit inside the gun... Plus you'd generally want to limit such a thing to one-layer objects (so the player can fire regardless of what layer they're on) - and if you allowed the emitter gun to create huge objects you'd run into problems where your character is half a screen away from the nearest obstacle but still can't fire the gun 'cause there's not enough room...

It'd be fun to have this for Megaman-style flying platforms and the like. "Get to the top without creating more than 10 flying platforms" - things like that...		2009-05-15 16:31:00

Author:
tetsujin
Posts: 187

good point... not entirely sure what i was thinking when i typed that lol >.>

but i can imagine it would make a lot of lag- 4 ppl firing painballs right now can get messy, imagine 4 ppl firing complicated objects =/

hmm, well i suppose that wouldn't be any different than 4 normal emitters


the way i'd like this to work is have the emitter limits set to the gun apply to every gun taken from that specific power-up station - so even if 4 people have the emitter gun it still acts as a single emitter only it spawns objects from 4 different locations
(not sure if i explained that well)

if it worked that way then the idea that i had for a level where you shoot blocks to build your own path wouldn't give anyone an unfair advantage		2009-05-15 18:17:00

Author:
Dexiro
Posts: 2100

I would totally love this.

Imagine different guns in a level and at some parts you shoot platforms to proceed and jump on them, at some other place you need the trampoline gun, then you need some crates, then, etc etc

I would SO make a puzzle/platform saga.

.		2009-05-15 18:18:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

I think this is a really cool idea. Although many would probably abuse it, you could make some really good puzzles with it, and I also think something like a football gun would be funny.2009-05-15 18:39:00

Author:
lk9988
Posts: 1077


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