TitanFall Titan

[the_stitch]

Anyone played the TitanFall Beta when it came out? Because it's over now! Now you have to buy it!
Jokes aside, a titan is a huge robot that drops from the sky. it's designed to carry a pilot inside that operates the controls. we could make a titan player/vehicle that does the following things;

• It's gotta be huge
• Should be able to operate on it's own
• AI turns off when you enter
• Guns. Big guns.
• Possibly a /command that toggles AI mode (Follow/Guard)
• Teammates can ride on your back. Enemies can ride too, and can kill you quickly
• CANNOT JUMP. would probably have low jump height but fast air control
• Shields (but an enemy can bypass shields and directly harm you by riding)

This would be so awesome, and if it could be done, it should.
These links could help if you've never seen Titans, and also one image shows a player riding on one.

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[Advanced Bot]

This would be cool, but it looks very difficult to make.

[Alkatjo]

It could be made, but without all the features.
The mech itself? Yes.
The AI function? Possibly.
Huge? You have to be pretty stupid to mess that up.
Guns? Look at Gcats mech, same mechanic.
Turns off? Another possibility.
Can't jump? That's to easy.
Teamates can ride on your back? Maybe, code is in the Rowboat, (Being a bot, vehicle)
Self-operation. Can't, to hacky and restrictions.

Now that i've cleared some of the "its not possible" stuff up. Someone for the love of god, consider it.

[Lugnut]

If you make the thing a bot, just use bot ai

Tada, works on it's own

[-Jetz-]

Huge? You have to be pretty stupid to mess that up.

You'd be surprised. Sure it's easy to increase the size of an object until it's big, but titans in that game actually feel big. You'd need sound to do that well for starters, animation that makes it look heavy, maybe even shake the camera of nearby people as it walks. The mech vehicle (the one that had the light and heavy variants) was big, but its gun sounded like the default pistol, had no sound to its movement, and could be juggled with a barrage of rockets. It was big but it had the feel of a walking hot air balloon. Might also want some scripting that fakekills smaller bricks as it moves.

[Cupcakehat]

this reminded me to start working on my deployable mech again. It won't have the AI functions, but when you fire a homing beacon from a locator the mech falls down to the ground and makes a big rumble and stuff, then you can enter it and forget stuff up

[the_stitch]

It could be made, but without all the features.
The mech itself? Yes. awesome!
The AI function? Possibly. great!
Huge? You have to be pretty stupid to mess that up. no comment.
Guns? Look at Gcats mech, same mechanic. yeah, but you ARE the mech in that, so it's YOUR tools. the Titans won't be able to do this. but there's the warthog's </> weapon systems, so it could work.
Turns off? Another possibility. I'm pretty sure it would be.
Can't jump? That's to easy. Thinking fast air control, like a dash
Teamates can ride on your back? Maybe, code is in the Rowboat, (Being a bot, vehicle) great news.
Self-operation. Can't, to hacky and restrictions. very well. i'd DL either way.

You'd be surprised. Sure it's easy to increase the size of an object until it's big, but titans in that game actually feel big. You'd need sound to do that well for starters, animation that makes it look heavy, maybe even shake the camera of nearby people as it walks. The mech vehicle (the one that had the light and heavy variants) was big, but its gun sounded like the default pistol, had no sound to its movement, and could be juggled with a barrage of rockets. It was big but it had the feel of a walking hot air balloon. Might also want some scripting that fakekills smaller bricks as it moves. That'd crash your server after five minutes in any build.

this reminded me to start working on my deployable mech again. It won't have the AI functions, but when you fire a homing beacon from a locator the mech falls down to the ground and makes a big rumble and stuff, then you can enter it and forget stuff up

Sounds cool, any idea when you'll release a testable version or a full release?

Guys, loving the feedback! It's starting to look like it's a definite yes on the mod! I can't wait for someone to take this project!

[-Jetz-]

That'd crash your server after five minutes in any build.

I'm going to play the "You have no idea what you're talking about" card now.

It's starting to look like it's a definite yes on the mod!

It is not.

[n Ninja]

-sniff- if only i could model and code playertypes...

[Alkatjo]

this reminded me to start working on my deployable mech again. It won't have the AI functions, but when you fire a homing beacon from a locator the mech falls down to the ground and makes a big rumble and stuff, then you can enter it and forget stuff up

Make it big. And add metal sounds. Please Cupcake please

[Cupcakehat]

Sounds cool, any idea when you'll release a testable version or a full release?

not really, it'll be done when its done

if you want I'll send you a pre-release version of the mech when I get far enough

Make it big. And add metal sounds. Please Cupcake please

also i've been searching around for huge ass boom nosies for the landing sounds and the better sounding servo noises I can find, it sounds like a monster

ALSO: here's a picture of the mech's lower body (no feet, haven't been modeled) this thing is meant to be a slow hulking beast

[Alkatjo]

That looks good. Imagine hearing a swooshing up ahead only to find rock and dirt splashing everywhere when this monster lands, only to whip out (insert gun here) and pick off enemy infantry and armor.

[Cupcakehat]

it's got two arm-mounted guns

one's a 50 caliber turrent, the other is a railgun that can fire through multiple targets

(maybe)

either that or both arms have large machine guns of some sort

there's gunna be a weak spot (on the back, a cooling port for the mech) that can seriously damage it (one day)

also yes, i wanna make it emit vehicle explosions at each feet to simulate dust knocked off the floor

[Renousim]

lole fukn no0b, us da fuken 40m cannon and not da chaingun n00b

[Cupcakehat]

lole fukn no0b, us da fuken 40m cannon and not da chaingun n00b

1v1 me right now motherforgeter