Service Bots [Updated Details, Need Willing Scripter]

[Thorax]

I like that a little better.
It also incorporates some of the shield bot into it by providing a means of cover/escape.

Maybe at 25% health, it deploys a bubble shield that lasts for 5 seconds?

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[Niliscro]

Maybe at 25% health, it deploys a bubble shield that lasts for 5 seconds?

That sounds good, we'll see if we get any better ideas.
Modelers/scripters would be good too, lol.

[Placid]

Not actually a bad idea.

[Thorax]

That sounds good, we'll see if we get any better ideas.
Modelers/scripters would be good too, lol.

I can do a bit of modeling as soon as I get my laptop functioning...

[Unwritten Calender]

Question, can you use Sketchup for modeling?

[Thorax]

Question, can you use Sketchup for modeling?

Answer, yes. A lot of forum users use it. I'm just now getting into it after using Milkshape for a while now.

[Niliscro]

I can do a bit of modeling as soon as I get my laptop functioning...

That would be great.
I would like to say I could help script this, but it's way over my range of experience.

[Niliscro]

Bump :p

[WhatevaGuy]

I like your idea. Its very good :)

[Thorax]

Computer is up and running, I'll give it a go.

[Bushido]

how about, when you deploy a bot, it's added to a "squad" (led by the player) that can only support up to 4 bots at a time: if any more bots are deployed, the oldest explodes doing damage to anything near it: from there, the squad acts alot like the half life squad system: usually, they just follow you, but if you need them to go somewhere, you would use something like a laser pointer to tell them to get their asses down there, attack that enemy, shoot that wall, etcetera

this sounds like a great idea. if anyone needs models, i'm right here

[Niliscro]

how about, when you deploy a bot, it's added to a "squad" (led by the player) that can only support up to 4 bots at a time: if any more bots are deployed, the oldest explodes doing damage to anything near it: from there, the squad acts alot like the half life squad system: usually, they just follow you, but if you need them to go somewhere, you would use something like a laser pointer to tell them to get their asses down there, attack that enemy, shoot that wall, etcetera

this sounds like a great idea. if anyone needs models, i'm right here

I like the idea of that better, I'll clarify that a whole squad does not have to be spawned at once.
And yeah, it would be great if you and Thorax would work together.

Edit:
Updated the OP for the Attack Bot idea, as well as a detail I was wondering about:  if Attack bots should be the only bot that allows duplicates, since it isn't very exploitable like the Medic/Ammo/Engineer Bot.

[Bushido]

also, wouldn't it be neat to have each bot have alternate functions?

like, if you were to tag one of your attack bots with the laser pointer, it would switch attack patterns from "only if he's in plain sight" to "give chase" to "defend owner" then back to "only if he's in plain sight", or tagging a support bot would have it turn into a sentry gun (and back), or tagging a medic would shift it's healing focus from players to other bots

[Tingalz]

Make it hover, and look sort of like this:

[chesse20]

even better make it so the ammount of service bots can be choosen by the host so like if you want 100 bots then if the host wanted that youd have a party