Commented 10 years ago2014-07-07 16:04:07 UTC
in journal: #8400Comment #42318
Yeah no template really necessary. Manually place all of the crabs and have them target a game_counter on death, then have the counter target the game win stuff. I'm thinking the system vox basically say something like "doop level clear" then quit or level change. Simple simple simple stuff.
Commented 10 years ago2014-07-07 12:44:55 UTC
in journal: #8400Comment #42327
All you need is a few multisources! I made a zombie hunt map before It was fun.
I like the vanilla asset idea because then we don't need coding. However, it'd be neat if you could toss a counter in there and have a 'Par' like doom. Secrets found / Total Secrets.
It'd be like finding the 8 red coins in super mario 64
Commented 10 years ago2014-07-07 09:26:50 UTC
in journal: #8400Comment #42336
Probably would be more interesting in source with grav gun and moving things around. And an advanced headcrab A.I. which could send crabs hiding say when a player is getting closer.
Would be fun to see players tearing open a place to find crabs
Commented 10 years ago2014-07-07 06:56:06 UTC
in journal: #8400Comment #42330
Basically a scavenger hunt w/ crabs?
Could be an interesting variation on Deathmatch, with the players being scored on how many 'crabs they get rather than kills. Might be difficult to rig that up though.
Commented 10 years ago2014-07-04 22:28:26 UTC
in journal: #8398Comment #43990
TERRORISTS YOUR TIME IS THROUGH, NOW YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO: AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!1 COMIN' ALONG, TO SAVE THE MOTHER-FUCKING DAY YEAH! 'MERICA, FUCK YEAH! FREEDOM IS THE ONLY WAY, YEAH! [/MUCH CORONA]
Commented 10 years ago2014-07-01 14:40:44 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49571
Watched it again. Couldn't get that imagery out of my head.
Though, right up until one of them gets out into the open, you could completely believe the two diggers under the right side are the front legs of a giant mecha-spider feeding asphalt into its mouth.
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 20:33:37 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49568
@ Stu - They closed the roads for 2 days. The first bridge went up 12 hours ahead of schedule and the second one only took 4 hours to complete after that. I guess they figured out the trick to it after the first section. @ Scotch - You really don't have to worry about fucking up until you're a P.E. Once you take a state-certified test, you become a legitimate Professional Engineer and have a serial numbered/registered stamp that you place onto approved drawings. Other than that, Engineers work as a team, and the driving factor is getting a job done right. It's just a bunch of smart people working together as a team; they want to be proud to be associated with their work. @ Archie - More pics and stuff can be found here: http://www.earthcam.net/projects/ctdot/interstate84/?cam=cam1
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 14:20:44 UTC
in journal: #8395Comment #40387
You hook it on with a strap. I'm going to switch the wheels for wheelbarrow tires because these couldn't make it over rocks with all the weight of the boat on them.
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 13:17:36 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49575
That looks indeed cool. Engineering ftw!
My first encounter with the term "Engineer" was when I had to build the annoying engineer houses in Caesar III to prevent the building from collapsing :)).
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 07:18:34 UTC
in journal: #8395Comment #40395
Haha I would love to actually try it. It would be cool if you could use it as an assist motor somehow
Growing up, I had plenty of opportunity to play with small engines, but had no interest. Now, i find them very intriguing, but know very little about how they actually work..
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 06:42:56 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49567
That is one of the coolest timelapses I've ever seen. Engineering blows me away. I wish they held on the end shot for longer and showed it completed from the other angles.
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 05:42:02 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49579
Well, it is in your best interest not to make mistakes, even if nobody's life depends on it.
As an Architect, I will be responsible for the safeness of all the things I do, from parks to high-rise buildings. Parks don't kill anyone, but just like with any other potentially lethal building, I still want to do them as best as I can. Because I'm doing this not "just to get by", but for the pleasure of making the world a better place.
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Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 04:23:32 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49572
That's a thing one of my lecturers always emphasized. If a surgeon fucks up once, he kills a person. If you fuck up once, you could potentially kill hundreds. A point which he would make whenever someone in the class made a stupid mistake.
Of course if you're an engineer, it won't be immediate, and on any large project there will be other engineers there to hopefully catch mistakes, but you should still try not to make one.
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 03:37:27 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49573
^ I would never pursue a career in medicine for that reason scotch; you fuck up or have a bad day and you could kill someone.
Docs and Nurses I know say there is a lot of redundancy built into the system to prevent one person's mistake from killing you, but still... fuck that!
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 03:30:48 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49578
But it's not all like that. There's low-risk engineering where any fuck up will at most cost you money. It's not as awesome as space and stuff, but you know the saying. With great [power|awesomeness] comes great responsibility. Or something like that.
Commented 10 years ago2014-06-30 03:19:40 UTC
in journal: #8397Comment #49570
Two little words keep me far away from the realm of engineering: "fuck" and "up". As in, how little a fuck up could cost lives. Challenger was a little fuck up, wasn't it? Might be a little harder to make such a fuck up with the bridge, but you can imagine what might happen if one did.
So baby crab are a lot bigger than I thought. Though they are the smallest enemy in the game aside from the roaches.
I forgot about the rats. Though you can't shoot them, they are killed by explosions only.
Leeches work. Killed by anything, tiny, fully working code. I'm going to use leeches. Though rats sound incredibly tempting....
Manually place all of the crabs and have them target a game_counter on death, then have the counter target the game win stuff. I'm thinking the system vox basically say something like "doop level clear" then quit or level change. Simple simple simple stuff.
Go nuts.
/beginhyped
I made a zombie hunt map before
I like the vanilla asset idea because then we don't need coding.
However, it'd be neat if you could toss a counter in there and have a 'Par' like doom.
Secrets found / Total Secrets.
It'd be like finding the 8 red coins in super mario 64
I want to do this!
Would be fun to see players tearing open a place to find crabs
On second thought, you could use a monster generic for that too right?
Could be an interesting variation on Deathmatch, with the players being scored on how many 'crabs they get rather than kills. Might be difficult to rig that up though.
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!1
COMIN' ALONG, TO SAVE THE MOTHER-FUCKING DAY YEAH!
'MERICA, FUCK YEAH!
FREEDOM IS THE ONLY WAY, YEAH! [/MUCH CORONA]
Also, just out of curiosity, do you guys get a day off today?
It's raining here so our fireworks are postponed
Good map, but too short...
Though, right up until one of them gets out into the open, you could completely believe the two diggers under the right side are the front legs of a giant mecha-spider feeding asphalt into its mouth.
On the other hand, OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
The boat design is intriguing, reminds me of a fisher-price pontoon boat I had as a kid, that attached to an airplane:
Look at the little sleeping bags!~ =D
@ Scotch - You really don't have to worry about fucking up until you're a P.E. Once you take a state-certified test, you become a legitimate Professional Engineer and have a serial numbered/registered stamp that you place onto approved drawings. Other than that, Engineers work as a team, and the driving factor is getting a job done right. It's just a bunch of smart people working together as a team; they want to be proud to be associated with their work.
@ Archie - More pics and stuff can be found here: http://www.earthcam.net/projects/ctdot/interstate84/?cam=cam1
My first encounter with the term "Engineer" was when I had to build the annoying engineer houses in Caesar III to prevent the building from collapsing :)).
Growing up, I had plenty of opportunity to play with small engines, but had no interest. Now, i find them very intriguing, but know very little about how they actually work..
As an Architect, I will be responsible for the safeness of all the things I do, from parks to high-rise buildings. Parks don't kill anyone, but just like with any other potentially lethal building, I still want to do them as best as I can. Because I'm doing this not "just to get by", but for the pleasure of making the world a better place.
And okely dokely CT, sounds like a plan.
For all I know, a chainsaw engine won't be able to handle the stress and will just explode, but that's what YouTube's for!
A point which he would make whenever someone in the class made a stupid mistake.
Of course if you're an engineer, it won't be immediate, and on any large project there will be other engineers there to hopefully catch mistakes, but you should still try not to make one.
Docs and Nurses I know say there is a lot of redundancy built into the system to prevent one person's mistake from killing you, but still... fuck that!