Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Location: Teamblackistan Posts: Over 9000
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:
Hot air ballons! XD
If you've talked to me on msn, you may have seen some previews of these, (I usually post WIP's as my msn pic)
First off I have Ixith to thank for giving me the ridiculous idea to make these hot air balloons in the first place
This is my 15th voxel (if you don't count the multiple versions that I made)
And yea, these took a LOT of work to make, as round voxels are a big pain in the rear. Spotlight would be greatly appreciated
EVA report:
Hot air balloons can be incredibly strategical units.
since they don't use any sort of mechanical engines, they are un-targetable by surace-to-air equipment, save for the Firestorm Defense system.
Unfortunately, they can't function with complete GPS, so they can't reveal shroud, and they only have room enough for a few infantry.
Despite these disadvantages, you might find hot air balloons to be fairly useful
(the code for this is contained in the README file )
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Location: Teamblackistan Posts: Over 9000
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:
well the problem with a functional (non-carryall) air transport is that it's invincible during flight (except to firestorm), and that it can't reveal shroud -
well, ideally, balloons provide interesting tactics. I mean, with a lack of sophisticated electrical parts, its hardly noticeable by a radar, not to mention the fact that no one will be expecting an attack from an air balloon.
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And hot air baloons. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Although the idea of having military baloons in 2030 seems a bit insane, I liked it a lot would be nice transport for infantry. _________________
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well, ideally, balloons provide interesting tactics. I mean, with a lack of sophisticated electrical parts, its hardly noticeable by a radar, not to mention the fact that no one will be expecting an attack from an air balloon.
...too bad TS doesn't follow logic.
ummm, radar isn't dependent on electronics, radar uses waves to detect objects, much like a bat. and judging by the largeness of the balloon, it's gonna have one hell of a radar signature
anyways, those are nice voxels, although it would appear that the normals might need a bit of tweaking. that could be hard, however, becaue of the inherent problems with TS normals as well as the fact that it's a circle made of cubes
maybe a mission -> baloon hunting(like harvester hunting) and you only have a few rocket infantry and there's a timer like 30 min and you have to destroy all baloons QUICK_EDIT
I say spotlight cause its a very original idea and its a nice voxel.
oh and I have the best mission idea for these things. It fits so perfectly with Nod. Doesn't Team Black _________________ Kalistia Crestland (2)
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