I'm contemplating a new mod where enemy facilities could be captured rather then destroyed and rebuilt upon. I have a feeling that with some clever trickery such a thing might be possible to add a new twist to the game play, but has it ever been considered in any of the future beta's? I realize that BZII is somewhat outdated by modern game features, but would adding this feature even be remotely possible? Tanks, in advance. BNG.
With DLL, its just too easy.
I asked something similar at BZ2MD once, with regards to the old BZ MAS grenade.
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Yes.
OM made a mod that does that which he called Conquest. I made the Alien Artifact in FE captureable/recaptureable and tech-enabling so that teams fight over that like a pool, so that adds some more complexity to it.
I recently got Unreal Tournament III (UT3) and that has capture/recapture points in it, which really makes for some very hectic action.
It's easy via DLL depending on the method. For something like the MAS Grenade the code is still eluding me. I just can't seem to lock onto the existence of a tracer stuck on a ship...
Otherwise switching teams is very easy via DLL based on proximity, or the presence of an object like a ship, pilot or mine near the object you want to switch.
-Av-
Is the Conquest mod currently available? I'd like to try it out to use as a model for my own possible mod. Command and Conquer has this cool feature and it's really crazy how the enemy will readily try to destroy their own assets when captured by the enemy. Wish I knew more about doing DLL scripts, but alas I still get intense headaches at the mere thought of putting together one.
Perhaps a mod where there are a bunch of invincible extractors preplaced on a map, and whichever team has the closest unit within 200 metres of them will automatically own the extractor for as long as they can keep their units close to them. If no units are near them, they remain neutral.
I plan to remake conquest in my own insane way. Just wait for the evil! Might be easier to do than any of my other plans.
Mine was usable, and I had one 'real' map for it (and one test map that was just completely flat), just no real interest in it. I might still have it on a drive somewhere. There was actually one other mode I was wanting to do, but it would require some ODF stuff that I do not have the expertise in.
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If you ask around, I'm sure somebody would help you. That's what the rest of us do. You can't stay a super-modder and do all your own work forever, Overmind :P