Mod Ideas Thread

(Slippery Jim) #1

Okay so no doubt there will be a ton of people with ideas for mods but are too lazy or don’t have the skills to make the mods. In my case I choose the lazy part of that sentence :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyways, perhaps we should start a thread of ideas that people have for mods that hopefully someone in the forum will love and eventually make them. Feel free to add your ideas below!

World War 1 Total Conversion: I know it is a cliche to take a great game and then totally change it but I think the ET game engine is unique in many respects. I would love to see a game based on WW1. I would love to see trench warfare between Canadian/British troops and Germans. The early tanks of the era are very interesting as were all their primitive weapons. Gas attacks could be part of the game instead of artillery strikes, etc.

It would be a challenge to make that time period “fun” in a game since it was a totally different war and had a different atmosphere however as a kid going to the war museum WW1 was equally if not more scary than WW2. The image of a muddy soldier with a gas mask on and one of those WW1 era British helmets has always stuck in my mind.

UT Head Pop: I know I am going to get toasted for this idea but I always thought the head flying off in Unreal Tournament was a real hoot when you got a direct shot to the head. I think it would be fun if this was added to ET (but only if the server admins had the option to turn it on or off). On the game server at our website sometimes we like to run map rotations that are less serious and just for fun and we don’t mind getting a little silly sometimes. I know that seeing an Axis head pop off would somehow be satisfying :stuck_out_tongue:

(nUllSkillZ) #2

There have been some RTCW-Mod Projects.
So may be these can be taken as inspiration.
RTCW-Mod-Projects (listed at the german web-side Herr K’s Base):

[ul]
[li]The great Crusade
[/li][li]No mans land
[/li][li]Awakened
[/li][li]Prisoners of War
[/li][li]DeGeneration
[/li][li]Russian Front
[/li][li]Team Conversion
[/li][/ul]
Some of these mods are still under development or already released.
But some of these mods are “dead”.
But may be there are some resources left that can be used.
And there are some others mentioned (links don’t work anymore) with themes as Special forces of WW II, Korean War, the dirty Thirties and Band of Brothers.

EDIT:
I have forgotten some of the famous mods for RTCW:
The Wild West and Wolf Tactics.

(Fusen) #3

if you want a fun server, install shrub =X

WATER BONG

(kevinski) #4

A weapon that works like the lock-on lasers from Panzer Dragoon Orta. drools

Can anyone say über-sniper?

(pgh) #5

ET: Wolftactics and ET: Fortress is my two hopefuls… one or the other would be great.

(sniser) #6

YEAH! I played this on mp_base a lot, holy sh*t was that fun!!! Thanks for bringing that up, I thought of it but couldn’t remember the name :clap:

(kill) #7

i’ve got another idea for an ET mod

Is it technically possible to make a Stargate Mod ?
yes i’m a stargate fan :stuck_out_tongue:

Is there any modder who likes it too and who can do it ?

(nUllSkillZ) #8

Scenarios not mentioned yet:
Vietnam (although I don’t like this scenario)
Korea (1950 - 1953)
Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939)

(Spark) #9

How does it work (exactly)? I’m doing a futuristic mod, so a “lock-on laser” sounds like something reasonable to look into. :wink: Unless it’s a weapon that takes no skill to use.

(nUllSkillZ) #10

In some wallpapers I have seen there has been a female character.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have female characters (models and skins) in the game?
Also the ability to choose to play as male or female.

(kevinski) #11

Well, you’d hafta do some serious tweaking to the operation of a weapon like this in order to balance it, but I’ll still explain it, anyway. Basically, Panzer Dragoon Orta is an on-rails shooter, which has you riding on a flying dragon with lock-on lasers. As in other shooters, you have a crosshair visible on-screen. You can repeatedly tap the fire button to shoot regular laser shots. If you hold the fire button, however, then sweep your crosshair across various enemies, you’ll lock onto each of them (a target appears on each one). I believe you can do this for up to seven enemies in a single shot. Anyway, upon releasing the fire button, an arching laser hits all targets that you locked onto, normally killing them instantly.

Of course, one major balance issue is the fact that you’d never miss if it behaved the same way as in Panzer Dragoon Orta. However, the lasers give away your position upon discharge. Even so, this weapon would be far too powerful, unless you treated it the same way as a Panzerfaust in terms of your special ability meter. I’m sure it could be tweaked, but I’ll bet it’d be a bitch to script.

(kevinski) #12

Examples of the lock-on lasers can be seen in either of these two vids:

http://www.impactsites2000.com/media/pdo_e3s.mpg (ENORMOUS IN FILE SIZE, but awesome in quality)
http://www.panzer-dragoon.com/archive/4st_302200_highlight.avi

As for screens:









(Schubi) #13

There are some StarGate Skins for RTCW!

(Spark) #14

kevinski, that’s really interesting, thanks for the links. Of course instadeath is a no-go for such a weapon in multiplayer. :wink: The arching worries me a bit (that game looks hella impressive :eek3: ), but maybe it could be done as some kind of homing rockets leaving a lasertrail. The rockets would at the same time give the target some chance to react and find cover.

(nUllSkillZ) #15

1.) Medics that can give adrenaline to teammates (maybe new level: 5)
2.) Somewhere in the forum has been requested that the medic should get the ability to kill enemys with syringe.
This weapon would fit better to the covert op (may be also new level: 5 or as substitute for knife)
Also the covert op could be armed with “glass-poison-grenades” which could explode on impact (greandes explode on impact: also a post in this forum).

(ignition) #16

I will mostly focuss on making a Q3 style game…fast paced action :slight_smile: or a normal ET teamdeathmatch? :stuck_out_tongue: i discussed with some friends today…and we want to make a sick and funny mod. we have no concrete ideas yet, but im pretty positive there will be :slight_smile: think in the style of postal 2 : share the pain…its has a CTF style gameplay with a baby =D

ignition

(kevinski) #17

Honestly, Panzer Dragoon Orta’s probably the best-looking game I’ve ever seen. Best textures and particle effects I’ve ever seen. Too bad I don’t have an Xbox. Meh…that’s the only reason I want an Xbox, though. :frowning:

(Sauron|EFG) #18

Pirates vs Ninjas

:moo:

(telefase) #19

The problem with a Korean War mod is the maps. The environment where the war took place was bare lands and mountains. Know what I mean?

Anyway, I’m thinking about starting a small hiest mod. Something based on the movie ‘HEAT’. Still trying to work out the details though.

-tf

(CptnTriscuit) #20

I was so sad to see WolfTactics die off so quickly…