Resting Weapons

[Madeyes]

Hiya guys.
One of the good parts of RO is the need to rest your weapon to be more accurate. I love this part of the game but there is more that can be done.
I don't know if any of the developers have played in but VIETCONG 2 has a great sysem of resting weapons where no matter the hight of the surface the sprite will automatically raise or lower to rest on the appropriate place. this works really well & even lifts the weapon up should an ally walk infront of your line of fire to prevent TKing.
As a guy who's been in the British forces for 20 years i can tell you that this is true to life & the game gets it spot on. I feel this would improve the game alot & give it more of a realistic feel.
Hope this can come more into the game
Keep up the god work guys this is by FAR the best FPS out.
Cheers
Rob

 

[Murphy]

Good idea but I guess it was too much trouble to implement or else it would be in already. Custommappers should just keep an eye on their heights of objects in the maps so the players can rest their weapons on them.

 

[malice]

that system or something like fluid motion from the Rainbow 6 series. You hold down a button and can then adjust your height to whatever you want.

 

[Solo4114]

My bet is engine limitations as far as what the avatars can do. It'd make an awesome addition, though, no question.

 

[malice]

Well the Rainbow 6 thing I was talking to war in Rainbow Six 3 which was built on the Unreal 1 engine.

 

[Madeyes]

Hopefully one of the Devs have seen VC2 so will have some idea of what i mean. It's all automatic. If any of them read this hopefully they'll comment on it.
Cheers.
Rob

 

[Moe_Rahn]

Well the Rainbow 6 thing I was talking to war in Rainbow Six 3 which was built on the Unreal 1 engine.

Raven Shield was on Unreal Engine 2, a slightly-less advanced version of the UE2.5 that RO uses.

 

[Isaak Johnson]

Wasn't the RO mod a little more flexable with your characters height when resting your weapon? I would look myself, but I uninstalled the old mod a long time ago, and its a huge download.

 

[LukeFF]

Wasn't the RO mod a little more flexable with your characters height when resting your weapon?

There was no weapon resting in the mod...

 

[malice]

Raven Shield was on Unreal Engine 2, a slightly-less advanced version of the UE2.5 that RO uses.

really, I thought that was the unreal 1 engine, either way it should be possible

 

[Isaak Johnson]

There was no weapon resting in the mod...

Funny. . . well that means RO must be really good, I've almost completly wiped the old RO out of my brain. . . where I live and the names of my family members are next to be erased.

 

[Reddog]

I think what's being described especially about raising the gun when a friendly walks close by is more accurately described as weapon collision than resting, and yes it is possible in UE engine (read INS), and it would be effing great in RO.

 

[Madeyes]

So is it possible on this engine??

 

[Madeyes]

So is it the more people that read a suggestion th emore chance it has of being implimented??

 

[Xendance]

Even if 99% of the community supports an idea it doesn't mean that the devs will add it.

 

[Madeyes]

So what's the point of the suggestions forum??

 

[Solo4114]

Because sometimes we make a suggestion they like.

I mean, if 99% of the posters here said "I think the MG42 should shoot atomic rockets that blow up the entire map", the devs would ignore it. If they said "The M44 carbine should shoulder slower than the M38 because of the extra weight of its bayonet" (and the thing was operating the same as the M38), they might listen to that.

 

[Madeyes]

Because sometimes we make a suggestion they like.

So do YOU think my suggestion is a valid, realistic, realism idea?
Or am i in the realms of atomic rifle mounted rockets?

 

[Isaak Johnson]

I think if the Dev's could figure out a way to make the players character more flexable when it comes to resting your weapon on objects of different heights, I dont think they would have any problem with it.

I know there are a few places on some maps where I felt that I should be able to easily aim and shoot out but I wasn't able to.

Now I have a suggestion on how it could possibely be implemented. On another game, Doom 3 to be precise. If you like looking at the neat details, you might notice that when moving up stairs or standing near a ledge, the characters feet and legs will slightly adjust to the height of the area the character is standing on, without disturbing the rest of the mesh or even changing the animation.

I dont know if its possible in the Unreal engine, but I have no reason to believe that it isn't possible to replicate in some fashon. If RO's models and animations could allow for this we might have a way to allow for more varied heights to rest our weapons on.

What do you think about that idea?

 

[george]

So do YOU think my suggestion is a valid, realistic, realism idea?
Or am i in the realms of atomic rifle mounted rockets?

I think it is. Sometimes, these devs are like the kid, who falls out of the tree and hits all the branches on the way down.

Somtimes they are 2 bricks shy of a load- other times the wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead.

Just kiddin' ya' give them some time!