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Media Update - Toe Popper Mines And You

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Yoshiro

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    #1
    Hello everyone! We have another media update today with another planted trap/mine/explosive weapon: The MD-82 (also known as the Toe Popper). This landmine uses a pressure switch located on the top of the mine, which is triggered when stepped on.


    As always what you are about to see is a Work In Progress, but today we have a new WEBM showing a small field of these at work (using a little known Rising Storm feature that is making a return in that mines in close proximity can and will detonate each other!).

    http://media.tripwirecdn.com/071916/MD82mine.webm
     
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    #2
    nice :cool:
    i like the shrapnel flying around! also the water and jungle are looking great.
    and those final death throes of the black guy when he gets killed by the mine,...huh :eek:,like he's trying to run away from the blast,before his body goes limp.

    the only thing i dont like is the smoke,it is disappearing - fading away a little bit fast?, i like this more : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJeVjtdBNFI

    one small question,who's doing all the shooting? http://imgur.com/f1I2OQt
     
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    utek;n2263636 said:
    nice :cool:
    i like the shrapnel flying around! also the water and jungle are looking great.
    and those final death throes of the black guy when he gets killed by the mine,...huh :eek:,like he's trying to run away from the blast,before his body goes limp.

    the only thing i dont like is the smoke,it is disappearing - fading away a little bit fast?, i like this more : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJeVjtdBNFI

    one small question,who's doing all the shooting? http://imgur.com/f1I2OQt
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    Clearly it's the secret third alien faction doing the shooting with laser beams.
     
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    Little additional feature of these - unlike in RS, where stepping on a booby trap immediately set it off, these mines won't activate until you step off the pressure plate. So you'll hear a click as you step on one, and if you're quick you can stop dead (no pun intended) and try to get someone to help you. Or at the least, just let your friends move to a safe distance before the inevitable.
     
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    #10
    Well done,team. This looks impressive. Love the shrapnel hitting the dirt detail.
    The imminent hidden danger of such planted explosives will affect the gameplay and its pacing substantially, i reckon.
    Never knowing where another tripwire, c4 or mine is hidden is a big factor. No doubt these weapons will annoy and frustrate many.
    I imagine a lot of thinking and experimenting, balancing goes into making this work in a way that's not too obstructive to the gameplay.
    Good luck with it. You confident you can pull it off ? ;)

    Question:
    Will the players in the immediate vicinity of the player who stepped on this mine be alerted with some visual cue (like an icon over his head) ?
    In the case when players eventually learn to recognize the click and stop. The ones in the vicinity would then be alerted via a visual cue that he is standing on a mine and evade.
     
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    JanMz;n2263707 said:
    The ones in the vicinity would then be alerted via a visual cue that he is standing on a mine and evade.
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    I hope not. You should tell everyone to get away, unlike a satchel that's been planted there's time for a warning and response. I am assuming that if your teammate tries to disarm the mine, they will only be disarming that one, not the whole field if there is one. Which makes it a dicey proposition, since you would presumably be traversing a minefield to get there.
     
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    JanMz;n2263829 said:
    Will I know if someone in my immediate vicinity is speaking (in case he spots a mine or a tripwire and wants to communicate it to others) ? Like by an icon on the screen with a pointer indicating the direction (and maybe approx. distance) where the speaker is located...
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    Please no icons on main screen! Why not simple, spotted mines are on the maps (minimap and map screen)
     
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    PsYcH0_Ch!cKeN;n2263679 said:
    Little additional feature of these - unlike in RS, where stepping on a booby trap immediately set it off, these mines won't activate until you step off the pressure plate. So you'll hear a click as you step on one, and if you're quick you can stop dead (no pun intended) and try to get someone to help you. Or at the least, just let your friends move to a safe distance before the inevitable.
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    That "click" sound would be my #1 spookiest sound in video games, EVER.
    It's a sound announcing your inevitable death soon.
    Great details for the shrapnel and the gore looks great! You guys really did a great job, better than any AAA fps I've seen so far on realism and details.
     
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