Powerups
by abrown · in ThinkTanks · 08/11/2003 (11:11 am) · 4 replies
Can the powerups be different colors to differentiate so I can avoid the ones I don't want.
I hate bounceback and just end up trying to fire them out to get rid of it. Can there be different kinds of powerups. Can there be more health powerups. Can the healthpowerups show up on radar. Can u not spawn near a health powerup or better yet ,can getting a healthpowerup when you don't need one make you more damage resistant. This would be cool.
I hate bounceback and just end up trying to fire them out to get rid of it. Can there be different kinds of powerups. Can there be more health powerups. Can the healthpowerups show up on radar. Can u not spawn near a health powerup or better yet ,can getting a healthpowerup when you don't need one make you more damage resistant. This would be cool.
#2
08/11/2003 (11:17 am)
I may be wrong, but I think powerups always appear in the same places; so when you get familiar with a map, you should know.
#3
MAX (a.k.a Combat Rock)
08/11/2003 (2:32 pm)
I got used to seeing health powerups right after spawning and it has always seemed weird since I didn't need one anymore, but they weren't there a minute ago when I did. I'm just saying I noticed I'm not complaining. What I would like to see is something at those spots all the time regardless of what it is. Often there is nothing there especially in battlemode.MAX (a.k.a Combat Rock)
#4
As far as I know, they are not there when the game first begins. I have no problem with this as it gives everyone a fair starting point.
After that, if you're in a game with a lot of other tanks, you aren't the only one grabbing the powerups, and it takes a short time for them to reappear. If they were always there, then you'd be able to grab the powerup right after the guy you're chasing grabbed it, and I don't know of any game that works that way. at any rate, if there aren't powerups, someone -- or a frickin' bot -- has grabbed it.
Lastly, I don't want different colors for powerups. Health is already different, and that's fine. The rest of the time, I actually like the surprise.
08/11/2003 (4:40 pm)
Quote:What I would like to see is something at those spots all the time regardless of what it is. Often there is nothing there especially in battlemode.
As far as I know, they are not there when the game first begins. I have no problem with this as it gives everyone a fair starting point.
After that, if you're in a game with a lot of other tanks, you aren't the only one grabbing the powerups, and it takes a short time for them to reappear. If they were always there, then you'd be able to grab the powerup right after the guy you're chasing grabbed it, and I don't know of any game that works that way. at any rate, if there aren't powerups, someone -- or a frickin' bot -- has grabbed it.
Lastly, I don't want different colors for powerups. Health is already different, and that's fine. The rest of the time, I actually like the surprise.
Mike Jahnke
2.We might have more powerups someday.
3.Health powerups now show up on the radar in version 1.1
4.Not spawing near a health powerup...hmmm. haven't thought much about that one.