Survival Strike - Cargo Drops for 0.50 pre alpha
by Jules · 03/20/2014 (4:36 pm) · 7 comments
Gradually finishing off all of the items for the 0.50 pre-alpha release of Survival Strike. This mini project contains a cargo drop with a parachute and container, giving access to an inventory system for re-loading weapons. Later I may add a plane flyby for added visuals. The video below shows a few different angles of the deployment based on using the mouse to select where you want the drop off to go. All of this is using AFX.
Next up - Various missile silo launches with different payloads to cause radius damage.
Next up - Various missile silo launches with different payloads to cause radius damage.
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#2
03/21/2014 (6:11 am)
That's just cool! Good work. I also like how the terrain and environment looks. 
#3
03/21/2014 (7:30 am)
That was cool! :) 
#4
03/21/2014 (9:24 am)
Congratulate the Cargomaster - ours rarely landed anything within a hundred meters of the requested splash....
#5
03/21/2014 (9:36 am)
thanks all. It's mainly cinematics, making the parachute sway, add a ground transform and drop both parachute and cargo container at the same time with an offset, play parachute animation at specified duration based on the height remaining from the ground. I couldn't figure out how to mount two shapes together in afx. 
#6
Just kidding, it's a really cool bit of game mechanics you created there. Nice work!
03/21/2014 (5:16 pm)
Wow, I am currently part of the only Airborne Infantry Unit in the Texas National Guard and I can tell ya... The accuracy is AMAZING :-), in fact we just did 'bundle drops' last drill weekend... uhm, cross wind and a new pathfinder calling release, we ended up hunting things up in the woods (sigh).Just kidding, it's a really cool bit of game mechanics you created there. Nice work!
#7
03/22/2014 (3:54 am)
nice! Thanks Ron. 
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