hi guys. To start off, i'd like to thank all you guys for all the support/motivation you guys have given me over the years.. This kept me modding from day to day, and because of that, I had lots of screenshots/video's to show at my new school.
I got accepted at my Game Design study so I will be working with the unreal/cryengine for the next 4 years.
A few weeks ago I started a new mod for BF1942. This will feature a lot of common things from GTA. I will make the following things possible in BF1942:
This all will be done with serverside modding. I will create a huge island map, with lots of houses. Players will be able to earn and buy things on a website connected to the BF1942 server. After they have bought a house on the map, they can customize looks ( Spawn kits with hats/etc. in their house ), Buy cars which will spawn next to your house, buy boats ( If you own a house which allows you to buy one! ) and planes/heli's ( Same story as the boats ).
This all will be done in a system I created with php/mysql. As soon as you buy something, it will write all the necessary CON data to the map. It won't directly be ingame. Every night, the server will go down, the map will repack, and the server will start again. This should take around 15 minutes a night.
I will show you guys more about this when I get someone to make the terrain/island hehe.
Shrooms
[ 12:39 ] [ 21 May 2010 ]
Guest
Sure sounds interesting, I can't imagine how this is possible though
Spit, sounds epic. Given that it is not an is82 map as such I would recommend duplicating this thread over at bfmods.com where there are now a broad group of modders who I'm sure would love to help out! I like your thinking on dynamic con files.. That is original for sure.
Good to see you back and congrats on getting into the course!
Sp!tfire
[ 11:45 ] [ 22 May 2010 ]
Guest
I will start on a first version as soon as I can get enough testers..
I'd start now but there is nobody who can help me test small little features because i've never tried server side modding.
Sounds fun. So every customization possibility will be already made when you start the server for the first time and the edited .con file just dictates what is available to you? Will houses be spawnable objects too so they only appear after you have bought them?
Will you be making everything yourself?
I can test and I think you already have my xfire.
Sp!tfire
[ 17:21 ] [ 24 May 2010 ]
Guest
Shrooms wrote ...
Sure sounds interesting, I can't imagine how this is possible though
just like i described in the first post.. hehe maybe this week i'll start on the worst hours of my life.. terrain mapping, texturing and editing a super large island for bf1942.. with lotssssss of roads.