Harbinger 2.0

SilentRage · Post by **SilentRage** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:16 pm

Now that... that was just fucking awesome! The community needs new and original ideas like this.

I always wanted to play against a huge monster that needs tons of marines just to take him out.

Post by **Xaser** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:07 pm

Great Scott, this is amazing!

Hehe, for some reason I'm reminded of Halo 2's Scarab... perhaps a special mission where you have to fight this thing by some "alternative" means would be very handy indeed. ;P

skadoomer · Post by **skadoomer** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:08 pm

Wow, not only is this a TRUE boss fight, but theres a lot of impressive manipulation going on behind the scenes. Can i ask how in the world you come up with this stuff? Does it start off as small experiments or do you periodically just have these moments of ACS genius?

Post by **Xaser** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:37 pm

Hmm... I think Mouse *is* ACS genius embodied. Or something just as mysterious.

I personaly want to know how you got all the individual parts to move in unison. ACS trickery, I presume, but what else would we expect from you?

LilWhiteMouse · Post by **LilWhiteMouse** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:43 pm

The monster has evolved a number of times, soon to evolve again. The first "version" was when I started up on Power DoLLS for the second time, and split the Marauder into three actors. Then I adapted the ACS to make my snail crab for HQ2. The two were combined to create a monster for my second attempt at the Adessa hub. When that failed for technical reasons, it got retextured and ported into a different project as a naval ship/submarine styled lava demon. The Ultra Berserker was also born there, as a way of bombarding the "ship". That map got out of hand, so I gave the monster legs and moved it to yet another project. That project became so cannibalized I simple terminated it. The next generation of the monster is getting mecha shōjo'd/musume'd to be used in a personal project. As such, I figured I'd offer the existing one before it got archived and forgotten.

qwerqsar · Post by **qwerqsar** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:44 pm

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Incredibly goooooood stuff! Congrats!

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:03 pm

Wow. Awesome, and insanely difficult. I imagine getting all of the pieces to work in unison must have been a task in itself. [EDIT] Oh, I just noticed, when it got to low health, the turret underneath was in the wrong place, sticking out to the side. [/EDIT]

Harbringer · Post by **Harbringer** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:35 pm

Wow, I'm kind of a hardass aren't I? ;P

Firewolf · Post by **Firewolf** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:00 pm

Wow...

I wonder how this would fair online.

Post by **edward850** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:23 pm

Seems cool, well, more than cool, but you get the idea.
I may use this for a project of mine

very awsome boss!

LilWhiteMouse · Post by **LilWhiteMouse** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:37 pm

Firewolf wrote:I wonder how this would fair online. :)

Just have to change a line of code to add additional players to the target pool.

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:14 pm

Mind telling us that code? Just tried it and I think this would be great for multiplayer

LilWhiteMouse · Post by **LilWhiteMouse** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:23 pm

Cutmanmike wrote:Mind telling us that code? Just tried it and I think this would be great for multiplayer :P

Lines 246 and 247.
I *think* this is what it should be, but I don't know anything about MP so....

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Thing_ChangeTID(0, 255 + PlayerNumber());
FID = 254 + PlayerCount();

I forgot you'll also have to add the player starts in the map. Like I said, I don't MP.

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:25 pm

Also, to get infinite lives type the following:

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POKE 24015,173
SYS 36864

dennisj1 · Post by **dennisj1** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:48 pm

Heh, POKE and SYS. GW-BASIC?