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May 04, 2011, 04:13:19 AM
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[Game Mode] ?BOX MODE! [qbox-v2u.wad] [MM8BDM-v5a]
« on: May 04, 2011, 04:13:19 AM »





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?-BOX MODE

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New in v2u
    Now with v5a compatibility!
     Buckshot mode is Super adaptors
     Secret mapcodes: FDEST, HOLORM, SHOOT, MM7SLAX
     A lot more health now spawns
     Works out of the box with most popular PWADs (i.e. classes) - Load this first

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What is this mode?
Most item placements are replaced with various different ?-boxes that must each be attacked to reveal its contents. All players also start with an Energy Balancer and do not need to worry about acquiring it if they die in deathmatch mode. Other modes require players to pick up the Energy Balancer.


What is the ENERGY BALANCER?


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These new ?-boxes are

Blue ?-box
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Red ?-box
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Green ?-box
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Try out your favorite maps with this mode to see what crazy combinations you can come up with! This is a great addition to Chaos and CTF mode or your favorite custom map packs!


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ENERGY DUEL and ENERGY DEATHMATCH - Integrated into Qbox mode as LMS or TLMS!

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May 05, 2011, 07:10:26 PM
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Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel - v1a
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 07:10:26 PM »
Lovely format you have, SSW.

I tested it small scale with a duel of bots of somewhat varying difficultly -- From the weakest, to the Nightmare.
With the use of weapons and energy, the balancer is a perfect fit. I don't have to run around changing weapons of varying damage and tiers to refill my energy.

As for health spawning and non-spawning, I'm not sure. When I tested it witht he help of that naughty cousin of mine, we discovered the flaw that any two people playing in a map that doesn't have a PlantBarrierWep and a good area of Big/Small WepEnergy will be at risk of being "Trolled" by more skilled or less skills players by repetitive use of the same weapons, including and not limited to:
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All these weapons can end up ruining the duel experience given the situations and circumstances that may lead to the abuse of them. I suggest some form of amending to this, to see if it will fix this problem, as all these weapons can literally sap away health within 10 seconds of skillful use.

On that fact, it'd be normal for a Duel-Fool[Skilled Duelist] to refill and re-engage a target, but in the case they can't find health to do so, they may lose to people more often because of the inconvienence.

I didn't include Star Crash[Hugging], because most of the encounters I've had with that would have to happen at close proximity, and can be survived.

Also, I'm all for that Sphere Power-Up. What will be its use, and how will it be applied?

May 05, 2011, 07:37:26 PM
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Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel - v1a
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 07:37:26 PM »
Hey, thanks for your detailed and well-written comments on this.

The health comments are especially useful. How would you rate these solutions?

1) Health spawns as normal.
2) No health spawns at all.
3) Something else.

Quote from: "-RanRan"
On that fact, it'd be normal for a Duel-Fool[Skilled Duelist] to refill and re-engage a target, but in the case they can't find health to do so, they may lose to people more often because of the inconvienence.

This was actually one of the main goals of the mode. If you look at Skulltag/ Doom duel-32 mode for example, you can almost guarantee that both people will die a lot simply because there's not a lot of health around. My goal is to create something faster paced where a fraglimit of 25 is not unreasonable (as opposed to the 5 or 10 we usually see in MM8BDM).

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Also, I'm all for that Sphere Power-Up. What will be its use, and how will it be applied?

It really depends on how the health ideas shake out. My original thought was to give every large health pickup a very small possibility of spawning a sphere/ rune.

The easiest choices for these effects are seen HERE

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Something not on this list is also a possibility as long as someone can describe what it should do very specifically. Runes as well.

May 05, 2011, 10:30:37 PM
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Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel - v1a
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 10:30:37 PM »
Answering Quotes in Quotes FTW.
Quote from: "SickSadWorld"
Hey, thanks for your detailed and well-written comments on this.

The health comments are especially useful. How would you rate these solutions?

1) Health spawns as normal. Then it'd be Duel Again.
2) No health spawns at all. D@%$, Homie. :>
3) Something else. -RR says Yes.

Quote from: "-RanRan"
On that fact, it'd be normal for a Duel-Fool[Skilled Duelist] to refill and re-engage a target, but in the case they can't find health to do so, they may lose to people more often because of the inconvienence.

This was actually one of the main goals of the mode. If you look at Skulltag/ Doom duel-32 mode for example, you can almost guarantee that both people will die a lot simply because there's not a lot of health around. My goal is to create something faster paced where a fraglimit of 25 is not unreasonable (as opposed to the 5 or 10 we usually see in MM8BDM).

If that was your intention, then consider this mode win, homeslice.

Quote from: "-RanRan"
Also, I'm all for that Sphere Power-Up. What will be its use, and how will it be applied?

It really depends on how the health ideas shake out. My original thought was to give every large health pickup a very small possibility of spawning a sphere/ rune.

The easiest choices for these effects are seen HERE

To summarize:
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Something not on this list is also a possibility as long as someone can describe what it should do very specifically. Runes as well.

Only one thing to say: DO IT.

May 09, 2011, 09:00:16 AM
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Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel/ Energy Deathmatch - V1B (5/9/20
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2011, 09:00:16 AM »
Updated 5/9/2011

See original post for updates!

May 09, 2011, 03:50:50 PM
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Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel/ Energy Deathmatch - V1B (5/9/20
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2011, 03:50:50 PM »
There was text here, it's gone now.

Moved to first post

May 10, 2011, 05:15:46 AM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2011, 05:15:46 AM »
Holy sh--!

?-box mode is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Why doesn't anyone post replies to your topics, SSW? Is it because no one finds anything wrong to cry about?

This is a really amazing mod, thanks for sharing!

May 10, 2011, 05:50:44 AM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2011, 05:50:44 AM »
Oddity: in Darkman's Stage, there were no boxes here. Instead, I saw only the regular items.

Suggestion:
Boobytrap boxes
Color: Purple
Content and chances:
50% Explosion
20% Metool
15% Quickbeam
10% Explosion (With the Wind Storm damage type)
5% A rare item

Feedback: Thumbs up for it!

May 10, 2011, 08:38:30 AM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2011, 08:38:30 AM »
Hey Batton & Tsuki, thanks for your support!

I think your idea is a really good one. So let's talk about it. I liked everything you mentioned except 2 things. I think I might make the booby trap ?-boxes be the blue type. The reason being that if it's a unique color people might just avoid them. The other thing was the quickbeam, not sure I like that.

How about this (without %)

Napalm explode
Hyper bomb explode
Crash bomb expode
Crystal eye (different color than normal)
Wind storm explode
Metool?
Rare item (what should this be?)

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May 10, 2011, 12:05:08 PM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2011, 12:05:08 PM »
Quick Beam would be VERY assy, to say the least.

"Alright, I just found Gravity Hold and Top Spin! Ooh, hey another blue box--"
SHREEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
<< Finn the Human Boy couldn't dodge the beams. >>
"FUCKING HELL GOD DAMN IT"
<< Finn the Human Boy has disconnected. >>

May 10, 2011, 06:41:48 PM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2011, 06:41:48 PM »
Quote from: "SickSadWorld"
Hey Batton & Tsuki, thanks for your support!

I think your idea is a really good one. So let's talk about it. I liked everything you mentioned except 2 things. I think I might make the booby trap ?-boxes be the blue type. The reason being that if it's a unique color people might just avoid them. The other thing was the quickbeam, not sure I like that.

How about this (without %)

Napalm explode
Hyper bomb explode
Crash bomb expode
Crystal eye (different color than normal)
Wind storm explode
Metool?
Rare item (what should this be?)

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Well, boobytraps are often odd somehow, as if telling "Look! I'm different! I may have something good or bad!"
I... Don't know if CrystalEye is a good or bad idea.

May 10, 2011, 06:48:02 PM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2011, 06:48:02 PM »
I tested this a bit myself, while I've isolated myself from Online play to work on the Tournament Map-Pack.

The modes are wonderful now, SSW. :D

As for the ?-Mode, It maybe could use a little bit more tweaks with the %'s. And as for that special box....

Maybe it could drop a rune as a rare item?

May 10, 2011, 09:19:26 PM
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Re: [Game Modes] Energy Duel/ DM + ?-BOX MODE (5/9/2011)
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2011, 09:19:26 PM »
I really like this mode. It spices deathmatch up a bit to make it tolerable.

And for the trap boxes, how about a chance of a box exploding into a shower of flame blast projectiles?
And also the anti-gravity effect I mentioned were you slowly accend up into the air and get thrown back.
Also the flash stopper on a larger scale that affects everyone.

May 23, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
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Re: [Game Modes] ?BOX MODE & ENERGY DUEL
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2011, 08:09:12 PM »
Blog post bump

Be sure to check out MM8BDM blog contributor Myroc's thoughts on this mode if you haven't already!
http://cutstuff.net/mm8bdm/?p=49

June 04, 2011, 05:01:57 AM
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Re: [Game Modes] ?BOX MODE & ENERGY DUEL
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2011, 05:01:57 AM »
A few days ago, I was thinking about a "what if" scenario involving this sort of gameplay. Now, I have that thought in my MM8BitDM folder. Will gladly play it.  :D