The Minor Idea Thread, reborn

[Mistercharles]

the minor idea thread

in this thread, post any simple ideas that would take michal less than one/two weeks to implement (coding on and off).

the goal of this thread is to get at least one of these features implemented into soldat 1.4. hopefully this thread will grab michal's attention, due to it's extensive length. keep this thread alive!

if people like the idea (people meaning me), i will post it in this first post.

edit: because this thread has a lot of information on balance issues, i am going to completely ignore all balance requests from now on. the only reason i passed the minigun idea was because its recoil is waaay out of hand.
the list:

Contents
maplist freedom
rolling damage reduction
minigun recoil (realistic)
spinning nades
auto=
weaps.ini scope options
lava == fire
caps and kills seperate in F1 box
player typing indicator
teammate collision issues
F1 list shows admins
Esc exits typing message
coloured bullets
1.2 jet-hold parachutes
TK detracts from score
bullet graphics available for bow, spas, law, et cetera
life=
bots, knives, throwing
/votemap
unicode
survival bugfix
male/female gosteks
F1 menu
names above players
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[anchor]01[/anchor]more freedom in maplist creation
submitted by Mistercharles
i would like it if maps could be moved around on the maplist, ex. dragging a map at the end of the list to the second on the list. i would also like a checkbox entitled show maps of all gametypes. this would make infiltration with ctf maps much easier (kampf is very fun this way).

[anchor]02[/anchor]reduce damage while rolling
submitted by Echo_Trail
damage influcted on the player is reduced to 67%. sorry, echo, but the other way would be waaay too unrealistic.

[anchor]03[/anchor]reduce recoil on realistic minigun
submitted by Echo_Trail
maybe 50% of current recoil? try firing it, it's impossible.

[anchor]04[/anchor]spinning nades (client-side)
submitted by numgun
i like this idea. the faster the nade goes, the faster it spins. whenever it comes in contact with a poly, it will stop spinning.

[anchor]05[/anchor]maybe: new .ini option: "auto="
submitted by Mistercharles
another option for weapons.ini, if auto=1, the weap acts as an auto (ex. auto deagles would be nice ), if auto=0, it's a semi (ex. semi m79 = happiness). the only problem with this is that it may take longer than 120 minutes to code. for compatibility with other .ini's from older versions, if a weapon mod does not contain these values, the default will be assumed. note that this is optional.

[anchor]06[/anchor]maybe: new .ini options
submitted by semagae and Mistercharles
here's what the LAW specs will look like under the new .ini options, modded to have a 2x scope when crouched:

Damage=150000
FireInterval=30
Ammo=1
ReloadTime=540
Speed=230
BulletStyle=12
StartUpTime=21
ScopeCrouch=256
ScopeProne=0
ScopeReturnDuringInterval=1
FireWhenStanding=0
FireWhenCrouched=1
FireWhenProne=1
FireWhenMoving=1
Bink=0
MovementAcc=1

the default scope distance will be 0, being normal view. 256 is 2x. ScopeReturnDuringInterval is an option that i've always wanted. for the barret, if this value is set to zero, the scope will not return until the rifle must be reloaded.

for compatibility with other .ini's from older versions, if a weapon mod does not contain these values, the default will be assumed.

[anchor]07[/anchor]lava polies set player on fire
submitted by lithium (unknowingly)
maybe the fire do flamer bullet damage/2 for every tick it touches you?

[anchor]08[/anchor]caps and kills in seperate columns in the f1 player list
submitted by _Mancer_
instead of caps and kills counting toward a final score for each player, two colums exist, one for caps, and one for kills.

[anchor]09[/anchor]some indication that the player is typing
submitted by _Mancer_
a yellow arrow would suit this position fine, one that is the same image as the player indicator, except colorized.

[anchor]10[/anchor]when there is a teammate standing next to you, you will shoot, not beat him with your gun
submitted by defanatic

[anchor]11[/anchor]the player list indicates who's an admin
submitted by Mistercharles
on the f1 player list menu, i would like to see an icon or something that indicates who has the godly power of admin.

[anchor]12[/anchor]when typing, esc button will exit your message, not bring up the little menu
submitted by getty
faster way to exit out of typing rather than baskspacing every letter.

[anchor]13[/anchor]server option for your bullets being colored like your shirt
submitted by HYPERFUNKBOT (cool name)[/size]
aside from being cool, this would make team bullets all the same color. i really love this idea, although it may mess up the network code for non-team gamemodes (another variable the bullet would have to keep track of, the player who shot it). edit: in light of recent events, the bullet color would be merged with white, so that if the player's shirt was FF0000, the bullets would be FFB0B0. Maybe only regged players can have this?

[anchor]14[/anchor]server-side option: tapping jet while respawning from the air doesn't drop parachute
submitted by Mistercharles
remember the pre-1.2.1 days of soldat where you could fly around with your parachute, so long as you didn't hit the ground? this allowed for some truly excellent inf maps (parachute down to the objective, bravo takes down paratroopers with stat guns, very fun), and i think that the "sticky parachute" should be brought back. once again, this is a server-side option, and upon joining the server, a message would be sent to you reading, "[SERVER MESSAGE] server uses pre-1.2.1 parachutes"

[anchor]15[/anchor]if friendly fire is on, killing a teammate detracts from their score
submitted by that cotton kid

[anchor]16[/anchor]allow weapons such as bow, spas, and LAW to fire bullets
submitted by Mistercharles
this is a common bug that bothers me. weapons that don't have a bullet.bmp image cannot fire bullets when modded by the .ini files.

[anchor]17[/anchor]maybe: new .ini option: life
submitted by Mistercharles
a new option in the .ini files that wouild be very nice. when playing, you'll notice that the stat gun bullets dissapear after about 80 ticks of leaving the barrel. grenades last about 90 ticks, and bullets last about 120 ticks. i would like this to be moddable. under every weapon in the .ini file, there would be a life=120 or whatever.

[anchor]18[/anchor]allow bots to throw knifes
submitted by beastickicklickly
When bots get close enough to you, they will attempt to throw their knife at you. Maybe when they get a quarter screen away?

[anchor]19[/anchor]a vote map command
submitted by Ryl
being forced to scroll through countless maps (some people have thousands) to find one map is outrageous. an appropriate command syntax would be /votemap map name.

[anchor]20[/anchor]unicode
submitted by 4yearold
i'm not so sure about this. unicode could add lag to soldat, seeing as packet size would increase.

[anchor]21[/anchor]survival bugfix
submitted by Bgretydews
When the admin uses /setteamx x the player should spawn dead  not alive.

[anchor]22[/anchor]Male / Female option, with diff. gosteks
submitted by O.R.I.O.N.
Woohoo, two more pixels. Extends dreadlock length.

[anchor]23[/anchor]F1 Menu options
submitted by freestyler
View this thread for discussion: http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=3879.0

[anchor]24[/anchor]Names above players
submitted by Tallacaps
Pretty self-explanatory clientside option.

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useless commands:
now locked because i like impersonating a moderator

/suicide
submitted by Mistercharles
this makes the player explode 150 ticks after the command is entered, as long as they stay still. a pretty pointless command, but a fun one none the less.

/victory2
submitted by CrazyKid980
aim gun straight into the air and fire a couple shots, with the standard /victory sound.

/hooah
submitted by Zegovia
the player shouts a good ol' hooah! while dooing an arm pump.

/maniac
submitted by Zegovia
player puts both hands on the head and screams like crazy. you can run while doing this...

/manical
submitted by Zegovia
The player laughs like crazy. in a kinda creepy way.
good ideas, but more complex coding-wise:

country flags: since this involves netcode, i think this idea should stay clear of this thread. it's a great idea though.
.png graphics on everything: this would take forever to code, although i love the idea. CAN NOW BE DONE!
scenery polygons: "easier 3D effects in soldat maps and big sceneries can be replaced with these scenery-polys." are you out of your mind?! three hour thread, THREE HOURS! a very popular and great idea though.

[Sotija]

Good thread Im maiby Suggesting something.

[O.R.I.O.N.]

Wow.  I actually agree with every single thing you put here, but there is one more thing I'd like to see: selectable burst fire.  Maybe it could be compatable with the semi-auto/auto thing.  IE, 0=Semi-auto, 1=Auto, 2=two-round burst, 3=three-round burst, etc.

[Bgretydews]

I don't like most of the ideas except the some of the top ones

[a-4-year-old]

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[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

> tapping jet while respawning from the air doesn't drop parachute

I intentionally jet to get rid of my parachute.  Who wants to be floating down when there's work to be done?

>halve the time it takes to reload upon spawning

No.  M79 is the only weapon (AFAIK) that does a full reload upon spawning (Barret just has the shot delay).  This was done because people were whining about the m79 (as usual).  It's fine the way it is.

I really like the other ideas though, especially [esc] cancels typing.

[Nikthir]

> tapping jet while respawning from the air doesn't drop parachute

I intentionally jet to get rid of my parachute.  Who wants to be floating down when there's work to be done?

Hmm... How about assigning the drop-parachute function to another key, like the jump button? You can't jump while in mid-air anyway, so...
As for the other suggestions, I like nearly all of them, especially the weapons.ini ones!

[O.R.I.O.N.]

What about being able to activate a parachute at any time?

[echo_trail]

I only like my own..

No really, I think this is a great thread, and I think alot of great ideas. The only thing I can't seem to find the potential for, yet wouldn't mind implimented, is mancer's idea about making it clear when you're typing. ...Why?

[Mistercharles]

^So you know if someone's responding to what you said, or something.

[Bgretydews]

I think you should add my survival idea..

[jrgp]

I like the idea of this thread, and believe it should be stickied.

[Gold]

I dont agree with it being stickied, its just ideas like most threads except with more...

- Nice ideas, i like the commands the best

[Zero72]

I still wouldn't mind the abilities to walk or salute.

Oh, and to manually perform the head-scratching animation with a command.

[The Red Guy]

Great thread. Should be stickied.

[NecroBacon]

I like most of the ideas except the typing one, while it annoys me that people shoot me while typing, showing people who are typing brings up other problems. People will complain when they're chatfragged and call the person who chatfragged them a noob. This happens in quake3 alot. To much to bring over to soldat (since soldat already has alot of noob calling).

[echo_trail]

I agree. And you certainly couldn't just not shoot them, since alot will definitely abuse it. I mean, even though you pressed the chatkey, you're still able to move your cursor around and even shoot. many people would camp, enter chat and shoot the bypassers(who didn't kill them because they thought they were typing).

Did I lose you guys right there?

[Mistercharles]

^It's all a matter of opinion echo. If you wanna shoot the guy, shoot him. If you don't feel like it, don' Plus, because it's the clientside type of thing, ShowWhenTyping= could be in soldat.ini.

[Commander Kitsune]

I like O.R.I.O.N.S Idea of the parachute... especially on the maps with almost no jet fuel. hehe...but I think attacking with your weapon in close combat does way to much damage. I think it should be reduced...(sorry if this was already mentioned)

[freestyler]

What about 'F1 menu'?
http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=3879.0