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Revision as of 00:28, 28 June 2011
Overview
This feature is intended to allow players to add some level of customization to tank avatars
Idea
Instead of making the tank be a single hard coded model, the tank can be built up out of a number of predefined "parts" put together in a user specified order. The ordering info will be sent to the game server and out to all other clients to allow the remote representation of each players tank layout.
This gets around the problems that full model uploads have, inappropriate models, and invalid models. Also there does not need to be an "approval" process for models, and maintains a consistent art style for the game.
Servers can disallow specific parts if they wish. And a global update system could be created to add new parts as they are created, or limit specific parts/textures to specific groups ( league flags, developer parts, etc..)
Part Categories
Parts will be broken up in to three categories, Base, Turret, and Rear Option, Top Option. The Base and Turret parts will be required, while the two options will be optional.
Bases
Covered
Normal "covered" treads like we have now
Open
Norm "open" treads like we have now
Big Front
Treads where there are 2 rollers to the front of the tank and one in the rear.
Double
Each side has small front and rear treads with a gap in the middle of the body
Triple
Each side has a thinner set of double treads with a third tread outside the gap to the bounding box.
Squish 8
Open treads that get pinched in the middle by an armor plate (Metal slug)
Hover
Jets at each corner.
BigWheel
Large off-road wheels instead of tracks
Half-track
Wheels in the front, treads in the back.
Batman
Large rear wheels to edge, smaller front wheels in an "inside fork" configuration
Turrets
Long Smoothbore
Current
Long Split
Turret with mussle break
Double
a pair of smaller barrels
Quad
4 machine gun style barrels
Offset
Barrel offset to the side, sci-fi style
Square Long
Sci-fi squared off barrel
Square Short
Like above but shorter.
Short
Round short barrel, no brake
Pug
super short wide barrel
Rear Options
Cans
Fuel cans
Bundle
Tarp with shovels.
Minigun
Gatling cannon.
Missie
Box of misses
Empty
Nothing
Radar
A radar dish
Top Options
Mostly small team and group flags.