Battlefront Tactics Mod

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:41 pm

What's the one thing that Battlefront II is really lacking? Depth. Sure, it's fun to run into a room full of stormtroopers with all guns blazing, but other than the Star Wars themes, what's to seperate this great game from the likes of Quake and Unreal?
My modding skills are far from amazing- but I am pretty good at creating stat sets that make for balanced gameplay. I'm trying to apply these skills to Star Wars Battlefront II in the form of Battlefront Tactics. How will this mod work? For now, I am going to:

-Lower the health of all units.
-Remove Bacta Tank drops.
-Lower the ammo count of all weapons.
-Increase damage done by sniper rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
-Lower the maximum troop and reinforcement count per team.

This is, obviously, a mod geared towards multiplayer. Team-based gunplay is the name of the game here; much like Counter-Strike or Plan of Attack. Now, here's what I need, if you're willing to help:

-Skinners(darker uniforms for rebels, commando armor for clones/stormies, night gear for CIS)
-Hex editors(try out tweaks, stats, etc)
-Mappers(as well as the shipped maps, we need small, dark, urban maps with lots of places to hide)

Thank you all and I'll keep you up to date!

JabbaLovesLava · Post by **JabbaLovesLava** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:03 pm

Why decrease the amout on ammo in guns? They use battery cells, so I dont think you should decreae the ammo, I think you should just make one clip with the amount of ammo they have now.

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:35 pm

That's what I meant. Except there will be clips; just less of them.

stealth#a$$a$in{bf2} · Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:04 pm

gotta love tactics... the mod itself is sounding great ESPECIALLY the skins.

DeathRow · Post by **DeathRow** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:08 pm

This sounds quite exciting

Aksel3 · Post by **Aksel3** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:11 pm

Yeah, looking forward to see more about this mod...

Post by **Teancum** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:16 pm

Just remember to read the new WIP rules posted by [GT]EraOfDesann (it's a sticky at the top of this forum).

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:28 pm

I read that, and I have a question actually: what if the pictures really don't show much? Shall I just take screens of the game running with my hex mods? Because so far I have no skins.

EDIT:

Small teams make for fast-paced firefights.

An emphasis on squad based combat is a highlight of the new changes.

yoyam · Post by **yoyam** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:58 am

Awesome

Dying SHOULD mean something.
Blazing gun tactics shouldn't get you the most kills.
Working with your team should be the reason why you stay alive.
cant wait for this

idk if you know how to, but if you can you should think about making this a whole new gameplay mode that all modders can ship w/ their levels.
That'd be sick, a BF2 "Conquest Realism" server would be like the realization of my dreams

AlPhA29 · Post by **AlPhA29** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:29 am

the problem is..the a.i. are stupid they hardly have anything in common like the bots in CS.if u can somehow make the a.i much more clever(as in very smart untill they know when your coming and knows how to deal with you USING GUNS AND NOT ROCKETS)then im sure this would defintely be a hit.

Protector_Pulch · Post by **Protector_Pulch** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:27 am

I think the best YOU can do to the shipped maps is putting in lots of boxes and crates and etc. as cover, for there are IMHO way to few covers in ordinary BF II - and this would give something nice to show in the forums.

Btw, great project: I love teambased shooters.

PS: Ever heard of Eisenfausts realism mode ?

Talibanman · Post by **Talibanman** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:36 am

sounds good. this is somehting that battlefront truly needed

Protector_Pulch · Post by **Protector_Pulch** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:38 am

Just an idea: make thermal dets more destructive: In RotJ, they're told to have a radius of 20 metres - but in BF II, they don't even kill a soldier 2 metres away.

Post by **EraOfDesann** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:38 pm

For a hex mod I'd recommend just having pics of the hexed units from the unit selection menu. But those are fine, as long as they're related to the mod.

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:43 pm

I'll see what I can do with the detonators. But to whoever was worried about the A.I.: Don't be. I was amazed at how well they cope. Without hundreds of people in the way, they can actually be pretty competent foes.

Tuskenjedi · Post by **Tuskenjedi** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:21 pm

i've got something I called the hdtd. It's a thermal with mucho-big 'plosion. Right now, just for fun, I have the push set on a billion (jk

just real high), but u could lower it

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/ ... na1800.gif

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:55 pm

Hmm... maybe not for a thermal det, but maybe a C4-style bomb for engineers?

stealth#a$$a$in{bf2} · Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:08 pm

sounds better then the detpack

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:48 pm

Anyone up for some video footage?

This video contains a few short clips and then the highlights of a match in Dagobah swamp.

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:51 pm

Anyone up for some video footage?

This video contains a few short clips and then the highlights of a match in Dagobah swamp. I'm sorry; I did a pretty lousy compression job. Ah well; enjoy!

http://www.mooload.com/new/file.php?fil ... w_0001.wmv

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