Gameplay ideas

[FourthX]

1. Allow "flagcapendsround = 1" to be embedded in worldspawn.
2. Re start ents like trigger_once and func_breakable between rds. Maybe with another worldspawn tag "refreshents = 1" or somesuch.
3. Utilize the "team" attribute in info_player_deathmatch to allow shifting start points. (I had an idea for this for a map with 4-5 different fields and one of them gets played each round). This could also be used for things like flags to put them in different places


FTX

[XtremeBain]

Good ideas!

If you're gonna be doing game library updates you could look into fixing the disappearing item ents - like when you put a gun into a kill zone, like on crate factory where cocker will stop spawning after someone "gids rid of it".

[FourthX]

Yeah some ents will be destroyed in that situation and some won't (like a flag)

FTX

[jitspoe]

You can apply the flagcapendsround to flags and/or bases.  This makes it more customizeable, since you may want to make the one-flag mode end on a flag cap, but not with 2-flags.

As for "getting rid" of things, hm -- perhaps I could just make them instantly respawn.  I think the way it's set up, entities are never actually removed or created, just relocated (while that could be changed, I don't feel like doing massive restructuring of the code -- usually means lots of bugs pop up).

Hm, yeah -- trigger once's should be reset (or maybe a new entity created in case you want to really have something only triggered once ever).

[FourthX]

oooo I didn't know that about flags and bases....

question: can flags or bases trigger other ents?

[jitspoe]

I don't know, actually.  They are a trigger_multiple (the bases), so maybe.

[FourthX]

hmm ok, I'll throw a quick map together later and just try it out.

[Brewsky]

im confused, arent "ents" those big trees from lord of the rings?

[jitspoe]

Yes, but in this case it's short for "entities."

[Eiii]

lol...