TOP FUN

[Leviathan]

Maybe this is a good suggestion for more variation in blue:

There are hidden top fun vans, wich contains one of the three rc vehicles (heli ,car & plane). These rc vehicles can be controlled by the player and blow up if you push the attack button. (in someone's face), or you can kill him with the rotor blades.

I think it's well balanced becouse:

the rc vehicles have a small range (just like in singleplayer minigames with helicopter and race car), and blow up wen they are out of range.

the rc vehicles are easy to destroy (just shooting them would be enough)

the player inside the top fun van (wich is controlling the rc vehicle) is VEARY vulnerable becouse he can't move himself wich is making him a sitting duck, (you can kill him easily)

[NosGoth]

I believe this has been mentioned before. It's still a nice idea though.

Blue will make it possible.

[Slothman]

i wonder how it will be handled though, when yer out and about flying your rc vehicles and someone walks up to you and puts a rocket launcher to your car.

[Scorp]

wow nice bump Slothman

Yeah thats a delicate situation. It can't occur in single player, so I wonder what happens if we have it in MP

My best suggestion would be: the plane blows up simultaniously with the van, when the van is blown up, but not vice versa.

Wonder how it should handle jacking though.

[DominionSpy]

Would you actually have to enter a Top Fun van?

Surely you could go to a pink circle somewhere on the map and have the player model plonked somewhere inaccessible while they're driving/flying the little critters.

[Gtatari]

woah, yeah, the top fun vans is a good idea.

when your jacked, the plane\heli\rc blows up and your returned just as your being pulled out

if two ppl get in the van, two planes should be issued.. OR passengers get the planes, and the driver drives the van! that would be awesome, a clan of 8, four vans four planes, you can move the radius of the plane, as the van drives, while the other player flys! parking a van in an alley would allow for suprise attacks..

[Scorp]

That sounds SO kool Gtatari

real synched rc plane wars!

That would be the ultimate air warfare mod

[Mike]

Yeah! It would be so cool to go in with an RC plane in a gangwar, attack the enemy and while they're distracted, the rest of you team goes in and shoots up 'em up

[Gtatari]

One thot tho:

should the players name be drawn above the plane? or just the charectar in the van?

not above the plane would make it cool, because it would be an anonymous flyer, on the other hand, when they person dies, should it say "someguy died, explosion" or "gtatari killed someguy, rc"?

[l2ebel]

Would you actually have to enter a Top Fun van?

Surely you could go to a pink circle somewhere on the map and have the player model plonked somewhere inaccessible while they're driving/flying the little critters.

imo the player should be in the van since otherwise everyone could just fly some planes and annoy other w/o being attacked

woah, yeah, the top fun vans is a good idea.

when your jacked, the plane\heli\rc blows up and your returned just as your being pulled out <--exactly

if two ppl get in the van, two planes should be issued.. OR passengers get the planes, and the driver drives the van! that would be awesome, a clan of 8, four vans four planes, you can move the radius of the plane, as the van drives, while the other player flys! parking a van in an alley would allow for suprise attacks..

thats an awesome idea gtatari, it gives the game a whole new tactical element, just think about both teams in ctf having 1 or 2 vans and bombing the base before someone grabs the flag...thats almost like in tribes2

[DominionSpy]

Is anyone really suggesting that you could be killed in a Top Fun van while you're flying half-way across the map?

Ah well, I guess it will be up to the add-on writer as to what method to use.

[Slothman]

well, as the engine works, if you are too far from the van in your rc vehicle, you won't even see the enemy shooting you in your van, so the ability to get effected while driving your rc would have to be written by the mta team, or they could cheap out and make you invincible while driving an rc car.

[Loendal]

well, as the engine works, if you are too far from the van in your rc vehicle, you won't even see the enemy shooting you in your van, so the ability to get effected while driving your rc would have to be written by the mta team, or they could cheap out and make you invincible while driving an rc car.

I didn't do alot of RC stuff in Single Player, so I don't know how far you can take those vehicles before they were out of range. Didn't they blow up if you went to far?

In a Multiplayer environment, making the player invincible at any time is a bad thing. I can already see the cries of "Cheater" then "I was flying an rc plane you *insert explitive here*". They would have to write some kind of way to be able to damage / kill the controlling PC while they're out joyriding in an RC car.

Now a game mode where you only get RC cars and a random Fun Top van on the map would be fun. 10 players all in hidden vans around town, zooming RC cars around to find and blow up the other 9 players' vans.. Lovely, though I think using the entire city for such a thing would be FAR too huge.

[Gtatari]

well, as the engine works, if you are too far from the van in your rc vehicle, you won't even see the enemy shooting you in your van, so the ability to get effected while driving your rc would have to be written by the mta team, or they could cheap out and make you invincible while driving an rc car.

I dont see why this can't happen:

-Top Fun Van blows: your plane blows, you die

-Top Fun Van gets jacked: your plane blows, camera focuses on your being pulled out

-You get shot thru top gun window: your plane blows, camera shows you dying

Alternate IDEA:

Using DirectX (which mta DOES get the handle of..) make a new drawing instance, in the bottom right of the screen while flying, PIP (Picture In Picture) style. So you can watch your van, while in the air or car \ whatever. But this would be alot to hope for.

[crazy_man]

yes i know were we can see the weapons we can put the picture of the van so you know when it is stolen and make the car invulnerable so you only van hijack it

[crazy_man]

sorry my mistake i meant"so you only CAN hijack it"

[Jani]

that would be cool

[Shib]

lol jani, ur siggy cracks me up, it''s as if you're ready to be circumsized lmfao

[[FMJ]chode]

i dont know what they told you dan, but when you are circumsized they dont remove the whole penis...

[[GL]Rider]

i dont know what they told you dan, but when you are circumsized they dont remove the whole penis...

lmao my mates brother got that done for his wife and he couldnt move for weeks, who would wana get that done unless its part of your religion!

[XcR]

bk on topic

i think this is a good idea and would like to see it implemented/made as a mod for blue

[Gareth]

woah, yeah, the top fun vans is a good idea.

when your jacked, the plane\heli\rc blows up and your returned just as your being pulled out

if two ppl get in the van, two planes should be issued.. OR passengers get the planes, and the driver drives the van! that would be awesome, a clan of 8, four vans four planes, you can move the radius of the plane, as the van drives, while the other player flys! parking a van in an alley would allow for suprise attacks..

you could make a special clanwar mode for that that is a kickass idea btw