Gtatari Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 (edited) This is an idea for a game I've had for awhile, perhaps I'll implement it in a game I write with my engine I'm working on, in the future, till now, it's an mta idea. You have the option of connecting to a mta lobby / cafe / mezzanine thingy, where other, un-armed players can chat, and there are different doors and portals, that warp you to the servers they represent. So in otherwords, its a virtual server listing, in like some (new) map, where ppl can meet and then choose to join a server as a group, and when you walk into one of theese portals, you disconnect from the public and warp to the server you chose. Maybe it should be a hotel, and if you walk into a room with fellow players, your chat comments are bounded by the walls of the room (so only the ppl in the same room as you can see your comments) this would be pretty sweet for planning things out, and having private conversations "Get a room!" I think this would be a pretty neat innovation for games in general, and for mta... now to figure out a away past that dumb 32 player limit... hmm, well It could just show the 32 most recent players when you connect.. well something to think about edit: I thot of a way around the 32 player system, that could get up to like 128 ppl at once, however it woulnt be practile for game play, just lobby. its simple: multitasking! each of the 32 models counts for four players connected, it just rotates between them... of course this would have a flickering problem.. but hey, they aren't ppl they are holographs! another idea would to just draw the models via DirectX, because blue will support that.. so unlimited players in the lobby! of course lag would still be an issue, but since it isnt actual game play I'm sure that could be minimized. )>-GTAtari-<( Edited March 9, 2005 by Guest Link to comment
Slothman Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 interesting idea. a first person shooter irc room. The novelty might run out quick though. Reminds me of old "rocket arena" style mods where people would choose which game arena you go to by picking a certain teleporter. Link to comment
Vicer/Spitfire Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 So, your trying to say, A cafe implemeted in both MTA versions? If so, these can be in: VC: Malibu Club, Tarbrush Cafe, Ocean Beach Hotel III: Hangar 1 at Francis International Airport, Ammunation in Staunton and Portland Link to comment
Gtatari Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 So, your trying to say, A cafe implemeted in both MTA versions?If so, these can be in: VC: Malibu Club, Tarbrush Cafe, Ocean Beach Hotel III: Hangar 1 at Francis International Airport, Ammunation in Staunton and Portland I was thinking of a totally new map, but the Ocean Beach Hotel sounds cool too Link to comment
DominionSpy Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Have you ever read The Magician's Nephew? Because this sounds a lot like the pools between worlds described in there. Link to comment
Si|ent Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Sounds a little like a 3d version of the old HEAT lobby system. The problem would be you would need a central server of some kind purely to host the lobbies. Whos going to provide that? Link to comment
njr1489 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 this is a good idea. People used to think the pizzeria as a safe zone like sloth said. Link to comment
Guest Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Good idea, and I can see it being very possible too. The only problem is it would get boring and people wouldent care after while. They would just use it as a 'safe zone' when being chased or something. Link to comment
Hunter:VCK Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Sounds like a cool but rather impractical idea. Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 nice idea, this reminds me of another game that has such thing....anyone knows which game? Link to comment
Vicer/Spitfire Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 nice idea, this reminds me of another game that has such thing....anyone knows which game? Habbo Hotel? The Sims Online? Runescape II? They all are sort of a way of socialising* *Aussie English. Not a Typo Link to comment
MAD_BOY Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 nonon, i meant it the same way as gtatari explained, i'm sure that there was a game that did exactly the same Link to comment
Loendal Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 nice idea, this reminds me of another game that has such thing....anyone knows which game? Neverwinter Nights Link to comment
Guest Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 neverwinter is fine but people that are more advanced than the rest of the people playing have no respect or decency unlike the game i mostly play Conquer online wich is an awsome game with a great comunity and u alway's have things to do there it is not an dull as some online game's like N K and W O Warcraft i suggest u all try that game for 2 weeks it can be found on http://www.conqueronline.com and go onto Dreams server and Triumph sub server and then wisper my Character Dreamer (note caps are important) Link to comment
Ransom Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Sounds a little like a 3d version of the old HEAT lobby system. The problem would be you would need a central server of some kind purely to host the lobbies. Whos going to provide that? GO WOJJIE! If you edit in some Wojjie banners into the Malibu I think it'd work Reminds me of quite a few games, if you want a free example, download NetStorm (an old free game). Link to comment
Gamefreek Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Or they could change the banner that the airplane flys around with to the Wojjie banner. Link to comment
Ransom Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Or they could change the banner that the airplane flys around with to the Wojjie banner. Ah, the blimp for Wojjie advertisement also Oh and overlap all those stadium banners Lets not forget making all those newspapers floating around the city wojjie (okay i know they dont in MTA but still it'd be funny) Link to comment
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