New efforts!

[Power Gamer]

Good explanation FloatingFatMan

[Cailyn Alaynn]

They don't need a precise copy. They just need the story lines, the maps, the music, and the combat mechanics (which are well documented).  IG never said it would be an identical copy, just that it would be as close as possible.  There's no need to copy NPC pathing for civs, that can just be redone with UE4 scripting, same for a lot of other stuff.  Even the maps, though she's ripping original geometry from the original game, are then being rebuilt as they need extensive repairs after ripping.

I don't think you could pay me to do NPC pathing like it was done before... Derp Lords, all of them...
-shudder-

[FloatingFatMan]

I don't think you could pay me to do NPC pathing like it was done before... Derp Lords, all of them...
-shudder-

If you can give them enough brains to go AROUND you, instead of shoving you out the way, you'll make a LOT of people really really happy! :p

And while you're at it, an avatar bounding box that doesn't extend 2 meters in front of you! :p

[MM3squints]

I gave our web admin a head's up.

Koo much appreciate it

[Sinistar]

If you can give them enough brains to go AROUND you, instead of shoving you out the way, you'll make a LOT of people really really happy! :p

And while you're at it, an avatar bounding box that doesn't extend 2 meters in front of you! :p

Egads, the pathing......the pathing........ooooooohh the memories!  The Pain!

Here's a question: do we really need all the civilians walking around in 1.5 like they were in CoH? How about cutting the amount by half and have them stationary like sitting on a bench, or under a tree or talking on a phone?

[FloatingFatMan]

Egads, the pathing......the pathing........ooooooohh the memories!  The Pain!

Here's a question: do we really need all the civilians walking around in 1.5 like they were in CoH? How about cutting the amount by half and have them stationary like sitting on a bench, or under a tree or talking on a phone?

A little variety just adds to the realism, IMO...

[Harpospoke]

Just keep Jack out.

https://i.imgur.com/ZnqQ5.gif

[Zombie Hustler]

I don't think you could pay me to do NPC pathing like it was done before... Derp Lords, all of them...
-shudder-

LOL! That brings to mind memories of endless lines of NPCs all walking in one straight line...

[Harpospoke]

Not a bad idea, best if it was locked so that only the "Officials" could make posts to prevent the rest of us from drowning out the message. . . :-[


We're almost there!   ;D

Definitely.  :)

[Cailyn Alaynn]

If you can give them enough brains to go AROUND you, instead of shoving you out the way, you'll make a LOT of people really really happy! :p
And while you're at it, an avatar bounding box that doesn't extend 2 meters in front of you! :p

If memory serves...the collision box didn't scale, so it was set to cover the largest possible character. Someone decided it was better to have anyone smaller just have a larger box, than to have larger characters clip.
To be honest, I'd make the same call if forced.

[Cailyn Alaynn]

Egads, the pathing......the pathing........ooooooohh the memories!  The Pain!
Here's a question: do we really need all the civilians walking around in 1.5 like they were in CoH? How about cutting the amount by half and have them stationary like sitting on a bench, or under a tree or talking on a phone?

I want a lot of work to go into the ambient NPCs.
NPCs hanging out, getting lunch, playing basketball, tripping... I want the city to feel like PEOPLE live there.

[FloatingFatMan]

If memory serves...the collision box didn't scale, so it was set to cover the largest possible character. Someone decided it was better to have anyone smaller just have a larger box, than to have larger characters clip.
To be honest, I'd make the same call if forced.

I see no reason why UE4 would be as limited in that regard as the Cryptic engine was.  The collision box should scale to the avatar.

[Cailyn Alaynn]

I see no reason why UE4 would be as limited in that regard as the Cryptic engine was.  The collision box should scale to the avatar.

I'd expect so, since collision is typically handled per mesh.
I should say, I suppose...if I'd been in their position, I would have made the same call.

[Taliseian]

I haven't downloaded the UE4 Engine yet, but I have a question for those who have some experience with it...

From someone with little experience, is it difficult to learn the Scripting/Story Creation/AI portion of the engine with using freely downloaded graphics to simulate a game zone for example?

Thanks...

T

[Mistress Urd]

Egads, the pathing......the pathing........ooooooohh the memories!  The Pain!

Here's a question: do we really need all the civilians walking around in 1.5 like they were in CoH? How about cutting the amount by half and have them stationary like sitting on a bench, or under a tree or talking on a phone?

Brings back memories of Kings Row.

[Arcana]

he assumed that simply playing video games made him an expert in the video game industry.

Just like everyone else that plays video games.

[thunderforce]

You can't just copy game assets.  It'd honestly be easier to just rebuild the game from scratch and even then, How is the team going to REVERSE ENGINEER an ENTIRE ENGINE?

OpenTTD did it. OpenXcom did it. And neither of them had a well-funded kickstarter trying to write something really jolly like the engine they were trying to clone.

[Codewalker]

So did ScummVM, technically, but I really don't think comparing 2D raster engines designed to run on 486s is anywhere in the same ballpark...

[Waffles]

So did ScummVM, technically, but I really don't think comparing 2D raster engines designed to run on 486s is anywhere in the same ballpark...

Thank you.

[downix]

So did ScummVM, technically, but I really don't think comparing 2D raster engines designed to run on 486s is anywhere in the same ballpark...

There have been some 3D efforts as well, I recall a reverse engineered Quake effort which ended only when ID released the original's source code.