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What would make the game more realistic?
Nov 23 2024 05:20am

Huxley
 - Retired
Huxley
... Here's some deep-thoughts by Jack Huxley...

What would make the game more realistic to play?
Realistic as in 'like the movies' ??

Any possible improvements that everyone could contribute to? Maybe a USB-Light saber, so we can stand up and duel? :P

Lets talk...

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Dec 19 2002 07:12pm

Eternal_Silence
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 Eternal_Silence

In SP in a fight whenever your saber comes into contact with your enemies it taps it lightly in a block, you can then follow through with a series of moves. In MP sparks fly and your saber follows through. If they were to incorporate the saber effects from a block then it would make it more like fencing where your moves can chain even when your being blocked. Also the stances make it tricky to change from one to the other as soon as you want to - if a guy blocks your heavy you might want to change quickly to a medium before he can get a hit off.

Dec 19 2002 02:56pm

Darth Revan
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 Darth Revan

To make the game more realistic you should be able to kill all enemys with the light saber in one hit not just some. You should also be able to use the force alot longer.
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Dec 19 2002 02:07pm

Silencio
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 Silencio

for one thing, jumping should be set back to jk1 style, where you kinda "charged" your jump, and then did it. both kyle and luke do it in the sp cutscenes. of course, this would make precise jumps helluva lot harder to do :( , but they'd look better =P
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Dec 19 2002 02:50am

Charon
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 Charon

The saber defense in MP could stand to be a little more consistant. Obviously a perfectly effective defense would just encourage turtling, but somewhere between what we have now, and the kind of insane deflection in SP would be good. Something to bring blocking back into dueling, rather than knowing the defense bites and dodging absolutely everything.
I do agree that grabbing ledges would be a nice feature, as well as some unarmed techniques, but well, I can't expect everything to fight the way I would. ;>
Oh, and kyle could not look like a feeb. ;>
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Dec 18 2002 07:43pm

Ulic Qel-Dromo
 - Ex-Student

But the two saber thing is kind of wierd. The left hand saber doesn't move at all, only blocks something if they both come into contact. I like promod but it has a few things I think it needs.

Dec 18 2002 06:53pm

Shadow Warrior
 - Student
 Shadow Warrior

aeth, I know what you're talking about, with the timesale, but I meant something for a single person. If you've played max payne you'll know what I'm talking about. There, you have a button to switch to the so called bullet time and everything slows down ONLY FOR YOU. That's why it's impossible, coz it can't slow down only for you.
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Dec 18 2002 04:03pm

Kalheka
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 Kalheka

model dismemberment in mp, also the ability to grab onto a ledge and hang on / climb up would be good also. The ability to discard weapons would also be big in my book.
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Dec 18 2002 02:12pm

DJ Sith
 - Jedi Council
 DJ Sith

If I remember right there exists a wireless mouse thats shaped like a remote control. You move the cursor by pointing the remote to different partsof the screen. Maybe that kind of thing could be adapted to do saber swings.

Oh yeah a teamplay MP mod thats goal oriented like WolfMP or SOF2 Infiltration would be hella cool.
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Dec 18 2002 12:54pm

Sniya
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 Sniya

oh and you should be able to pick things up to throw a t people in duels.(vader does it all the time in the movies
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Dec 18 2002 12:54pm

Preadator Kallata'n
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 Preadator Kallata'n

actually, i have a system which would allow for slow motion sequences but its immensly complicated...

(Edit: Edit: ok ok - i'll stop editing this 1 now...)
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This comment was edited by Preadator Kallata'n on Dec 18 2002 12:56pm.

Dec 18 2002 12:49pm

Aeth S'kray
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 Aeth S'kray

shadow, slomotion IS possible. it happens all time in SP ;-). you just have to start a server with chetas enabled (load a devmap) and type timescale 0.5. timescale 1 is default, you can play around with it. but it's slows everything down, not only some special scenes...
you can do that in SP as well, bzw. pretty funny :D


and i'd LOVE to have more melee attacks. like kicking and punshing. not that "erhem" kick you can do now, i'm talking of REAl kicks. without jumping. they do it in the duel of the fates all time!
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Dec 18 2002 12:18pm

Sniya
 - Student
 Sniya

i think there should be something to tell you when theres a bad guy round the corner like in the movies "i fell a disturbence in the force".That would add a whole new demention to the game for mp and sp.Oh and be able to twirl your blades before you strike they do that in the movies.
BTW i disagree about better graphics a top notch grapics game will never have as many online players than a above average on like at the minute. But of course graphics shoud cange with changes in computers if thats wot you ment
BTW I LOVE these foroms
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Dec 18 2002 09:12am

Jedi Al Khalaas
 - Student
 Jedi Al Khalaas

Having NPC's and thelike in the game , and if you act dark side (like kill when saber down etc) you are prevented from utilising light side powers

Dec 18 2002 08:43am

Shadow Warrior
 - Student
 Shadow Warrior

also, some sort of slow motion like the matrix or max payne would be GREAT, but thats impossible (right?) coz everyone hasw to slow down or no one has to slow down :'(
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Dec 18 2002 08:42am

Shadow Warrior
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 Shadow Warrior

i agree with arth about the attribute thingies and saber defence, but i kinda miss the classic thing tehre is in some games: the part that when you jump towards a ledge, but dont get on top of it, you catch on to it and go up
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Dec 18 2002 07:38am

Rampage
 - Student
 Rampage

A green(or purple/white/sum other color) saber stance..... some kind of defence key sounds cool, it's a great idea

Dec 18 2002 07:17am

Aeth S'kray
 - Retired
 Aeth S'kray

harder to control force! you should somehow have to concentrate for using for example lighting. but make it more effecient then. more "fighting" with forces.

and one-hit-kills with a saber. one good hit should kill.

better saber defence. you somehow should be able to control your defence. maybe have a "defence" key on your right mouse button? defence combos! wh00t!

less speed for running. we're no plastic balls, we're honourable jedi ---> role play

better graphic (always helps)

neutral guys running around. animals in map, NPC where you can buy weapons instead of collecting them.

RPG-like attributes. you jump much ---> you jump higher. but that would cause everyone to jump around (reminds me to morrowind). problem, eh?
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Dec 18 2002 07:03am

Tiamat-
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 Tiamat-

if u are looking for more realism in JkII, be sure to check promod 3.0. We already tested it a bit with Black Eagle, and saber fight is as realistic as it should be ;]
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Dec 18 2002 05:47am

Lord Exar Kun
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 Lord Exar Kun

here's my 2nd point of view:
the question shouldnt be WHAT would make it more realistic, but SHOULD it be more realistic. I'd say no. 1st of all coz the adiction should become greater than ever. 2nd coz that would change the magic of the game too much. JKII is unique as it is right now, changing it would make the game loose its unique thing.
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Dec 18 2002 04:58am

Meph
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 Meph

Antan ---> In MP, you CAN chop of body parts(heads, arms, legs etc etc) i think the command was cg_dismember if i remember correctly. Mine is set to 30 and body parts fly ;)

Roleplaying idea sounds great =)

Dec 18 2002 04:33am

CoRRUPTioN
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 CoRRUPTioN

heh it first i thought it was a sensible post, like new ideas for sounds n graphics but once i saw the usb lightsaber it gave it away. Anyways it would have to be bluetooth or fireire as the sabers dont need them stupid power packs so they shouldnt need any wires. :D If they do bring them out i want pink fluffy dice on mine. Im not weired
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Dec 18 2002 03:55am

*FireShield*
 - Student

Hey, I got an idea, how about we like have an Role playing game once a week, like, uhh, we play an ep every Friday, or whatever day. and we could plan what ep we play on forehand. I.E. There's a news post saying that everybody who wants to attend to Episode 2 should Join the DJ Sith's Server at Friday at XX:XX or summat like that.

Some time ago, we reproduced Episode 2 (I think - I'm not that much of a star wars fan), but Even Me, a total uninterested person in the movies or whatsoever, had great fun! And I think, if we work this out better, it might turn out quite well!
Maybe you high peefs might consider it giving it a try...

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Dec 18 2002 03:19am

Nightcrawl2r
 - Ex-Student
 Nightcrawl2r

I have an idea hux!! But it'll probably envolve too much work lol! Anyway i would add acrobatic moves, such as the backflip but with that difference that u stay on the ground. U know that move? You see it a lot in gymnastics, first the person flips over (backwards) hands touching the ground then feet, then hands then feet, etc. Martial artists do it also. Hope that was clear enough since i don't know any technical terms on that field. If u don't manage to see what i mean, i'll try to use other means of clarifying it to u Hux ;).
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Dec 18 2002 03:02am

Lord Exar Kun
 - Student
 Lord Exar Kun

Well, some kind of holodeck would make it better.... A real environment... but that can't be done for about, um, say, 300 years? so, for now I'm pretty happy with JKII. They shouldnt change anything right now...
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Dec 18 2002 03:00am

Antan Dresari
 - Ex-Student
 Antan Dresari

Bodyparts that actually come off when a character is hit by the lightsaber during combat... Not just when supplying a killing move in SP.

I'd love to chop Talics head off, <Evil grin> Mwuah hah hah hah...


Or the ability to pick up a defeated ally or enemies lightsaber and use two at once... like in the JediPlus mod (Soooo kewl)!

Its cool in SP how sometimes you chop off your opponents saber hand!!!

This comment was edited by Antan Dresari on Dec 18 2002 03:04am.

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