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work in progress port of n64decomp/perfect_dark to modern platforms
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[Feature Request] throw laptop sentry gun onto hovercrate #356

Open assassinscurse87 opened 9 months ago

assassinscurse87 commented 9 months ago

in the early 2000's I worked out that mines could be thrown onto the HoverCrate in combat simulator warehouse level, where as the laptopgun sentry can not. whilst there is probably a reason why, i have always thought it could be humerously used in team king of the hill games to fling a sentry gun equipped HoverCrate into a confined space containing the enemy team. yes, simply throwing autoguns in through entrances has always been an option, but a floating box with autoguns on it would just be next level 🤣

Atari-Dude commented 9 months ago

I've always wanted this as well! Seems like such an obvious feature but I wonder if the devs had a hard time implementing it, thought it would just be way too overpowered... or actually hadn't thought of it at all. I've also always wanted to be able to stand atop the crate and have another player be able to push you around, but it doesn't work either lol. It totally should though (iirc you just stay in place while the box moves independently under you)

Atari-Dude commented 9 months ago

Also imagine how terrifying it would be if you could stick a Laptop Gun onto players/sims! Like, if if grabs onto their face lol. Not attacking that individual, but anyone they come into contact with. Basically like an automatic Psychosis Gun for multiplayer. I'm not sure how the 'infected' player could fight back against/counter this though.

You can use cheats in Combat Simulator as well as missions, so I think this stuff would likely be best introduced as a cheat (listed under "Fun") because it makes an already overpowered weapon much moreso.

Being able to stand relative atop a moving hovercrate should just be implemented normally though imo

assassinscurse87 commented 9 months ago

setting it up as a "fun" cheat makes a lot of sense label it "Super Sticky Sentry" with the description "who spilled the glue? laptop sentry gun can now adhere to anything a mine would" as for unlock prerequisite, a gold medal in the firing range sounds fair as long as it isn't too tricky to implement.