Open SeanMirrsen opened 3 years ago
TheRealAyCe
commented
3 years ago Lag periodically remembers the position of existing entities like vehicles and peds and resets them to that position, it does not actually rewind time. :)
Yes, having the text show up as if the effect did something bad is a good idea, also for Fake Death, since you know the character doesn't actually commit suicide when there is no Effect text.
SeanMirrsen
commented
3 years ago I guess it could pick from a handful of effects instead, then. Like spawning a fake explosion on top of the player vehicle, or fake turning off the HUD, or fake out any number of other adverse effects and then turn them off immediately, or even just display the effect name without doing anything, for things like Remove Weapons From Everyone, Explosive Zombies, or any of the vehicle-modifying effects, and then change to "Psych!" after a few seconds.
I don't really know how the "lag" effect I saw seems to rewind time, but it'd be neat to use it for a different sort of effect, if possible.
The effect would appear as "Psych!" to Twitch voters, but on activation it would lead to one of several negative effects of varying badness, like "explode current vehicle", "teleport to", "5 star wanted level", "suicide", etc. Or rather, appear to lead to - the effect would happen, the name of the effect would appear in the list, but after just a second or so, enough for the player to register the effect happening, everything rewinds, and the effect name in the list changes to "Psych!".
The various "fakeout" effects are pretty entertaining, and this one would be just as entertaining if it works properly.