the idea behind this is that the whole game will be scaled up, which kinda makes it incompatible with normal CC..

Wait.. So is this like a Total Conversion of sorts?

That would be awesome.

Yeah, an idea i'm doubting more and more every time i look at this thread and play the builds. I'm thinking of taking a different direction with the sprites/scale of the mod.

I am not sure though, but i might take it to a vote later, after finals are over.

... What

I lol'ed...

yer if you can be bothered to go to the begining of the thread Allen does say that it's a total redo when it's possible

i think what he was concerned about was that i'm having doubts about the scale. unless i read misinterpreted the single-word-and-smiley post, which is a common issue among single-word-and-smiley posts.

My doubts include the fact that i want some really large actors on screen, and for that to be possible/visible on most computers they'll have to be smaller. If i do too much more spriting it'll be harder to turn back, so i'm considering having it at a normal scale, at least for the first version. I don't want to bite off more than i can chew here. I'm still rather new to all this.

It'll be more playable that way and it'll be less work, it'll be testable against something other than itself, there's all sorts of benefits.

well im assuming your doing the bear and serpent factions later, ill give you an idea. get rid of the bear faction and replace it with a spider faction. a bear faction is kind of limiting both artistically and content wise. spiders however allow you to be much more free in making the mod look unique and give you an excuse to add in awesome content(acid guns and acrabs particularly)

i'll take it under consideration, but i'm not getting rid of the bear faction, they're necessary for paper-rock-scissors balancing issues between the three. I may re-name them (as there's already a "Bear federation") but it's sort of essential in my mind. I might add other factions, in fact i plan on it in the distant future.

Spider faction would be epic!

Maybe you should make Spider-themed things for one of the existing 3?

I agree with Allen, bear is necessary as it's another humanoid thing that just fits.
Serpents - Cunning
Crows - Agility
Bears - strength

spidery things for the serpents works. they are going to be having lots of tech units, which could have spindly legs, and venom can simply be a strong corrosive in some cases, so you can still have your awesome.

Venom... Shock...
Venom... SHOCK!

I got an idea!

Venom shock!

You ''bite'' with the mech, putting Deadly venom in his blood... And giving him a shock!

that makes the venom redundant if the shock is anything to be noted.
allen, making them at a smaller size is probably better, imho, and recoding it now is better than when we have 3 actors and 12 weapons.

Hmmm, I do love this mod... Reminds me a bit of WH 40k, World War 1 trench battles and other fun grimmy, dark, delightful grimdarkness. I wholeheartedly approve.

Oh, and seeing how the Crow seem to be a bit zealotous and numerous, to me it'd seem fun to use a few flame-based weaponry, as well as genetical modifications and suicide bombing... Wreathed in dark, adorned cloaks, they'd soar above the battlefield, brainwashed by their Priest masters, left to starve for months to be light enough to float using these dread cloaks, crude explosives strapped to their chest for their final assault upon the enemy base... Or stalking through dark tunnels, able to contort enough to slip through tiny vents where no others can reach, detonating once they've reached a juicy target in a glorious explosion of bones, blood and fire...

Sorry, just my imagination I suppose ^^;

Sounds like a better 'bear' thing, Crows are a little more intelligent. I think they should be clever, rather than crazy manipulated zealots.