It is infused with a ton of super nano machines that are so embedded into its nerves that they control the body instead of the brain. The nano machine's basic order is to destroy the enemy, but they can't do it directly, so they use the Oni. Therefore, the Oni will be as viscous as the nano machines.

I guess really these units would act however the brain controlling it feels. Though ideally a shinobi would be used quietly. The shogun and oni, with all their grappling and smashing things, would probably make anybody controlling them feel like screaming like maniacs. I know I would. I don't think any fancy explanations are really necessary.

@Geti: The Kitsune is about the size of a large dog. And it is supposed to walk on all fours and it has multiple swaying tails, so it should be distinctive from other units regardless of its relative size.

your description of the kitsune makes me happy

Okay, but at least not make it stoop over. If it did I would abandon this mod altogether. This is the only truly elegantly designed mod I can find. A giant Shogun is alright, but having it stooped over is not. All clones on their own have (approximately) The same amount of intelligence as a monkey, with a receiver in their reptilian brain and no cortex. The controller would not want to be stooped over, because that means the controller's back would hurt whenever he took control of the 'monkey'. Please just make it intelligent enough to pull the trigger on a gun.

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What did I say about talking science here? Oh, right this is the internet, I can actually show you.
Obviously some honcho sitting in a design department somewhere figured out that sometimes the mining brains would prefer awesomeness to effectiveness and set about designing a giant clone that throws tanks at other, slightly smaller tanks.

What weapons will the Oni have? I was thinking it could have a minigun that you need to buy crates of ammo for and a gravity glove that can grab stuff from a distance.

Well, I'd then have to make guns big enough for its hands, which I don't feel like doing. This isn't really a "big guns" mod. If I wanted to make a large mech that had weapons, I'd forgo articulated hands and just graft the weapons directly to the mech, which if you want to argue realism is a much more sensible approach. The Oni is going to have big meaty hand for one reason, and thats to grab stuff. It'll be pretty hard to take down, so giving it long-range weapons would probably be unfair in the long run. It'll have to get close and be a very easy target to do damage, but it will do lots of damage.

Also, this is my mod and I'll choose whatever aesthetic I like. It'll be hunched over, breathing heavily, and even drooling a little. If you want a normal upright super-mech, go check out the new AAL release. Numgun has just what you're looking for.


Great.

I guess that makes sense, but what if somebody decides to pick up one of your turrets and carry it around?

has anyone made a good activities for this mod that uses all of this mod's content?

Those don't have triggers made for hands.

But they can still shoot on their own. Also, if the Oni can carry people, doesn't that also mean it can put them in its inventory and act as a land transport/capture unit?

i dont think you'd be able to switch items somehow.. someone will be able to make a unit like that though, easily once lua is available for actors (or maybe even firearms)
incidentally, i just noticed that in the version i had (i dont think it was quite the most recent) there were 666 files in total.

It would be so awesome to siege a base throwing troopers in with some Onis

Or go bowling! So much options. I can't wait, it sounds really awesome.

Can we get a release date perchance?