cursor weapons

[Zoy64]

i think that the cursor should be a weapon in itself, like an invincible but energy wasting, long reload weapon. the point would be to support your troops in battle but you could not fire it in a space you cannot see. for example, you could fire it only in battle, not hover over your opponent's base and destroy everything. I'd be kinda fun to shoot things with a laser. an idea to compliment it would be to have a diferent weapon for different factions.

[Peet]

This post fails because:

• It is in the feature requests forum - things like this are PER-MOD and should be implemented with lua by the mod
• It violates about half of the basic rules defining how the sync system works
• It is a bad idea in the first place...go play one of those flash games like castle defense

[Argh]

It just sounds like a revamp of Black and White, pretty much. Could be interesting, but would be very hard to make it actually work well.

[manored]

Beside, we dont currently have any mod where such a weapon would make sense... It would have to be something like a God mod, like Argh said...

[yuritch]

Dungeon Keeper anyone? Slap the workers to work harder!

[LordMatt]

Your commander is YOU on the battlefield. That's why the game ends whem your commander dies. If you want, you can fire your laser or dgun.

[Zoy64]

ok then, the specs should be able to

[Snipawolf]

[lurker]

[overkill]

[lurker]

[Argh]

Apparently, the idea of slapping your digital minions around is met with unusual dudgeon... have none of you folks even played B&W or Dungeon Keeper? They were both a heck of a lot of fun, in goofy ways, and slapping things was part of it. Oh, wait, you could also use this to pick stuff up and move it around... lol... <imagines moving hapless Peewee horde over a river, one click at a time>

[Zpock]

[Otherside]

[Noruas]

An orbital ray per click fires a big wave of laser energy down from 100 y coordinates above the terrain, you must hit a special button added to a special gui.

[manored]

Apparently, the idea of slapping your digital minions around is met with unusual dudgeon... have none of you folks even played B&W or Dungeon Keeper? They were both a heck of a lot of fun, in goofy ways, and slapping things was part of it. Oh, wait, you could also use this to pick stuff up and move it around... lol... <imagines moving hapless Peewee horde over a river, one click at a time>

I played both :) Being able to throw things around opens space for lots of creativity... anyone ever tried to set creature poo on fire and throw at enemy in Black & White? :)

I think that specs being able to interfere with gameplay would be interesting, but off course interference should be minimal and probally something that wouldnt favor any players :)

[Zoy64]

Apparently, the idea of slapping your digital minions around is met with unusual dudgeon... have none of you folks even played B&W or Dungeon Keeper? They were both a heck of a lot of fun, in goofy ways, and slapping things was part of it. Oh, wait, you could also use this to pick stuff up and move it around... lol... <imagines moving hapless Peewee horde over a river, one click at a time>

thank you Argh

see, there are possibilities. And B&W2 was a great game

[rattle]

[SinbadEV]

Okay... if I could pick up and throw peewees around and slap enemy Krogoths around this idea is win...

C&C Generals has things like air strikes and orbital ion cannons like this too, that would be pretty cool and totally LUA-able

[Warlord Zsinj]

Something along these lines that I thought was very clever was the sniper weapon in the original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. When you selected the sniper rifle, your cursor became like a magnifying glass, which looked like a scope, which made it easier to target units. It doesn't make as much sense given the 3D environment (compared to the sprites of commandos). But it was a neat feature.