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Title: Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 25 Jul 2004, 20:30:40

Ok, this might sound weard, but I have noticed, that new "resident evil" type missions have been released, and quality of those is quite high, so, whole campaign of this sounds great.  Examble, you are NATO soldier, and you work in garrison in Everon, just after war. This needs creepy  sounds, and other weard stuff. Whole island group has suffered from very bad weather, and islands have communication errors. Then will civilians start to fear, and horrible storys of zombies "example" have been told. And in one ugly day, patrols find whole "nearest" town complitely empty. All patrols sended farer have dissapred, and radio is broken. Then its your turn in quard, in the night....       Ok, this sounds very weard, but with good mission maker, it might be VERY interesting campaign. Don't say that im crazy, I know :)

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 25 Jul 2004, 22:15:28

Its perfectly sane. ;)
The idea, I don't know about you... :D

I posted an idea like this a while back...

http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=22;action=display;threadid=17599

I quit making the mission as I didn't know jack back a while ago. I think I could try it now, but I don't fell like doing it. Someone more expierenced.... :P

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Gooner861 on 25 Jul 2004, 23:58:21

Sounds good to me  ;D .

Will definetely need to work hard though on getting the rite atmosphere. U mite make a good mission but if the atmosphere aint there than its not gonna create the rite feeling for the player.

Good idea, way different to the usual West vs East type missions.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 26 Jul 2004, 10:42:34

Those zombies should be bloody, and in two first mission, there should not be zombies, mission of those should be to get player to right atmosphere, then in mission number three....

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Roni on 27 Jul 2004, 02:45:03

I've just got into config editing and I LIKE it !  ;D  :o   I am also ad ab hand at scripting (if I do say so myself !), so how about this for an idea . . .

Make a new unit type - class zombie.  Make 3-4 different variants, some with flesh a bit green (different face textures), some with hanging bits (different models).

Now the fun part !  Give them about three times the hit points of the average human and add an event handler that heals all of their (non-fatal) damage.  This shuld mean that the only way to kill them would be from head hits or heavy weapons !  ;D  :gunman:  :beat:

Make them always stand and never flee and then run a script (which I *ahem* have already written) that makes them home in on your position for a stroke fist attack !  Give them Limited movement and Safe status and they should endlessly lumber towards you seeking brains !

Chuck in a group respawn script, some shotguns, some pistols and the occasional pipe bomb and I can see a fun Saturday night's massacre !   :D

I love OFP - it's all doable !



Roni

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 27 Jul 2004, 03:15:47

One of the face packs had a zombie face. It was stop dead ugly with a nasty cringe and was white as a ghost. I scared all the MP players away... :D ;D

New zombie addons, are they going to be dumber than the current AI or smarter? :D ;D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Roni on 27 Jul 2004, 03:27:48

New zombie addons, are they going to be dumber than the current AI or smarter?

Which one would you rather !  ;D

I wrote a script that constantly enemy units directly onto your position.  It's a simple tweak to send them directly to a point on your left or right until they get within a certain range.  That way they would circle around your flank (in their zombie-like way !) before closing in for the kill.  :o

It could be neat running out the back of a house and running smack into some flanking undead sneaking in through the back door !



Rags

"Dad - you killed the zombie Flanders !"
"He was a zombie ?"

 :D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 27 Jul 2004, 04:20:25

I liked that episode.

* homer dances naked in the church*
zombie wiggum:We just want to eat your skin....

hehe I like that one, I haven't seen a halloween version in a while... :(

On topic: Some zombies should have very inaccurate weapons like kozlices or something bad so they aren't all strokefisting you, that looks stupid, a bunch of zombies all going *grab head and twitch my whole torso to the right like an eptilectic fit...* :P

If they could decently flank and ring you in, they'd already be smarter than the current AI... :D ;D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Roni on 27 Jul 2004, 04:35:14

Anyone know how to make new animations ?

I think we'd need a "step forward and grapple", a "two handed smash", a "grab for the throat" and maybe a "crawl and slash".

This could be great !  Does ANYONE know how to make new animations ?

 :P



Roni

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 27 Jul 2004, 10:12:39

Ok, firstly, is there anybody who want s to do this? And those zombies doesn't need be slow, not even new units, bloody units, well, they are weak, but if ther is many zombies, and one can get behind you..... And infact we doesn't nerd new animations, old "throw" animations, or "medic" animations, or something are god enough if used. And if those zombies can jump?

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Roni on 27 Jul 2004, 11:28:14

I'd be happy to give it a try, but it'll have to wait a week or so while I sort out my other major projects (and my work and family commitments !).

Knowing what I know now, it shouldn't be too hard to do so long as I use standard models, animations and the existing zombie face pack (any volunteers to provide or point out where I can find ?).  I can do the config editing, the custom sounds and the event handlers and or packaged scripts.

What I'm thinking is (say) four new unit types, ranging from the freshly killed to the grossly putrid.  Freshly killed may even come in East, West, Civilan amd Resistance versions so you could make up your own "zombie plague is eating my squad" type scenarios.  A zombie with an RPG ? Gah !  :o

The frshly killed will be slower than normal with lower skill and limited restrictions.  The putrid dead could be almost unstoppable short of high explosive weapons but be restricted to limited movement, seek and grab type behaviour.

Actually, I really could imagine a whole mes of "zombie plague" type scenarios, starting with the surprise appearance of freshly dead and ending with a mission involving lined up M1's against a horde of shambling putrid horrors !

:noo:  :gunman:

                   :beat:  :beat:  :beat:

:noo:  :gunman:

Now if someone could just point me towards this zombie face pack . . .



Roni

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Karik on 27 Jul 2004, 17:11:34

Horror campaign sounds good, or at least few horrormissions. :) Here is a suggestion; I once was playing a mission which started in misty field with low visibility and wolves howling. So how about a werewolf-addon? Here has been some good ideas what could be used in werewolves; fast, strong and healing from non-deadly wounds.

American werewolf in Nogova! ;)

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 27 Jul 2004, 18:52:37

Right that might be one one mission, and zombies are much easier to script, but what about creepy "RÄYH" in woods near by, and in that mission there might be that "Alamo" scripting, you need to build safe cover before the night  ;)

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 27 Jul 2004, 23:40:11

Roni take a romp through the facepacks. I delted that zombie one a while back. Its reg pack with only one zombie face. :'( But I thought it said it included it or the review said so.... :P

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Roni on 28 Jul 2004, 01:25:55

Okay, I'm on the job !  :joystick:

Actually, I don't really ned the zombie face pack.  Who needs that when all I really need is one standard face jpeg (ugly) and Paintshop pro (version 3.1 nonetheless !) ?  ;D  A bit of green here, a bit of red there, a warp and a smear or two and bob's yer uncle !  :)  =>   :beat:  !!


I am currently finalising a "Lost and Desperate" type scenario.  One of the scripts continually sends the pursuing Russians towards your last known position, which gets more and more accurate the closer they are and the more they know about you (ie knowsAbout rating).

The script sends you clues about how close they are via playsounds.  If they are within 400m you get a crowcall, within 200m you get voices and within 50m you get loud voices (via the unit "say" command).

It's kind of scary hearing the crows because you know that they're getting close.  It's even scarier when you get crow call, crow call, crow call and then loud voices (WTF ? !  :o ).

The script could be REALLY easily edited to play distant wolf howls, nearby snarling and in-yer-face roaring instead.  Like all scripts this one is very small so I've attached it here - you'll need to find your own sounds or email me to send the default ones to you.

I know that this really should be in the scripts forum but I will be posting the whole lot in the next day or two so there you are.

Happy hunting !



Roni

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: General Barron on 01 Aug 2004, 02:37:31

Do a search on the official forums for the "unified zombie pack". They have some cool zombies, and the scripts are pretty good. Custom animations and all.

However, Kueter is working on a great campaign called "D vs the Undead". Basically you get to play the role of a vampire hunter in it. I am making a custom addon for him to use; a vampires pack. The vampires slash at you with their hands; they leap through the air, and they throw fireballs and even cars at you. I've also got skeletons and hellhounds, and lots of magic spells. There's even some custom weapons. Kueter's squad, the Disciples, are working on making Werewolves too. And we may be able to put together a working sword weapon, but that remains to be seen.

Anyway, just letting you know that there is a horror campaign being worked on out there, aside from the zombie campaigns. I can't tell you when it will be released, but it will definately be a one-of-a-kind campaign when it finally is.

-General Barron

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 02 Aug 2004, 16:30:03

Ok, in FDF 1.3 there are Axes.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Matt Walter on 03 Aug 2004, 02:10:53

I thinks the zombie campaign is a great idea. Just remember to keep those good zombie movies in mind when making the levels. Movies like Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Evil Dead 1 and 2- yes, Evil Dead- and so on. Speaking of Evil Dead, someone should make Ash with a boom stick (shotgun) and a chainsaw :D! ...Not in the campaign, but someone should make him. It would be Uber cool.

On another note, will this campaign work for people that have 1.75.  I have a good computer, but it won't go any higher for Flashpoint. What a shame.  :-[

Keep up the good work!  :cheers:

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 03 Aug 2004, 02:45:41

Why not? You can grab the v1.96 online for free.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Matt Walter on 03 Aug 2004, 02:58:39

Do you have to have 1.85 for the new one - 1.85 won't work for me. I tried it twice.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 03 Aug 2004, 03:09:38

No you can go from 1.75 to 1.96 if you look hard enough. I was in the same boat a while back when I reloaded OFP.

Why wouldn't 1.85 work?

Getting off topic again.... ::) :P

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Matt Walter on 03 Aug 2004, 05:44:22

I have an idea. If someone is killed by a zombie, they turn into a zombie. Is that even possible for this game to do that? It would be cool though.  :)

:gunman:        :beat: :beat: :beat:

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 04 Aug 2004, 13:10:43

Quote from: Matt Walter on 03 Aug 2004, 05:44:22

I have an idea. If someone is killed by a zombie, they turn into a zombie. Is that even possible for this game to do that? It would be cool though.  :)

Well, maybe with script, when unit gets killed, new zombie will jump from that place.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Dubieman on 05 Aug 2004, 04:15:15

I dunno the friendly OFP AI is close enough to that already. :D ;D

That sounds like a cool idea. Maybe if that person was a delta specialist or something, he'd become a zombie delta specialist, very dangerous. ;) ;D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 05 Aug 2004, 11:01:35

Colonel Blake turns to zombie...

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: General Barron on 07 Aug 2004, 00:01:27

Quote from: Matt Walter on 03 Aug 2004, 05:44:22

I have an idea. If someone is killed by a zombie, they turn into a zombie. Is that even possible for this game to do that? It would be cool though.  :)

:gunman:        :beat: :beat: :beat:

Again, check out the zombie pack. They have scripts that will do just that.

Darn, I'm doing a lot of advertising for an addon that I didn't even make, and I'm also kinda competing against!  ;D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: X-Viper on 07 Aug 2004, 17:09:16

You know, that sound great. Great idea. OFP ala Resident Evil Style...

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Commando on 08 Aug 2004, 19:44:34

unified zombie addon pack has reached beta 3  ;D
you guys have to check it out!! realyl awesome stuff!!  :o

i think you can get it at @war in downloads.

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: djackl on 11 Aug 2004, 21:06:55

"However, Kueter is working on a great campaign called "D vs the Undead"

Ummm why is it called D vs the Undead? Just wondering because my OFP name is d and wanted to know whether it was about me or some other D?

Anyway, what you need to do is when the player shoots a certain type of zombie it flys in the air and lands on top of them! Scary!

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: 23-down on 12 Aug 2004, 05:33:32

If u guys need some sounds or music for the horrorcampaign... tell it me.

I have lots of very good zombiesounds and some staff of music who is perfect for zombiemissions. Contact me if you want the sounds and music on :

23-Down@web.de

I work in the moment on a zombiemap too.. But it isnt easy for me, no really... It's very difficult for me, i'm not a good scripter.  Now i use the scripts of the They Hunger map and i can begin to build on the map, wish me luck people. I wish it you too.

And please remember: Dont cancel your campaign ofp needs really some horrorcampaigns and good missions. I love zombiemissions. If u know where i can download some missions please tell it me.

I know just about the maps : nogova virus1&2 , They Hunger, Skye Virus, Everon Evil in the moment.

here are some zombie like addons : The skeleton :

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?oblast=news&search=skinny

And a overturned bus addon (easy to script for a scripter):

http://warfaregames.com/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1276

here the homepage of a zombiepack:

http://www.freewebs.com/shell_shocks_workshop/index.htm

but i have problems with the addon.... i become errors, i think the scripts etc were not good writed by the autor.


russian zombies:

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?oblast=news&search=zombie


greetings 23-Down and sorry for my poor,bad english  :-[

:beat: :cheers: :beat:

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: scott_tunstall on 15 Aug 2004, 10:39:41

Hi guys,

Nice to see enthusiasm about the zombie genre! It makes all my work worthwhile  ;D

I am very happy to tell you that the new UNIFIED ZOMBIE MOD will do all of the things you desire (well, within OFP's constraints)

Get the mod from

www.freewebs.com/tunstals/addons.rar

If any of you guys can upload the mod to faster mirrors, please do so. Email me a link to the mirror(s) please; I am working on an official zombie mod page and will include the links.

Features of new zombie mod:
* MP-enabled - you want to fight 768 zombies at once in a Co-op? Be my guest!
* Resurrection of bitten soldiers - extensible too.
* Indestructible zombies
* Drag and drop functionality to set difficulty levels (just place a difficulty level game logic, and you're autoconfigured!)
*

Note: this isn't me dropping in to advertise, 23-down mailed me to ask if a new mod was coming out, and included the link to this page.  

Anyway, hope all the zombie related stuff is going well chaps.

If any of you want to contribute to the zombie mod (I especially need animators) then drop the team a line at the address in my sig.

Regards,
Scott Tunstall   (I play online as $Scott (ZOMBIE MOD) )

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Matt Walter on 18 Aug 2004, 19:11:45

ok, I downloaded the zombies and all, there is a major problem though. When I tested the zombies, they would not attack, the just stood there (I didn't put any waypoints). They didn't come to kill me or anything. I shot them all withought them tring to attack. How do I make them attack?

??? ???

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: scott_tunstall on 19 Aug 2004, 15:50:32

The way to get the zombies to attack is mentioned in the readme file.

You need to set up gblAllTargets array.

The Zombie mod thread on flashpoint1985.com addons & complete have all the answers to the questions you're going to ask next...  ;D

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: 23-down on 19 Aug 2004, 15:58:35

Hi i had the same problem but it isnt a problem.

Look here:

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?s=f91acaf0955a0ce422ed0dbdbd0afb41;act=ST;f=4;t=36295;st=405

The official zombiemod forum thread: Look at page 28 there is the answer.  :) ;)

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: 23-down on 25 Aug 2004, 00:51:39

Hi a new zombiepack was released... Its very cool!!

here the direct download link: http://hx3.de/files/ofpc/GENB_vamps.zip

here some pictures and infos about it: it includes Vampires, hell dogs and skeletons.

The addonpack has many features:

-Vampires can throwing with vehicles.

-Skeletons can throwing with fireballs.

-helldogs run to his enemys and jump on it and kill his enemys.

- the player can performing magic. (see second screenshot, Asteroids)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
first shot:

(http://www.hx3.de/screenshots/104/5391.png)

second shot:

(http://www.hx3.de/screenshots/104/5393.png)


For Horror fans a must.

greetings 23-Down

Title: Re:Horror campaign (dont laugh, im serious!)
Post by: Peter haroski on 25 Aug 2004, 16:59:31

Great! now back to editor board  ;)