The holy crap I'm excited about 2.5 thread

[maul]

This thread was constructed for those of us wishing to talk about the upcoming release of KF version 2.5 without spamming the bejezus out of Alex's thread detailing the release itself.

Now on with the speculation...*serious face engage*

Flamethrower - Of what I've seen the model for the Flamethrower looks highly sketchy, but theres no reason that it will remain this way for the final release, the fire effects looks top notch. And the information regarding its use is highly interesting. My best bet is that it would be located in a section of its own called 'Area' due to the fact that it focuses on light area damage. Or perhaps it would be located in the 'Equipment' section due to the fact that is has other uses aside from that of inflicting damage, such as flame walls...

Gibbing System - The screenshot of this, to be honest was terrible.
I had no idea what I was actually looking at, the concept however will be a blessing to allow more monsters on screen simultaneously with less lag.

Story mode - Extremely awesome idea. One issue I have though with this idea is that there is very rarely any decent maps made for Killing Floor, and I for one love it when a Map compliments the game.
This mode has awesome potential. Sort of like the 'Assault' for Killing Floor, as 'Survival' is a build from Invasion.
I can picture it now - running through the streets...a vicious thunderstorm rages...illuminating hundreds of zombies flocking towards a small group of marines escorting a truck full of survivors to an evac point. If the truck takes too much damage before you get it to the destination you fail. So protect that fucking truck! etc.

Updated Visuals - I quite frankly enjoyed the textures of the initial KF 2.0 release, however that was until I sampled the previous version of killing Floor and shat my pants.
The new monsters will be uber scary - I will ejaculate with fear.
i enjoy the 'Silent Hill' style of hellish grime coating the very fabric of existence - this will bring the game back for the hardcore fans as well as give it a more frightening edge for new players.

Bug fixes - Well we can all hope to see various bug fixes as we each have encountered several. My main gripe is the med-syringe bug where you fail to heal yourself.
Other than that, perhaps an update to the game so that it allows late joiners to join some servers - I had issues at a recent LAN where people were unable to join a server. And with the Bullpup, occasionally the zoom fails to work. it will zoom for a moment and then randomly zoom back out again - proving frustrating.
Apparently I've heard of some Karma bugs - I've not run into any of those (no pun intended).
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SPECULATION
Perhaps napalm grenades.
And a fucking drill to shut-up mad-max lol.
I got some strong ideas for some Story-mode maps.

*The truck one featured above ^
*Setting a bomb within a nuclear power-plant in order to destroy the city and the specimens within it. Must progress through the building, find a code to open the vault doors etc...
*Military base - Activate power to charge the tank, must hold the facility and protect the vehicle while it charges, then use the tank to destroy the gate and race to freedom. While driving on the rough dirt track to freedom, a blockade of Fleshpounds are your final battle.
*A small outward-bound village over-run with specimens hides an underground bunker where a scientist charged with keeping specific data relevant to the specimens is keeping safe. using any means necessary you must obtain the data this scientist holds. Find the entrance to the bunker, and find your way to the heart of the mess.

[[AM] madmax]

YEAH A DRILL!

[maul]

So does anyone else have any idea for Story mode maps? And any idea of some awesome mappers who would be capable of this sort of thing? After all it requires a fair chunk of work just to finish a normal map let alone one with event triggers and such.

[el'PiX]

I think my map, Frantic might actually make it better with this new gametype.
If it was to be released not too far into the future, I might actually implement it.
And yes, it takes time. An awful lot of it.

[Seras Victoria]

I took a break on my map till the patch is here, it just won't go as good with survival.

[[AM] madmax]

Im actually looking forward to the story mode based functionality than anything else in 2.5.

[Antigod]

Yeah the story mode looks awesome, it will add a good twist to KF.

[maul]

Does anyone have any other ideas that could be tossed into the air for some Default Story-Mode levels (obviously we would like four as per Survival).
I personally really think something could be made of my 'Truck protection idea' as there might be a not so massively complicated way to code it.
Such as maybe perhaps make the truck bot controlled and have it follow a vehicle path-node trail through an urban style setting. Have zombie spawns at various points along the way, perhaps spawning only once the vehicle enters certain parts of town (or certain zones) as though a fresh pack has discovered you. And weapon pick-ups in various locations along the way.
I'm no mapper (though I have had a frig around with the editor) but I think what I just said made sense.

Also, will the Trader be present in this gametype? Or is that up to the mapper?

[muso]

I think an awesome idea for storyline (for near the end) would be busting into horzine bunker/HQ (which is surrounded by hideous zombie experiments) to capture Clamely, then take him somewhere to torture him for information or something, and you have to hold off the zombies while the info is bein extracted from his sweet gooey brain.

[uwasawaya]

It's hard enough keeping the creatures from damaging yourself, let alone a huge lumbering truck.

That said, can't wait. Hadn't heard about the flamethrower though... that's exciting.

[maul]

uwasawaya said:

It's hard enough keeping the creatures from damaging yourself, let alone a huge lumbering truck.

That said, can't wait. Hadn't heard about the flamethrower though... that's exciting.

Hmm I can see you are right there, however its not like the truck would have the same amount of health...its gonna be a tough nugget to take down. To make things fair the level designer would just have to give it a fairly realistically large amount of health so that the only real case of you failing hideously is when you stray from the truck or are all killed off except for one guy who can't protect it from all angles.

[manhunt0r]

www.playit-online.de/index.php?site=SC:Game&gid=422

such gameplay fits kf extremely well and so ive tried "porting" it into kf but ran out of ideas for gameplay. so if anyone has ideas of how to turn this into 3d gameplaywise dont be shy, it could be a good map for the story mode

[maul]

Hey Manhuntor that link took me to a title page not a game...Perhaps give directions on which catagory to poke around in and what its called?

Ok just found it and just have t opoint out that isn't this more or less exactly like Survival? I mean you are looking after a house in this and not yourself but its basically the same thing.
I don't mean to be cruel and tear down ideas, I suppose you could protect a certain location in a storymode map but why would you be protecting it from the Specimens? What are they going to do with the place? Have wild parties and wake up the neighbours? lol.

[manhunt0r]

u have to manually mark the full link with the mouse and copy/paste it, the forums link markup system screws it up.

The story part could be the protection of a noncombatant/scientist enclave. if zombies brake the last door down they get all the tasty ppl and its gameover. plus it would change the game mechanics a bit as players would no longer try to run away or glitch.
and somehow i just cant imagine ppl caring about the story in kf, this game always was about pure gameplay imo

[maul]

I would love to be able to create a map where your team must escape from a burning skyscraper, starting on the top floors and battling your way down. The opposite of Tower in a way, only burning...That would be a cool story-mode map.
Also People who use a glitch are noobs. And those who run away are smart - you need to keep on the move to win anyhow.
And story will matter in STORY-MODE seeing as how there needs to be at least some consistant reason why you can't just leave the people there. You get my drift.