Re: Tracking/Motion Detector Idea.

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: : I posted this as a response to and earlier message, but it was old : : and was not sure anyone would see it. I would like to hear : : what people think of this. : : I like the Idea of the tracking device, Even just using a : : Poxsimity sensor. I think However that it should Id all moving : : targets that come into range of the sensor. That way you know : : something is there but the question would be what. : : This would force several things to happen. : : Since you could not get a visual on the target, you would : : have two options, blind fire, risking friendly fire : : or Flash light, which would give away your posision. : : since Killing other players gets you kicked off, Option one is bad : : since turning on your flashlight with a preditor in the area : : well, gets you killed. it balances the use of said Item : : and forces teamwork amoung the mariens, hence all : : the Marrines could place a sensor in an area and set : : a crossfire, since they are stationary and know the : : others are there then any thing that moves through the : : area is the predator, and thus you oculd spray and pray. : : Note cross fire tactics are dangerious in the dark : : and should be well thought out by your team! : I'd love to look at this. We've talked about it from time to time. : There are several issues here: : 1) Balance : If the tracker located only the predator, that might give the marines too much power. : On the other hand, the tracker could use cells for power. In fact, we could : replace the BFG with the tracker. So marines would actually have to pick up : the tracker on maps, find cells to power it, then use it. It : gives them a brief glimpse of where the pred is and costs 50 cells. : That isn't TOO powerful. : 2) Performance : A continually updating tracker in use by all marines at the same : time is gonna lag the game seriously. Imagine the engine having to : find all players, figure out if they're close enough to trigger your : tracker, then display some indication of location and distance. : Imagine it having to do this for ALL players! : : Hmm. I kinda like the BFG as tracker idea. It's unused now, and the : restrictions I've mentioned keep it from being too powerful. : Comments? : /bruce

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