Modulus Software Presents... Hoverboard

*** WARNING: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE MATERIAL BELOW ***

Info: This SENT/Scripted Vehicle hybrid allows you to skate around the level on a hoverboard. Complete with jumping, twisting, boosting and grinding, the hoverboard uses a unique system of physics simulation to provide smooth and easily controlled movement.

Controls: Face the direct you want to go and press forward. Jump power is relative to how fast you are going. Pressing strafe buttons in mid air will rotate you respectively. Pressing duck will temporarily disable the hover mechanism and allow you to grind. (note: the board will hover over water but not under water. Additionally, you cannot jump while over water). Pressing sprint will engage your boost thruster. The trails identify the booster state. Blue = ready, Red = boosting, Yellow = charging.

Other Info: The UT3 hoverboard model was compiled by Jinto. Coding was a collaboration between Jinto and I. The sounds are all ripped from base HL2 content. Clients will download required content when joining servers.

More Shit: It works very well in both single and multiplayer. We chose quality over quantity which means if you have too many of them in a server, you will experience lag. The reason being is the physics simulation is not an easy equation, and is called very often. Don't bitch about it because without it, the movement wouldn't be as good as it is. We're not going to change it. Jinto spent a lot of time optimizing it as best as he could. Also, we won't change it so you can attack while riding it, deal with it or change it yourself. There is probably more I should say, but can't think of it at the moment.

Disclaimer: Playing with this is incredibly addictive. I say that with experience. Jinto and I had a hard time keeping our 2 day project deadline because we couldn't concentrate on coding, and kept finding ourselves dicking around on them. (yes it took us 2 days... so what, big whoop, want to fight about it?)

Videos:

View YouTUBE video http://youtube.com/watch?v=5EcLtdbWfao

View YouTUBE video http://youtube.com/watch?v=ALjmNsddYfI

Changlog:

Version 2.0

• Converted to STOOL and created customization panel
• Boost shaking and control type (mouse or keyboard) is now an option
• Hoverboards are now loaded from hoverboard.txt (more information about this later)
• Removed model from spawn menu (this seemed to confuse people)
• Improved physics & network performance
• Added ability to do flips (+duck) and roll side to side (+attack)
• When on ground you can strafe side to side (mouse controlled hoverboards only)
• Improved player collision and knockoff detection
• Tweaked and improved general hoverboard movement
• Added a minor amount of animations
• Added sbox_maxhoverboards (default 1)
• Added cl_hoverboard_developer 1
• Weapon is no longer visible
• Grind can now be activated with +duck or +attack2
• Added player damage when crashing (includes blood)
• Improved ramp angle detection
• Added a minor amount of friction when grinding
• Added sv_hoverboard_adminonly (default 0: only admins can spawn)
• Added sv_hoverboard_cansteal (default 0: can steal each others hoverboards)
• Added sv_hoverboard_canshare (default 1: can activate/use each others hoverboards)
• Removed unused code and did various code cleaning
• Fixed misc issues with eye angles and
• Added ability to get a "running start" when jumping on hoverboard
• Added proper icons and messages for kills and deaths
• Added various missing language strings
• Added secondary fire to STOOL (automatically mounts newly created hoverboard)
• Customizable hover height and view distance

Version 1.0

• Release

Credits:

• Dav0r - Hackjob model
• SCopE5000 - Huvaboard model
• Jaanus - Stuntboard & True Hoverboard models
• everyone who helped test

Downloads:



older versions:



Please report bugs and requests to our mantis to help us better track your input

http://www.foszor.com/mantis/

Addictive, that's an understatement. I do believe we spent more time playing around with it than writing it. But it still got done, and turned out awesome. Hope you guys have as much fun with it as we've had making it.

Awesome :D.

I think I suggested this a while back, but no one wanted to do it. but YAH! someone finally made it.

HOLY S...



add tricks to it like a kickflip and you got yourself a new AWESOME gamemode :O!

That is freaking godlike :D

Please make more awesome stuff like this

That's awesome, I'm going to try this out.

Wow, now that's awesome!

Sweet merciful crap... that's awesome

Awesome. Looks fun. Cant wait to try it out.

all we need now is tricks and it can be gmod pro skater

Also Jinto/Foszor will gNIX and the jumpgate be released in public?

If you could allow it to work vertically and such, we could make some ramps and have even more fun

that would be awesome.

Can you please make an skate board to :D Please...
I love all youre stuff This one is AWESOME!!! :D Thx

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Can you please make an skate board to Please... I love all jure stuff This one is AWESOME!!! :D Thanks

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Can you please make an skate board to :D Please...
This Hoverboard is AWESOME!!! :D

Looks awesome, you got my download.

This is absolutely awesome. Glad to see Jinto and co. are still kicking ass and taking names :D

i ALMOST made a backflip, but the hoverboard is a bitch to turn :(

also i get killed most of the times trying to go up the ramp :(

(god bless sv_cheats 1 and god cvar)

Simply awesome. Any chance of seeing a skateboard or Back to the Future version? I know there are models of both. In any case, yes, it's very addicting, great for race maps.

Being my tinkering self, I lowered the height that the hoverboard hovers and the boost rate; I'm not being sarcastic when I say it was awesome when it drove itself into the ground, because it shows that all the fancy turning and stuff is actual physics. Quick question though; why are you using a good deal of render.DrawBeams instead of an env_particletrail

Can't wait to get home and try this one.

I'm not sure if this is the problem, but after I installed this, I've experienced horrible lag on my server. (hosting on my own computer so it shouldn't lag)

I don't know.

Edit:

Yeah, they eat cpu on my computer.

Heey, you stole Unreal Tournament 3's hoverboard :D

Nice anyway, i wonder if it lags.


It shouldn't lag that much since i can play UT3 on full with almost no lag, i wonder... can you make that rope thing, where you can attach yourself after a vehicle?

And no, I didn't spam them. Having just one out caused a lot of lag.

This is beyond awesome. You guys are amazing.

It is VERY hard to just press use and get off, I usually get off only if I die (which usually happens when it rolls over or goes underwater while the jets are inactive)

Beyond amazing, probably the best thing since... hoverballs.

(P.s. Jinto, are you still working on your lightsaber?)

Some things I think it could use:

* Ability to shoot while on the hoverboard. Probably not though, as animations for that would be a pain.
* Player should play crouching animation when holding crouch on the board.

Now to see how easy/hard it is to knock myself off one.

OK, collision detection is a bit iffy, in that there's none on the player. I got through the window on construct just by fitting the board through the window. The speed of turning is also a tad slow, but I can tweak that myself. All in all, a fine piece of work. Good job, Fozzy and Jinto.

Dude this thing is AWESOME!
As you said, it's fucking addicting. :D

Also, which screen recorder did you use? Fraps?

Holy shit! Now I can act out my Eureka Seven fantasies.

You and Jinto sure have a lot of projects :x

FUCK YEAH!
Epic, epic, epic work!

Nice, you got my download

Wow, this looks truly awesome! Gotta try!
Best trick - contest, anyone?

If they make it so we can go upside down or on a side, then yeah!

Now map kings make a kick ass skate map.

The foszor/Jinto syndicate: I like your works.
But a little thing: According to back to the future 2, hoverboards do not work on water :)

Do you think you could add the UT3 grappler thing to this? Would be rad to fly around tied to a shuttle or some other flying death machine.

Yes they do, but he had nothing to propel himself with. It hovered over the water just fine.

It had to be done.



By the way, this is really awesome and addictive, great work :)

Also welding stuff to it makes it actually fly, not just jump.

Nice!

I made a Video of me doing real flips on it ill post it here once its uploaded.

Wow, that is epic
It killed me alot but i forgive him for his epic-ness

How To do a Flip.

1.Spawn your hoverboard
2.Set a thruster with 500000 power or more,the more powerful the better you flip do not be afraid to got into the millions my other video is done at 50000000 thrust,now attatch that thruster to the rear of the board at the bottom facing straight ot slightly down
3.get on the board and use the thruster then do a jump and while in the air and still holding the thruster on lean to one side you should flip.

Its very simple yet very fun.


Heres a video
Sorry for using fraps i just got a new pc and nothing is installed yet and source recorder was not being a pain so i had no choice, but its only short so i am sure you will cope.

View YouTUBE video http://youtube.com/watch?v=XJaMOdfJ6_I

How exactly did you place the fella? I tried this like 2 times, but every time unfroze it, the board would just flip out.

Godlike! Gold star for you and thanks! :D

Woo. I love the Hoverboard!

It is so much Fun!

Thank you!

This is a very nice addon, definitely got my download.

Custom model too :D

Holy amazing, you are god!

Wow, as soon as I get on my better computer, i'm sooo getting this!

Nicely done!
I love it.

Now we only need a speeder model

super nice

Too bad it kills me even at the slightest idea of going near a wall :(

Heres another video of hover board flips.
Sorry about fraps my pc is new and i have not installed any good video programs as of yet.

View YouTUBE video http://youtube.com/watch?v=qMtzj6N5aPQ

Too bad, won't work for me?
Is it designed for beta?

No it is not.
just put it into your addons folder and it will be under your entites section.

Wow the skate board model pack would go great with this!

You do not deserve a Lua king.
You deserve.... king of the universe!

Damn you un-changing rating system!

So who will make a Hover board skate map?

Yeah, I figured it is in the entites,(and where to put it) but....
I only see the shadow, no board!
(LC reports incoming)

Actually, I've found that toggling noclip midair makes the board flip wildly. Just be sure to toggle noclip again before coming down.

This is epic, I'm making a skate park for this, I'm done and I'm just compiling.

Send me it please.

Epic

Airblade model would add to epicness

A fantastic job foszor!

Holy hell conna's back yay.

that is so off topic but what ever.

Looks nice, a very wanted addon, and done very well. The only thing I'd LOVE to see is a different pose whilst doing tricks.

eg. http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...ater_ollie.jpg

That would be the cherry on the cake :). Awesome to play with, you could make it so you have to press a key (like in UT3) rather than "get on" it per say, but that will probably be done by another modder :).

It would not be hard to make it look like that just make him crouch when you jump.

Holy crap crackers with crap caviar, this is one of the most amazing and wonderful things I've seen in a long time.

I call the hb prefix for Hoverboard maps. Or should it be gmhb? Either way, I'm gonna have so much fun with this. Astounding job guys.

How much control do you have over the player animations? I would be nice to see them not holding the weapon in the air like that.


-Edit-
Reading that again I sound like a giant asshole. What you have is wonderful, I love the different physics on it. If you WERE to update it, what about allowing you to choose trail color? (Or have it so if spawns with the default one, then if you choose something with the Trails stool it replaces the default one and uses the one from the Trail stool so you don't have 2x trails)


What about having it so when you right click and hold it down, you can lean better?

Also:

I Can't find it in the spawnlist

Hit Q and go to the Entities tab.

I can now.. but I can only spawn it in singleplayer.. in multiplayer I can spawn it as a prop, but it doesn't show up under Entities

Edit:

That's on my dedicated server i forgot to say.. all files download as they should

Are you connected to a server that doesn't have it?

It's on my dedicated, that DO have it.. all files are downloading from the server and I can spawn it as a prop..

Absolutely love it. Been having quite a bit of fun with it and learning a few tricks.

One is doing a water hop. The closest thing you can get to a jump on water is to hold Ctrl for a second so your board dips and just barely touchs the water, and then let go to get a little upward boost. This could be used to gracefully go over small obstacles or onto slightly higher levels.

There's also a way to get slightly higher jumps. If you jump while your board is rising (because it was hovering low) you can get an extra height boost. This can be done by jumping on the up after a second jump or using Ctrl to dip and jumping on the return rise.

It's also worthwhile to note that the Model Manipulator is great fun with this thing. I highly suggest the engine block from Ep2, the wooden pallet from HL2, the weighted cube from Portal, and the large health pickup from TF2. There's a number of amusing props though. And the hover bathtub was an obvious choice. ;)

Grinding on a thin surface is absurdly hard and not even worth trying, though. It might be cool if you could add some laser rails to grind along.

Unreal Tournament III anyone? love it :) gonna test that out in a minute :D

Awesome! Now we should have somekind hoverboard race gamemode where you can race against other people And have maps for it!

It's working now, the problem was sv_downloadurl

Bug!

I spawned several (8ish) in a row.

I went to the end and hit E to get in. I start moving forwards. Hey wait a minute. My playermodel is on Board A, while my camera is on Board B, and they are both moving when I move.


So i'm controlling board B but the playermodel is on A.

And then after I crashed my board, I went back to first person view, but i was still on the other hoverboard.

Whoops?



I'm controlling the unmanned one.

Gave this a playride, and it's quite an achivement. Good job you two, never fail to surprise.

I'm going to make a trailer on this thing =D