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:
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
Credits:- Dav0r - Hackjob model
- SCopE5000 - Huvaboard model
- Jaanus - Stuntboard & True Hoverboard models
- everyone who helped test
Downloads:
older versions:
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http://www.foszor.com/mantis/
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23rd January 2008
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