IC base shields

Duckwarrior · Post by **Duckwarrior** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:46 am

Is it possible to somehow link the base shields with the infamous "IC hole"?

IE: When base shields are up the hole is inaccesible, shields down = you can fly in?

This seems like an acceptable compromise, but probably involves a deal of work.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:22 am

What you propose would need a second CVH to represent the shield.

A simpler alternative would be to apply the oval shield which ships have to bases, but then friendlies could sit within the base shield and shoot with invulnerability

Valiance · Post by **Valiance** » Tue May 12, 2009 4:32 pm

Now we just need to think... which one is more unbalanced... hmmm... tough decision

Sushi · Post by **Sushi** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:22 pm

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ May 12 2009, 06:22 AM) What you propose would need a second CVH to represent the shield.

A simpler alternative would be to apply the oval shield which ships have to bases, but then friendlies could sit within the base shield and shoot with invulnerability

I dunno, the ability to
A) hide under a base (or capship!) shield

bypass a base shield by flying really really close first

would result in some interesting game dynamics. Definitely too major of a change for normal Alleg though.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:58 pm

Sushi wrote:QUOTE (Sushi @ May 12 2009, 08:22 PM) I dunno, the ability to
A) hide under a base (or capship!) shield
bypass a base shield by flying really really close first

would result in some interesting game dynamics. Definitely too major of a change for normal Alleg though.

wouldn't happen, I was assuming we would let frienlies fly through the shield (so they can do htings like dock) but not let enemies go through the shield.

Most of the time you can't fly through a shield around a ship, but you can through a carrier's, so long as you don't triger the bug that stops you doing so.

but I suppose you could change it so you can hage GS sitting within a bases shield attacking bombers with invulnerability, or allow NG sbs and TTs to solo bases by flying within their shield

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:26 pm

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ May 12 2009, 03:22 AM) A simpler alternative would be to apply the oval shield which ships have to bases, but then friendlies could sit within the base shield and shoot with invulnerability

Actually, unless I'm wildly mistaken, the simplest alternative would be to just close the hole by changing the hitbox, no?

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:45 pm

...but then you couldn't fly up the hole when the shields are down like he wanted...

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:39 am

What's the point though?

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:53 am

Ask ducky, I'm just here reporting on the ways things would be implemented and their side effects