You're missing the point. Besides adding visual character to the level it also offers a different game dynamic. First you have to guess that you can actually ride them, then you have a one in four chance (or some other percentage) of actually picking one that is going the right way, and you have side encounters you can either engage, explore or bypass.

One of the things about Halo is the stunning environments, sure the Halo 1 game engine is old but look at Lumoria as an example; part of the allure of the level is exploring the environment or else you would just have AI battles on Bloodgulch. Adding a new element like being able to ride or interact with wildlife would add new gaming elements just as people have been hunting the quad wings or killing the major sentinel in Lumoria.

True.
It would be pretty col. But the question is how to make it work.

I want to ride one of those spiny dinosaurs.

Those were only vehicles. Warthogs, to be precise.

It's easy to attach, detach, create and destroy vehicles and ai bipeds. Didn't someone say you could ride a biped?

Make a them enterable vehicles but have a script which kills the player as soon as he gets on (the spikes).

rofl

Yep. Better yet, make the biped itself the portable trigger volume (that's what they are-- bipeds). Make it have a short, full-spectrum vision. Then, if the animal can see the player, allow entering with E. Easy cheesy.

What IS full-spectrum vision anyway?

Slappy you dont know how it should work- It needs to be 2 invisi ai's turned inward on each other (cannot see past each other) and if they see the player then pressing the action key makes it so the player can get on.

I know how it could work. My way is a lot easier.

So you could then, make multiple "Suits" bipeds, each ridable/exitable?

So if this was taken to a different level:

you could start as a "Street Thug" (biped), gain points, earn a "pimp suit" (biped) gain points, earn a "King Pin" suit (biped), get oppressed by the man "G-Man" (boss biped), get B-slapped, lose points and become a "Prostitute" suit (biped)?

Or, start out as a week Cyborg, then gain Mark IV suit, then Haybusa, etc . . . Batman? Joker?

I see a whole new kind of "firefight" . . . now all we need is someone with know-how, AND desire to make a sample map.

Nah, it won't happen.

Actually, Slap, you can do this through bump_possession or armor permutations (like backpack weapons, only a step further). Riding another biped like a vehicle is probably not the way to go.
Anyone want to make this firefight? Lol

Yeah, bump possession works. The only problem is if you purchase the suit and it gets deployed in the middle of heated combat it might get "killed" before you reach it, and you can effectively suicide by whacking it from behind just as you bump it.

So, may I ask, is it possible to set up an fp model change between biped types?
The reason I'm asking is because I wanted to see if bump possessing an elite would be able to have a swotch to elite hands.

That would be awesome, Moose, but no. The fp hand model is defined in globals.globals. It's possible with flashlight, though, and certain functions and shaders.
Edited by SlappyThePirate on Dec 4, 2010 at 10:06 AM

I don't know. I'll be looking into it myself heh. I think it works if there are fp models set for that biped...

Otherwise, with some memhacking I'm pretty sure I could do it with Open Sauce.

Actually, I've been spending a lot of time working on a better spartan-elite tag... with fp changing, if I can get lag's good fp.