My goal is to have players able to play chess in TF2. The 'pieces' are prop_dynamic, which can be move by being parented to a func_moveliner
Don't know if this will work yet, but i'm going to try.
[WIP] TF Chess
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My goal is to have players able to play chess in TF2. The 'pieces' are prop_dynamic, which can be move by being parented to a func_moveliner
Don't know if this will work yet, but i'm going to try.
Neato. Though I imagine this would get rather chaotic on normal servers. Still, I enjoyed playing chess in HL2DM, lol. Looking forward to this one 
By the way, there is a company that manufactures models of peoples WoW characters, maybe we could get thim to make this...
Anyway, if this map is 1v1 it might be easier. Or you know what would be cool (although this would probably be based on the server and not the map) is if everybody took a vote on what piece to move and the most popular choice was moved. By the way, you should also choose a good backdrop for it. Hanging in oblivion or in the middle of the sky would probably be okay, but if you put typical decoration in the back it would be better, IMHO. You could also always put it right smack in the middle of dustbowl if you can't think of anything else. And if you can get them to play an attack animation when they take another piece, that would be so awesome I can't even describe (and get the knight to do his rocket jump animation when he jumps). By the way, I noticed that there are 32 pieces and that is the maximum amount of players on most servers. If only there was a way to play chess with real players as the pieces without ten year olds running across the board and smashing all in sight.
Anyway, if this map is 1v1 it might be easier. Or you know what would be cool (although this would probably be based on the server and not the map) is if everybody took a vote on what piece to move and the most popular choice was moved. By the way, you should also choose a good backdrop for it. Hanging in oblivion or in the middle of the sky would probably be okay, but if you put typical decoration in the back it would be better, IMHO. You could also always put it right smack in the middle of dustbowl if you can't think of anything else. And if you can get them to play an attack animation when they take another piece, that would be so awesome I can't even describe (and get the knight to do his rocket jump animation when he jumps). By the way, I noticed that there are 32 pieces and that is the maximum amount of players on most servers. If only there was a way to play chess with real players as the pieces without ten year olds running across the board and smashing all in sight.
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Maybe you shoot the square of the piece then where you want it to move. On second thought... this is getting too complicated. You're a human, after all!
That's what i'm thinking, shoot the piece you want to move, shoot it to where you want to move it.
I'm planing to have multiple boards in one map, so more then two people can play. However only two people are allowed on each board.
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I've got the Red Rook working
shoot him, he turns red.
shoot the square, it square turns blu and he moves to it.
First i'm planing to get a version just where all the pieces can be moved anywhere, not worrying about the game logic yet.
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Awesome! Excellent work!
I have access to a 3d Polyurethane epoxy printer..
use it for work..
basicly you can take any 3d model and it creates a casted model of it with a maximum size of 6" high, 3" diameter and its pretty detailed , I have some airplane models ive made done with it.
Cost for doing it would run about $15 per model though for the materials,
Time and use of the machine is free for me.. cuz i can do it while im at work.
use it for work..
basicly you can take any 3d model and it creates a casted model of it with a maximum size of 6" high, 3" diameter and its pretty detailed , I have some airplane models ive made done with it.
Cost for doing it would run about $15 per model though for the materials,
Time and use of the machine is free for me.. cuz i can do it while im at work.
as for a background to the map, do a 3d Skybox with large furniture etc so it looks like its set on a coffee table in a living room.. have a big screen TV blurred out in the background with some tv show animated texture
Haha, that would be pretty cool.
However, i've put it on hold for a moment. While i've worked out I way to do everything, it's extremely time consuming, every entity has to renamed, 84 squares, 32 pieces. Then if I wanted two boards in the same map (so that more then 2 people could play at a time), I would have to rename all the entities for the new board, plus inputs and outputs, which would double the amount of work.
So i'm going to try and work out an easier way. If only we could code our own entities, it would make things so much easier.
However, i've put it on hold for a moment. While i've worked out I way to do everything, it's extremely time consuming, every entity has to renamed, 84 squares, 32 pieces. Then if I wanted two boards in the same map (so that more then 2 people could play at a time), I would have to rename all the entities for the new board, plus inputs and outputs, which would double the amount of work.
So i'm going to try and work out an easier way. If only we could code our own entities, it would make things so much easier.
remember to make a high platform so people can run up there to get a clear view of the whole board, maybe a glass ceiling to run across. Its hard to make decisions at ground level imo.
also i know it would be kinda impossible but what about when a piece is taken, the capture piece kills the taken piece? I remember they did this in a mortal kombat game where they had chess as a bonus game.
also i know it would be kinda impossible but what about when a piece is taken, the capture piece kills the taken piece? I remember they did this in a mortal kombat game where they had chess as a bonus game.
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