Alien mod

[Tonee4130]

This is basically what I have typed out (by myself ) and was wondering what you guys think. If any of yous are interested we could get together and implement things more, add stuff and then maybe even make a mod out of it!

Alien Apocalypse

Qualities (?) for this mod

· No human based characters
· All characters are alien like
· 3 team mode, 3 teams at a time playing on a server (option of standard 1 team vs 1 team)
· Based on an alien planet

General Info

Each team will have different “aliens” there are so many “#1” and so many “#2”, a player would pick which “alien” he/she wanted to be, unless it was already taken. (example of the GUI would be Americas Army).

The maps will interact with what the players do, for example
· if a player blows up a “support” for a roof – the roof will collapse, (Obviously supports for roofs would not be in this mod (mod relativity – was intended for reference),
· parts of the maps will be “unstable” when a player walks on the unstable part it could collapse,
· if a player shots at another one, misses and it hits a cliff face (for example) bits will fly off the cliff, randomly, and hit the player – if he/she is unlucky

Weapons

Melee

Parts of the aliens body; slashing, charging, etc. Which all the aliens will have at least one.

Tail – for example; from Alien(s)
Claws – both feet and hands

Hand Held

These weapons could be like human weapons but don’t use gun powder (for mod relatively reason).

Other

Some life-forms maybe able to charge a sort of energy ball in their hands then throw it – could be a weapon as such or used to reveal hidden aliens, these balls are unstable so you cannot charge them and hold them for a prolonged time otherwise they would explode. These wouldn’t be weapons as such but like magicians – in the sense that they can create energy.

To encourage team play, each alien will have advantages and disadvantages. Some examples of these are below;

Speed – fast and slow, will depend on the size of the alien and how many traits it has
Agility
Strength

Some aliens will be able to leap, not like Natural-Selection where as that is a weapon, but used for jumping. I’m not totally sure how I would want this implemented – maybe have a dial (?) on the GUI set a certain amount of power and that is how high/far you would leap.

-Anth

 

[The Dark Elf]

Wont happen, you don't have permission to do it. Sorry.

 

[Tonee4130]

permission? :s explain?

 

[Recoil]

'Alien' itself is a registered trademark!

 

[Tonee4130]

oh, well names can easily be changed and things like

Americas Army

is an example - intention not to replicate it

 

[PunisherUSA]

Umm, they got away with 'Alien swarm' for UT2k4. That mod shares many, many, many, many (get the idea?) similarities with 'Alien'. Maybe they got rights, i dunno.

Anyway, this still seems pretty genric, leaping aliens with claws versus humans with guns? Get more specific or get new material.

 

[Tonee4130]

there are no humans in the mod, pure alien vs alien style is what I am want to go for

 

[IchI]

Tonee4130, I don't think anyone has actually read your post so far they just seem to speculate.

 

[Tonee4130]

ah well :/

 

[Yuri]

Sorry mate, but the Alien mod ideas are so damn common that no one really cares about them any more.

Why don't you try to make a mod like that, only with an alien or something of your own design?

Edit: I had read it as well, it just seemed to me that you were using the Aliens from the Alien series... the way you described everything seemed extremely familiar.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Tonee4130, I don't think anyone has actually read your post so far they just seem to speculate.

Yes I did

Tail – for example; from Alien(s)

 

[Tonee4130]

I wasn't implying use the exact one, was just an example

You know - cs, must of said something like "like" and "from" when they designed it

..

 

[The Dark Elf]

I wasn't implying use the exact one, was just an example

You know - cs, must of said something like "like" and "from" when they designed it

..

Ahh, so just cause someone else did something that can be twisted to mean something else, its ok to rip off other people's IP.. mmkay then, well good luck with the mod, you go ahead and do it. Just don't complain when you've wasted a years work by getting shut down by Fox is all.

We're just trying to save you from wasting your time.

Your welcome btw.

 

[Tonee4130]

>>>>> foxs tail
<-> my tail

two different things correct?

By an example I am meaning it has a tail - and uses it like alien aliens... not the exact tail not doing EXACTLY the same thing but "like" as in it uses it as a weapon...

what do you not understand about examples?

 

[The Dark Elf]

Well fine, if your not willing to be reasonable. go ahead and make it, clearly you have more experience than anyone else. Which is why your copying Aliens and making excuses. But thats ok, your bigger than Fox eh

 

[IchI]

You are been a little harsh on the guy tbh. I think the whole General Editing and Help wanted forums have had so much bullshite in them its hard not to get this kind of thing. There seems to be quite a lot of tension with this community and people copying ideas.

You must remember Tonee4130 some of use have been here over 1 year and we have pritty much seen a lot of mods fail. I can see where both of you are coming from, I think Tonee4130 could be a little more creative and Dark Elf could give you a little more slack.

It's up to you really. I have a pritty dam original mod idea which I have talked about with Dark Elf before, he didn't seem to react the same way.

Infact, I want to take my idea further but I don't think I have enough dedication as a leader. I really do need someone like a programmer or someone of all trades to work with.

Anyway, a little off topic there. But anyway

 

[The Dark Elf]

You are been a little harsh on the guy tbh. I think the whole General Editing and Help wanted forums have had so much bullshite in them its hard not to get this kind of thing. There seems to be quite a lot of tension with this community and people copying ideas.

You must remember Tonee4130 some of use have been here over 1 year and we have pritty much seen a lot of mods fail. I can see where both of you are coming from, I think Tonee4130 could be a little more creative and Dark Elf could give you a little more slack.

It's up to you really. I have a pritty dam original mod idea which I have talked about with Dark Elf before, he didn't seem to react the same way.

Infact, I want to take my idea further but I don't think I have enough dedication as a leader. I really do need someone like a programmer or someone of all trades to work with.

Anyway, a little off topic there. But anyway

I was different with you cause you showed you were going out of your way to make something original and you accepted advice and idea's. You didn't think you knew everything and were willing to listen even if you didn't use the idea's, you still listened, didn't get bitchy.

 

[IchI]

I was different with you cause you showed you were going out of your way to make something original and you accepted advice and idea's. You didn't think you knew everything and were willing to listen even if you didn't use the idea's, you still listened, didn't get bitchy.

hhehehe, kewl. I rock lol

I had another really ingenious idea when I was just at school. It came to my mind just like that. Ow, I'm so excited. I can't wait to get all this writen down.

 

[Neutrino]

Well fine, if your not willing to be reasonable. go ahead and make it, clearly you have more experience than anyone else. Which is why your copying Aliens and making excuses. But thats ok, your bigger than Fox eh

He's going to be shut down by Fox because he said he wanted one of his aliens to have a tail, and used the tail in Aliens as an example to illustrate what he meant?

I also do not see how he was being unreasonable. He was merely trying to explain that he meant it as an example. Furthermore, nothing in his post that I can see shows that he is trying to copy Aliens or is just "making excuses". Now I'll grant that it's possible that he may have been thinking along those lines, but it didn't appear that way and you can't be sure. It mostly sounded like he just wanted a mod where different alien species fight each other, which last time I checked was not copyrighted.

Ahh, so just cause someone else did something that can be twisted to mean something else, its ok to rip off other people's IP.. mmkay then, well good luck with the mod, you go ahead and do it. Just don't complain when you've wasted a years work by getting shut down by Fox is all.

We're just trying to save you from wasting your time.

Your welcome btw.

How is he ripping off other people's intellectual property? It's just a tail we're talking about here. He doesn't have to use the exact tail from the movies or game. He can change it to something completely different if he wants and it would be fine.

Basically, I really see no reason for being so sarcastic to him.



To Tonee4130, yes you can get in trouble if you try to copy ideas from a company such as Fox. So if your intention was to use any theme from the Alien movies or game you would not be allowed to do so. However, this doesn't mean you can't have aliens fighting each other and have an alien with a tail if you wish as long as they are your own ideas. There's no reason you can't have an alien vs. alien mod as long as the aliens are your own design.

About the mod idea in general, I'd suggest maybe trying to think of something to add to it that would make it a bit more original. You can keep the main theme, but try to perhaps introduce a new idea that would make the game different than all the others and take it beyond just aliens fighting aliens. Just something to think about.

Another idea would be to maybe try to join some other mod teams. I don't know how much experience you have, but making a mod is quite a difficult thing to do, so it might be a good idea to gain some experience on another team so you can really get a feel for what it's like.