[Angelus]

I always thought having the eye sweep work almost like a thermal sight would be cool, ie targets would be temporarily be highlighted as the sweep passes over them.  It would give the sweep a functional purpose as well ass being in keeping with the hunting animal premise.

Would this be possible via scripting? Or is that something that should be requested for SCP? Having a Cylon "view" ( Centurion style, like in Razor ) is doable, and increases the immersion on maps like Scars playground ( although it might take some time to get used to for some people ).

[newman]

The red scanning thing might also be used to shut down targets. When this mode is active (maybe turned on via comms menu, or a special key) the red eye scan beam goes back and forth until it crosses over an enemy target. Then it focuses on that target and the player needs to keep focused on it until the CNP virus thing does it's thing. If the target gets out of your sight before the virus did it's thing you need to try again. For gameplay purposes maybe - bigger target = longer shutdown time, so it takes longer to shut down a full battlestar then it does a mkVII viper.. In 1CW it might serve a similar purpose but not actually shut down targets, more like standard electronics warfare. Mess with target's targeting, sensors, maneuverability maybe? Not sure how difficult would this to be implement since I'm not a coder. Just thinking out loud here.

[-Norbert-]

Sounds like there wouldn't be anything to it other than a UI change.
The game (even FS1) already supports something like that with the scan. Have the targets start as unidentified (or course renamed in the UI) and once they are identified, fire an according SEXP that disables or weakens the target (replace weaopns in turrets, shut down certain subsystems, ect.).

Maybe have a recuring SEXP that restores each ship periodically if you aim for what newman called standard electronics warfare.

[FreespacePilot2010]

SEXP

LOL. So immature.

But yes. If the FS2 open engine is capable of post process effects then mabey having the screen look like how a cylon sees then perhaps that could be the cockpit view.

[The E]

SEXP

LOL. So immature.

There is nothing immature in talking about sexps. In fact, one could argue that there is a whole board here on HLP dedicated to producing the best sexps you can. We'll even help you if you can't get your sexps working correctly here. And once you have all your sexps done to your satisfaction, you can show them off to the rest of us here. Yes. We do love some good sexping around here.

[StarSlayer]

"I want your sexp"

[FreespacePilot2010]

Dont you all know that I was being sarcastic? Im assuming your being sarcastic to. At least I hope so.

[FraktuRe]

Sarcasm? What's that? In all my years I've never heard this term before? Is it some kind of sexp term? We all know what sexp's are? Is this a question?

[The E]

Dunno about StarSlayer, but I was completely serious. Bring on those sexps!

[newman]

Is this a question?

No. Is this an answer?

[FraktuRe]

Is this a question?

No. Is this an answer?

What was that strange symbol you placed after the 'no' ?

[The E]

It's a point. You missed it.

[FraktuRe]

A point? BUT IT'S ROUND!

[newman]

All points are round, with the exception of those that aren't.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

in b4 lock

Also, @

It's a point. You missed it.

 

[FraktuRe]

Whoa whoa whoa, hold up there guys you've lost me on this; From the top, what's this way of finishing sentences you're using? It's a strange and frightening piece of punctuation and I'm not sure what it does, though that makes it really hard to write this sentence without using it, even though I don't know how to use/why I would use it/what it's for and I don't know how I've survived so long without using it; So how about it, will you guys help me?

Edit: Also, exclamation point!

[Angelus]

Whoa whoa whoa, hold up there guys you've lost me on this; From the top, what's this way of finishing sentences you're using? It's a strange and frightening piece of punctuation and I'm not sure what it does, though that makes it really hard to write this sentence without using it, even though I don't know how to use/why I would use it/what it's for and I don't know how I've survived so long without using it; So how about it, will you guys help me?

Edit: Also, exclamation point!

excuse me, just out of curiosity, but why did you flip an i and use it to finish a sentence?
What happened to the good ol' behaviour to end sentences with hyphens?

[newman]

excuse me, just out of curiosity, but why did you flip an i and use it to finish a sentence?
What happened to the good ol' behaviour to end sentences with hyphens?

That's a good question. I demand an answer, sir!

[tikey]

A little off-topic at this point, but there are some in-game screens.
It looks quite good.
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-browsing-through-battlestar-galactica-online-176779.phtml

[FraktuRe]

What's that "i" Character you speak of? Never used that character myself, care to elaborate on just how you use the character? Seems to me to be completely unnecessary to me!