How about when one or more of your persistent perk slots is empty, you still have a chance of picking up a random, 1-use powerup from a star?
I see several advantages to this system:
1) New players would get to try out the powerups right away, and also test them out before spending their points to unlock them.
2) The advantage of veteran players would be intact but slightly lessened.
3) Players who enjoy the variety and/or surprise factor could still leave room for this in their build.
One might argue that this would reduce the value or appeal of persistent perks, but I would think being able to choose your favorites and having them with you all match is still a great incentive.
Thoughts?
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I love the map “thats no moon”, I’d love to see other maps like it, or just anything that wont have me spinning in orbit forever. In essence, more planet style or flat battlefield styled maps.
Also to add, I enjoy making maps for games. I’d really love to see an SDK and other player created content.
Cheers guys, great job on this amazing game!
sometimes, I respawn, but am stuck in mid-air with the upgrades overlay still open. The only fix is to quit the game.
This is very annoying and happens rather frequently (every other game).
Fix please
]]>in a mario kart game, the player that is placed further near the bottom has a greater chance of getting better items, so they have a fighting chance once they fall behind.
i don’t really want to see plain sight become a super hardcore fast action game, but more of a casual one that is easy to learn, hard to master, and sometimes maybe give in to random chance.
i think it is convenient that there already have stars that are similar to the item boxes in mario kart, now instead of shaving 10 seconds off global perk cooldowns, why not offer some kind of “item” that players can use?
for example, the players at the very top would get something not very useful, like the banana peel in mario kart. something along the lines of…reduce glow for 10 seconds. while the bottom ranking players would get an item that is incredibly helpful.
of course, it doesnt have to be implemented this way, as long as there is something that enables the losing players to fight back.
]]>Just add something, not nesseceraly these, but something to have a bit of skill to kill.
And also if possible have different robot models to choose from.
]]>Here’s my errorlog :
System.NullReferenceException: La référence d'objet n'est pas définie à une instance d'un objet.
à PlainSight.UILayer.UnloadTextures()
à PlainSight.GameplayScreen.UnloadContent(Boolean hardExit)
à BeatEngine.ScreenSystem.ScreenManager.UnloadContent()
à Microsoft.Xna.Framework.DrawableGameComponent.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
à Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponent.Dispose()
à Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
à Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Dispose()
à PlainSight.Program.Main(String[] args)
Thanks for your help !
]]>To keep both small and large rooms balanced and more fun for beginning players as well, a different way of gaining those persistent perks ingame is probably nessicary and more logical.
I’ve noticed that the perks can be devided in 3 categories, much like ingame temporary perks:
Offensive perks are the Flaming Sword, Big Bang and Chain Detonation.
Defensive perks are the Shield, Stealth, and Perk Void.
Assisting perks are the Break Lock, Target Decoy and Vacuum Bomb.
Perhaps the Perk Void and Vacuum Bomb could be switched.
So, to gain a perk, you have to do something rather than (run away, camp and) wait for a timer.
Offensive Perks: Kills will gain you ‘points’ to this type of perk. Deaths (Not /Also/Faster with meltdowns?) will decrease your ‘points’.
Defensive Perks: Deaths will gain you points, kills will decrease it. (Longer killing sprees decrease the points faster?)
Assisting Perks could be given a timer, so if you’re not dying a lot but aren’t killing much either, you can still get access to some perks. (Speeds up with stars?)
Doing these things ingame will also gain you Star-points (Green, Red, Blue. Yellow = Global?) toward those types of perks. Assisting perks (or all perks +1, +2 for assist?) can be increased by collecting stars.
I think by doing this, small rooms won’t be dominated by a single player, but instead makes them more balanced. Defensive perks should be gained faster than Offensive perks; You can only die once, but gain multiple kills in a life. This keeps smaller rooms more balanced too: Weaker players will have more chance to kill the dominating player and decrease their offensive perk credits! Newer players have much more chance to fight back.
To keep the difference in perks balanced in a certain theme, a different amount of points could be set per perk. Flaming Sword has much more killing potential than Chain Detonation (in my opinion, of course), and Big Bang is quite deadly, too. Chain Detonation could require less points to gain than the other perks. Another example is the difference between Break Lock and Vacuum Bomb; Break Lock should have a way shorter timer than the Vacuum Bomb.
I think this system would make a lot more sense than collecting stars, since that is not a main goal in a game. It also allows players to play the game normally and still advance in buying persistent perks, instead of having to grind falling stars to keep up with the more frequently playing crowd. They might have less choice, but they can still choose 3 perks soon enough.
I think this system balances out the persistent perks a lot more. It also gives a goal towards the goal of the game: Killing, melting down and score points! I would love to hear feedback on this idea.
]]>The error I get when clicking on anything but the Options menu item. I ran the .net verification tool that shows you’ve got them installed correctly, it said I did. Checked Microsoft update, no new updates for .Net, I have XNA 2.0 and 3.1 installed and showing correctly. I really hope someone can help, I’d like to play this game. : (
]]>I can access the menu, log in, but when i attend to start the tutorial or any kind of game, it crashes.
Here is the ErrorLog :
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at PlainSight.UILayer.UnloadTextures()
at PlainSight.GameplayScreen.UnloadContent(Boolean hardExit)
at BeatEngine.ScreenSystem.ScreenManager.UnloadContent()
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.DrawableGameComponent.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponent.Dispose()
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Dispose()
at PlainSight.Program.Main(String[] args)
Note that the error was always the same, even before i did the updates.
I am running on XP SP3, and my graphic card is a GeFORCE 8800 GTS 512.
Thank you.
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