[RELEASE: v1.0.1b] Zombie Master 2

[Scrap.est]

Clicking the limited spawn orb could select all zombies spawned through it. Should be a fast solution as you are probably close to the orb.

[Marphy Black]

Perhaps some interface support could help, a "select zombies spawned here" kind of button.

Now that I think about it, I feel that this could actually be a very useful option for all spawns. As I'm sure many have experienced, it is often necessary for the ZM to clean up his zombies left behind in previous areas as the survivors move on to new ones. However, if you have zombies present in both the current and preceding areas, this becomes a particularly frustrating task as you either have to manually track down every last remaining zombie in the past area or grudgingly bite the bullet and select all + expire units. However however, if the ZM could easily select the zombies created through particular spawns, then this task would be a simple matter of heading back to previous spawn orbs and making a few clicks. You're a genius, BKU!

Clicking the limited spawn orb could select all zombies spawned through it.

I think a button would be more appropriate. I'm not a fan of games automatically performing certain actions for you as if to immediately assume that's what you want to do.

[Boler]

I would like to formally ask if the source code for this version is going to be made availible after release. I understand if not (honestly I wouldn't blame you either), but if I get skilled enough to actually work on mod code it's something I look foward to.

[Couch Radish]

There should also be a button which jumps you to a zombie spawn, and to a survivor. It's difficult when you lose track of survivors and can't find them.

And for the spawn thing, maybe we should just skip the limited spawn and just stick with the other spawn? The one where if you use up the population amount, it has to recharge before being usable again?

Also, I thought of being able to spend a large amount of points (maybe 5000) as ZM to build a spawn wherever you want it. It would be slower than regular spawns, and would have only one spawn point. Good for if people are camping in a small area.

[C.Mong]

Only if there is a brush entity to not allow it to be placed where the brush entity is.
That idea would also break all of the older ZM maps, so I don't think it's a very good idea to begin with.

[Soduka]

In the vast majority of instances, if you have 5000 points laying around you probably aren't doing your job.

[Eric Fing]

But seriously, I can't wait to see how this goes. 

Yeah, he is awesome. :awesome:

[Sir. Micky Boy]

Yeah, he is awesome. :awesome:

No shut up you.

[Boler]

No shut up you.

Well isn't this a friendly little get together.

[MoarToast]

Question for Tanner that I'm sure has been asked before, Will the issue with certain props launching players (usually to their death) if they walk over them still be in ZM2? This is a problem I found to be especially annoying in some maps where a door will get knocked down and launch me or someone else when trying to walk over it.

[McViolent]

Question for Tanner that I'm sure has been asked before, Will the issue with certain props launching players (usually to their death) if they walk over them? This is a problem I found to be especially annoying in some maps where a door will get knocked down and launch me or someone else when trying to walk over it.

No, this has been fixed in OB.

[Sn1pe]

What's this about me now?

[-Mythic-]

Whoah, that was close. Snipe almost read the posts before they were deleted.

[Secone]

What? I missed something here.

[-Mythic-]

I kid, I kid.

[UnInvincible]

I'm pretty sure nothing happened. Stupid people posted off-topic stuff because they're excited about Sn1pe being involved, Sn1pe is confused, and instead of helping -Mythic- is an ass and pretends people were talking about him.

[MoarToast]

I think we should probably get back on topic now.

Is there any plans to re-animate some of the character animations for weapons later in development? Such as maybe putting in a proper reload animation for the Shotgun, Rifle and Revolver, giving the rifle shooting animation a few more frames, having the fists' animations be consistent with the view model animations, or having a lighting animation for the Molotov? I imagine there probably is, but I just wanted to check.

[Sn1pe]

I can do those yeah, shouldn't be too hard.

[Citizen_001]

having the fists' animations be consistent with the view model animations

This.

I've always wanted world model animations to be changed to fit what you are doing. Also as far as I've seen I don't think there any player model reload animations for any gun.

If you can make a decent-looking punching animation though Sn1pe, you would be a god.

Edit: Oh and as for the idea of limited spawns, that sounds like one of the best suggestions I've heard so far and support it fully.

[MoarToast]

I've always wanted world model animations to be changed to fit what you are doing. Also as far as I've seen I don't think there any player model reload animations for any gun.

There are for the Pistol, Mac 10 and Revolver, but their all default HL2 DM Pistol reload animations to my knowledge, which is just silly for the revolver.

Although fists would be the best thing of all things. I understand that the original devs were bound by the limitations of their animating skills/limitations of the Source engine, but having the Crowbar animation for fists just looks ridiculous.

Speaking of fists, Is there still going to be the strange Melee swing sound loop that was in ZM? I never really understood why Melee weapons would play the swinging soundclip twice whenever you use them.

EDIT: I also wonder if/think Tanner should switch the Gravity gun animation for the regular GMod/HL2DM unarmed animation for Carry. I doubt making an entirely new Carry animation would help much, since objects just float in front of you due to Source limitations.

Another Edit: I've recently come up with something for more non-linear objective maps.

Would there be any way to put in a simple Objective arrow at the top of the hud to guide players to each objective, and to designate where the objectives are as well as what objectives come first/last?

Take a map like zm_docksofthedead for example.

Say the first objective is to get a gas can, the arrow would point towards what direction the gas can is and will keep pointing at it until it is taken to the truck and hits a trigger, which then makes the arrow switch to pointing towards the next objective.

For the more non-linear maps, there could be an option to manually switch what objective the arrow points at.

This is simply an idea to help some maps give players a better sense of direction if the map designer chooses to do so, I understand there are probably some problems with this, even if you can make objective markers track physics objects, there are probably limitations that restrict this kind of thing.

As I said, only an idea. I find a lot of otherwise nice maps ruined by people who can't read the giant loading message telling them to press F1 to read the map instructions, or maps that have no instructions at all. Therefore resulting in everyone running in circles until the map ends.

I recall Tanner saying something about pointing objectives out with HUD hints, so that may be generally the same thing.