Flamethrower addition a Possibility?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 10:25 am
Of course it's possible to add new units, we've seen it before, but I question the possibility because I'm considering doing this myself. The Flamethrower is an iconic weapon of the Army Men universe due to the absolutely horrific deaths it inflicts on plastic soldiers. There's even a file on the PS2 version of the game that features the unit evidently cut from the final release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJDueGJ03g What would the game gain with the addition of a Flamethrower? If recruit-able from the standard Barracks, no upgrade required, the unit could be effective against Infantry and Structures, but near useless against Armor, and Air units could not be attacked at all. It would basically be a worse Machinegunner, but cheaper and build-able at the game's start.
This unit should be in the game, plain and simple, but how to do it? One option is to make Scorch available for purchase, or give another unit the flame attack, or we could make a new unit entirely. What I want to see isn't like reinventing the wheel or anything; I just want to equip the flamethrower in game to a generic soldier recruit-able from the Barracks. Unfortunately, the game does not allow editing of .god file models as far as I know, so the unit has to be made from scratch.
My own knowledge of creating a new model, animating it, and putting it into the game, is quite limited. I need whatever knowledge you modders out there can share, starting with what program to use, and how to draw the model within it. I've seen some threads on how to add units to the game, or edit existing ones, but nothing about making new units.
This unit should be in the game, plain and simple, but how to do it? One option is to make Scorch available for purchase, or give another unit the flame attack, or we could make a new unit entirely. What I want to see isn't like reinventing the wheel or anything; I just want to equip the flamethrower in game to a generic soldier recruit-able from the Barracks. Unfortunately, the game does not allow editing of .god file models as far as I know, so the unit has to be made from scratch.
My own knowledge of creating a new model, animating it, and putting it into the game, is quite limited. I need whatever knowledge you modders out there can share, starting with what program to use, and how to draw the model within it. I've seen some threads on how to add units to the game, or edit existing ones, but nothing about making new units.