First I want to say Welcome to Tron-Sector

I think they need a MMORPG.We need a Game Grid.

A MMORPG Is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

Kinda like Final Fantasy or World of Warcraft you play It online.Best Idea I can think to explain It.

Yeah though It sounds like you are on that path.Well at least In my head A FPS (First Person Shooter) like Tron 2.0 could work as well though.

Although (My game does indeed start on the Game Grid (you begin as your everyday cyber conscript) That sounds like a MMORPG Game & I welcome It lol

Like most fan-based games out there, this one will be for personal gratification. With all the copyright and licensing issues, even distributing the game as freeware might be frowned upon by the likes of Encom shareholders. I have several pc's but no Mac and no Linux. If I find the time to develop the game, it would be pc-based.

I've thought about multi-player options, but frankly I don't know how difficult (or easy) it is to do with network protocols, firewalls, and technical stuff. (I'm a programming engineer for a major microchip company, but not a network specialist.) The concept I have is more arcade-plot orientated rather than virtual-reality multi-player orientated. The idea behind Tron was man against the machine, and that concept will be maintained in this game. It's also not a FPS. I really like the lightcycle Game Grid Champions (it's a shame the project never got finished), but the graphic quality and AI quality leave a bit to be desired. The game style will be third-person 3D and not likely (but not impossibly) multi-player.

I have Tron 2.0 but alas it's still in the box not even installed yet. I've been reading about these "map" things people put online for download but I think that's beyond the scope of my concept idea. A successful program is one that is new, reliable, affordable, and way cool. I've seen a lot of Tron games and none are what I've got in my head. (There are several games that maybe represent one small aspect of this program, but each of them always have something missing - graphic quality, or control awkwardness, or lack of a comprehensive audio track, or continuity issues, or something. Besides, as mentioned, this game would be something to appease a hard-nosed critical "wish-this-existed" Tron fan, and if it ended up in the hands of others (free) and they like too, well that ain't bad either.

Anyways, this thread has gone way off topic. The whole plot and style of the game have already been worked out. I was originally just seeking suggestions for what game players would consider a novel/cool/playable/practical/realistic way of how a conscript on foot might go about acquiring a tank or recognizer. The recognizer is a little easier than a tank - I could simply hide a "junkyard" somewhere in the maze outside the game grid and if a player was lucky enough to find it they could simply hijack one as Flynn did (after juicing up, of course, in one of a few skillfully placed power-pools).

Getting into a tank is a little trickier because they're nearly always occupied and on the lookout for escaped conscripts like the gamer. (You don't exactly just "find one" parked with the door hanging open at Sark's tupperware party.)

So, back to the question: If you were running on foot outside the game grid, or riding around in your lightcycle, and wanted/needed to get into a tank for advancing to the next misson chaper, what do you think would be a good way to do that? Thanks.

Ok now I see It.It's a 3rd Person action game.I think the Tanks could be as easy as the Recognizers,but I'm not a computer genius.Don't know how hard It would be for you to pull It off.

The Tanks would be mobile.Sneaking up from the Tanks field of vision.Either from the sides or from behind.Just not In view of the cannon.After doing that climb up & climb inside.Showing a animation of yourself throwing out the driver.
Kinda reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS25ub3BCNo

Just more simple of course lol Then a animation of the user throwing out the driver.

For the Recognizer yeah I think you got about the right Idea.

Hope my Input helped a bit this time.I couldn't see the full picture of It I think till now.

chappaai WroteMental note to self: Refrain from posting to forums late at night after a full day of holiday fun, lest ye be subjugated to lots of unnoticed typos.)

lol

chappaai Wrote: I was originally just seeking suggestions for what game players would consider a novel/cool/playable/practical/realistic way of how a conscript on foot might go about acquiring a tank or recognizer. The recognizer is a little easier than a tank - I could simply hide a "junkyard" somewhere in the maze outside the game grid and if a player was lucky enough to find it they could simply hijack one as Flynn did (after juicing up, of course, in one of a few skillfully placed power-pools). Getting into a tank is a little trickier because they're nearly always occupied and on the lookout for escaped conscripts like the gamer. (You don't exactly just "find one" parked with the door hanging open at Sark's tupperware party.) So, back to the question: If you were running on foot outside the game grid, or riding around in your lightcycle, and wanted/needed to get into a tank for advancing to the next misson chaper, what do you think would be a good way to do that? Thanks.

May I suggest you read into David1's Tron2.0 the continuation, where there is material suitable (maybe w/kudos) to - or above expectations of descriptiveness for game material?

In the sequence where Jet leaves a tank w/ a modified lightcycle, the exit's in the rear through a loading ramp.

If you look at the size ratios, (maybe MMMMWMMMM or Ed Keefe can help with the ratios) there's a scale that works well for the models from the art made by some of the fans whom describe a rule, although you'd have to find the material in other sectors of the forum... if you need any help w/ the links, I may be able to help w/ your topic.

chappaai Wrote:Just watched the clip - too much cinema and not enough game. And if a tank barrel really sliced though the player (poor polygon tracking), I doubt they'd still be running around throwing grenades. Thanks for the brute force toss 'em out idea. Quite simple and probably why it eluded my runaway multitasking processor upstairs. If you've ever played the Toy Story 2 Action Game (Buzz Lightyear) then you've got a good idea how I'd set up this program, only with a Tron theme and better rendering. (Graphics capability have improved since that game was released, but it's still a fun game to play. And if a game isn't fun, then why play it?)

I have video of Tron 2.0, the tank action is let's say tedious at best, I'll upload a video for you to get the concept here...