Vein (2) - Garry's Mod - Facepunch Forum

Previous thread: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1148261[/url] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/veinlogo1.png[/img] Vein's my latest project in Garry's Mod. Think of it as a combination of Project Zomboid and Epidemic. Everything here is tentative and subject to change. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/features3.png[/img] [quote]- Zombie apoc roleplay with quite a few twists. I like to think of it as a roleplay gamemode that you don't have to roleplay on. - The main concept is that you can use it singleplayer and have just as much fun as if it had 42/42. - Minimalist HUD: There is no immediate info on your screen except for player names. - Clean, efficient GUI - no more browsing through five windows just to make a character - SQLLite character saving - zero lag, zero mysql config issues, zero random connection loss, etc. MySQL functionality in the future for those that want to use it. - Descriptions are no longer 100 characters, but 500 characters long (can be configured for up to 196000 characters thanks to GM13). They are brought up in a separate window with F2 to mitigate a huge line of text across your screen. Press F2 on other players to bring up their profile. - Character emote system: You can change your character's expression and perform gestures with a GUI menu. - Characters gesture when they speak - for example, hand waving, or nodding in a direction. - Custom playermodels, made by myself. They use skins - there are 1200-1500 character combinations in 100mb of human models. ~50 heads, 24-30 outfits. - Slow zombies - no fast zombie bullshit, no special/boss zombies, just the reanimated dead. These are Romero zombies. They break down doors over timespans of a week. They can be set on fire and keep shambling towards you. - Fully-featured zombie AI. - AI director: Spawns hordes if underneath a cap (for example, 30 zombies on the map at one time), as well as if someone yells/shoots a gun/etc., using the gm_navigation module. - There will be five guns (pistol, revolver, shotgun, hunting rifle, military rifle), and around 10-20 melee weapons. - Weapon system is barebones: no need for clutter. No ironsights, no superhuge smoke particles, no ricochet, etc. Simple, clean and lagless, most importantly. - Using a weapon makes you unable to move, similar to how Project Zomboid does it. This makes melee fighting a last resort - missing could be fatal. - Death is [b]final[/b]. Once a character dies and you go back to the character selection, you can still play that character, you'll just be laying on the ground, or shambling around thanks to zombie AI. No appeals, just like a realistic zombie apocalypse. Don't pick fights you can't win. - There are 3 characters allowed at one time by default; this can be changed by the server owner. - There are motives, such as sleep, hunger, exertion, etc. - Motives are saved and decay with time spent ingame. They won't kill you, just make you slower and distort your view and increase your insanity level. - Health isn't represented from 1-100; instead, you'll see Shot, Bitten, Scratched etc. with motives. - Small damage system - bandages, splints, etc. all have function - Insanity system: Think [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpRq3e9yohE[/url] - You don't want to go insane - Items have a much larger influence than other roleplay gamemodes. For example, food to decrease hunger etc. - Crafting system that supports up to 4 items. - Each item you carry slows you down. - Items and melee weapons are easy to find. Firearms and firearm ammo are hard to find. - Easy to create new items for server owners. - Can trade items directly with other players, or place them in containers. - Items have no physical presence. They're not found on the ground as with other roleplay gamemodes, but rather inside props. The reason for this is to decrease lag, missing items, and item duplication. - Map editor for use by admins. - Used to place props, item containers, zombie hotspots, zombie avoidance areas etc. - Map contents are saved. Thanks to Gmod 13, you can have up to 32,000 props in one map, with no RSO errors! - Item containers contain relevant items, as specified in the map editor: for example, a bedroom dresser won't contain a carton of milk. - Scripted events (dewip). Think a helicopter passes overhead with supplies, or the Army rolls by for a cleanup op. - Multiple official maps provided, tailored for different playerbase sizes and different playstyles: - rp_v_sacrifice: Port of L4D's The Sacrifice. Good for small servers and testing. - rp_v_terminal: Port of the Airport level from L4D's Dead Air. Good for small servers. WIP. - rp_v_riverside: Port of the town from L4D's No Mercy. Good for medium-large servers. WIP. - rp_v_rooftops: Port of two of L4D's Dead Air campaign maps. Good for large servers. WIP. - More to come! If you request a non-official map get support, I'll probably add gamemode support for it. Post in the thread! - Fully featured administrative commands. - As streamlined as possible to get undesireables out. - Music system. Plays music at opportune times. Death means sad music, life means.. sad music, zombies around means action music. - NPCs (wip) - something like bots. Each has their own personality and may either shoot you on sight (after a warning!), tag along, or give you items. More players on reduce the amount of NPCs on. - If you are bitten (or got a bad scratch) you are infected. - Works in the same vein as motives; you die after a certain amount of time ingame. - All dead players become zombies - like I said, this is slow zombie, Romero lore, so all players will become a zombie assuming their head's intact.[/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_ywelGnEo[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LEu0Dd8sZ4[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBQulEfIYDM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zIqPBGIXo8[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIPX_71eIPY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDPTpGf0MQ[/media] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/svn2.png[/img] Vein is and always will be free. It's on an SVN if you want to try it: [url]http://vein.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/[/url] Get the official maps here: [url]http://vein-maps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/[/url] Required for players: [quote]- CS:S content[/quote] Required for servers: [quote]- CS:S content - Properly installed svn content. [b]Read the readme.[/b][/quote] To install this: - Checkout the svn to a folder named "Vein" in your gamemodes folder. - Download maps you want from the map SVN. - [b]Read the [url=http://vein.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/readme.txt]readme[/url].[/b] It's updated often. [url=https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=ALZ4X4VURFK3A&lc=CA&item_name=Vein&item_number=veinfacepunch&currency_code=CAD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted][img]https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif[/img][/url] You get your name in the credits ingame across all servers and on this thread. Cheers! [quote]Donators: - Cireric / $20 - Boilrig / $17 - Johnny Guitar / $10 - Raught19 / $8 - BillyMays / $5 - George Butler / $1 - Ziggy Lata / $1 - Giang Vo / $1[/quote] Suggestions, comments, complaints, criticism... all welcome! [editline]2nd March 2013[/editline] To start the new thread off - Would you guys be OK with guns being in containers by default, and disabling PVP damage? That's the only thing I can think of that couldn't be abused.

depends on the type of weapons in containers and how logical they would be i.e it would be common to find stuff like a bat or maybe someting simplier like a hammer but make actual fireguns much harder to find

[QUOTE=Disseminate;39775195]Would you guys be OK with guns being in containers by default, and disabling PVP damage? That's the only thing I can think of that couldn't be abused.[/QUOTE] It would probably be better to do them, making PVP something you have to roleplay.

[QUOTE=werewolf0020;39775542]depends on the type of weapons in containers and how logical they would be i.e it would be common to find stuff like a bat or maybe someting simplier like a hammer but make actual fireguns much harder to find[/QUOTE] You can already find melee weapons in containers.

so L4D Content is no-longer needed?

[QUOTE=Lebofly;39775698]so L4D Content is no-longer needed?[/QUOTE] It hasn't been needed in weeks

Awesome

I don't think they can be abused. They is not that much ammo I don't think it would be wasted

Fun gamemode, going to be interesting as to what other updates you'll put in.

Could we get a more up to date gameplay video? I could whip one up for you if you want WOW It's HUGEEEEEEEE

Disable PVP? I just disagree with that part, I dealt with crazy survivors in my team before.

Can't wait for new maps.

Very fun gamemode. Can't wait for the new maps as well

Is that rain pure lua? Or is the vis rain part of the map and the water drops on your screen are lua?

[QUOTE=Lebofly;39777111]Could we get a more up to date gameplay video? I could whip one up for you if you want WOW It's HUGEEEEEEEE[/QUOTE] Sure, I'll make one soonish [QUOTE=kila58;39779953]Is that rain pure lua? Or is the vis rain part of the map and the water drops on your screen are lua?[/QUOTE] Yup, all lua

Guns dont need reloading is this going to stay like this or are you going to add reloading?

Gonna stay like that

[t]http://luaforfood.com/vein/rp_v_terminal_10001.jpg[/t] Working on rp_v_terminal - trying to brighten it up and get the lighting to play nice with HDR. If there's one thing I learned from mapping for necro back in the day, it's that people won't RP in dark rooms, ever.

[QUOTE=Disseminate;39784144][t]http://luaforfood.com/vein/rp_v_terminal_10001.jpg[/t] Working on rp_v_terminal - trying to brighten it up and get the lighting to play nice with HDR. If there's one thing I learned from mapping for necro back in the day, it's that people won't RP in dark rooms, ever.[/QUOTE] If that's your own map then props to you.

[QUOTE=HighdefGE;39784297]If that's your own map then props to you.[/QUOTE] [t]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090724045742/left4dead/images/7/70/L4d_airport04_terminal0029.png[/t] [url]http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Terminal[/url]

Wow, I don't even remember an airport last time I played L4D (which was a few years ago mind you). Well at least you're not decompiling rp_downtown and adding a night skybox; that's a first.

[QUOTE=HighdefGE;39784483]Wow, I don't even remember an airport last time I played L4D (which was a few years ago mind you). Well at least you're not decompiling rp_downtown and adding a night skybox; that's a first.[/QUOTE] man that was over 3 years ago get bent

[QUOTE=Disseminate;39785381]man that was over 3 years ago get bent[/QUOTE] "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it", right?

[QUOTE=HighdefGE;39786242]"Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it", right?[/QUOTE] -George Santayana

Hey Dis Would you consider including a random / triggered event system? fx. you can lose ammo automaticly (you drop clips by accident or forget the last bullets in a magasin if you're stressed or randomly) - your wooden bat sometimes breaks if you keep hitting things with it etc... What's up with the insanity system and the books? :) Hugs and transylvanian transvestites

I'll definitely add weapon damage of some kind in the future. Losing random items or shit like that probably won't happen - that's just frustrating. Insanity system has been in Vein since revision 1 - it's just that nobody's managed to trigger it so far that I've seen ;) Books/journals/etc are also in, I just need some writers (feel free to PM me books or stories or whatever. Zombie survival guide?) [editline]4th March 2013[/editline] [t]http://luaforfood.com/vein/rp_v_sacrifice_10030.jpg[/t] bring it

I would like to help you with the books, although my English is a bit rusty ;)

You sir are quite the capable person.

i'd help but i don't do gmod anymore

Zombies down spawn for me, even though there is a nav mesh, what am I doing wrong?