Major Update Speculation: V8: Rise of the Machines! - Games

[QUOTE=Archimedes;37514052]Put the top half of a level 2/3 sentry on a pair of engie legs and call it the player buster.[/QUOTE] The thought of the Player Buster's looks is a lot more terrifying than the Sentry Buster's looks...

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37513989]This is another one of the things that could be achieved by dropping DX8 and moving TF2 to newer variants of Source.[/QUOTE] Because DX8 is totally the reason why Source games can't get new things

[QUOTE=Jorori;37514158]Because DX8 is totally the reason why Source games can't get new things[/QUOTE] It's one of the reasons. The other is that Valve can be lazy sometimes

[QUOTE=Erfly;37514001]But TF2 had an animated menu back in 2007.[/QUOTE] Actually, the animated Menu was just the main menu loading a special cut down version of Dustbowl with the spectator camera facing the rocket. Since it loads a level instead of just the menu, it makes load times longer. I remember that somebody reuploaded that menu on Gamebanana some time ago. Actually, it's probably possible to make an animated menu like the Spy one that was posted above. I just don't know if you can make spectator cameras move along a pre-set path, but you could place a character model in the map and give it animations.

[QUOTE=zombays;37514485]It's one of the reasons. The other is that Valve can be lazy sometimes[/QUOTE] 'Sometimes' sound like an underestimation in that case...

[QUOTE=Hell-met;37513933]Perhaps, but that doesn't give robot buildings a better point. Teleporters - Impossible Dispenser - As I said, bots never run back or take cover. Useless. Sentry - Counter-productive. You're defending from the bots, not the other way around. Mini-sentry - The only one I could see work. Even then, engi robots would probably place them either too early or too late.[/QUOTE] I think Minisentry would be the way to go. Or an engineer-bot using building move animations with a special moveable dispenser that continues to heal out in a large range. So like an AoE Medic, but maybe weaker healing in general. [editline]2nd September 2012[/editline] Also an idea I was tossing around was making Engineer bots as a "Spy buster" so a Spy doing well spawns an Engineer that hunts Spies and is very good at it. Using the Pomson and being all annoying and stuff to Spies.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;37514612]I think Minisentry would be the way to go. Or an engineer-bot using building move animations with a special moveable dispenser that continues to heal out in a large range. So like an AoE Medic, but maybe weaker healing in general.[/quote] Perhaps they could tweak his hauling animations to make it appear as if he's carrying a level 1 dispenser.

I think Valve could pull off the Gunslinger Engie bots well if they were treated like Sniper bots with a limited spawn rate of two or three per wave.

Oh god, I just realized something. If Scribblenauts Unlimited decides to do a promo with Valve (which may or may not happen)... [highlight][b]That means we're going to get a new Engineer PDA![/b][/highlight] [sp]The Notebook[/sp]

here are three robo engy ideas 1. A melee only style engibot that find the robot that does the most damage whacking him and healing him but can't carry the bomb or use anything other than southern hospitality 2. a dispensor on legs that walks amongst group of bots. 3. Tricky part of this variant requires something like Ronin's engineer cyborg machine gun hand to be put in, They'd have a small chaingun in place of their wrench hand and mini sentry damage, would usually spawn like spybots and only one at a time. Also unrelated; why is the festive sticky lancher light a single white color?

[QUOTE=AbeX300;37515204]Oh god, I just realized something. If Scribblenauts Unlimited decides to do a promo with Valve (which may or may not happen)... [highlight][b]That means we're going to get a new Engineer PDA![/b][/highlight] [sp]The Notebook[/sp][/QUOTE] That would be awesome, but we'd probably just get the rooster hat as that's what they use for their IRL promotions.

[QUOTE=Yukoviz;37515629]That would be awesome, but we'd probably just get the rooster hat as that's what they use for their IRL promotions.[/QUOTE] Don't we already have this? [thumb]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/8/8e/RED_Robot_Chicken_Hat.png[/thumb]

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37515658]Don't we already have this? [thumb]http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/8/8e/RED_Robot_Chicken_Hat.png[/thumb][/QUOTE] And we already have baseball caps and fedoras

[QUOTE=Yukoviz;37515629]That would be awesome, but we'd probably just get the rooster hat as that's what they use for their IRL promotions.[/QUOTE] i thought they used the headphones for promotions? anyway, someone needs to make a notebook to submit quickly. it might just work.

Just did my first tour and got a Botkiller Sticky Launcher :( I wanted Scattergun or Wrench. [editline]3rd September 2012[/editline] also won't be an update tomorrow because of Labor Day [editline]3rd September 2012[/editline] Now I guess I did into the scary world of trading for a Botkiller Wrench and Scattergun. I also traded a key for a another Botkiller Sticky Launcher, so now I have 2 I don't want ha.

sooooo..... we wait for bugfixes and halloween? RIP weekly workshop items

I discovered something fascinating on a trade server today (maybe late) I was on a trade server that had one of those server features to become a robot, and the taunts are usually hilariously broken due to lack of proper animations. I was playing as robot Demoman and I pulled out my Ullapool Caber and taunted with it. My Demo's torso spun and the legs crouched down. Seems to me that somehow the Sentry Buster is still considered a Demoman in the code or something.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;37514612]I think Minisentry would be the way to go. Or an engineer-bot using building move animations with a special moveable dispenser that continues to heal out in a large range. So like an AoE Medic, but maybe weaker healing in general. [editline]2nd September 2012[/editline] Also an idea I was tossing around was making Engineer bots as a "Spy buster" so a Spy doing well spawns an Engineer that hunts Spies and is very good at it. Using the Pomson and being all annoying and stuff to Spies.[/QUOTE] Again, I know you want a full engi bot but, a pair of engineer legs with a dispenser for body is way better.

what happened to that huge community submitted fixes update that was supposed to happen?

we only really learned about that a month ago

well they've since refused some of my fixes rather than telling me they're adding them to a list or something

holy shit, the workshop right now is incredible. nearly every single item on the entire front page is outstanding, what on earth is going on? THERE'S EVEN A POOPY JOE GHOST. I'd been wanting to see exactly that for ages!

[QUOTE=NeoDement;37516595]well they've since refused some of my fixes rather than telling me they're adding them to a list or something[/QUOTE] the sound of progress

i hope there will be a halloween MVM map and maybe even a ROBOT GHOST WITH AN AXE AND A PUMPKIN HEAD MADE OF METAL!

I hope we get more than 3 hats to wear all year this year

I hope we'll get some new weapons soon.

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;37516709]I hope we'll get some new weapons soon.[/QUOTE] Next year. Gotta be. It'll probably be reskin weapons in the Manniversary, Halloween, [b]AND[/b] Smissmas updates.

Baleful Beacon with stats BELIEVE

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;37516791]Baleful Beacon with stats BELIEVE[/QUOTE] "So you wanted that unused Baleful Beacon, eh? Well here you go, complete with Neon Annihilator stats!" Oh the dreadfulness that would ensue. [b]Edit:[/b] But they can't go wrong with releasing the Notebook for the Engineer [b]if[/b] they make a promo with the release of Scribblenauts Unlimited. Right? [highlight][b]RIGHT?[/b][/highlight]

[QUOTE=AbeX300;37516812]"So you wanted that unused Baleful Beacon, eh? Well here you go, complete with Neon Annihilator stats!" Oh the dreadfulness that would ensue. [b]Edit:[/b] But they can't go wrong with releasing the Notebook for the Engineer [b]if[/b] they make a promo with the release of Scribblenauts Unlimited. Right? [highlight][b]RIGHT?[/b][/highlight][/QUOTE] Wrong.