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

[QUOTE=HazardousUser;37600390][t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/632982493476362943/438AB9B2053A4D7E6B7B8516731A05973A21883C/[/t] ?[/QUOTE] I hope so, that watch and the knife that comes with it is fucking sexy.

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For community created weapons, Valve should maybe do this First, add some good stat concepts to TF2beta and announce:"hey community guys, here are some base stat ideas for some new weapons, create concepts and models based on them and the best fitting model gets picked" that way contributors aren't forced to make items generic enough to fit generic stats for a chance to get in-game, plus it adds some extra interaction between Valve and the community

[QUOTE=Tiesieman;37601209]For community created weapons, Valve should maybe do this First, add some good stat concepts to TF2beta and announce:"hey community guys, here are some base stat ideas for some new weapons, create concepts and models based on them and the best fitting model gets picked" that way contributors aren't forced to make items generic enough to fit generic stats for a chance to get in-game, plus it adds some extra interaction between Valve and the community[/QUOTE] But the stats could be changed, rendering the models obsolete.

[QUOTE=Lium;37601361]But the stats could be changed, rendering the models obsolete.[/QUOTE] the point is not to do that :v: Valve already has contact with well-known community contributors and they use that contact well enough (Triad Pack), but I do agree, I'd like to see some use for the beta.

[QUOTE=HazardousUser;37600390][t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/632982493476362943/438AB9B2053A4D7E6B7B8516731A05973A21883C/[/t] ?[/QUOTE] Is that supposed to be a TF2 item? It doesn't fit the artstyle at all. Way too detailed.

I dreamt that I unboxed an Unusual Sexual Tyrannosaurus and it had the purple confetti effect, and I was going to tell you all about it but it never actually happened so now I'm kind of bummed.

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;37601971]I dreamt that I unboxed an Unusual Sexual Tyrannosaurus and it had the purple confetti effect, and I was going to tell you all about it but it never actually happened so now I'm kind of bummed.[/QUOTE] Only purple confetti? Man, your dreams are boring.

[QUOTE=Pocket Medic;37602232]Only purple confetti? Man, your dreams are boring.[/QUOTE] Well, my dreaming mind didn't want to be [I]too[/I] nice to me. Even in dreams I know my luck.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;37600353]The first one (tf_bot_npc_decoy) seems to be a harmless decoy of the player using it. It has the same weapons equipped and almost always runs in a line for ~5 seconds before dissapearing. Not really sure of what valve intended and which class uses it. The best part about it is the incredible potential for a new spy watch[/QUOTE] This + Unused Dispenser Disguise Attribute = New Spy Pack with a watch and disguise kit that add something brand new to the game?

Eh, snip. Too many opinions, no one's gonna like it. And sorry for posting thrice. It's silly.

[QUOTE=ned_ballad]Jet Set Radio HD comes out in a week and a half. Oh man, give me a spray paint weapon and blades (with a custom run animation) for Scout I'm being very reasonable and this [B]promo[/B] has a good chance of being exactly this (lolololol) [/QUOTE] Wasn't Segab working on potential promos for Jet Set Radio HD? Has he heard back from Sega about it yet?

[QUOTE=Croshi;37602562]This + Unused Dispenser Disguise Attribute = New Spy Pack with a watch and disguise kit that add something brand new to the game?[/QUOTE] So maybe the Disguise Kit would allow you to disguise as dispensers, at the cost of getting less health from Medkits and Medics? Would make sense to me, I think.

it seems as of Thursday's patch, Valve's CTF servers are running post-cap crits again. That was a weird couple of months

Right, sorry about the vid. Here's round 2. ------------------------------------------------- So I made a video about 2 apparently scrapped MvM entities [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QFTkd5tsY&feature=youtu.be[/media] The first one (tf_bot_npc_decoy) seems to be a harmless decoy of the player using it. It has the same weapons equipped and almost always runs in a line for ~5 seconds before dissapearing. Not really sure of what valve intended and which class uses it. The best part about it is the incredible potential for a new spy watch. The second one (tf_bot_npc_archer) is valve's attempt into making a bowman its own entity like the horsemann. It has very specific although strange behaviors. Seems like valve simply went ahead with using a normal bot with the huntsman instead.

I'm optimistic we might see the [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=73814273"]15 minute of flame set[/URL] in a future update. Doesn't even need to be said that the soot suit would sell like crazy if it was ever added, valve have probably seen it too. So for them not to add the suit alone tells me they might want to add the whole set. Could deffinetely see the hat, suit, and mic getting in as 3 piece set.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;37603029]Right, sorry about the vid. Here's round 2. ------------------------------------------------- So I made a video about 2 apparently scrapped MvM entities [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QFTkd5tsY&feature=youtu.be[/media] The first one (tf_bot_npc_decoy) seems to be a harmless decoy of the player using it. It has the same weapons equipped and almost always runs in a line for ~5 seconds before dissapearing. Not really sure of what valve intended and which class uses it. The best part about it is the incredible potential for a new spy watch. The second one (tf_bot_npc_archer) is valve's attempt into making a bowman its own entity like the horsemann. It has very specific although strange behaviors. Seems like valve simply went ahead with using a normal bot with the huntsman instead.[/QUOTE] Are the decoy bots actual bots? It looks like they don't have any collision groups nor do they have any hitboxes to register hits (as seen with you trying to stab them and no hit sound being produced).

I think they are, because the console changes the tickrate when they're spawned. Plus, one of my decoys randomly turned around and fell into the water, so they probably use bot navs.

I like how you're not sure what Valve intended the decoy bot to be used for, despite the vid showing off the decoy bot having a Valve employee (DF) as the other player

seems they're testing some interesting new cloaks behind the scenes. I think dispenser disguise and the decoys will both be new cloaks. Actually really interesting and fun to use cloaks.

[QUOTE=NeoDement;37603275]I like how you're not sure what Valve intended the decoy bot to be used for, despite the vid showing off the decoy bot having a Valve employee (DF) as the other player[/QUOTE] What if it was a map-exclusive upgrade for, [b]gasp[/b], the Decoy map?

[QUOTE=NeoDement;37603275]I like how you're not sure what Valve intended the decoy bot to be used for, despite the vid showing off the decoy bot having a Valve employee (DF) as the other player[/QUOTE] To be fair, he hasn't really worked on TF2 for a long time. He's pretty much working on the steam platform itself. He hasn't followed anything about MvM, and he only told me about that piece of code last night. We pretty much both saw/tested it for the first time in the video. I know alot of people think "valve made a game, so they know 100% of said game", but unfortunately it doesn't really work that way. Most of the employees are working directly off the work of another employee who moved on to another project, and these "transitions" can happen multiple times for a single aspect. This may be one of the main reasons why things like hats or critglows can seem very inconsistent. The reason being that it's not always the same 1 dude doing it, and the "new guy" assigned to it may not exactly know as much as the last.

[QUOTE=JohnnyGoGo;37603050]I'm optimistic we might see the [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=73814273"]15 minute of flame set[/URL] in a future update. Doesn't even need to be said that the soot suit would sell like crazy if it was ever added, valve have probably seen it too. So for them not to add the suit alone tells me they might want to add the whole set. Could deffinetely see the hat, suit, and mic getting in as 3 piece set.[/QUOTE] noooo too much pyro shit

[QUOTE=ned_ballad;37603339]seems they're testing some interesting new cloaks behind the scenes. I think dispenser disguise and the decoys will both be new cloaks. Actually really interesting and fun to use cloaks.[/QUOTE] I'm going to have a ball spychecking every dispenser I go to from now on. ;_;

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;37603593]I'm going to have a ball spychecking every dispenser I go to from now on. ;_;[/QUOTE] I already whack every building I see for fun anyway, I don't think I'd have a hard time adjusting to this at all.

If the dispenser feature is added, all I would do is sit next to a sentry and see how long it takes the Engineer to realise they haven't even built a dispenser It really has a possibility for evil though, when you think about it. Imagine being on 1hp, seeing a dispenser, turning your back to it and thinking you are safe, but suddenly it runs away. Creepy.

I'm still waiting for more James Bond Gadget style items for the Spy I love Ambassador/Red Tape Recorder/Sharp Dresser because it feels like a true bond set. Like the amby is his signature weapon, and cuff links that are really knives and a tape recorder that can be stuck to walls and reverse buildings Hell, even the spycicle kind of makes sense, like a big fight scene where he manages to kill the evil russian henchmen with a icicle. "Ah, Mr. Spy. Is Mr. Heavy joining us for dinner today?" "I think he got cold feet" [I]Bam.[/I]

i'd love a stupidly overpowered sniper/archer for a halloween boss maybe a monster that's sniping outside of the map and people have to do an objective without getting wrecked by it

[QUOTE=Krakash;37603868]If the dispenser feature is added, all I would do is sit next to a sentry and see how long it takes the Engineer to realise they haven't even built a dispenser It really has a possibility for evil though, when you think about it. Imagine being on 1hp, seeing a dispenser, turning your back to it and thinking you are safe, but suddenly it runs away. Creepy.[/QUOTE] I had an engineer and a scout stand next to me thinking I'm a genuine dispenser. I could understand the scout, but that other guy was the only engineer on his team. It was really creepy. But still funny as fuck.

[QUOTE=Krakash;37603868]If the dispenser feature is added, all I would do is sit next to a sentry and see how long it takes the Engineer to realise they haven't even built a dispenser It really has a possibility for evil though, when you think about it. Imagine being on 1hp, seeing a dispenser, turning your back to it and thinking you are safe, but suddenly it runs away. Creepy.[/QUOTE] or worse, backstab you.