Colonies - Your Very own headcrab Colony! - Garry's Mod

[QUOTE=Blah360;14692008]A naming system would be good. Somebody should really make a map similar to the Antlion caves in Episode 2. That'd be sick.[/QUOTE] Except without the EP2 content :/

[QUOTE=Blah360;14692008]A naming system would be good. Somebody should really make a map similar to the Antlion caves in Episode 2. That'd be sick.[/QUOTE] its not hard to make a cave, I did a small one in like 10 mins, but the one from episode 2 would be harder. If you guys want me to I could make a tunnel/grass map, but you just need to give me ideas for the tunnel, like main chamber, food holding area, etc. and similar things for the grass area for the headcrabs. I also suggest making the headcrabs and antlions walk around(which has probably already been suggested), and not just sit until they need to eat or attack something. Another idea for antlions is have a storage area for them, make a entity that tells them to gather food and bring it to the entity for storage of sorts, and when they get hungry they will just go to the entity to find food. just some suggestions. also, do you don't need EP2 to make EP2 caves, probably just the textures is all that is needed, which I can easily substitute with something else.

you do need ep 2 to know what those caves look like, i'd attemt to make some if i could see them (aka pics please)

to know what they look like yes, but to make a basic tunnel, all you need is displacement walls, and then subdivide it to make a cave like area, however larger areas seem to get problems with terrain spiking out in random directions. you also need a better processor than mine to handle a large area(which a lot of people probably have), took me 20 mins to subdivide an area with a bridge, 2 small dead end tunnels, and a 50 ft drop on a 2.1 GHz processor. [img]http://www.nickcook.net/episode2/ep2_outland_040007.jpg[/img] what a EP2 cave looks like, I don't think I will be able to do one.

Is it just me or is garrysmod.org very slow and impossible to download anything?

i think an SVN is needed for this mod. it would make things a lot easier.

Garry told me he's moving about 60 GB of files to a new host.

Downloading now =D

Nothing is here, got the ideas down there \/ There \/ YES i did edit this from a previous post, the lower one was seen by me first, so i edited it first.

OMG last nite i had so many ideas! (i always do for uber mods like this) if u want to hear them message me on steam my id is same as my facepunch. some examples of these ideas are: *New types of fruit *Specialised npc AI *Specified Colonies maps *Some changed models of plants, to the more common games eg: CS:S, HL2. I have more ideas but you gotta interrogate me for 'em.

oops accidental post! new to facepunch soz bout this < only 4 posts. btw how do u delete posts?

You can't.

I cant wait to make colonies of Dragons

[QUOTE=poopiecrap;14929502]I cant wait to make colonies of Dragons[/QUOTE] Erm..how?Are you just going to change the model of the creatures or whatever?

Is this dead now?

[QUOTE=Noxn;14934771]Is this dead now?[/QUOTE] NO ITS NOT! i still got to add the ideas. Dan, since u r on when im off and vice versa, here they are: 2 new fruits from css: orange and bannana new plant model: CSS Fern new factions fix: eggs dont ALWAYS make default faction crab/antlion, but spawn to the faction it came from. personal npc's: npc's dont need nodes to walk (maybe?) attack system: sometimes a headcrab/antlion troop will move towards an enemyalso, things cant lay eggs with enemies around. ill have to stop here. watch for others in a few days, i must leave for melton. please consider these.

[QUOTE=Anthraxboy501;14939742]NO ITS NOT! i still got to add the ideas. Dan, since u r on when im off and vice versa, here they are: 2 new fruits from css: orange and bannana new plant model: CSS Fern new factions fix: eggs dont ALWAYS make default faction crab/antlion, but spawn to the faction it came from. personal npc's: npc's dont need nodes to walk (maybe?) attack system: sometimes a headcrab/antlion troop will move towards an enemyalso, things cant lay eggs with enemies around. ill have to stop here. watch for others in a few days, i must leave for melton. please consider these.[/QUOTE] Just because you reply doesnt mean the modder is doing further development (Which would mean this mod is dead).

[QUOTE=Noxn;14941574]Just because you reply doesnt mean the modder is doing further development (Which would mean this mod is dead).[/QUOTE] I'm not dead. and thus this isn't either

[QUOTE=danharibo;14946898]I'm not dead. and thus this isn't either[/QUOTE] Thats good to hear. Are you working on it? if yes, on what features?

[QUOTE=Noxn;14949422]Thats good to hear. Are you working on it? if yes, on what features?[/QUOTE] he way be working on fixing the factions problems, and perhaps the plant model problem too, like he mensioned earlier in the thread, a few weeks/months ago. btw haribo, what is ur steam id? is it higgsboson or something else?

This seems pretty good ;D Gotta try it.

[QUOTE=Noxn;14608388]That are good ideas too. But my headcrabs never survive even with just a few antlions. Anyway: How about having "breeders", they are organic (or maybe some kind of machine?) that constantly lays eggs. But does not move around like the others. If its you make it organic, make other headcrabs / antlions be "assigned" to defend and feed it. Also, make that they move around more. I mean, on good noded maps they do move, but just a bit, and mostly only to search food. Make them go around alot when theyre not hungry. Also, another idea is to make them interact with eachother, like to headcrabs encounter head to head, and they make that... "giggling" sound thing they do sometimes. like if they would be saying hi. If this is not posible/to difficult/you dont like it then thats not a problem, the mod is awesome already.[/QUOTE] Like a queen?

[QUOTE=mi marauder;15027412]Like a queen?[/QUOTE] Not really. Its not destructable, and lays eggs when the population goes to low. Just so you dont have to constantly make eggs when the antlions extinct the headcrabs.

I wonder one thing, why not have male and female antlions/headcrabs? Male wander around fighting while female lay eggs?

The word 'Stereotype' comes straight to mind...

Well i just think it's weird that even the males can lay eggs ._.

You have a point lol But they aren't human, so you never know.

You mean, they are hermaphrodites? ._.

The colonies try to eat the same water melon sometimes :/ Then while they wait for one to eat it they sometimes die by hunger while waiting.Mat died :/

[QUOTE=TheBoy;15087261]The colonies try to eat the same water melon sometimes :/ Then while they wait for one to eat it they sometimes die by hunger while waiting.Mat died :/[/QUOTE] Yeah seems kinda stupid, no matter how many watermelons plants you add in a colony, someone is ALWAYS AND ALWAYS going to die of starvation.