Particles, Actions, and other upcoming features

[Omnixor]

Valley, a whole new experience

That's not what stadiumers want. They want everything to be the same but yet a whole new game.

I've stopped being a stadium fan - I want valley



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Edit by eyebo: This topic was split from this topic: http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 76#p165376

[faserg1]

I've stopped
being a stadium fan - I want valley

Hah... I want more features that will come with Valley than Valley just as environment. Particles, actions... With Valley will come the biggest features!

[eyebo]

Hah... I want more features that will come with Valley than Valley just as environment. Particles, actions... With Valley will come the biggest features!

Don't forget lens flares. We need more lens flares!

[faserg1]

I think lens flares is not so bigger feature than actions.

[eyebo]

What exactly do you mean by "actions"?

[TMarc]

triggerable actions, e.g. using a MT trigger, that would make dynamic parts of a block or custom object start moving ?

[baddog992]

Yeah maybe like weather effects that could effect the handling of the car. Rain effects, snow effects and perhaps changing gravity effects could be something new. Also how about puddles on the ground to give the cars more sliding ability? Just my thoughts however if this could be done or done very easily I have no idea. I would just like to see a distinction separating the old from the new. However the game is still in Beta so who knows.

[faserg1]

What exactly do you mean by "actions"?

triggerable actions, e.g. using a MT trigger, that would make dynamic parts of a block or custom object start moving ?

Watch the Valley trailer and you will see birds. I absolutely sure that it is actions. I think actions will start by triggers but I don't know what will be a trigger: block or another special thing.

Yeah maybe like weather effects that could effect the handling of the car. Rain effects, snow effects and perhaps changing gravity effects could be something new.

It will be a particles. (Particle System as it named in UE)

[baddog992]

Something different will be nice to have. I cant wait to see it in action.

[eyebo]

Watch the Valley trailer and you will see birds. I absolutely sure that it is actions. I think actions will start by triggers but I don't know what will be a trigger: block or another special thing.

The birds were asked about back in November 2012.

1. In the Valley trailer there're animated items such as birds and falling leaves. We can edit their moves with ManiaScript? For example we can make birds fly around the car during a race... Or import animated cows on the farms

And Hylis answered:

1. It's a bloc with birds, nothing really custom here. About ghosts in the maps, I don't know what will be the situation at Valley release.

(Source)

So it sounds to me like it's simply a feature of the block.

Of course, we know that Action Maker was demonstrated recently at ManiaGala, but it was only shown in connection with ShootMania. I'm curious what, if any, value it will bring to TrackMania in the future.