Racing Map Anyone

posted on May 4th, 2011, 9:23 pm

Does anyone want a map where you win by racing?  I don't mean a tech race, I mean racing around a course, probably set by a series of asteroids or stations for a set number of laps or from point A to point B.

PS:  Posted in the wrong forum.  Sorry.

posted on May 4th, 2011, 9:25 pm

no, this is an rts not a racing game.

rapid clicking on a path would get seriously boring.

posted on May 4th, 2011, 9:35 pm

How do you race ships that are of different absolute speeds, or the same?

posted on May 4th, 2011, 9:37 pm

Blow up the competition?

posted on May 4th, 2011, 9:39 pm

Blow up the competition?

lol 10 minute cease fire and short races stops blowing up the enemy.

presumably you would only be allowed to race your scouts, they are fast and small and handle well (as much as handling matters when you are clicking to move )

posted on May 4th, 2011, 10:13 pm

I sense Star Trek Voyager's bad influence.

Sure you could do that with scouts but... Why? The klingon one would win anyways.

posted on May 4th, 2011, 10:19 pm

Well, I was thinking more in terms of disabling the weapons for the race.  As for how you keep moving the vessel, rapidly clicking would probably slow you down.  That's why there's the Tab key and the patrol hotkey.  Wait, that's classified!

PS:  Voyager is irrelevant.  I asked because I need something to race besides the AI.  Who frequently knock me off the racing surface for no apparent reason.

posted on May 4th, 2011, 10:23 pm

BLASTPHEMY!

posted on May 5th, 2011, 5:09 am

Can i warpin right at the end?

posted on May 5th, 2011, 7:12 am

Since all the ship speeds are set to specific values then it seems the only thing that matters is the exact route you take around the track> obviously, going around the inside of a corner will shorten your route and put you in front of a guy/girl who goes around the outside. However, I don't really see the point of making a racing style map, with the current game engine. It's not really well suited to racing.

posted on May 5th, 2011, 11:47 am

Gimme a venture with the Sovvy's special

:3

posted on May 5th, 2011, 4:55 pm

Weapons are disabled.  Besides, just because it's not designed for racing, doesn't mean it can't be adapted for racing.  I'll use MMM to set the course.  I'm probably going to use sensor stations to mark the course and there will be checkpoints to make sure that you don't cut the corners.  If you miss a checkpoint, that'll be a 1-lap penalty.

posted on May 5th, 2011, 5:08 pm

I sense Star Trek Voyager's bad influence.

lol, c'mon that was a good episode.

TCR, more power to ya'.  If you want to make a race map, go right ahead.  You probably won't get a lot of people to play though unless you do a really good job on it....and actually release it.....

posted on May 6th, 2011, 5:43 pm

The map would require a lot of testing.

posted on May 7th, 2011, 7:00 am

lol, c'mon that was a good episode.

Not nearly as good as the stargate one :p