A major problem with the development of Ballistic Weapons is now weapon and ammo pickups... UT2004 has a few (9 or so) weapon pickups in each map while Ballistc Weapons has 20 weapons and more will be coming! The obvious solution is to forget about weapon pickups and use a Loadout (like already in the mod) or Buying system, but they are not the same as the old pickup style matches. We have a number of ideas, but none of them are a perfect way of doing pickups.
We need ideas and suggestions, so please use this thread to post your ideas and solutions to the problem...
Here are some of the possible systems for getting equipment, especially weapons and ammo.
(1), Buying:
Players use 'credits' and 'tokens' to buy equipments at buying 'stations'.
Credits are gained by picking them up, killing enemies and acheiving things.
Tokens are rare and can be picked up. Killing certain enemies can sometimes cause a token to be spawned, expecially if the enemy is very tough.
Stations are small areas where players can trade in their credits and tokens for equipment. They will likely replace weapon pickups.
Credits can be used for buying all kinds of items and will be lost once the item is bought. Items will vary in price depending on their value.
Tokens always represent certain equipment, such as a weapon and will be cashed to get that item without spending any credits.
Players do NOT need to respawn to buy and can buy at anytime during the game by going to a station. When players die, they lose their equipment and
respawn with the default gear, but they keep the credits and tokens they had before.
(2), Generic Ammo:
All ammo pickups replaced with a generic ammo pickup that gives players ammo whatever weapons they have.
Players should possibly drop ammo when they die...
Weapon pickups will function like the current version: One of several weapons will be spawned randomly, replacing each UT weapon pickup. (e.g: M50, XK2 and M763 instead of UT minigun) Weapon pickups will change into the other types during the game.
(3), Traditional pickups:
Each UT weapon pickups is replaced with a BW weapon. All the ammo for that weapon is replaced with the appropriate BW ammo. The problem: Only 9 weapons will be in at once... We could have is switch during the game and change all teh M50's and their ammo into XK2's and their ammo...
Your ideas please...
