Avp's Predator Insertion On Ar2?

[AvianKnight 0]

Anyone seen the movie, Alien Vs. Predator? Great, right?

 

Seen how the 'chosen' Predators were dropped into Antarctica? Yes, that thin, needle-shaped thing with metal 'brake' flaps which the Predators used to reach the ground, quickly.

 

I think the Seraph Insertion can be made like that, an Airshift flies over target, drops this 'Predator Insertion Projectile' thing, and a Seraph walks out. Not much work, right?

[Eisenhower 0]

There's nothing wrong with the current Insertion, is there?

[Godwin 0]

i havent seen the movie yet

 

do you mean like droppods only that they fly vertically down? almost like how the covenant elites were dropped onto earth as seen in the halo2 e32k4 demo trailer?

 

we did consider something like that in the beginning, but it wasnt too feasible to put it in, or to make it look good

[Accele 0]

AvP sucks, don't bother.

 

Actually, that might be a little harsh. Its a decent movie, but its not an Alien or Predator movie. Its not scary at all, the action is poorly done, the movement of both creatures isn't believable, and the ending is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing you will ever have the misfourtune of seeing.

 

Maybe that wasn't too harsh. Yeah, AvP sucks

[Major_Gilbear 0]

Any such GFX that are added to the Insertion will also appear on the Bombing Run (much like parachutes).

As such, I think the answer to your question is "No, the Seraph Insertion can NOT be made like that An Airshift that flies over the target, drops this 'Predator Insertion Projectile' thing, and a Seraph that walks out is in fact a a surprising amount of work for such a useless feature. Right?"

[Godwin 0]

oh yea, that's why

 

but can the seraph paradrop frame be made to look like that? and it can even be animated right?

 

not saying that im all for this idea, just asking only :P

Edited August 23, 2004 by Godwin

[AvianKnight 0]

Hey, Accele, yeah the movie may be bad, but I'm talking about the Insertion system they used.

 

A little explanation. They used this really big mothership that probably flew at more than Mach 1, and it dropped three of those projectiles. Those fell straight down, at a very high speed, and the resulting impact even created a small crater.

 

I'm not saying you guys make a Seraph walk out of this thing. RA2 and YR's Parachute is an SHP animation, right? I wonder, if you could only turn that parachute into this needle-like projectile, that's easy, the problem is how to make it so that it will cover the Seraph while falling. I'm not sure if that's possible, though. But if its done, instead of the parachute fading animation let's put this explosion sequence when the Seraph had reached the ground, snow scattering all over him. Then the explosion cloud will fade, and the Seraph is still there while the projectile has gone.

 

BTW, I'm not saying there's something wrong with the current Seraph Insertion System, I just want it to look better.

[tmapm 0]

You have to remember what we do with the Seraphs happen for the bomb drop too...