Versus mode

[BenLubar]

On the beta, we can now control the actions of some aliens. This is a long way from an actual Left 4 Dead style Versus mode, but it's a start.

What we still need:

Alien Control

• Drone
  • Walking
  • Attacking (currently very jittery)
  • Jumping
  • Door bash?
• Ranger
  • Walking
  • Attacking
• Shieldbug
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
  • Defending
• Buzzer
  • Flying
  • Attacking
• Boomer
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
  • Inflating
• Parasite
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Harvester
  • Walking (may want to revisit animations; foot positioning is weird)
  • Attacking
• Xenomite
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Mortarbug
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Shaman
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Healing
• Queen
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (there are a lot of these)
• Headcrab
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Fast Headcrab
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Poison Headcrab
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Zombie
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
• Fast Zombie
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
• Zombie Torso
  • "Walking" (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
• Fast Zombie Torso
  • "Walking" (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
• Poison Zombie
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
  • Throwing
• Antlion
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking (may work; needs test)
  • Jumping
• Antlion Worker
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Spitting
  • Jumping
• Antlion Guard/Guardian
  • Walking (may work; needs test)
  • Attacking
• Colonist
• HL2 Combine NPCs?

RTS Controls

As long as we have the ability to manipulate units, why not allow manipulating more than one?

• TODO: plan this part

UI

Aliens shouldn't use the marine HUD.

• TODO: plan this part

Versus Mode

Once we have all of the controls working, we can set up a versus mode.

• Create equivalent of L4D's nav mesh flow.
• Bot marines need to be able to complete all official missions on their own to allow singleplayer.
• Design spawning logic that feels good for both teams.
• Add ladder equivalent/NPC clip/etc as needed; player-controlled aliens should not be able to soft-lock in any official mission.
• Lobby logic for two teams (can use code from Team Deathmatch; may want to redesign lobby UI entirely).

This project is extremely big, and will probably take over a year to implement. Until it is fully ready, we need to make sure that it does not affect the experience of players not on the beta branch.