06-07-2010, 10:25 PM
I did a complex kart map + races before on a previous server I worked on. The small industrial island south of Los Santos was closed off and could only be driven around in karts. Its a perfect location with the roads, the detailed warehouses where you can drive through and the platforms around alot of the warehouses. Made a few tweaks too like sewer pipes been lifting via cranes... in short, and without an ego boost it was good.
Of course it didn't have any of the cool powerups you suggested and are availible on the new LVP version.
If made with the standard racing format thenn each race would be unique, and seperate and therefore have its own map.. so different locations i.e a map for a desert kart race and a nature one is doable...
However I'm not really a fan of the current race system on LVP. Personally I would prefer a single map where ALL races are held on... so they overlap. Its nice doing a race on a map and having a few more races being held on the same map.. sometimes with overlapping courses.. Removes the isolation you feel when doing races/minigames on LVP.
My point been I think for your kart idea.. have all the kart races on the one map... pick a small section of the map to have all the races around so its like seperate mini game world that when someone joins they have a choice of race to join etc etc
Also, speaking from experience doing a good kart race map takes a fair bit more time and effort than making an normal race map as theres more objects like rails that have to be included and tweaked, due to the slow speed, handling and perspective of the kart.
Just my 2 cents, great idea.
I would assign your best mapper to work on the project alone however as they really need to be decent. Drive around in a cart for a while and you'll see, insignificent things in a normal car like a kerb are far more an issue when in a kart
Of course it didn't have any of the cool powerups you suggested and are availible on the new LVP version.
If made with the standard racing format thenn each race would be unique, and seperate and therefore have its own map.. so different locations i.e a map for a desert kart race and a nature one is doable...
However I'm not really a fan of the current race system on LVP. Personally I would prefer a single map where ALL races are held on... so they overlap. Its nice doing a race on a map and having a few more races being held on the same map.. sometimes with overlapping courses.. Removes the isolation you feel when doing races/minigames on LVP.
My point been I think for your kart idea.. have all the kart races on the one map... pick a small section of the map to have all the races around so its like seperate mini game world that when someone joins they have a choice of race to join etc etc
Also, speaking from experience doing a good kart race map takes a fair bit more time and effort than making an normal race map as theres more objects like rails that have to be included and tweaked, due to the slow speed, handling and perspective of the kart.
Just my 2 cents, great idea.
I would assign your best mapper to work on the project alone however as they really need to be decent. Drive around in a cart for a while and you'll see, insignificent things in a normal car like a kerb are far more an issue when in a kart