So if we added the ability to drift how would like to control it with MKB?

So if we added the ability to drift how would like to control it with MKB?

So if we added the ability to drift how would like to control it with MKB?

I would put it like this assuming you are going straight down.

Mouse: Looking around. Has no bearing on which direction you actually fall but it should spring back to center after a moment of not looking around.

look in different direction: mouse

drift towards/away from where you're looking: W/S

strafe-drift left or right: A/S

Maybe even allow the mouse movement to rotate the drift so you can hit the ground facing the right direction.

Yes but a freelook option would allow for some pretty cool player vids.

You want to do group skydiving formations don't you. Admit it.

Ok, a few quick answers to questions IGÇÖve seen come up.

Drifting?

Not in our first test. Today weGÇÖll have the random picking of points on the map and spawning up in the sky.

Drifting will likely become an important thing to add though since it helps mitigate the random nature of the drop by allowing you to steer to some extent.

Lore?

Like drop uplinks, the LOD uses a localized wormhole created by a ship in orbit (that you clone jump to). It canGÇÖt get an accurate lock due to planetary interference which accounts for the randomness of the spawn location and it spawns above the target area to prevent you appearing inside a rock

Droplinks provide a focused locater signal which is why they allow pin point spawns.

You are not getting off the planet, your consciousness is transferred to the ship in orbit and from there you clone jump back to your station. You dump your clone behind.

Droplinks used by more than just squads?

For now itGÇÖs just squad. We are hoping to give the player the option when deploying for it to be personal/squad/team.

Completely random?

ItGÇÖs a random selection from a bunch of points weGÇÖve placed so we could put them all at the edges of the map if we wanted to control the areas more. Right now theyGÇÖre all over the shop.

Calling in a small building, base of operations?

By this I just mean you can set up a starting point for you and/or your squad allowing you specific spawn locations. Allowing more advanced GÇÿtent pitchingGÇÖ options is being considered for future development for sure. This is just a first step.

Squads

Currently there is no logic for group LODs and you will have to land and reform. There are a bunch of things to consider with it, is it just first spawn, what about spawning at different times, what if one member picks a droplink etc. Ideas welcome.

The idea sounds alright, I am trying to figure out how stealthy players want to enter/reenter the battlefield without a obvious signature falling out of the sky.

I have expressed my opinion on it before https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1560444#post1560444. I don't think I need to reiterate on it here.

You want to do group skydiving formations don't you. Admit it.

Oh and colored smoke grenades strapped to our ankles so we can make pretty rainbows as we fall.

Oh and colored smoke grenades strapped to our ankles so we can make pretty rainbows as we fall.

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Ok, next topic!

This week we will (hopefully) be testing low orbital drops in Salvage, or as they have often been called GÇÿsky spawnsGÇÖ.

Up until now weGÇÖve been using fixed spawn points and (shock horror) some mean spirited people liked to camp them. So since we've always been fond of the idea weGÇÖve decided to try out putting the spawn locations in the hands of the players rather than dictating them ourselves so hereGÇÖs is what is being prototyped:

• No default spawns.


• When you deploy you are GÇÿdroppedGÇÖ to a random location on the map.


• Drop uplinks and LOD Beacons can be used by players to set up their own bases of operation anywhere on the map.


• Drop Uplinks and LOD beacons are only usable by the player that deployed them and his squad.

Thoughts?

That's why we'll test them out, we're not married to both types. Droplinks do offer different benefits though such as the ability to spawn in an interior so that is something that needs to be taken in to account as well.

So if we added the ability to drift how would like to control it with MKB?

Thanks guys, good sanity check.

Current plan is WASD, for forward, left, back, right and mouse left/right for rotation. There could be some truth in the opinion that rotation isnGÇÖt needed for a test but weGÇÖll see.

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How is Drift controlled in DUST using MKB? I use drift often when jumping off towers to land on lower sections of the tower, or when jumping out of the MCC to avoid landing on RDVGÇÖs or buildings, but I play with the DS3 controller