AE in Bases?

[America's Angel]

How feasible would it be to put an AE contact & mission entry point into a sueprgroup base?

 

Would really open up the game to player-made stories. Could make custom zones, travel the cosmos in a spaceship, etc.

[Solarverse]

All the power level beggers would cry foul.  😄

[General Idiot]

It'd be cool to have but from a technical perspective I don't imagine it's terribly feasible for the simple reason that base maps aren't persistent. They're technically mission maps with extra stuff added, so putting a contact into one might cause the spaghetti code to unravel in all sorts of fascinating ways. Or it might work fine, I honestly have no idea. Just depends on how deep the distinction between zone map and mission map goes.

[Snowdaze]

17 minutes ago, General Idiot said:

It'd be cool to have but from a technical perspective I don't imagine it's terribly feasible for the simple reason that base maps aren't persistent. They're technically mission maps with extra stuff added, so putting a contact into one might cause the spaghetti code to unravel in all sorts of fascinating ways. Or it might work fine, I honestly have no idea. Just depends on how deep the distinction between zone map and mission map goes.

I dont really see a problem, as the Cathedral of Pain used to be launched from the SG computer and raid teleporter in bases. So I would assume it's feasible 

[Apparition]

The only issue that I can see off-hand is that you can not have co-op teams in SG bases.  Would make co-op AE teams impossible.

[ShardWarrior]

5 hours ago, America's Angel said:

Would really open up the game to player-made stories. Could make custom zones, travel the cosmos in a spaceship, etc.

Following this idea, I wonder how difficult it would be to convert a base into a map that can be used for missions in AE? 

[Wild Claw]

21 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said:

Following this idea, I wonder how difficult it would be to convert a base into a map that can be used for missions in AE? 

With all the stuff you can spray around a base, and how badly the NPC 'pathing' algorithm works on straight stairs sometimes, I'm fairly sure that's gonna be *really* difficult with regards to enemy patrols, escorts and the like.

 

Still would like it, though. Some of those really pretty bases would be fun to have adventures in.

[ShardWarrior]

12 minutes ago, Wild Claw said:

With all the stuff you can spray around a base, and how badly the NPC 'pathing' algorithm works on straight stairs sometimes, I'm fairly sure that's gonna be *really* difficult with regards to enemy patrols, escorts and the like.

 

Still would like it, though. Some of those really pretty bases would be fun to have adventures in.

Oh for sure it would be difficult.  There are many bases pushing the item limit as well that get very laggy.  Would be an interesting way to expand the city though.

[America's Angel]

 

6 hours ago, Snowdaze said:

I dont really see a problem, as the Cathedral of Pain used to be launched from the SG computer and raid teleporter in bases. So I would assume it's feasible 

Exactly. Bases already have contacts and mission entry point functionality.

[America's Angel]

On 5/19/2020 at 8:43 PM, Apparition said:

The only issue that I can see off-hand is that you can not have co-op teams in SG bases.  Would make co-op AE teams impossible.

If only there was some sort of gull who could null this problem.

[MTeague]

On 5/19/2020 at 3:43 PM, Apparition said:

The only issue that I can see off-hand is that you can not have co-op teams in SG bases.  Would make co-op AE teams impossible.

To be fair, Co-Op teams are also impossible in MOST zones that have an AE building.