I'm working on a clone of Battletech I the Crescent Hawk's Inception put out by Infocom in the 80's. The clone is intended for Linux. So far, I'm starting very simple. I've created a text file where I am creating the dialogues for the training missions, etcetera. I want to add a few things of course, like the ability to use Pacifica's facilities after the raid and I have some other ideas as well. For instance, I'd like to make it possible to get a Jenner or an Urbanmech by salvaging one after destroying the Arena. Essentially, it never made sense to me that you can't destroy the arena when you aren't renting a 'Mech. It also doesn't make sense if you have multiple 'Mechs that you wouldn't be able to meet up with your team and fight the Urbanmechs outside the Arena walls.
I want my version to be smarter so for instance you can listen to the holodisk after it has been repaired in the ruins of the barracks. I also want to implement shell counts for machine guns, missile launchers, rifles, pistols, and bows so that picking up rare hand held laser weapons makes sense. I believe in supporting four 'Mech warriors as opposed to 3 and I believe in having the main character train the doctor and the tech. In the original game you have to find a doctor, a tech, a veteran 'Mech warrior, and a regular 'Mech warrior. The team when you find everyone is made up of 5 people. It should be possible to train everyone in my opinion to use a 'Mech. In the original game you have to get the doctor and the tech trained and find the Star League Cache essentially, after you get some help from Dr. Tellhim of course. I want to change that a bit so that you can use the 'Mechs found in the Star League Cache to say defend and rebuild Pacifica. Obviously, I want to copy the original game first and then I can see about plot changes to make it more interesting. I am interested in how to do the graphics for this. I want to use either X or I suppose I could use svgalib. Ultimately, I'd like to release the source code for this so that it is a free game that anyone can improve upon. I am not trying to create a clone of Mechwarrior, there is a certain appeal to this old game. One thought if I can clone this game successfully is to make the allies and perhaps even the enemies real players. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug