Not sure if this belongs in Tech Support, but we might as well get this started.

Here is my list:

1. Medium and Heavy tanks have a better "grip" on the scrum. Come on, do you thing a Yugo could bump off a cup of coffee sitting on top of a Dump truck?

2. Powerups that effect Tank Stats. Examples: Turbo boost, Enhanced traction (for tight corners), SuperGlue (for Scrum Grip), Enhanced Armor, etc.

3. Let spawn points be set separately from goal points. I'm sick of goal-spawns.

4. Ability for clients to download skins or objects from a server they join (ala Unreal Tournament). This way, new weapon effects and map objects could be created and used by all.

5. Option to lock out direction keys from chat window so that you could still move while typing.

6. Additional key bindings so that modders can add additional controls to tanks (secondary weapon, drop scrum, etc)

7. Central server of registered names (no more imposters)

8. Public chat feature in the server list window so that people can coordinate what game to enter or teams to make.

9. Buddy List feature so that ThinkTanks will highlight servers that have my favorite scrummers in them.

10. Ability to assign pre-fab team messages to the Fn keys. (/tm Pass, /tm I'll defend, /tm lost scrum)

11. Zoom feature on radar. It would be cool to zoom in as I approach the goal.

12. Teleport pads.

13. Maps that are "walled in" instead of cliffs.

14. Concussion weapon. One blast knocks your tank like you were hit by another tank. Good for knocking the scrum off a tank from a distance or knocking a camper out of the goal.

That should keep the developers busy! I'd happily spend another $20 for that. What are some other ideas?

-macr0t0r

All good, except I like cliffs, and goal spawn points.

I have been mulling over these ideas for sometime now. Now I think its time to let you know what my ideas are.

POWER UPS :-

Cluster bombs where you fire into the air, press a key or click the mouse again to make it explode in midair which drops lots of little bombs.

Landmine power ups these will be especially good for when you are retreating

EMP power up (electro magnetic pulse) which when fired will cripple your oppenents tank for a specified length of time e;g; 10 secs

Sniper power up gives you the ability to zoom in on your target giving you greater accuracy over longer distance

SERVER LOCKS

Able to lock and unlock your server from inside the server

TEAMS

More teams instead of just having 2 teams why not 4 or 5 teams

MODWIZARD AND IGNORE SCRIPT

In the new version of tt why not have modwizard and ignore already installed so you dont have to fiddle around changing scripts and adding new files would be more benefical to newer players or those less capable players who would find installing it from scatch more difficult.

MESSAGES

Instant messenging within the game so so you can text a friend or leave a message even though you are not on the same server so you can arrange to meet on a seperate server or send them new passwords to your server.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS

Able to change the number of players on your server without having to change the script

MAPS

Bigger and better maps to hold more teams with team bases like on CTF. More selection in map worlds

HAS LEFT THE GAME

Instead of seeing has left the game when a server is full or you are in a locked server I would like to see the players name who has tried to join the game but could not.

SOLO

I would like to see more variation in solo games EG you already have target practise in solo game it would be nice to see a basic scrum mode and maybe others especially good for new comers so they could practise.

AVALIBILITY

As many of you already know tt has a limited market as it can only be bought online. I would suggest that tt to be put onto cd and sold through game shops , computer stores as this would reach a larger market of people especially if they could launch it on PS2 LIVE and XBOX LIVE this would create a larger captive audience of herd core gamers and occasional gamers. Therefore this would increase profits so bravetree could use this money on improving the game.

You have to speculate to accumilate

GAMES

More games like survivor and CTF my idea is base defender where you have to defend your base at the same time trying to destroy the other teams base

CHILD SAFETY

I would like to see in the options area an option which would filter out swearing with the added option of increasing to a list of words to be banned

HEALTH

I would like to see a health bar so I know exactly how much health I have left

RADAR

I would like to see a better radar so when I am playing scrum or ctf I can see the possition of the flag. As at the moment it is hard to tell where it is.

O my all those good ideas accept the cliffs thing in the first post..i like the cliffs.there fun

"As many of you already know tt has a limited market as it can only be bought online. I would suggest that tt to be put onto cd and sold through game shops , computer stores as this would reach a larger market of people especially if they could launch it on PS2 LIVE and XBOX LIVE this would create a larger captive audience of herd core gamers and occasional gamers. Therefore this would increase profits so bravetree could use this money on improving the game."

When u say PS2 live u make it sound almost good.. Unfortunatly xbox LIVE will rule

Last edited: Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 10:04:30 PM

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Those are the ones I especially agree with. With some of the weapon ones, I just don't want TT to get too complicated. I think that CTF with six powerups is just right. Too many powerups and the game becomes too much thinking and luck with getting the right powerup than actually playing. I like the walled in idea..

Even better, you could have TT Extreme SCRUM. You have this big flat surface, about the size of a full map, with mile high walls at the edges. A fair ways up there is the clouds, which are completely opaque and kill you like fog. In the middle, you have a big big hill, with all sorts of pads littered around it for jumping off. At the bottom, you have hills and ramps and whatnot, and pits of death. Pits of death are deep narrow holes that have fog at the bottom. All the scrum goals are in the air, and you have to gain extreme knowledge of the field to know just how to hit some of the goals from this and that pad.

Another thing I've been thinking of for a long time would be a mega-server (I don't care if this doesn't exist, tough) with a colossal map on it. The map would be called Tankland. It would have all three lands, complete with their own ground, although all would be under a lush sky. With twelve full maps, there would be so much to explore. In fact, exploring would be the only game. To enter the game, you type in a password. This saves the password as your account. You explore inside, and everyone starts at Medulla. Throughout the whole land there are brains, like the ones in solo mode. Some are hidden inside tree mazes, some at the tips of giant mountains. Some are in the air, only reachable by pad. You have to collect all 10, 20, however many brains per map in order to move up, in the normal sequence. Each time you open up a new map, you have to figure out how to jump across the fog to the new map. If you fall into the fog you get transported to the site of the last brain you found. There is no time limit. If you leave, you reenter with your password and it takes you to the last place you were the last time you played. The goal is to find all the brains and get all the way to Receptor Ridge. After that, who knows where you go next? Maybe to 12 whole new levels of excitement and challenge!

But anyway, that's just one little punctuation mark's impossible dream. Siggghhhh

Asterisk :o

I like the 12 maps thing kinda cool....but there should be ski diving maps were u can play the normal game ie: scrum but u can also go to the islands and out on the island there would be those sniper power ups fatman was talking about so u could snipe at the tanks else where..fun..

Nice ones, fatman! Excellent idea for Land Mines and EMP! It would be cool if the EMP worked like in the Matrix: the tanks surrounding you would stop. That would be VERY decisive in the scrum goal pile-ups.

Not so sure about Sniper. I can already reach out and touch someone if I stop. The problem is that it is impossible to hit a moving target at that range, and it would be nearly useless while moving.

I completely agree that they need to bring this to the PS2 and XBox. PS2 would be better, since it accepts a USB keyboard and mouse. They are coming out with the hard-drive in march to allow upgrades and mods. Of course, I'm impressed enough that they are doing 3 platforms now!

I'd like to add one more wishlist item:

15. Homing missile. Bwah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

-macr0t0r

Well the sniper would have to be exeptionaly fast like speedy power up times 20 and it would fire 1 shot and u couldn't be moving while using it and it would do the same damage as about 5 of the light tanks shots.

But homing missles.c'mon if they put those in u'd be begging for mercy

Hmmm. Exploration. I could set up a map like that, but the password, accounts, ect, cannot be done by me.

Name regestering?

DISASTER! What if an impostor got your name before you did? NOOOOOOOOO

I'm thinking out of game chat. Plus, possibly, chat into a full game only.

Modwizard and Ignore Script built in. More maps.

And fatman, if you want a better radar, get a radar skin. I would suggest FP's radar, the one I use. Tanks are actually icons, and the scrum is a big white blob. Very easy to drive by. And don't mention health bar, that's gonna get a debate started...

Bot's that don't do u-turns.

AND DEFFINATELY...We need lobby chat!

I thought a powerup that bounces enemy fire back at them!!!

Why not?

Lobby chat is needed. @_@

Also, fix the ignore script. Make it so that it comes with the game, and it actually remembers who is on the ignore list. Have a section in Options that lists who is on your ignore list, and you can remove if needed. Make sure it doesn't erase the list each time you exit TT.

They should just make the game open source, we got some good moder's here(and I'm sure we have a programer, or a few wanabe's at least too), we could just mod it into a better version....

@JacX Some people make their living writing software, asking them to open source their work without at least
proposing a viable economic model for their business is ludicrous.

I would want any person that stays in the goal for 3 seconds killed.

I want SEPARATE men's and women's restrooms, as well as separate locker rooms.

How about a service station? You have to actually stop for a few seconds in order to get refilled in both health and ammo.

How about a turbo button that only lasts a few seconds but also diminishes some of your overall life.... (burn brightly-die young)

How about a few defensive measures such as...
if you are being chased you get one drop bomb that nails the person behind you... Maybe it just temporarily blinds him with a white-out screen... Or maybe it acts like a mine that explodes on area contact....

A rear view mirror would be fun....but a lighted vanity mirror would be nice for quick touch-ups.

And finally, (in fantasy world) how about a ThinkTanks helmet. USB driven, it replaces the mouse by letting you aim with a heads-up display aiming rectical just like the fancy-pants military helicopter pilots do.... You aim where you turn your head....

Katherine

Rear view mirror only on the sides or just one side and maybe where you can turn them on/off with a button

New power up mines that you cant see. It just flashes so you cant see for 3 seconds and it hurts you like a regular shot (good for scrum)
you can shoot the mines forward so that it can land on some one or something like that. The mines dont hurt you if you launch them because if they did hurt you then you would shoot the mine right in front of you and you would blow up! So you dont get hurt from your mines and the limit could be only 3 mines per power-up

Lighted vanity mirror?...well OK, but we keep the unisex locker rooms.

New power up= mines
Make it so team members cant hurt u

Last edited: Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 6:00:01 PM

How about a slime cannon? You get three shots that can follow the enemy closest and encloses them in a huge block of slime and unable to do anything for 10 seconds, which gives you plenty of time to shoot the enemy, or escape

I know this is an exteme longshot but how about weather? Like Rain and stuff I personally think it would make the game better with rain/snow falling from the sky and make it random so you never know if its going to rain or not..and while it rains or snows make the traction for the tanks go down.

Sun = be careful! Don't overheat while driving or your tank will be destroyed!
Rain = bad traction
snow = good traction but the engine could stall for a few seconds
shade = best time to play!
wind = can be measured to strength levels 1-5. 1 = slightly moving. 5 = don't fall off the cliff!

The wind could have effects on you while you're in the air, and it could be stronger when in-between hills of a certain distance and on the cliffs at the edge of the main playing field. And if it's a strong wind, it would effect you even when you're on the ground.

Wind would be a nice effect for bullets...real tanks use computers to calculate windspeed/direction and how it will affect the shot/

Ahh but do real tanks have brain jars ontop of them? :)

More Realalistic Grapics !

You mean graphics and -z-s england skin thing as another terrain

Snow: I meant that like golf, wind is a factor

Memo to everyone:
When thinking about these things, it seems like nobody is taking the position of the person who just got with the mod in question, eg., the stop for 10 seconds idea. Put yourself in the tank that sits there, does nothing, for 10 seconds.

Fun?
not so much.

Also, word from above, if you've been paying attention, is that meters and a hub will never happen.
that is a good thing.

I don't agree with the sitting for ten seconds one but the one where you can't see for 3 seconds is good

I like a few, but most of them I think should be left untouched (The game is perfect the way it is)

Cadc (SA) (Leader)

I love all the ideas but I think this is the only one I would really want.
-I have reachen the 500,000 point in solo mode but when I started modding after the 500,000 point I saw you can do SOLO in mods. I tried in a different name and if you modify a weapon in a mod you can play with the modified weapon in SOLO mode which I think is very cheap. Change that! I think.
FatLips aka Audi TT (SM(Leader))

I tried that once, I got exaclty 500000 @ level 2(as an expiriment), it didnt give me anything... %) ]
(I know, I know..)

Oh, I wasnt thinking of them just releasing it to everyone for free, like only open sourced to people who bought it or something, or too a small team of good moding/proraming fans...