What about civilians?

2006-02-18 14:22:00

#1

joybath: Member; +0|7120

Why can't there be any civilians inside the buildings during the game. It would just rock to use a person as a human shield! All AI players though. Maybe the players could have the option of being a civilian with maybe a handgun or something. Anyways, just a thought.

Joybath

2006-02-18 14:30:24

#2

Kamikaze17: Over the line!; +70|7225|Mark it zero.

oh man that would be some insane lag. but once i get a new computer i will have to say that would be kinda cool. and also to make it a bit more of a challenge, how about like -1 points for killing them?

2006-02-18 14:40:49

#3

Sentinel: Cheeseburger Connoisseur; +145|7135|Australia

Yeah that would be crazy lag. Cool idea but.
-1 for killing them would be for SOME armies - what about the insurgents and rebels in SF? i dont think they would care if they killed civilians. They might even get +1

2006-02-18 14:42:18

#4

[BIA](I.K.M)-Blade: Member; +0|7136

hey thats a great idea like on karkand you would have people running for shelter and screaming when shots are fired.

2006-02-24 00:22:09

#5

joybath: Member; +0|7120

I hope they should go through with it, it would just rock!!! alot of lag though.

2006-02-24 04:52:05

#6

*ToRRo*cT|: Spanish Sniper-Wh0re; +199|7220|Malaga, España

i just see it in front of my eyes.

Medic and Driver in Humvee USMC

''Bump''

'Medic: Holy shit Dave , You just ran over that little kid pull over i revive him'
'Driver: Hell no, That little kid is going to be grown up like his dad, a fucking terrorist'
'Medic: Roger that, Enemy Kid Spotted'
'Driver: Yihaaaaaaa'

Last edited by *ToRRo*cT| (2006-02-24 04:52:57)

2006-02-24 05:02:33

#7

UberRanger: Member; +-2|7170|UK

OMG that is funny lol becuase its true!

2006-02-24 05:14:42

#8

D3AD_Roger_t3h_retard: Member; +0|7114

Kamikaze17 wrote:
oh man that would be some insane lag. but once i get a new computer i will have to say that would be kinda cool. and also to make it a bit more of a challenge, how about like -1 points for killing them?

Couldnt agree with you more on the "lag" part bro.
Im running a 9800pro 1Gb RAM and a AMD athlon 64 3000+ CPU.
Not exactly top of the line

Perhaps smaller 16 player maps could have civilians in them, since 16 player maps are usually very stress free on your system to due to the small amount of players and the size of the map, thus leaveing room for extra details (i.e civilians).

And perhaps accidentally injuring civilians could cost you points just as a Teamkill would.

2006-02-24 08:28:46

#9

JimKong: Member; +31|7119|Ohio

There should be a rape and pillage map.

2006-02-24 08:31:12

#10

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7320|Alberta, Canada

+1 for killing them if they are a threat to you.
-1 point if they are harmless to you.

on each map though, they should have a hiddne terrorist, and while your fighting the opposing side, you gotta try and find the terrorist before he blows up your communications base

Last edited by ryan_14 (2006-02-24 08:33:22)

2006-02-24 10:08:18

#11

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,081|7248|PNW

They probably thought of putting NPC's in BF2, but with the way the game lags now, even on some higher-end computers, I'm sure they're reserving it for Battlefield 2142, or whatever they'll call BF3.

But, imagining for the moment that BF2 could have civilians, I would imagine that propaganda would be a useful commander tool. Say your team manages to avoid killing tons of civilians, you could push that to your advantage by distributing pamphlets or blasting propaganda over loudspeakers. Eventually, civilian bots with handguns, molotov cocktails and looted rifles will begin to fight your enemy. The enemy, being forced to kill them in defense, would rapidly lose any chance of getting them on their side.

Avoiding civilian casualties would give airpower food for thought...

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-02-24 10:09:07)

2006-02-24 10:14:19

#12

jord: Member; +2,382|7155|The North, beyond the wall.

search for the "what 3 things would you add" topic.i make up a story about adding animals in bf2.

link http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=15546

Last edited by jord (2006-02-24 10:16:13)

2006-02-24 10:16:58

#13

Ugaminor: Member; +21|7150

Well it would make the game more interesting but EA would never go for it. If a player had the ability to kill innocents there would be no way the ESRB would give the game a "T" rating and as we all know "T" rated games sell ALOT more than an "M" rated game. Politically such a game design would give vid games an even worse reputation amongst the ignorant (http://www.randomcraponline.com/jack-th … mer-death/)

Sorry to be the downer here . I would totally go for it though

Last edited by Ugaminor (2006-02-24 10:18:00)

2006-02-24 10:21:09

#14

jord: Member; +2,382|7155|The North, beyond the wall.

Ugaminor wrote:
Well it would make the game more interesting but EA would never go for it. If a player had the ability to kill innocents there would be no way the ESRB would give the game a "T" rating and as we all know "T" rated games sell ALOT more than an "M" rated game. Politically such a game design would give vid games an even worse reputation amongst the ignorant (http://www.randomcraponline.com/jack-th … mer-death/)

Sorry to be the downer here . I would totally go for it though

GTA will always sell copies nobody listens to game ratings.i bet 30% of people who bought san andreas bought it far a younger person at christmas.i wouldnt be suprised if its more than 30%.

Last edited by jord (2006-02-24 10:24:33)

2006-02-24 10:27:02

#15

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,081|7248|PNW

True, though. A company as large as EA probably wants to avoid bringing too much political scrutiny down on their heads, even if it means not satisfying some of their customers. And at this point, I don't think the Battlefield engine could handle much more without forcing people to engage in an orgy of upgrades.

2006-02-24 19:23:15

#16

xX[Elangbam]Xx: Member; +107|7174

how would it create lag. You wouldn't get lag if a new player joined in right? I mean civillians would be awesome but not for conquest or else some idiot would spawn rape them . But maybe in like objective modes if DICe ever get smart and add those back in

2006-02-26 08:59:41

#17

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,081|7248|PNW

xX[Elangbam]Xx wrote:
how would it create lag. You wouldn't get lag if a new player joined in right? I mean civillians would be awesome but not for conquest or else some idiot would spawn rape them . But maybe in like objective modes if DICe ever get smart and add those back in

The server would still have to do the thinking for their AI, and people would still have to render all the extra polies and animations.

2006-02-26 13:26:21

#18

twiistaaa: Member; +87|7145|mexico

yeah because civilians always hang around when the bombs go off.

Last edited by twiistaaa (2006-02-26 13:26:33)

2006-03-20 21:11:20

#19

razz: Member; +7|7158|Australia

"Enemy kid spotted"

2006-03-20 21:35:09

#20

Horseman 77: Banned; +160|7314

Isn't that what the french and Spainish Players are ?

2006-03-21 14:57:42

#21

dedelus: Member; +4|7130

if they run, they're MEC. if they dont run, they're well disiplined MEC.

2006-05-13 04:50:38

#22

joybath: Member; +0|7120

loo, thats sounds funny. I hope DICE does add them in on at least one map. It might be funner to play.

2006-05-13 05:00:11

#23

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|7042|Area 51

joybath wrote:
Why can't there be any civilians inside the buildings during the game. It would just rock to use a person as a human shield! All AI players though. Maybe the players could have the option of being a civilian with maybe a handgun or something. Anyways, just a thought.

Joybath

Would be cool for singleplayer mode, but not for multiplayer too much lagg. But you could also add when u actually shoot the civilian, whether he is used as a shield or not that u get minus points.. else all civilians would be dead in like -00001 seconds?

2006-05-13 05:04:27

#24

tthf: Member 5307; +210|7234|06-01

joybath wrote:
Why can't there be any civilians inside the buildings during the game. It would just rock to use a person as a human shield! All AI players though. Maybe the players could have the option of being a civilian with maybe a handgun or something. Anyways, just a thought.

Joybath

i can just see myself getting countless -ve points from blasting those hostage takers and their human shields with my tank or apc.....

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