Trouble in Terrorist Town - a GMod gamemode

[Ajunk]

I suggest that players (mostly traitors) be able to use both slot 7 and slot 8 (slot 8 being the one being used exclusively for the DNA scanner I believe) for all traitor/detective items. The reason behind this is because it lets traitors use their items in combination, i.e. teleporter + newton launcher. Of course, traitors packing two items can't pick up DNA scanners.

Alternately, move DNA scanner to slot 9 and have slot 7 and 8 for items.

[Nasu]

Well I'll support if the items that can be used in combination are limited.

[C.Mong]

I've noticed you can't quick switch between the DNA Scanner (When the menu is closed) and a weapon, which is kind of inconvenient especially when there are people around and you want to be extra careful. Is this by design or just something that's been overlooked?
Traitors also can't quick switch from the teleporter to a gun.

[Bad King Urgrain]

I've noticed you can't quick switch between the DNA Scanner (When the menu is closed) and a weapon, which is kind of inconvenient especially when there are people around and you want to be extra careful. Is this by design or just something that's been overlooked?
Traitors also can't quick switch from the teleporter to a gun.

Just hasn't come up. I'll go over all the special weapons and make sure it works.

[Darkebrz]

I just use T to switch to last weapon, and I can't switch between the DNA scanner and anything else, which is a real pitty because that seems like it would be the best thing to be able to switch to.

[JoTheShmo]

I just use T to switch to last weapon, and I can't switch between the DNA scanner and anything else, which is a real pitty because that seems like it would be the best thing to be able to switch to.

2 posts up. He's fixing it.

[Darkest_97]

Since the whole hat thing didnt work, i just wanna put this out there.
Monocles for the detectives anyone? I mean the hat looked pretty nice, im sure you could whip up a decent monocle.
Or are you not gonna go down that road again? It would probably turn out the same way as the hat what with all the bugs and such.

[Meta-Stick]

How many detectives wear monocles?

[Darkest_97]

Does that really matter?

Edit: All of them.

[Darkebrz]

Monocle would present the same exact problems as a hat.

[Staghorn]

I don't know if I should make a new thread for this, but I have an idea for a new traitor weapon.

Leg Dampeners: Completely negates fall damage.

Good for goomba stomping and quick getaways.

[that guy]

Would cause to much exploting with maps that have cliffs or huge ledges that you are supposed to die when you fall down them.

[NaPStone2]

Maybe simply halves it.
would still break some maps that are just long enough to die from.

[Lapis Lazuli]

I know I post ideas here every now and then, some good but most probably bad but...

It'd be kinda cool if detectives had some way to atleast clear 1 persons innocence so they could work along-side them. I think a good way of doing this would be giving detectives a "Handcuff" special equipment, which forces the player to stay holstered until the handcuffs are removed. Traitors, however, would be able to break / unlock handcuffs, but obviously if they did so they would be exposing the fact that they are a traitor. I think this would add an extra element of strategy to finding out if someone is a traitor, since it can *possibly* clear someone's innocence, or at least provide you with a temporary set of extra eyes to help keep watch over you without having to worry the whole game that they are also a traitor. Unlike some weapons mods I've seen on servers (like the instant killing of traitors weapon, golden gun... I forget which server) I think that the handcuffs would be a neat way of making the detective class feel much more powerful and have more control over the innocence, which is supposed to be the basic idea.

Also, I think the 2 special equipment slots I read about earlier may be a good idea, as long as players are unable to carry 2 of the same items (no double c4s or knives or whatever else). Or you can make certain items take up 2 special equipment slots rather than 1, so it works more like an inventory.

One LAST thing, It'd be nice if you could change the order at which your guns are ordered in your own menu. So you could change it to something like:
1) Special Equipment
2) Secondary
3) Primary
4) Crowbar
5) DNA

Etc etc

[NaPStone2]

Go into options menu.
Bind *key number here* to *preferred key number here*
???
KILLING

[Lapis Lazuli]

Right, but the problem with that is it messed up my Gmod configuration, and doesn't show up accurately when looking through the TTT weapon menu. (Atleast, I think that would be the case.)

[NaPStone2]

It wouldn't "look" right in TTT menu if you rebound keys, but if you rebound keys, then use the keys and it wont matter.
If you use the scroll wheel then your SOL for the time being.

[Meta-Stick]

You can't buy 2 knives, and if you've found another, I think you deserve it. Not to mention why is two c4 a bad idea? It holds no advantage over having 1 c4, and an extra credit to buy another right after.

Also handcuffs for innocents has trolling written all over it. Plus any magic item, or special thing that reveals a person as innocent that a detective could get would just go against the fundamentals of the game. It narrows it down by 2 people for whoever else is innocent because the guy would know that the detective, and the proven innocent guy aren't traitors.

One more thing... Leg Dampeners? You could at least call them Shock Absorbers... >_< Regardless a bad idea. Leads to exploits as that guy stated.

[Bad King Urgrain]

You could prevent exploits if you only made those shock absorbers negate damage if you land on top of someone. That would make them rather risky though.

I don't think handcuffs would be much fun for the handcuffed person.

Customizing weapon order is not going to happen.

Carrying multiple traitor weapons would be a significant powerup for traitors. I'm keeping the idea on my list though. One way of doing it would be to move certain traitor weapons to be slot 8. That would make it easy to restrict certain combinations and double-carrying. Might be too restrictive though, I haven't worked out which weapon would go where.

[Nasu]

Carrying multiple traitor weapons would be a significant powerup for traitors. I'm keeping the idea on my list though. One way of doing it would be to move certain traitor weapons to be slot 8. That would make it easy to restrict certain combinations and double-carrying. Might be too restrictive though, I haven't worked out which weapon would go where.

Restricting them someway like:
tele in slot 8
c4 in slot 8

and others in slot 7
Both tele and c4 are more "passive" weapons.
Also if you add this, the covert detective is also a really good idea:
You have automatically 2 mins at start covert and after that it costs 1 credit to continue the covert for the rest of the round, or untill you reveal yourself (you can reveal at 2 first mins too ofc)
No buy menu when covert.
And there has been some talk about adding this, traitors should see when they are being scanned with dna, but imo thats a bad idea.
Just mah 2 cents here