Hello everyone,
Its time to present an new Interesting Ability:
The Jetpack
The idea of an Jetpack Ablity was long in my personal Archives over the years.
After some experiments I have develop an functional Jetpack Ability for the Game.
Here are the Details how this Works:
There are two Units the Bot and an Air Dummy.
The Bot has an Toggle Button which spawns the Air Dummy at the position of the Bot. The Bot will be attached automatically to the Air Dummy. The Air Dummy itself is an Air Unit, which works like an Air Transport and doesn't has an visible Model. After the Bot has been attached to the Air Dummy the Dummy will fly to the latest Move Location, which was given to the Bot. If the Dummy reaches the Target Location he will drop/unload the Bot. After that is done the Dummy will be fully deleted from the Game. The Bot itself is also still there in the Game and not deleted. This makes it eventually possible to add AI Support for this Ability but needs to be tested.
The Air Dummy itself is targetable by Anti Air and kills the attached Bot if he is destroyed. The attached Bot is able to fire on Ground Targets (If this has been set in the Blueprint File).
The Jetpack Ability is already available for testing on the Github Reporstity of the Commander Survival Kit and included in the Mod Commander Survival Kit Units. The UEF has get an modifed Tech 1 Mech Marine with an Jetpack to test this Ability in Action. Of course more Units with this interesting Ability will appear in the Mod soon for the UEF and for the Cybrans in Detail.
Stay tuned for more Updates
Best regards
CDRMV