Class Ability:Disguise - Revision history

Hirohito: /* Player Identification */

2008-01-30T06:13:46Z

Player Identification

Defrag: /* Friendly Indicators */

2006-07-31T01:27:25Z

Friendly Indicators

Defrag: /* Friendly Indicators */

2006-07-31T01:26:35Z

Friendly Indicators

Defrag: /* Class Identification and 3rd Person Weapons */

2006-06-25T13:04:58Z

Class Identification and 3rd Person Weapons

Defrag: /* =Stacking Disguise Commands */

2006-04-25T07:02:59Z

=Stacking Disguise Commands

Defrag: /* Content */

2006-04-25T07:02:46Z

Content

Defrag: /* Player Identification */

2006-04-25T06:42:52Z

Player Identification

Defrag: /* Player Identification */

2006-04-25T06:41:35Z

Player Identification

Defrag at 22:58, 20 March 2006

2006-03-20T22:58:48Z

Defrag: /* 1st Person Weapons */

2006-03-19T19:15:20Z

1st Person Weapons

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 ==Player Identification==
-When placed under an enemy's crosshair, the spy's name should show up as one the team members found on the team the spy is masquerading as.  The name should preferably never correspond to that of the person who's looking at the spy and trying to identify him unless no other option is available (i.e. the disguise team has one member, so no other options exist).  The health value should always be positive, and the armour value sensible.  E.g. a scout with 10 health will generally always have 0 armour, as the scout's armour depletes faster than his health.  Believable armour values could be calculated by applying the [[:Category:Armour|Armour]] absorption ratios relative to the class' remaining health values and associated armour type.
+When placed under an enemy's crosshair, the spy's name should show up as one the team members found on the team the spy is masquerading as.  The name should preferably never correspond to that of the person who's looking at the spy and trying to identify him unless no other option is available (i.e. the disguise team has one member, so no other options exist).  The health value should always be positive, and the armour value sensible.  E.g. a scout with 10 health will generally always have 0 armour, as the scout's armour depletes faster than his health.  Believable armour values could be calculated by applying the [[Reference:Armor|Armour]] absorption ratios relative to the class' remaining health values and associated armour type.
 ==Class Identification and 3rd Person Weapons==

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 ==Friendly Indicators==
-When a spy is viewed by an allied teammate and the spy is disguised as one of the 'enemy' team, a visual indicator should be displayed. (I.e. this indicator only shows up when the friendly spy is disguised as a non-friendly.  If the spy is undisguised or wearing the colours of an allied team the indicator is 'not' displayed).  The indicator could simply be something like a team coloured "F" sprite being placed over the spy's head (so blue spies would have a blue F and so forth, regardless of the disguise currently employed).  If a spy cumulatively receives 50 or more damage from a teammate, warning text and an audible "Ceasefire, I'm on your team!" sound effect should play to further reinforce the fact that the player is a teammate.
+When a spy is viewed by an allied teammate and the spy is disguised as one of the '''enemy''' team, a visual indicator should be displayed. (I.e. this indicator only shows up when the friendly spy is disguised as a non-friendly.  If the spy is undisguised or wearing the colours of an allied team the indicator is '''not''' displayed).  The indicator could simply be something like a team coloured "F" sprite being placed over the spy's head (so blue spies would have a blue F and so forth, regardless of the disguise currently employed).  If a spy cumulatively receives 50 or more damage from a teammate, warning text and an audible "Ceasefire, I'm on your team!" sound effect should play to further reinforce the fact that the player is a teammate.
 ==Disguise Fools Buildables==

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 ==Friendly Indicators==
-When a disguised allied spy is viewed by a teammate, a visual indicator should be displayed.  This could simply be something like a team coloured "F" sprite being placed over the spy's head (so blue spies would have a blue F and so forth, regardless of the disguise currently employed).  If a spy cumulatively receives 50 or more damage from a teammate, warning text and an audible "Ceasefire, I'm on your team!" sound effect should play to further reinforce the fact that the player is a teammate.
+When a spy is viewed by an allied teammate and the spy is disguised as one of the 'enemy' team, a visual indicator should be displayed. (I.e. this indicator only shows up when the friendly spy is disguised as a non-friendly.  If the spy is undisguised or wearing the colours of an allied team the indicator is 'not' displayed).  The indicator could simply be something like a team coloured "F" sprite being placed over the spy's head (so blue spies would have a blue F and so forth, regardless of the disguise currently employed).  If a spy cumulatively receives 50 or more damage from a teammate, warning text and an audible "Ceasefire, I'm on your team!" sound effect should play to further reinforce the fact that the player is a teammate.
 ==Disguise Fools Buildables==

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 ==Class Identification and 3rd Person Weapons==
-When spies are disguised, they should display the relevant weapon in the third person view.  TFC's spy was inflexible, as they could only equip one weapon in third person mode, making them very easy to spot in many instances.
+When spies are disguised, they should display the relevant weapon in the third person view.  TFC's spy was inflexible, as the spy could only equip one weapon in third person mode. This made spies very easy to spot in many instances.
 The spy possesses four weapon slots (1,2,3 and 4), so there's enough choice to assign each slot a corresponding weapons slot with the disguised class (excluding the demoman's detpack and the engineer's buildables, as those are special cases).
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 *Slot4: Nailgun / RPG
 This allows the spy to blend in more easily.
 ==1st Person Weapons==

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 * Changing from one class disguise to another also takes 3 seconds.
-===Stacking Disguise Commands==
+===Stacking Disguise Commands===
 * Performing multiple simultaneous commands results in no time-savings.  I.e. the commands' timing run consecutively as opposed to concurrently.
 * Performing one command, waiting for a period and then performing a second command results in the commands overlapping, but again no time is saved.  E.g. if a blue, undisguised spy chooses the blue soldier disguise, then two seconds later chooses to change colours to red, the last 1 second of the soldier disguise routine will be added to the new red disguise command.  This means two things:

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		+	==Timing==
		+	* Changing from one team's colours to another team's colours takes 3 seconds.
		+	* Changing from one class disguise to another also takes 3 seconds.
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		+	===Stacking Disguise Commands==
		+	* Performing multiple simultaneous commands results in no time-savings. I.e. the commands' timing run consecutively as opposed to concurrently.
		+	* Performing one command, waiting for a period and then performing a second command results in the commands overlapping, but again no time is saved. E.g. if a blue, undisguised spy chooses the blue soldier disguise, then two seconds later chooses to change colours to red, the last 1 second of the soldier disguise routine will be added to the new red disguise command. This means two things:
		+	** A: The '''total''' time of the full disguise (blue spy -> red soldier) will be 6 seconds.
		+	** B: The time to finish the disguise from issuing the red team disguise command will be 4 seconds as 2 seconds of the soldier disguise has already elapsed meaning 1 second remains, so this is added to the new red team disguise command, taking a further 3 seconds. 1 + 3 = 4.
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		+	===Special Cases===
		+	* If the spy's class disguise is unchanged, changing back to the default team's colours is instant. E.g. A blue spy with red team colours can switch back to being a blue spy instantly.
		+	* If the spy's team colour is unchanged, changing back to the default class disguise is instant. E.g. A blue spy with a blue soldier disguise can change back to being undisguised instantly.
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		+	The above conditions are in place because a spy could simply achieve the same effect (going back to the default colour and class) by attacking.

	==Friendly Indicators==		==Friendly Indicators==

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 ==Player Identification==
-When placed under an enemy's crosshair, the spy's name should show up as one the team members found on the team the spy is masquerading as.  The name should preferably never correspond to that of the person who's looking at the spy and trying to identify him unless no other option is available (i.e. the disguise team has one member, so no other options exist).  The health value should always be positive, and the armour value sensible.  E.g. a scout with 10 health will generally always have 0 armour, as the scout's armour depletes faster than his health.  Believable armour values could be calculated by applying the [[Armour_Types|Armour]] absorption ratios relative to the class' remaining health values and associated armour type.
+When placed under an enemy's crosshair, the spy's name should show up as one the team members found on the team the spy is masquerading as.  The name should preferably never correspond to that of the person who's looking at the spy and trying to identify him unless no other option is available (i.e. the disguise team has one member, so no other options exist).  The health value should always be positive, and the armour value sensible.  E.g. a scout with 10 health will generally always have 0 armour, as the scout's armour depletes faster than his health.  Believable armour values could be calculated by applying the [[:Category:Armour_Types|Armour]] absorption ratios relative to the class' remaining health values and associated armour type.
 ==Class Identification and 3rd Person Weapons==

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 When disguised, the spy's weapon viewmodel is unaffected by the disguise.  Instead, the HUD shows an icon indicating what the 3rd person disguise weapon will appear to be.
-E.g. If the spy is disguised as a soldier and is using slot 4, the nailgun viewmodel is held as normal and a HUD icon showing the RPG is displayed.
+E.g. If the spy is disguised as a soldier and is using slot 4, the nailgun viewmodel is held as normal and a HUD icon showing the RPG is displayed.  This means the spy is, in reality, holding the nailgun but other players will see the spy as a soldier holding the RPG.
 ==Speed Toggle==