Mods that you think will or want to happen?

[Snausages]

Everyone's been talking about modding AS already, so I wanna know what kind of mods you'll be expecting, wanting, or working on once the game is released.

Personally, I expect someone to reskin the characters into the TF2 mercenaries; that's gonna be a no-brainer.

I'd like to see a top-down racer a la Micro Machines but I'm not sure if that'll work.

[JewishFury]

Dota.

[Corrn]

They'll mod the weapons for sure

Maybe change them to look like TF2 weapons? :P

And you know VALVe will sneak in a Hat simulator 2 Mod ;)

[DKill3r]

Not really a mod, but I guess we'll be able to use the models in Garrys Mod soon.:) At least with the help of the gm_mount addon, which even lets you use L4D stuff. :D

[blackout32]

I am expecting and wanting eight and six player co-op. I'd also really like a 2Fort map and L4D and L4D2 survivor skins.

[KolesRage]

I'm hoping to see the two original campaigns and the three expansion campaigns ported over.

[YoungScripter]

No RTS plz.

First person, with custom maps.

16 vs. 16 team deathmatch.

Survival gamemode. (if it's not in)

Many versus modes, guys! Come on modders! Capture the Flag, etc.

Perhaps instagib versus mode?

Free for all mode?

Just some ideas.

[Corrn]

No RTS plz.

First person, with custom maps.

16 vs. 16 team deathmatch.

Survival gamemode. (if it's not in)

Many versus modes, guys! Come on modders! Capture the Flag, etc.

Perhaps instagib versus mode?

Free for all mode?

Just some ideas.

People would have to build servers from the ground up to make a game made for 4 players on the same team work with 32 players without lag.

[Killroyomega]

I am fully expecting some type of 'Defend The Castle' type gameplay, where you have to hold a certain area for as long as possible against progressively harder enemies.

What would make that even better is if multiple teams were modded in, so that you would have to defend against actual players either controlling boss-type monsters, or controlling the various waves as a mother-brain type character.

No RTS plz.

First person, with custom maps.

16 vs. 16 team deathmatch.

Survival gamemode. (if it's not in)

Many versus modes, guys! Come on modders! Capture the Flag, etc.

Perhaps instagib versus mode?

Free for all mode?

Just some ideas.

Oh, we already have that game. It's called Counter Strike: Source.

[Frequalizer]

I am fully expecting some type of 'Defend The Castle' type gameplay, where you have to hold a certain area for as long as possible against progressively harder enemies.
Oh, I remember that one from Warcraft 3. Would be awesome indeed.

[Echo5ive]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.

[YoungScripter]

Oh, we already have that game. It's called Counter Strike: Source.

Most things I named there aren't even in CSS, man...:eek:

[Killroyomega]

Most things I named there aren't even in CSS, man...:eek:

Every single thing you said has been modded into CS:S in some form or another.

[facepalm]

People would have to build servers from the ground up to make a game made for 4 players on the same team work with 32 players without lag.

Originally made for 8 players

[gazibl]

tower defense

[YoungScripter]

Every single thing you said has been modded into CS:S in some form or another.

I haven't seen instagib or survival in CSS yet. :p

Also, as you say; it's modded into the game. Time to mod it in Alien Swarm, eh? :)

[Killroyomega]

I haven't seen instagib or survival in CSS yet. :p

Also, as you say; it's modded into the game. Time to mod it in Alien Swarm, eh? :)

Instagib was a very short lived mod. It died rather quickly because just people spammed the MG.

Survival = Zombie Mod


The things you said would be rather hard to mod into the game, and might take a while.

[krakadict]

starship troopers mod

[YoungScripter]

So?

If it's fun, it's worth making.

If you enjoy making it, it's fun. ;)

[napmaster]

Pretty sure there will be a game involving zombies. Zombie Swarm?

[kraid08]

I'm going to have fun porting maps from CS:S and other Source games into AS :)

[Snausages]

I'm going to have fun porting maps from CS:S and other Source games into AS :)

Better make them fun. :)

The L4D maps would probably make the best ports, though.

[narr]

What I would want to see is a L4D-style versus mode with four players playing IAF Marines & 4 players controlling a cycle-spawning set of special aliens.

[turtlesoup]

People would have to build servers from the ground up to make a game made for 4 players on the same team work with 32 players without lag.

uh you mean like unreal tournament on ue2, where this mod originally came from? or like tf2/l4d on source, where this mod has been ported to?

to say that this game is simply a mod of those bases with the cam moved overhead is obviously oversimplifying it, but we know what these engines are capable of, thanks. the question here is what we can still do with those 32 players, ie. if swarms of aliens would still be playable under those conditions. but the original question was for deathmatch, which although I personally don't care for, it's basically a core feature of these engines to begin with.

what I also want to know is, why newcomers are constantly comparing this game to l4d, or game x, y, z. is it all you know? I'd like to think that valve hired these guys for their vision of what else we could do besides deathmatch and zombie killing.

[tinsteelviper]

Just more maps I would like to see so far

[GarrettR]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.

That was the first thing I though of when I saw the video. Unfortunately, you are right about GW and their legal department.

[TrinityKei]

An "Alien" mode, in which instead of the normal aliens we fight, we get the aliens from the movie "Alien". that would be sweet as hell :)

[Frequalizer]

Reasonable and easy to make but highly enjoyable would be a survival mod. Perhaps with custom items like crates you can pick up so you can barricade yourself for a short period of time before you've decided where to go next.

[sgt_deacon]

Some sort of survival mode where you are competing for how long you can stay alive and not going through a mission.

Assuming that isn't in place already.

EDIT: Aha, I have been outdone!

[spencer102]

It would be really cool if someone made some kind of mod, with 2 teams of 4, where the teams race to the end of the map, like The Challenge for any Fortress fanboys.

[STARSBarry]

an 8 player survival arena mode.... so bassicaly one of each and every character and you have to survive as long as possible against hordes of increasingly deadly oponants..... bassicaly fast & frantic

[Saijin_Naib]

I just wanna have First Person/Third Person toggleable in the game.

[kusokasa]

First person would be awesome :)

[a gentleman]

First Person with a minimap on the hud so you can see monsters that are behind you (so FPS wouldn't become a tactical disadvantage)

RTS/TD might be cool too.

[dasWombat]

First person would be awesome :)

Do we really need another FPS? Why can't we just enjoy this perspective for a cange?

[Shrimpsess]

First Person with a minimap on the hud so you can see monsters that are behind you (so FPS wouldn't become a tactical disadvantage)

The minimap works the same way as the UAV in MW2 for example. You'd still be at a huge disadvantage.

[shackanaw]

Personally, I expect someone to reskin the characters into the TF2 mercenaries; that's gonna be a no-brainer.

This was one of the first things to occur to me. New maps in the TF2 art style will probably also come out. We've already seen TF2 reimagined in an 8-bit style in Gang Garrison 2 (http://www.ganggarrison.com/), and as a side-scrolling platformer in The Great Class Dash (http://classdash.yolasite.com/).

The somewhat cartoony style translates well to other styles of games.

[zapmunk]

Team Swarmtress 2.
replace all AS classes with the TF2 classes

[moizeus]

Well I was thinking Of Aliens Mod/Starship Troopers.

[Fredrik1ST]

Not really a mod, but...
teletubbie skins for the four survivors!

[Lemon_Powered]

no dota, please god, no more dota.

[johncarr79]

These as mods would be sweet. Chaos Engine, Smash TV, Syndicate or a 1942 styleé mod, any of them would be real nice.

[zapmunk]

Not really a mod, but...
teletubbie skins for the four survivors!

Oh god, they do look like that!

[Mr. Richardson]

Need a Notrium Mod Here!

[ReverendLongman]

A first person perspective would defeat the point of this game. Go play AVP if you want that.
A TF2 mod would be hilarious, even just changing the models to the TF2 characters would be good! (seeing a scout being infested and subsequently die would be brilliant.)
An alien style survival mod would be cool too, one person as one stealthy alien, and the rest of the "crew" being poorly armed and having to survive and trap and kill the beast before it kills them.
Regardless of mods I know I'm gonna dust off my mapping hat and get in on the hammer based action. Maybe I'll even try to find the one I started when AS:I was still in development back in 2007.

[bloodypalace]

I just wanna have First Person/Third Person toggleable in the game.

What's up with these people asking for first person view for a top-down game?

[bloodypalace]

Not really a mod, but...
teletubbie skins for the four survivors!

There's a mod for l4d that makes the zombies teletubbies! :D

[Saijin_Naib]

What's up with these people asking for first person view for a top-down game?
Quite simple. I'd like to see how the game plays in First Person.

[pkt-zer0]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.
Yeah, the game does already seem pretty Space Hulk-ish, except being real-time.

And who cares about the legalities, it'd be awesome for all seven seconds of its existence. I really wish they'd make a proper Space Hulk adaptation themselves if they're going to be stopping others from doing so.

[bloodypalace]

Quite simple. I'd like to see how the game plays in First Person.

It just doesn't make sense because in top down games you aim in a direction and depending on the game sometimes direction and range. You just can't make it a fps, unless they lock the vertical movement of the mouse or something annoying....

[turtlesoup]

It just doesn't make sense because in top down games you aim in a direction and depending on the game sometimes direction and range. You just can't make it a fps, unless they lock the vertical movement of the mouse or something annoying....

in 2d yes, but 3d no. in this case it's only a change in perspective, x/y/z axis still exist. imagine the up/down perspective in first person, this is your distance measurement in the top down view. so naturally either is possible, but agree that other mechanics are obviously going to be set up for the original view, of course it wouldn't be the same game in 1st or 3rd person.

[Rustybobo]

Warhammer 40k mod

[cyborg34573]

Hmmm, maybe a deadspace mod.

[Ambient_Silence]

what I also want to know is, why newcomers are constantly comparing this game to l4d, or game x, y, z. is it all you know? I'd like to think that valve hired these guys for their vision of what else we could do besides deathmatch and zombie killing.


I wonder this as well. I am then struck by the irony that, in many cases, 'game x, y, z' weren't even on the market when the original version of the Alien Swarm mod was released...

Don't mean to troll, but I feel that is an important point that most people have missed.

[Cola-A-Crit]

Quite simple. I'd like to see how the game plays in First Person.

You could just play L4D...

[Nublich]

A 8 player gamemode where each of the players spawns at seperate locations on the map, they then have to link up half way through the game and proceed to the evac point. :confused:

[Frequalizer]

Some arena-like mod where you face multiple enemies every round, and every time after you've survived 1 round, you go back to an area where you can resupply and get your health back up. Your goal is to be the last one standing. So while it's actually every man for himself, you still HAVE to work together to some extent to be able to get further.

[SM darren]

A 8 player gamemode where each of the players spawns at seperate locations on the map, they then have to link up half way through the game and proceed to the evac point. :confused:

I like this. Have it like a maze to the center, people can meet up and help eachother get to the end, where they'll face a boss or something.

Teamwork is overpowered in most games

[_koro_]

prop hunt :D

[HydratedPinkus]

I'm seeing a zombie mod that replaces all the aliens and futuristic architecture with more urban ones.

[franjrp92]

An "Alien" mode, in which instead of the normal aliens we fight, we get the aliens from the movie "Alien". that would be sweet as hell :)

This, with colonial marines.

/thread

[Left4Dinner]

The mods i think we might see(in no particular order) a Warhammer 40k Mod . Space marines Vs. Tyranids is pretty likely. then something Starship trooper related and then a Left 4 Dead mod.

[Felix]

No RTS plz.

First person, with custom maps.

16 vs. 16 team deathmatch.

Survival gamemode. (if it's not in)

Many versus modes, guys! Come on modders! Capture the Flag, etc.

Perhaps instagib versus mode?

Free for all mode?

Just some ideas.

Obviously you have not played the original very ofter (or at all?)

Alien Swarm does not work in first person. It might look like L4D in space but it aint. There is a mod for the original to have the cameras in first person view but it realy realy sucks.

Why do I say that? Well, it's played different then others action games. You need the overview to defend waves of bugs. You need to see the other players even more like in the way L4D offers. Sometimes you have to split and then come together again.
You would not want to play Star Craft in first person view would you? Think about Alien Swarm like a mix of Starcraft and Shadow Grounds.

Best way in fighting the bugs on a higher level (hard or insane) is to not let them touch you. And that is realy realy hard. You have to dance around them (not sure it will be possible in the new one, probably not), more like the regular Cycle-Alt-Straf.

Alien Swarm is a very tough game. Beginners often gave up on it. That's way the active community is very small at the moment. There are only two servers left. The ones that stood with it, love it, play (sometimes :cool:) flawless on insane.

Well, this all might not sound very feasible but I cant describe it better. FSP wont work. Just try the mod and join one of our servers.

There are two original and four third party campaigns available plus some more maps. Even death match maps :p

Endless hours of fun, if you can handle it...

[JeremyG]

A mode just like in L4D2, where people can be aliens themselves, and fight against other people that are the alien fighters.

[Maow]

If it has voip support mod it so when players are speaking make it sound like they are wearing headgear/space , i dont mean make it over the top but make it so its so subtle it actually adds to the mood of the gameplay.

[nexuselite]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.

Like to see them try. We made it, we have any rights to use it.

[Nikos the great]

space marines, and instead of aliens tyranids or orks.

[YoungScripter]

Obviously you have not played the original very ofter (or at all?)

Alien Swarm does not work in first person. It might look like L4D in space but it aint. There is a mod for the original to have the cameras in first person view but it realy realy sucks.

Why do I say that? Well, it's played different then others action games. You need the overview to defend waves of bugs. You need to see the other players even more like in the way L4D offers. Sometimes you have to split and then come together again.
You would not want to play Star Craft in first person view would you? Think about Alien Swarm like a mix of Starcraft and Shadow Grounds.

Best way in fighting the bugs on a higher level (hard or insane) is to not let them touch you. And that is realy realy hard. You have to dance around them (not sure it will be possible in the new one, probably not), more like the regular Cycle-Alt-Straf.

Alien Swarm is a very tough game. Beginners often gave up on it. That's way the active community is very small at the moment. There are only two servers left. The ones that stood with it, love it, play (sometimes :cool:) flawless on insane.

Well, this all might not sound very feasible but I cant describe it better. FSP wont work. Just try the mod and join one of our servers.

There are two original and four third party campaigns available plus some more maps. Even death match maps :p

Endless hours of fun, if you can handle it...

Hmm, wouldn't it even work with custom maps designed for First Person?

[Felix]

Hmm, wouldn't it even work with custom maps designed for First Person?

Well, I think it could.

The third person tactical overview is what makes alien swarm special though.

[Saxby]

Probably already posted and most of you won't know what I'm talking about but another "Telic" campaign is an absolute must. Made the first game something incredible through interface improvements, new weapons, great missions and overall style.

Here's hoping we get the guys who made the first one to work on another one.

[GSus4]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.

Well, not if we make it Hace Spulk, and call the characters as Mace Sparines =D

[kuaneos]

6+ players co-op, survival mode, Starship Troopers/Aliens/Zombie mod.

[Jonathan]

I'm really looking forward to seeing what mods you guys come up with! I'll be around to answer questions and help people get into the code.

[LethalEnd]

I would mark out if someone did a remake of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

[RedSkizzers]

Dota.

YES PLEASE.

[majan_pl]

Half Swarm
Counter Swarm
Day of Swarm
Swarm Fortress
Left 4 Swarm
SERIOUS SWARM
TOWER DEFENCE

[shackanaw]

I'd like to see a top-down racer a la Micro Machines but I'm not sure if that'll work.

How about a top-down D.I.P.R.I.P. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/17530/)?

[GarrettR]

Well, not if we make it Hace Spulk, and call the characters as Mace Sparines =D

I cant see that possibly going awry.

[foxbane01]

Im gona call Ghostbusters

[s0cke]

Hmmm, maybe a deadspace mod.

Thats actually pretty realistic :o . Setting and Maps are already great for it, only needs new Models.

[Zizi]

X-Com. Because it's pretty certain the new one from 2K sure isn't going to be nearly as fun or X-Com-like as AS is.

[Euphytose]

Not really a mod, but I guess we'll be able to use the models in Garrys Mod soon.:) At least with the help of the gm_mount addon, which even lets you use L4D stuff. :D

I'd better play AS with Kleiner.

[AKM]

I'd love a loaded mod. OR even just maps that played like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3VOJ-d3HU

[Gvaz]

No RTS plz.

First person, with custom maps.

16 vs. 16 team deathmatch.

Survival gamemode. (if it's not in)

Many versus modes, guys! Come on modders! Capture the Flag, etc.

Perhaps instagib versus mode?

Free for all mode?

Just some ideas.

You mean "make it like every other game on the market?"

And my controbution:

Friendly Fire removal and removal of Losing Ammo when you reload too soon.

I'm not interested in punishing the player for the sake of realism.

[iZach]

I want a Star Wars mod to happen. Set in the Old Republic era. Maybe playing as elite trooper special forces or something.

[ForeverLoading]

I'm really hoping somebody will mod it for me, severely reducing the graphics. I'm talking reducing it to less than 100 colors.

First of all, because pixels are hawt, and second because the game runs... So... Slow...

[Snausages]

I'm really hoping somebody will mod it for me, severely reducing the graphics. I'm talking reducing it to less than 100 colors.

First of all, because pixels are hawt, and second because the game runs... So... Slow...

haha, your name fits nicely

but yeah if they someone does make a mod that maximizes framerate like the TF2 Ultimate FPS Pack (http://netbooknetwork.net/forums/gaming/the-tf2-ultimate-fps-pack-dev-thread/) that'd be great

[Happygrunt]

Space Hulk.

But GW will curbstomp that instantly.

I loled so hard.

It will happen, but as "Space heap" With the "Heavy Marines" of the "Red Angels" against the "Arachnid" Infestation.

[jaratebottle]

anything but Dota.

[DrBlastBeat]

I wanna see this game in FPS cause it's awesome and well... team deathmatch ctf and other stuff would be cool:)

[Techercizer]

I wanted to make survival, but Hammer freaked me the ♥♥♥♥ out.

[maddhatter190]

we need zombies

[Kurtensen]

tower defense

^This

[Torpid]

Duke Nukem Forever

[THD]

Maybe not first person, but over-the-shoulder like what you see in the little window while adrenaline is activated?

[takmandu]

I'm hoping to see the two original campaigns and the three expansion campaigns ported over.

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[Kamori]

PVP
Tower Defense
Castle VS Castle
Bows and Arrows
Instagib
(If you remember starcraft 1) bounds
Minigames

[Gvaz]

if this was an fps it would have nothing original going for it

[Twiz]

- l4d
- first person
- vs (playable aliens)
- (team) deathmatch (with playable aliens)
- single player
- extremely overpowered weapons
- extremely underpowered weapons
- custom maps
- any combination of the previously mentioned.

[Bonzar]

Dead Space.

[dur4n272]

I liked the idea of 3 severely under equipped humans vs 1 super powerful alien that can sneak through walls and stuff like that. Only problem would be that the alien would have trouble sneaking up on them with the camera and maps as it is, but I absolutely love the camera angle so some sort of special map would have to be made for balance reasons...

[Faur]

I like the new environments and love the new character portraits, but the ingame character models aren't clicking with me at all. I'd be really stoked if someone came up with some new ones (or found a way to port over the as2k4 ones, though I guess epic would have a problem with that since they are ut2k4 characters).

[atomictoast]

I want to see a remake of gauntlet. Make it happen modders.

[Social-Pariah]

There will inevitably be a nudity mod.

[Norvu]

I think this game would have been AMAZING if it were set in the Half-Life 2 universe. Playing as four rebels going against the aliens and Combine would be awesome :D And playing in a brighter setting and away from the Alien Swarm/Left 4 Dead dark maps would be cool too.

I'd also like to see first person aspects built into Alien Swarm campaigns. Especially when travelling in a vehicle on tracks, something like sitting in a ship flying through space on a turret shooting alien ships as they try to attack.

I don't want to play Alien Swarm entirely in first person, since that seems to defeat the entire point of the game! But first person aspects would be fun.

What I would LOVE to see is the masks from the soldiers come off with new models. I think Left 4 Dead has a big strength in really distinct and memorable characters, whereas in Alien Swarm you choose an avatars head and just run around in a generic suit of space armour.

[theomegapoint]

I'd really like to see a hardcore survival type mode. Maps have little ambient light, everyone only has dual pistol as the start, other weapons and ammo are very limited, no laser sight, flashlight attachments, and the swarm cannot autolocate you (making the gametype more about stealth/survival than "wipe them all out").

[mdawgmike]

Dota.
Oh god please no. I don't want this game to be taken over with this crap just like Warcraft 3 was. Although, a lot of Starcraft/WC3 modes would work pretty good I think. Some ideas:

*Capture the flag
*Enfos
*Versus mode
*Something Diabloish
*Tower defense

Although, Hammer blows chunks compared to what you can do with Blizzard's editors. I think I'll just go with modding Starcraft 2 when they release it lol.

[CanOfPop]

Obviously you have not played the original very ofter (or at all?)

Alien Swarm does not work in first person. It might look like L4D in space but it aint. There is a mod for the original to have the cameras in first person view but it realy realy sucks.

Why do I say that? Well, it's played different then others action games. You need the overview to defend waves of bugs. You need to see the other players even more like in the way L4D offers. Sometimes you have to split and then come together again.
You would not want to play Star Craft in first person view would you? Think about Alien Swarm like a mix of Starcraft and Shadow Grounds.

Best way in fighting the bugs on a higher level (hard or insane) is to not let them touch you. And that is realy realy hard. You have to dance around them (not sure it will be possible in the new one, probably not), more like the regular Cycle-Alt-Straf.

Alien Swarm is a very tough game. Beginners often gave up on it. That's way the active community is very small at the moment. There are only two servers left. The ones that stood with it, love it, play (sometimes :cool:) flawless on insane.

Well, this all might not sound very feasible but I cant describe it better. FSP wont work. Just try the mod and join one of our servers.

There are two original and four third party campaigns available plus some more maps. Even death match maps :p

Endless hours of fun, if you can handle it...


First person works fine.

[Sargoth]

I'd rather see people come up with original stuff set in the AS universe.... than some mod trying to copy what the original game did better