Two New Ideas

[Nekumo]

Well I see everyone with their zombie mods and 40k mods, but I have two ideas that everyone might like, even though I have no skill what so ever to work on either of them and have no experience modifying the source engine or creating amazing models.

Number one would be a StarCraft type of mod where the player models are replaced with Terran Marines while the alien swarms are replaced with the Zerg.

Parasites -> Broodlings
Drones -> Zerglings
Rangers -> Hydralisks
Shield Bugs -> Ultralisks
Buzzers -> Scourge
Harvesters -> Queens
Mortar Bugs -> Lurkers
Boomers -> No clue

My next idea would be a Star Wars: Republic Commando mod where the 8 players could be replaced with the 4 commandos featured in the game, I have no clue what the swarm would be replaced with, possibly the Confederacy and more?

Just keep in mind I came up with these ideas out of nowhere I thought they sounded pretty cool, especially the StarCraft one.

[pnx]

the mod would be faster shut down as you can say "i like starcraft2" because of copyright issues

[ZombieHunterNL]

NO NO AND NO.
1: not everyone likes starcraft.
2: 8 players seems to be impossible,even with dedi servers,6 is max.
3: you would get copyright problems,and ur mod would get closed down and cancelled.

[xehonk]

2: 8 players seems to be impossible,even with dedi servers,6 is max.
I don't really like the ideas either, but when you're already modding the game, changing the number of players is just another minor change. 6 is the current max (for gameplay reasons), not the maximum the engine can support.

[CrowbarSka]

Starcraft 2's map editor is pretty powerful. It would probably be easier to make an Alien Swarm style map for that than it would to make custom art assets (and potential copyright infringement).

[Nekumo]

I never said anything about 8 players and yes we could always make a AS styled map on there if we wanted to.

[Hurrrdulon]

NO NO AND NO.
1: not everyone likes starcraft.
2: 8 players seems to be impossible,even with dedi servers,6 is max.
3: you would get copyright problems,and ur mod would get closed down and cancelled.
1) works for just about every theme ever.
2) Notice how this is in the SDK subforum? 6 players is the hardcoded player limit for AS, easily changed in the SDK (changing the lobby to show more players is a different matter, but just about anything is possible with the tools available).
3) And the Warhammer 40k mods are going to go completely unchallenged, right? (they have even more anal-retentive rights owners than blizzard)