Caelun Niveus Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm wondering, will there maybe be an option or something that makes all the character units generic units? Would personally rather play as a nameless sniper than Deadeye, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedhart Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm wondering, will there maybe be an option or something that makes all the character units generic units? Would personally rather play as a nameless sniper than Deadeye, for example. Did you play the original Renegade? The named character upgrades are just the way the game is built. Every 500 sniper on GDI is a Deadeye. There is no such thing as a GDI Technician, they are all Hotwires. Thats not going to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega79 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I think the names are part of Renegade and the C&C universe ... for me the names add that C&C atmosphere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelun Niveus Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Did you play the original Renegade? The named character upgrades are just the way the game is built. Every 500 sniper on GDI is a Deadeye. There is no such thing as a GDI Technician, they are all Hotwires. I did and I am aware that the game is going to be like that... by default. Just wondering and hoping for a mod or option that might change that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban4life Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well aside from the arguments already given, the recognition is a great part of Renegade as well. There will most probably be no generic soldiers, even if it would only affect your own visuals. If there were, it would probably either affect everyone to balance visuals and such, as it might help in spotting people. That being said, they might add an option to change skins like in the original Renegade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valor Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 You won't be able to modify skins yourself due to the game engine. And they haven't finished all the regular skins yet so alternate skins isn't a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundShades Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yeah. As a new member to Renegade this would seem painful to game immersion. However, this is sort of like how it is in Team Fortress. It may not seem normal. However, it is just the way it is. The units "character" is the taletale signature of the unit's rig. "Deadeye" is the sniper. It isn't just some soldier with a sniper rifle, it is Deadeye, the GDI Dead 6 member who sharpshoots for the group. Multiple characters playing as him are playing his "role" in team-based combats. It is like 2 people playing as Scout against a Demoman on TF2. Battlefield, the soldier seem generic to make it seem more normal that there are multiple of them. That is for realistic immersion. This isn't that. This is the single character with cannonical C&C role you are playing as, not a generic soldier. If it were in the game, I would still like it though. Just cosmetic. Just... meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelun Niveus Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 I am playing through the original Renegade at the moment. Only downloaded it a couple days ago, not sure if/how finding multilayer matches works and I'm mostly just going through the campaign. I did get a match in of the multilayer practice as well, so I know both who the named characters are (for the most part, still haven't beaten it at time of posting) and that anyone who wants to be Deadeye can be... Though I will say your analogy with TF2 somehow makes me more accepting of it. I still would like something more 'generic', but I definitely could live with it as is. A minor, cosmetic nitpick in something I'm looking quite forward too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundShades Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 It requires a serial. I heard you can download a program called "renlist" that will patch you into servers manually if you enter the server information into it. You can usually find server information at major community websites. If you had a serial, that is unique, and you set it up with XWIS first, then confirmed it at a different site, then entered it into the game, it would render you the server list. However, that is a lot of work. I can only do it because I had a copy of the game anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaTe Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Honestly, you can just use a shared serial that you find online, and most servers will let you play if you have scripts 4.0 installed. Renlist is a direct connect 3rd party program that has the server listings already in it, which is very useful. Download scripts 4.0 and then download renlist. That is your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedhart Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 It requires a serial. I heard you can download a program called "renlist" that will patch you into servers manually if you enter the server information into it. You can usually find server information at major community websites.If you had a serial, that is unique, and you set it up with XWIS first, then confirmed it at a different site, then entered it into the game, it would render you the server list. However, that is a lot of work. I can only do it because I had a copy of the game anyway. Damn, and I thought dealing with RenGuard was a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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