I found this video of the original design for the subway system. It look much better and seem pretty damn awesome.
What was the problem that stopped this from happening?
What was the problem that stopped this from happening?
Why did the Subway System become a Monorail?
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This actually looks mint, Tbh I'd prefer a subway system like this over the current monorail but then again there are some map restrictions as far as I know. Not sure how this would affect the map but this definitely seems like a really nice thing. Not sure why this wasn't a thing or whatever but #AddSubway??
While the concept for a subway system does seems to be a pretty neat idea as in offering another method of transportation, I believe the main reason why the devs settled for a monorail system is because of engine limits of Source and Hammer.
From what I recall from @Xquality ’s live-streams and what he’s said, being as the Paralake map is as large as it is with all the detail added into it, it more-or-less hits the Hammer map limit for what can be added into the map. So if a subway system was to be implemented into the current map, it would certainly exceed this limit - meaning that a subway system to go all around the map would be impossible. The only way this would be possible was for details such as different buildings, etc to be removed in order to compensate for a subway system to be added.
Another reason as to why they probably settled with a monorail system as opposed to a subway system would be its usage. Being as the monorail current is not used by many people apart from new players and those without vehicles, etc. it would seem almost pointless to add a subway system that operates similarly to the monorail when most players have vehicles that are able to get to these locations more quickly and easily.
Overall, it would be cool to have as another means of transportation, but with the engine and map limits, as well as the amount of people using the monorail, it wouldn’t seem practical at this current point in time. Maybe in V5 or whenever S&Box/GMOD 2 releases, then it could be a possibility
From what I recall from @Xquality ’s live-streams and what he’s said, being as the Paralake map is as large as it is with all the detail added into it, it more-or-less hits the Hammer map limit for what can be added into the map. So if a subway system was to be implemented into the current map, it would certainly exceed this limit - meaning that a subway system to go all around the map would be impossible. The only way this would be possible was for details such as different buildings, etc to be removed in order to compensate for a subway system to be added.
Another reason as to why they probably settled with a monorail system as opposed to a subway system would be its usage. Being as the monorail current is not used by many people apart from new players and those without vehicles, etc. it would seem almost pointless to add a subway system that operates similarly to the monorail when most players have vehicles that are able to get to these locations more quickly and easily.
Overall, it would be cool to have as another means of transportation, but with the engine and map limits, as well as the amount of people using the monorail, it wouldn’t seem practical at this current point in time. Maybe in V5 or whenever S&Box/GMOD 2 releases, then it could be a possibility
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I doubt PERP will be ported over. Completely rewriting all the features in C# will be a fucking mission.
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10$ first week of public release, along DarkRP
Why not? It is worth to remake the gamemode/ a similar gamemode
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It would be good to see it trust me but PERP alone will be hard to recreate plus all the stuff on top that the dev team have added will be a cunt to recreate. Especially getting it all to work the same.
In my opinion Garry's Mod community will be devided between S&Box and Gmod. I don't believe it will completely die out.
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No, it won't, coding in C# will likely be easier actually.
Also, rewriting something is often beneficial as you can find bugs, exploits and other problems in the code which you can fix.
This will just make things easier.
Also, rewriting something is often beneficial as you can find bugs, exploits and other problems in the code which you can fix.
Map limitations, making a fully functional subway system will take a lot more brush faces than a simple monorail that is placed outside.
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cus subways cost money but monorails are freeeeeeee
what if we put a roundabout into the subway
