thejosh/chaotic-rage

An unusual zombie shooter game for Windows and Linux

chaotic-rage's Issues

CollisionShapes should be stored on the entity type, not the instance

The bullet collision shapes should be stored per entity-type, not per entity (for ram reasons).

Controls and initial game play isn't well documented

Just needs some info.
Perhaps a tutorial too.

Add a basic a game storyline

This hasn't really come up much previously, but it has been in the back of my mind for a while yet.

Large gamestates crash the server when player joins

When there is a large gamestate, joining the game causes the server to crash.

I'm fairly sure it's going over the packet length limit, so I'll need a way to split up large states into multiple packets.

Most of the Lua stuff is crap and leaky too

I'm thinking some of it needs rejigging into some sort of DOM-like system or something.

It's not a massive priority, because the system works, but it would be good to think about before heaps of new content is added.

Linux is on Bullet 2.81, but Windows on 2.79

The version of bullet shipped with the game just needs bumping. It's been done on Linux, but not yet on windows.

Split screen - can't change weapon

Player 2 changes player 1's weapon, but player 1 cannot change his own, and player two cannot change his own either

Tanks shoot machinegun bullets instead of massive rockets

It should be massive rockets; the bigger the better.

Most of the maps are quite crap

If someone wants to make maps that would be great!

As well, some of the older ones don't work or even crash the game.

Rendering map transforms are very messy

I don't understand the code at all. Take a look in RenderOpenGL::mainRot() to see what I mean.

Here is a sample (trimmed a little):

this->render_player->drive->body->getMotionState()->getWorldTransform(trans);
btVector3 euler;
PhysicsBullet::QuaternionToEulerXYZ(trans.getRotation(), euler);

glLoadIdentity();
glTranslatef(this->virt_width / 2, this->virt_height / 2, 0);

// Behind (3rd person)
glRotatef(180, 0, 0, 1);
glTranslatef(0,483,1095);
glRotatef(74, 1, 0, 0);

glRotatef(RAD_TO_DEG(-euler.z()), 0.f, 0.f, 1.f);
glRotatef(180, 0.f, 0.f, 1.f);
glTranslatef(0.f - trans.getOrigin().getX(), 0.f - trans.getOrigin().getY(), 500.f - trans.getOrigin().getZ());

If anyone can make sense of that, be my guest!

Shooting is not effective enough

It takes about 40 bullets in a machinegun to kill a zombie.

The damage/weapons need adjustment. This can be done in config files (you can even use the datatool if you can get it working).

Sometimes weapons get stuck on machinegun

Even when you change weapon, it's still on machinegun.

Also, ammo doesn't go down.

There isn't any GUI for selecting mods

There should be some sort of GUI for choosing the mods to load, so we can have hundreds of them

Zombies always face the same way

Zombies always face the same way, even when walking. This affects their effectiveness at killing, and looks weird too

Almost nothing has sounds

We need to have hooks in the data config for some things, as well as actually recording the sounds.

Physics collisions areas don't match the actual objects

The collision ranges are all wrong for almost everything.

This needs some thought probably. We might be able to do it automatically for some simple objects (like walls, etc), but more complex stuff will need some data config stuff too.

Leaving vehicles can cause odd results

Any, all or none of:

• The vehicle flipping
• The vehicle flying
• The character falling through the map

Internet serverlist lookup is blocking UI

This causes the network dialog to take a long time on a slow/broken connection.

Nothing much is animated

Almost everything just slides around weirdly.

This may also involve adding bone-based animation.

Undocumented guichan dependency...

docs/dependencies.txt doesn't mention the Guichan library requirement at all.

Zombies don't attack

Or at least they don't seem to.

This is a multi-part issue. The Lua AI scripts need logic to know when to do the melee attack, the melee attack needs to be coded (C++) and they probably need an animation (and sound) too.

Vehicles are missing

I think the Assimp stuff broke vehicles.

The particles system is rubbish

It's really bad.

Subsystems preGame and postGame in weird spots

The method gamestate->start() should be renamed to preGame, and everything should be run from in there, instead of the current mix of from within menu.cpp and game.cpp

Renaming:

• Render
• Audio
• Physics
• Map
• Events
• GameLogic
• NetClient
• NetServer
• GameState
• Moving the stuff to where it belongs

Object lift/throw/drop isn't implemented

It used to be, and got lost with the bullet physics stuff.

Lots of old code needs removing

Classes such as:

• Particle, ParticleType
• ParticleGenerator, ParticleGenType
• MapGrid, MapGridCell, CollideBox

And associated .conf files, etc.

Tanks don't work

Which is sad.

The logic just needs porting to Bullet Physics.

Map tool needs rework

It can't handle the newer map file formats.

The map format might need some work too.

Zombies attack dead bodies

Then chase the dead characters instead of the alive characters

Vehicles face backwards

Yeah it's a bit of an issue...

Dynamic lights are not wiped at map unload

If you run a game with a map with dynamic maps, then run a game on a map without dynamic lights, the dynamic lights from the first map remain.

Remove the big common header (rage.h)

It's a bit crappy that everything hangs off rage.h. This should be cleaned up.

Speed issues with 20+ zombies

It's all the ray tests against the heightmap.

We could change the res of the heightmaps (don't like that idea because it would kill some maps), but apparently slower speeds help too.

More research is needed.

Some issues joining games

Sometimes joining existing games doesn't work, it even crashes the server on occasion.

First person view doesn't work

It just shows some stars and that's it.

Game crashing upon startup

Error report from Abe Hoffman.

I downloaded the game and the installation process worked fine. However, when I try to execute, the Window opens but then the process stops working.

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad
4GB RAM DDR3
OnBoard Video
Windows 7 Pro

Problem Details:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: chaoticrage.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 50944a57
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Heightmaps are broken

Probably just needs normals.

Although is it even necessary? It might be better to have full-height options available instead.

Zombie hit/miss status and blood is confusing

It is difficult to tell when you are hitting a zombie or if they are just bleeding profusely. There is a small static blip when you shoot and hit them, other than that you can't tell how many times you've hit them.

Characters can walk off the edges of the map

This is just a physics issue. Fairly easy to fix.

Character physics and animations is out in a few areas

Some of the zombie mechanics are off. For example, the zombie will float over the hole in the ground or walk in place infinitely. Also I have seen several zombies walk into the blackness at the edges of the map... never to return.

Special attack isn't implemented

The key is there, but it does nothing.

Is this a feature I still want in the game? Probably.

OpenGL really should use GLSL

It's just a matter of creating a new video driver and using GLSL instead of fixed function.

Server doesn't detect player leaving properly

This may be related to issue #27 but I'm not sure.

Split-screen controls are not documented

They should be.

There isn't any power ups

It would be really good to have power ups.

Specifically, the "Chaotic" power up and the "Rage" power up.

Some objects are the wrong scale

It's mostly just the zombies and the robot, all of which are about 3 metres tall.

Sound doesn't work on some configurations

I had a report that sound wasn't working from one user. It was working on my box but is someone can test on a system with multiple sound cards because it might be that

Seem to fall through the map sometimes

You seem to fall through the map sometimes.

• Raising the map (esp. on quicker computers)
• Leaving vehicles

Rockets bounce on the ground

Okay, so it's kinda cool, but it's still a bug.

There is a similar issue with proxi mines.

Need additional (or less intense) music

For more variety and so you don't go mad playing for too long.
Maybe even just have periods of silence (or softer tones) between songs.