I'm not sure if this has been posted before, so I apologize if it has and I didn't see it. Here's something cool with the Haloball gametype that can used in future puzzle maps or mini games. It's essentially a way to give the player the power to delete objects in a map using the traits of the skeeball objects, which disappear when they hit a goal. Go into forge with the Haloball gametype. Place an armor ability down and label it "HB Goal." Place an initial spawn point for yourself on top of the armor ability. Set the armor ability to be of your team color and give it an area. Place any other objects on the map, movable and non-movable objects, and label them all "skeeball object." You will also have to label an object as "ball spawn" in order for the gametype to work with the map. Now go into custom games and test this out by picking up the armor ability and bumping into the objects. Please note: The spaceship sound you hear when "scoring" can be annoying. And some large objects (like coliseum walls) may not work too well with this.
So the Armor ability will disappear when you hit the hill while it's on your back? That sounds useful for a couple of minigames...
My understanding is that when you have the power up you can make other things disappear when they are in your field. Care to elaborate?
You can do this with other things like weapons and vehicles also, I tested this yesterday, and posted this in another topic "Insane Gametype Questions" So basically any object, I tried powerups (camo, overshield, and custom) but it didnt work with those, and same with health packs.. Havent tried grenades, but they should work same as weapons
Objects also disappear when they hit a kill zone, soft or hard. It's probably for the best, but that means no soft kill zones to prevent goal camping. Anyone up for making a map that requires someone to push a ball through a maze of killzones?
I have tried to get this to work but apparently something is wrong. I have a simple inescapable room that has a wall set to "SkeeBall Object" and an AA on my corresponding spawn point labeled "HB Goal." but when I bump into the door nothing seems to happen. Do I need to edit spawn time or sequences?
Make sure the goal is set to your team's color, and that it has a big enough radius and height. Other than that, you'll just have to play around until it works.