ZCT - A touch of CTF - Dr. Spacebar

When I saw the use of team flags in the Zone Control stage "Today", I had an idea. See, if you add a team flag to a Zone Control stage, it can be used, but only by a member of its team. Putting each team's flag smack in the other guy's base basically makes it like CTF combined with Zone Control.

That's exactly what I did. It takes two "touchdowns" to win, and there are neutral turrets and force fields scattered around the place. Be ready for one crazy match.

  Code:

ZoneControlGameType 12.000 16
LevelName A touch of CTF
LevelDescription This could get real ugly real fast.
LevelCredits Dr. Spacebar
Script
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Specials
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[karamazovapy]

Cool idea! Annoying you can't test it from the editor, though... I'll make a map that uses the same concept sometime soon.

[watusimoto]

Do we want to "allow" team flags in a ZC game?

[karamazovapy]

The warnings aren't a bad thing to have, in the event that you accidentally use team flags without realizing it. But it's weird to have features that can be added from the editor, successfully hosted and played, but not tested from the editor.

I was able to test it, actually. I could successfully grab the flag that was the same color as my ship and capture zones with it. Watusimoto, I think this should be left as is. There's another level that utilizes this same concept called "Today" on sam686's server.

[karamazovapy]

Oh - nevermind me, I just didn't bother to actually read the warning box. Being a controller junkie, my instinctive button mashing exited the dialogue instead of starting the level. No worries!

One little glitch, sometimes the flag goes to the wrong base. I'll have to fix this...

[ZoombeR]

the only problem i see is one side packing up too much on the defensive zone and using the forcefields guarding the flag at the beginning for their lives.
Maybe making the forcefields hostile, or not having the two that guard the base would be a good idea. Just so when we have big bitfighter battles, one side cant just defend the enenmy flag, if they scored a touchdown already. this seemed to happen in the BBB. still, this is one of the maps i enjoy playing more than not.