T-Ray Prowler Test Drive

[Hamma]

Prowler night test drive - YouTube

https://twitter.com/PS_TRay/statuses/206965734377668608

I stole this baby and took it for a test drive ;) http://youtu.be/rHr5tp3zuyo

Camera phone footage and it still looks damn awesome :lol:

[Sledgecrushr]

Well it looks like we have a nice 3pov. Really neat footage, that damned thing acts like a freakin real tank. I think these guys are going to knock this thing right out of the park.

[DirtyBird]

Brake lights ftw.

[2coolforu]

looks like the turret animations aren't quite done yet :P, shells were coming out at 45 degrees.

Lovely lighting effects on the brake lights and headlamps mind.

[Johari]

Camera footage is much better than no footage. Obviously some of the turret animations are wonky but atleast we got to see it in motion. Looks like another 3 seater to me. Music went quite well with it I must admit.

[duck]

Great lighting effects, I love that they actually have a purpose besides aesthetics and they make a huge difference in 1st person.

[LostAlgorithm]

That is one sexy tank.

Can't wait to get all up in those treads.

[PeteHMB]

I like the suspension animation/tracks rolling. Adds to the realism. But damn T...get a better cell phone camera! :lol:

[Hamma]

Brake lights ftw.

Indeed

[QuantumMechanic]

I really hope they keep the third person perspective for all vehicles, not just aircraft. That looked great.

[capiqu]

Ain't it Beautiful. What a killing machine double barrel and dual turret. Thats why I love the Prowler.

Need it in HD 1080.

[Zulthus]

There's just something about the headlights on the prowler. They match perfectly with the tank. I dunno. It just looks awesome.

[Brusi]

This video is proof of looking at still images, out of context can never give you a real feel for what it will actually look like in game.

Let me be very unspecific here when i say that any design complaints that may have previously existed will all completely melt away the moment we see <insert weapon/armor/vehicle) in action.

The Prowler looks so good and the lighting is amazing!

[T-Ray]

I like the suspension animation/tracks rolling. Adds to the realism. But damn T...get a better cell phone camera! :lol:

you are welcome to buy me one ;)

[Brusi]

you are welcome to buy me one ;)

Says the most well dressed man in San Diego...

[Hamma]

Dunno video looked pretty good to me :lol:

[T-Ray]

Says the most well dressed man in San Diego...

and so you see were the money goes ;)

[Mechzz]

Again, wow! Prowler is looking pretty mean. I'm also getting more hopeful that we will at least get a test period in beta with 3pv enabled on ground vehcs since the code to support it has been made.

[Bags]

Now t-ray just needs to "steal" one of every vehicle...

[T-Ray]

Now t-ray just needs to "steal" one of every vehicle...

the would be "grand theft Armor" lol

[Zekeen]

Says the most well dressed man in San Diego...

I swear, TRay just emits mass amount of art director power. I don't think there has EVER been an MMO with an art director as classy as TRay. We drew the long straw with PS2, for sure!

[Notser]

looks awesome as always, love this engine and all the character that the three factions bring to the table. Bet being the art director for the planetside universe is one of the best gigs, curious whether the engine's power has created more gameplay mechanics for the players. I'd love to be able to turn my lights off to ambush someone with my prowler, would be funny if you could customize break lights to flash or get some side skirt lighting.

[Haro]

Oh man, I would love to be able to play music out of speakers on my vanguard/reaver. I remember something like that going on in Battlefield Vietnam waaaay back. T-Ray, Higby, someone... MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

[Saintlycow]

Gangsta music T-Ray


Get Crunk in the Prowler

[Coreldan]

Looking neat, despite the iPhone quality :D

Comparing to the Vanguard, the Prowler seems jolly agile!

[PeteHMB]

you are welcome to buy me one ;)

Heh...we'll see when I stop by in a couple months.

[Arktype]

looks great. i just think it turns left or right a bit too easily, when you turn left for example, and then to the right, there should be somekind of small momentum. would add realism.

[SKYeXile]

surly is not gonna be always able to turn that fast? :/

[Bags]

It is alpha, and the TR is all about the speed.

[Fuse]

Oh well! I guess you've got to throw the TR a bone occasionally. jk. Any footage is good footage. Hope you guys at least get to sleep some Monday.

[capiqu]

Is there some type of jealousy here?

[EVILoHOMER]

I love almost everything I've seen in this game but the tanks look like toys.

[basti]

Da hell? Why are you stealing that low tech TR thing if you could drive, no, HOVER in a high tech Vanu mag? :D

[Synical]

Wow, I just might have to dump my Lightning after all to the drive a Prowler. That things looks insane and has enough weaponry on it to blow everything to hell.

[Corax]

Hahahahhahaa, leave it to the TR to steal some of the NC's duct tape and tape another machine gun to the machine gun.

Yo dawg, I heard you like machine-guns, so I put a machine-gun on yo machine gun so you could waste more bullets.

Seriously it looks like the TR have a machine-gun fetish or something....

I mean really its a gun literally stacked on another gun!

[Figment]

Good to see there's third person view.

Looks like it works just like in World of Tanks, where it's independent of turret or hull (in WoT - hold right click to change camera). That will make driving it and having good situational awareness easy for the driver/tank commander.

Now if only it wasn't a driver/gunner. :)

The headlights look very nice, as I understood it, you can turn them off to be more stealthy, I wonder if that would also turn of the breaking lights or those lights on the side of the tank?

[Toppopia]

Good to see there's third person view.

Looks like it works just like in World of Tanks, where it's independent of turret or hull (in WoT - hold right click to change camera). That will make driving it and having good situational awareness easy for the driver/tank commander.

Now if only it wasn't a driver/gunner. :)

The headlights look very nice, as I understood it, you can turn them off to be more stealthy, I wonder if that would also turn of the breaking lights or those lights on the side of the tank?

What would be funny, is if that 3rd person is only there because its Alpha and it will be removed in Beta, so many hopes crushed. :evil:

[NewSith]

Hit like a heavyweight, breathe deep, meditate
Make the PS crowd get loud, make 'em levitate
I ride through the Indar like a presidential candidate
T-Ray here, Prowler double-gun, and accelerate...

[Shogun]

now i hope the music wasn´t something we will hear in planetside 2 ;)

would be the second worst genre possible ;)
(the worst being the music used at the end of the agn intro)

the prowler looks cool and its behaviour too!
but the machine gun on top of a machinegun looks a little stupid indeed ;)

so why are the machineguns stacked? to move independently? so it´s a 3 man tank again for tr?
if not, place them beside each other.
looks to fragile the way it is now.

every cloaker will be throwing stones at the top gun to break it off ;)

[Aractain]

it looks like the TR have a machine-gun fetish or something...

And what is wrong with that? Are you judging my sexuality?!?

[Heaven]

This baby looks evil! :) I like it

[Kipper]

Maybe because of the slight graininess and movement in the camera, but I thought I was watching a real video of a tank for a few seconds....

It was almost better that way than it would have been if perfectly video captured in HD :)

[cellinaire]

Aww as a noob Vanu soldier I don't even want to confront and fight that beast in the night Lol

[bjorntju1]

What would be funny, is if that 3rd person is only there because its Alpha and it will be removed in Beta, so many hopes crushed. :evil:

It looks a little like a ''god mode'' camera. Probably for testing purposes.

ot:

Looks awesome! Can't wait to blow a bunch of those up!

[Xyntech]

Da hell? Why are you stealing that low tech TR thing if you could drive, no, HOVER in a high tech Vanu mag? :D

To prove Vanu superiority. We could fight and win with inferior primitive technology, we just don't normally choose to.

Sort of like how we deliberately gimp our own guns to be as weak as the NC and TR bullets. Lasher 2.0 was just an example of accidentally letting some of our technologies true power onto the battlefield ;)

Pretty cool to see the Prowler driving around. Something about the grainy footage made it feel that much more realistic (as if Forgelight needed much help there). I never had a huge problem with the Prowlers new design, but not it's just looking awesome to me. I can't wait to see some tank battles with all three of these MBT's.

I wonder how large the differences in speed/armor/firepower will be between this and the Vanguard. I know it's still probably being tweaked right now though.

[SKYeXile]

Good to see there's third person view.

Looks like it works just like in World of Tanks, where it's independent of turret or hull (in WoT - hold right click to change camera). That will make driving it and having good situational awareness easy for the driver/tank commander.

Now if only it wasn't a driver/gunner. :)

The headlights look very nice, as I understood it, you can turn them off to be more stealthy, I wonder if that would also turn of the breaking lights or those lights on the side of the tank?

this tank reminds me of a T54, while the vanguard reminds me of a maus, the Mag, more like a jagpanther....

Do you know which tank wins every one of those fights?

[CollinBRTD]

Camera footage is much better than no footage. Obviously some of the turret animations are wonky but atleast we got to see it in motion. Looks like another 3 seater to me. Music went quite well with it I must admit.

Nope looks like the smallest of all 3! TR do not WANT a 3 seater TANK!

You as VS can ask for a 3 man Magrider but the prowler stays as a two men tank

[Electrofreak]

There's just something about the headlights on the prowler. They match perfectly with the tank. I dunno. It just looks awesome.

It does look great but where the headlights splash onto the ground in front of the tank is a little too close to the tank given how far back the headlights are set into the top of the tank.

If the headlights were set directly on the front of the tank, it would make sense, but as they're set up on the top of the tank and pretty far back, something just doesn't look quite right about how the light hits the ground right in front of the tank.

That's my constructive criticism. Otherwise, I'm loving it! I wonder if we'll get the option to turn headlights off... for more clandestine operations. Tanks aren't really meant to be sneaky, but night ops could employ some useful strategies like a squad of soldiers in vehicles with the headlights shut off zooming through the night under the cover of darkness to strike on an enemy's unexpecting flank.

[Pyreal]

Seriously it looks like the TR have a machine-gun fetish or something....

I mean really its a gun literally stacked on another gun!


It's known as 'over compensating'. It's common among the T.R.

[jangio]

Loving the giant moon in the background

[Xaine]

this tank reminds me of a T54, while the vanguard reminds me of a maus, the Mag, more like a jagpanther....

Do you know which tank wins every one of those fights?

Someone likes to play world of tanks.. :P

[Bittermen]

It kinda reminds me of the vehicle from Aliens. At-least the wheels do.

[Mechzz]

It's known as 'over compensating'. It's common among the T.R.

SnortLOL.

[Graywolves]

Can't wait to get inside that sexy beast.

[Hmr85]

That thing looks cool. I can't wait to blow it up with my Vanguard. :D

[IMMentat]

Best.
Dev Team.
Ever!

That said, any chance on having some fog/rally headlamp options as a side-grade?
The close up cone of light is nice enough but sometimes you want to blind someone with a few spotlights while you pick and remove the limb they need least (Deer in the headlights is more fun outside of knife-fight range).
http://i49.tinypic.com/o7ionm.jpg
Versus
http://i50.tinypic.com/o6i3h2.jpg
Closer than I thought but the mag still has lights that are angled much at the ground a few meters infront (even if you ignore that there are 2 cars in the road pic, the licht is a lot less downward focussed).

[KTNApollo]

Does this confirm 3rd person? or is this simply for testing animations?

[Immigrant]

Does this confirm 3rd person? or is this simply for testing animations?

It's alpha, it confirms nothing so don't jump to conclusions. They said 3rd person will be implemented but only for movement purposes (you won't be able to shoot) as far as I remember.

[KTNApollo]

It's alpha, it confirms nothing so don't jump to conclusions. They said 3rd person will be implemented but only for movement purposes (you won't be able to shoot) as far as I remember.

Right, but when they said 3rd person was only for spatial awareness, they said it was for aircraft only.

[Bags]

You can shoot, just no aiming reticule and I believe higby said the camera is intentionally kind of wonky/floaty to make it even harder to aim in 3pv.

[Bitmap]

Now for the most important question of all regarding this footage:

Is there a control that lets you turn the headlights off?

[Bags]

They said yes elsewhere, or Total biscuit did, Ican't remember.

[Atheosim]

This looks like a lot of fun haha.

[Figment]

this tank reminds me of a T54, while the vanguard reminds me of a maus, the Mag, more like a jagpanther....

Do you know which tank wins every one of those fights?

My Lorraine 40t. ;)

[SKYeXile]

My Lorraine 40t. ;)

your overpowered french tank has no place in any game.

[Figment]

Meh French tanks are easy to kill, just have to be able to count to six. :)

[DirtyBird]

Maybe T-Ray can confirm this or there are other theories from posters here.

Just watching that video again towards the end when the prowler is reversing and the scrub gets lit up like there is a reversing light being cast from the rear. Looks like the effect is from the red tail light but it doesnt glow any brighter.

Yes alpha etc, but is it meant to light up the rear when reversing similar to how it does on the front?

[T-Ray]

Now for the most important question of all regarding this footage:

Is there a control that lets you turn the headlights off?

yes

[Electrofreak]

yes

Bitchin'! :)

[Serpent]

The only thing I'm worried about is how strong their upgraded health will be.

[Figment]

yes

Does that also turn off any other lights on the vehicle?

[PeteHMB]

yes

*Imagines a stealth raid of sunderers delivering a full battalion of troops under the cover of darkness. Enemy troops become quickly aware as explosions light the night, the invading forces detonating C4 attached to vehicle terminals, jump pads, and spawn tubes...the battle commences*

[Squiffy]

Is there a button to turn off "Attention!....This vehicle is reversing.....Attention!....This vehicle is reversing....." lol

[Figment]

Is there a button to turn off "Attention!....This vehicle is reversing.....Attention!....This vehicle is reversing....." lol

Beep beep beep beep beep beep.

[Geist]

I'd like to see a race between the 3 ES tanks. Just how much faster is the TR tank supposed to be?

Besides that, thanks for the love T-Ray. Nice to see the Prowler in action.

[capiqu]

More Video!!!

[Malorn]

Is there a switch to turn off the headlights/taillights?

Rather drive by moonlight and not have giant beacons saying "hey, right here! there's a tank RIGHT HERE!"

Edit: I do understand moonless nights may be too dark to effectively drive and I may need headlights, but still, prefer not to use them unless necessary. Unless they provide some tactical advantage like tac lights did in BF3 with blinding. Might be good for intimidation if you have a lot of tanks all with headlights going. If the headlights help offset the light so its harder to see what is behind them then they may also serve to help mask other troops with the tanks. That could all be goodness.

[Mechzz]

Is there a switch to turn off the headlights/taillights?

Rather drive by moonlight and not have giant beacons saying "hey, right here! there's a tank RIGHT HERE!"

Edit: I do understand moonless nights may be too dark to effectively drive and I may need headlights, but still, prefer not to use them unless necessary. Unless they provide some tactical advantage like tac lights did in BF3 with blinding. Might be good for intimidation if you have a lot of tanks all with headlights going. If the headlights help offset the light so its harder to see what is behind them then they may also serve to help mask other troops with the tanks. That could all be goodness.

That would make a great opening scene for a trailer.

NC Sunderer is out on patrol and stops when a Prowler turns on its headlights close by. AV troops pile out of the Sunderer and take defensive positions. Then a second Prowler puts on its lights. Then a third, and a fourth, all the way up to 10.

Cue barrage.

[Figment]

Is there a switch to turn off the headlights/taillights?

Rather drive by moonlight and not have giant beacons saying "hey, right here! there's a tank RIGHT HERE!"

Edit: I do understand moonless nights may be too dark to effectively drive and I may need headlights, but still, prefer not to use them unless necessary. Unless they provide some tactical advantage like tac lights did in BF3 with blinding. Might be good for intimidation if you have a lot of tanks all with headlights going. If the headlights help offset the light so its harder to see what is behind them then they may also serve to help mask other troops with the tanks. That could all be goodness.

Minefields.

[Kurtz]

Honey, I'm home.

[Atheosim]

Is there a switch to turn off the headlights/taillights?


yes

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[Sardus]

ZE TURRET! IT DOES NOTHING!

Seriously though, that thing is a beast! love it!

[Hamma]

Is there a switch to turn off the headlights/taillights?

Yep they can be toggled - I think T-Ray mentioned it earlier in the thread

[DayOne]

Yep they can be toggled - I think T-Ray mentioned it earlier in the thread

Awesome! Now we just need to line up a load of tanks along a cliff top facing a base and then co-ordinate it so all headlights are turned on at once!

Anyone in the base would pee themselves!

[Malorn]

Yep they can be toggled - I think T-Ray mentioned it earlier in the thread

Sorry I should have read the dev posts first. I'm only just now emerging from my Diablo 3 binge and catching up on Planetside 2 happenings. It only distracted me from the PS2 wait for about two weeks. Now I'm back to wanting more PS2.

Love the reveals over the past couple weeks.

[Raka Maru]

Cash shop item idea:

Night drive lights and cat eyes. Just so the column can see the tank directly in front. In fact plz make cat eyes for soldiers too. :)

http://img.tapatalk.com/465f8e7c-9d72-e9e2.jpg

[Arcticus]

First post for me on this forum.

It's a beautiful clip. First few seconds were incredibly real to me. Graininess et al.

It seems to me that one slight detractor from realism in the clip is that, when the tank turns, it does so along its central vertical axis. It is a track-based vehicle so, when turning, our eyes expect one track to hold still/decelerate relative to the other track, thus causing the vehicle to turn; we do not expect it to turn along its central axis.

This, I believe, would impart a portion of the sense of "momentum" mentioned earlier in the thread.

Regarding the turret's momentum, I think we expect a certain slight jerkiness when the turret begins or ends rotation: Newton's first and all that. Maybe this bit of turret realism might be overkill for the game, though.

***edit***

I just checked and each track's width is approximately 1/5 of the entire vehicle's width, so moving the rotational axis to the rightmost/leftmost 1/10 of the vehicle's width would put the rotations right about the midlines of their respective tracks.
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Arcticus