Droid Engineer Archive

One thing that really needs to be brought to the forefront and to the attention of our DEV's is how to integrate droids into the game which is something I refer to as droid functionality.

Here is a scenario for Garages\Player Garages

• The player needs to have their vehicle repaired.


• They pull up to the garage.


• When they arrive in front of a garage a 3PO unit is present & placed at a strategic point near the ramp on the garage port.


• The player will park the vehicle next to the 3PO unit and engage in a scripted scenario requesting repair.


• The 3PO unit will then state how much the amount will cost.


• The player accepts and out comes a repair droid that repairs the vehicle with a tool that would show a welding beam that the player can see.


• In addition a power droid will charge the vehicle at the same time.

This would create more of a star wars feel and immersion for the player. I kept it simple so that input could be added by the community The idea is to create an actual droid interaction. It would apply droids and promote droids to serve a function in the game that is part of the daily life of a SWG gamer.

Shuttles\Starports\Sounds .This could also be applied to Droids that stand in front of transportation. They could vocally announce the arrival time of the shuttle.

• A player walks into the shuttle and sits down.


• A droid walks to the player and requests a ticket.


• Once the ticket is activated then the download screen activates.


• The door to the shuttle will close when it is time to leave thus no more players can get on and the shuttle is cleared from all players that are in it.


• It then takes off.


• The 3PO unit then annunces the next arrival time for transportation.


• At times a R5 unit will repair the 3PO unit.

What are your ideas my fellow droid engineers?

Honestly, I like your ideas. But really you are just talking about graphic immersion.

Why do the garage droidsrepair vehicles and not any droid we can make?

I really do want to see droids that actually do more tasks. I think if you have a repair droid, you should be able to repair your vehicle anywhere. Heck, I would be all for repair droids that players own only being able to repair your vehicle in a garage.

Lets say that if you have your own mechanic droid, your fees are lowered to have your vehicle repaired (pay for parts but not labor). That needs to happen in a garage, lets say. If a droid reduced vehicle maintainence by half, then you suddenly have a useful commodity.

I think that if we droid engineers make a balanced case that we can offer QA and player based opinions just like may of us offered for vehicles based on star wars facts.

Message Edited by Ablon on 02-03-2004 09:20 PM

Message Edited by Ablon on 02-03-2004 09:22 PM