stebbinsd Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Setting up an arena in my settlement was a pain in the ass, to put it mildly! As it turns out, I have to set up elaborate structures with powered doors just to keep the combatants from attacking enemy combatants on-sight! Then, I'm supposed to use the quitting time siren and wait for people to get in their seats before I even assign settlers to teams! This video explains how much of a pain-in-the-ass it is: With the exception of the pathfinding issues, I think 99% of the pain-in-the-ass problems with this system can be easily cured with a simple addition: A time-keeper bell! Place it near the Quitting Time siren for optimal results. Time-keeper bells are used in boxing and pro wrestling to signify the beginning and end to matches and rounds, so it's already immersive. You can take the sound-effect from the vanilla "bell" and just play it three times when the time-keeper bell is activated. Here's an idea of how the mechanics of the bell would work: Assigning settlers to arena platforms will only assign them to preliminary factions ... e.g. "Blue Team - Pacifist" and "Red Team - Pacifist." These factions don't do anything by themselves; their only purpose is to serve as placeholders for the actual combat factions. When the bell is activated by the player, anyone in the "Blue Team - Pacifist" faction will be added to the regular "Blue Team" faction. Same with the Red Team. These are the factions that are scripted to attack each other on-sight. Ringing the bell again will remove the combatants from those regular factions, while still keeping the pacifist versions of the factions intact. Add a "cease combat" script they don't want to finish the fight they've already started, and that would effectively signal an end to the fight. Who seconds this request? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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