Water dynamism

[Noble]

I wonder if the reelaboration of water in the game are even going to be a thing. It actually is used as gib area in officials (Canals is a good example), it has a solid color and I'm not sure if this will ever change, but I wanted to point out some cool aspects of redeveloping the water.

• Swimming, that's so f* fun. My superfighter must as well know to swim and dive during a match.

• It would have a different appearance, a bit transparent so the one in can see what's around him. Maybe the one out can't see what's going if he isn't touching the water, uh? Like it gets darker.

• Like fire, which are particles I think, the whole water system would be different, opening up brand new possibilities like for new items as extinguishers. Can't you imagine how cool would be the water slowering you, the splashes around (I'm obviously not thinking of something too complex, that's just somehow feasible).

• A piranha/shark in the water, substituting the gib proposal, they could deal good damage.

• A new mechanic related to the players movement in the water, according to the devs will. There are many ways for that to be made. Maybe the water can slow you down and other.

What I posted above was just me giving random and unrelated (with each other) suggestions for that idea. I know how difficult creating a new game element can be (that's like, absurdly). I just wanted to show you all that point of view and possibility (for a really far time, maybe), feel free to post negative/positive aspects or tell your opinion about any kind of water related update.

[Sree]

Swimming is a fuck yeah addition, but not much official maps have water tho. canal's water space is very little. Maybe they could release a map based on water. a map where swimming is essential and there are sharks or piranhas like u proposed. Anyway, this idea seems to be good, the only problem is, this is too much work for the devs lol

[Merchant]

Swimming is the feature that has been missing from the beginning, atleast i think so. But the problem is, like Sree already said, not much maps have that much swimming-space.
So i think the best solution is to just add regural water (you'll be able to swim in it) and if you don't want your map to have a swimmable-water,
you can just add gib area to the water.

For example,
maps like fairground should have swimable water

also, more specifications would be nice
for instance, does swimming take energy, if so how much?
are there going to be different swimming modes? like fast-swimming, slow-swimming
etc

Shortly, i think swimming would be really interesting feature

[Danger Ross]

Swimming is a fuck yeah addition, but not much official maps have water tho. canal's water space is very little. Maybe they could release a map based on water. a map where swimming is essential and there are sharks or piranhas like u proposed. Anyway, this idea seems to be good, the only problem is, this is too much work for the devs lol

This isn't too much work for the devs if it's their job lol.

I suggest adding some kind of pooling area marker, that allows water to move from one area to another and build up in the pooling area. Say a tile breaks and lets loose the dynamic water; if it falls into the pooling area it can create another body of water there.

[Evilsack]

This would be nice. It would add the possibility for water based maps, such as The City of Atlantis. It would also lead to the addition of swimming gear cosmetics; I mean who wouldn't want to run around in Scuba gear? It would be nice to have some fresh gameplay.

[Motto73]

This isn't too much work for the devs if it's their job lol

At first, it's not their job. They are doing this on their own free time. Appreciate it, give them some own time.

Secondly, I'd love the water utility thingy. Maybe the fighter starts taking damage when he runs out of stamina, and he'll lose it all the time he spends underwater. Also the player could maybe change the sprite like in super Mario when he enters water? Like, swimming front side down and back up, moving hands to the side. Weapon wielding should be restricted, or at least prevent swimming.

[Noble]

Maybe the fighter starts taking damage when he runs out of stamina, and he'll lose it all the time he spends underwater.

Yeah, it's better than creating a new thing for that, making use of an actual mechanic.

[Splinter]

Maybe if there was another type of water, "clear water", where players could swim. This one looks polluted by sewers, like in Police Station, where you can see sewer pipes. It would be fun if there was a campaign where you had to swim for a bit to reach an enemy base :p

[Gurt]

Superfighters are dense musclepacks of power. Their density makes them sink like stones in water. The water is also highly toxic so you dissolve within seconds.

Water (and acid) is used to prevent players from leaving the map in some scenarios like in Fairgrounds and Police Station. SFD isn't designed with swimming in mind and is not something we will add as we don't see it adding any gameplay value to this game.

We have thought about letting shallow water (like in High Noon - water up to your waist) put out fire though.