Oh boy thats alot of Q's.
Reflex is like CPMA, with some subtle changes. You can think of it like "Turbo-Mode".
"First off, I was curious about maps. I saw some familiar ones in a demo. Who makes the maps like Aerowalk that are used in multiple games? How does that work, they are not owned by Quake?
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The community makes all the maps right now. There is only one or two "official maps". Aerowalk is a Quake 1 map, and since Q1 is basically open-source you can make copies with no intellectual property issues. Normally the mapper will contact the original creator of the map and ask for permission to port that map to a game. This is the case with "Toxicity" which was ported to reflex with permission of the original mapper.
"Is there some sort of list that shows damage output and firing rates of each weapon? Maybe the range as well?
Are the weapons equivalent to Quake weapons or is this something I just need to experience to understand?
How does armor work? The few demos I watched are bit confusing. I still don't understand tiered armor in Quake, is that the system they use in Reflex? What are the armor values?
What are the respawn time of items? Not just major items like armor and health but also weapons. Does it vary with game type?
Do they have quad and battle suit?
Is there skill matching?"
99% of the above questions can be answered here,
wiki.reflexfiles.com/index.php/Main_Page"Is there a way to make the enemies bright green? I'm spoiled by that.
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Not yet but the outlines (player outlines) are more pronounced if your play on a map with a lightmap built.
"Is it like Quake with never ending ways to modify your config? Is there a guide to show me how and what options I have to play with?
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Yes the config process is the same, however the in-game menus are alot easier than trying to beat up a config. There are however things you cannot do in the in-game menus that need to be configged.
In regards to tiered armor.
You cant stack armor. The armors are given a value, and you are "at that value" until the armor is shot-off, or you pickup a higher valued armor. So if I pickup a green I am at "green value" and can only pickup shards. If I am at yellow, I cannot pickup a green until the yellow is shot off.
The values for armors should be on the wiki.
I'd be happy to do a walk-through and answer all questions in detail if you all want to give er a shot.
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