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azjesse
November 23rd, 2009, 09:48 PM
Hello, i'd like to know whether it is possible to use the battery ammo like Halo 3's Energy Sword uses. By this i mean that it does not waste ammo\battery when you fire at nothing, but use ammo\battery only when striking a successful lunge. On the top left of the next image is somewhat of an example of what i want, which is as stated above, and for it to show on the HUD properly.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/350a05865a6c3ff8f5a2a5ed6be6c5373ed4a3e3.png

ODX
November 23rd, 2009, 09:52 PM
I think Sigma's done it, I'm not sure.

Other than them though I haven't seen anyone try it. Energy Sword isn't exactly a popular weapon in CE.

Con
November 23rd, 2009, 09:54 PM
Please use [shot] tags for large images

Donut
November 23rd, 2009, 11:58 PM
I think Sigma's done it, I'm not sure.

Other than them though I haven't seen anyone try it. Energy Sword isn't exactly a popular weapon in CE.
no sigma never did that as far as i know

Inferno
November 24th, 2009, 01:39 AM
Impossible. You can't modify the ammo of a weapon unless it has a scripted name and even then it would be impossible to script a hit/no-hit check.

Unless someone has a better idea of course.

Good_Apollo
November 24th, 2009, 04:59 AM
Aren't there hit effects? Can't you translate that to ammo use?

Hunter
November 24th, 2009, 05:23 AM
Swords are pretty pointless in CE tbqh.

Dwood
November 24th, 2009, 05:48 AM
Swords are pretty pointless in CE tbqh.

Eh not so much in SP.

bobsam
November 24th, 2009, 06:47 AM
Eh not so much in SP.
this

p0lar_bear
November 24th, 2009, 06:48 AM
Unfortunately, making a weapon like that by tags only isn't possible. Age and ammo decrement at a fixed rate, whenever the weapon is fired.

Ki11a_FTW
November 24th, 2009, 03:04 PM
well what i did was give it the first-person ammo function like the needler, i had all frames the same except for the last frame was when the sword was gone, it worked.

Geo
November 24th, 2009, 11:19 PM
Is it possible to give the weapon such a large weapon charge that it would never be used up in one mission? I haven't looked at weapon tags in forever but I'm not sure.

Pooky
November 25th, 2009, 01:39 AM
Is it possible to give the weapon such a large weapon charge that it would never be used up in one mission? I haven't looked at weapon tags in forever but I'm not sure.

I don't see why, instead of obsessing over having a lunge, people don't just make Halo CE energy swords with a 1 shot kill melee attack that has good range. :\

Heathen
November 25th, 2009, 01:43 AM
because it wont play like the REAL energy sword.

and most of them are thrown into shotty remakes of halo 2 and 3 maps (some are good so no offense to the mappers) and will change the gameplay.

azjesse
November 26th, 2009, 03:13 PM
Well I suppose i will leave it as an infinite ammo type weapon.

Dwood
November 28th, 2009, 01:15 PM
Well I suppose i will leave it as an infinite ammo type weapon.

No dont. Just give it a larger ammo reserve than most weapons, and make the ammo for it battery packs or something like that.