The Official CMT SPv2 Promotion Items Thread (new pics as of 8-25-07)

That was my theory as well. They've actually changed it for Halo 3. The plasma fires from the top segment, instead of from in between the two glowing prongs. This leads me to believe that the bottom portion is the battery, connected to the main part of the weapon via electrical field between the two prongs. Someone needs to make an animation for an estimated plasma rifle battery reload. This principle works with either iteration of the plasma rifle, if you think about it.

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Originally Posted by Warsaw

Everyone who thinks the MA5B in Halo 1 sounded intimidating, say "I."

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I :eyesroll:

since we are on the subject of sound i am curious as to why in spv1 durring the beach assault did the background noise stop when all the battle rifles were being fired? and it happens in other places too when there are alot of environmental sounds some wont be played. and the AA rocket launcher, all it did was click. i kept on hoping that it would atleast whoosh but it never did.

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Originally Posted by BobtheGreatII

I don't know, I have to agree with him. It actually sounds like it should be what that gun would sound like. Clear something up for me will you? On the plasma rifle there is a metal strip behind the two plasma points. I always figured that this was some kinda of magnetic propulsion system. The energy (plasma) would gather at the front, and then this strange plate would send a short burst of electricity through it launching a small plasma bolt forward. Just an Idea...:rolleyes: They need books for Halo, just like the ones they make for Star Wars, where they describe the mechanics of all the vehicles and technology of the movies.....:XD:

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The cross-section diagnostics from DK Books? I love those things, Halo really does need something like that.

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Originally Posted by Explosive American

That was my theory as well. They've actually changed it for Halo 3. The plasma fires from the top segment, instead of from in between the two glowing prongs. This leads me to believe that the bottom portion is the battery, connected to the main part of the weapon via electrical field between the two prongs. Someone needs to make an animation for an estimated plasma rifle battery reload. This principle works with either iteration of the plasma rifle, if you think about it.

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That is asinine, no offense. I think that is a glitch (it did this with the Heretic Leader in Halo 2 as well, but it obviously came out from in-between in first person)...it should be coming out from between the prongs. It makes more sense that way. The prongs ionize and heat up the air in between them, creating a plasma, and accelerate it electromagnetically outwards towards a target as a plasmoid (Wiki that term if you need to know what it is), and the plasmoid's inertia and magnetic fields within itself hold it together while en-route to the target.

The way you have it set up makes no sense at all. That electric field between the prongs being the connector would be totally pointless, as it would be more practical and efficient to have a hard-wire inside, rather than a device outside that invites dirt, grime, and malfunction. However, I do agree that the battery is in the bottom, but my theory is that the top-half is for cooling.

As far as how it should sound, I don't know, but I do know it sure as hell wouldn't sound like it did in Halo 2. That sound does not correlated to anything a magnetically fired gun would make, and plasma does not create sounds on its own. If I had to take a guess, I would say it would sound sort of like the Halo 1 version, only with more of a "whoosh" sound as the plasma is flung out towards the target by the electromagnets.

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Originally Posted by n00b1n8R

I :eyesroll:

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QFT

So, you think the Halo 1 AR sounded scary? Did it make you run for cover, or make that user a priority target?

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Originally Posted by Warsaw

As far as how it should sound, I don't know, but I do know it sure as hell wouldn't sound like it did in Halo 2. That sound does not correlated to anything a magnetically fired gun would make, and plasma does not create sounds on its own. If I had to take a guess, I would say it would sound sort of like the Halo 1 version, only with more of a "whoosh" sound as the plasma is flung out towards the target by the electromagnets.

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But the Halo 1 PR sounded like it was manufatured by Nerf. :(

And the Halo 2 one sounded like a cheap plastic "laser gun" kind of toy that you buy your seven-year old kid to keep him or her occupied outside while you do your work.

The high-pitched wine of a palsma weapon makes sense, because of the electric components and the high-voltage flowing through the magnets. The "whoosh" makes sense, because you are hurtling a blob of ionized gas at fairly high speed (though I'll admit, the Halo plasma rifles are as laughably slow as Star Wars blaster plasma bolts).

Just wait for the Jackal ones...