Knife mb mb?

[Atty]

No throw. Make it a slash out, sort of like a meele but a cutting animation. If you've seen CS:S's knife anims, make it like that.

[Teroh]

No throw. Make it a slash out, sort of like a meele but a cutting animation. If you've seen CS:S's knife anims, make it like that.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Reaper Man]

nobody ever got my knife ingame - http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...Dog/knife7.jpg
scoob got as far as skinning it... then bleh.

[Zeph]

What's the point of a knife if you have a melee function?

[Reaper Man]

i know... but it was needed for shellshock, until it kinda died (afaik) itd be nice to have it ingame though. =\

[rossmum]

nobody ever got my knife ingame - http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...Dog/knife7.jpg
scoob got as far as skinning it... then bleh.

Do it yourself. I might tag it if you're too noob.

What's the point of a knife if you have a melee function?

Smashing someone over the head with your rifle may or may not kill them; it may just knock them cold. Plus, guns are slow and awkward melee weapons. Knives are fast, light, and extremely lethal when in expert hands.

[Zeph]

Plus, guns are slow and awkward melee weapons. Knives are fast, light, and extremely lethal when in expert hands.

It's a video game. Video games work on functions. Guns being 'slow and awkward' and knives being 'fast, light, and extremely lethal when in expert hands' has no merit. Especially since the knife will only be as fast as the animation showing the 'attack'. The knife could honesty be a razor-sharp blade or a 3.5" floppy disk, but as far as the function goes it is all the same.

As far as knives go, I've found one example that does them somewhat right and that is Counterstrike. Of course it's insanely unrealistic, but as a video game, it works great since there is no melee function and a single hit does a considerable amount of damage.

[Reaper Man]

well it's also degrading to get killed by a knife. bf2142 takes advantage of that fact with it'd dogtag system where you get whoever you've killed with a knife's tags and it's kept in your stats

[rossmum]

Exactly. And even though it doesn't make a load of sense from a gameplay point of view, look at it another way Knifing someone in a shooter is very degrading and also a challenge. Plus, it adds a whole new element to the game like when the last two players in a round of CS switch to knives

[Zeph]

Exactly. And even though it doesn't make a load of sense from a gameplay point of view, look at it another way Knifing someone in a shooter is very degrading and also a challenge. Plus, it adds a whole new element to the game like when the last two players in a round of CS switch to knives

Here's another reason why it shouldn't be done. HCE Netcode. Knifing in a client sided game is fine by me if it fits in the game, but on a server sided one, where your opponet could literally be on the other side of you due to leading I dont think so. Not only that, but Halo's weapon system doesn't fit the bill. Two weapons and two types of grenades dont call for a knife.