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Offline SKYNET-011

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on: March 31, 2003, 05:30:24 pm
...be made to use a warmup glow and charge time?
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Offline IceFire

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Reply #1 on: March 31, 2003, 07:18:30 pm
Your basically talking about a muzzle flash.  Would be cool! :)
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Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #2 on: April 01, 2003, 04:21:22 am
Could you make one like an M16? You know, like with a six-way flash, kind of thing?
 

Offline Inquisitor

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Reply #3 on: April 01, 2003, 07:52:55 am
don't see why not for the muzzle flash.

as for the charge time, I assume you mean like a gatling gun, where it has to "spin up" before it starts firing?
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Offline Killfrenzy

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Reply #4 on: April 01, 2003, 08:04:12 am
Or like Starlancer's Nova Cannon or Battlezone's MAG Cannon. :)
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Offline CP5670

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Reply #5 on: April 01, 2003, 01:04:42 pm
It is possible to do a basic muzzle flash even now by playing around a bit with that mflash.tbl file. However, it does not always appear in the game for some reason; I was able to get it to work with some weapons but not others, and even then it occasionally just randomly fails to show up.

As for the charge-up weapons, are we talking about something that can be charged to make more powerful (Descent's fusion cannon) or rather something that must charge up in order to fire at all (Tribes 2's chaingun)?
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #6 on: April 01, 2003, 01:07:52 pm
How (not) rare!

A decent charging effect like the siege cannon from Cataclysm would be great.
 

Offline IceFire

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Reply #7 on: April 01, 2003, 03:23:48 pm
A Fusion cannon style chargup has been discussed and I really really want to see that.  Its relatively simple in implementation (please, skip the complicated heat and whatnot stuff).  It should work like WCP's Charging Mass Driver.  Hold the fire button and it charges until your energy banks are dry (and/or it reaches its maximum charge/damage potential).

Muzzle effects for standard weapons would be great tho.  Another thing that would make TBP look great.
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Offline phreak

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Reply #8 on: April 01, 2003, 03:25:55 pm
i looked into this and it may be tricky to write ai and multi code that handles this
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Offline SKYNET-011

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Reply #9 on: April 04, 2003, 02:04:41 pm
I meant charge like beams.
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Offline Terorist

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Reply #10 on: April 05, 2003, 01:43:07 pm
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Originally posted by SKYNET-011
I meant charge like beams.
How are you supposed to be able to hit anything with a weapon like that? By the time the weapon has charged up, the (former) target is already handing your ass to you. Brr.
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Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #11 on: April 05, 2003, 01:44:42 pm
Use it for heavy guns you'd employ against capitals.
 

Offline SKYNET-011

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Reply #12 on: April 05, 2003, 04:06:23 pm
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Originally posted by Terorist
How are you supposed to be able to hit anything with a weapon like that? By the time the weapon has charged up, the (former) target is already handing your ass to you. Brr.


It COULD be useful for superweapons.
Petrach and a few other escaped in a pod but were covered in watermelon juice....it was horrible :eek2: :shaking: -dan87uk

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Offline SKYNET-011

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Reply #13 on: April 06, 2003, 01:49:57 pm
*Bump*
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Offline IceFire

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Reply #14 on: April 06, 2003, 03:50:44 pm
We've got two very separate things here.  Beam glow style muzzle flashes for primary cannons and charging primaries.  Two things...keep em separate :)
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #15 on: April 07, 2003, 06:43:14 am
I thought that primaries already had muzzle flash? There are muzzle flash pcx files in the effects folder AFAIK.
 

Offline SKYNET-011

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Reply #16 on: April 07, 2003, 02:17:21 pm
A weapon that charges and fires like a beam.
Petrach and a few other escaped in a pod but were covered in watermelon juice....it was horrible :eek2: :shaking: -dan87uk

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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #17 on: April 07, 2003, 02:21:43 pm
What about it?
 

Offline SKYNET-011

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Reply #18 on: April 07, 2003, 02:23:00 pm
Didn't see your post there. :rolleyes:
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #19 on: April 07, 2003, 02:25:06 pm
How dare you?:D
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