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FPSC Classic Scripts / Flashlight Idea!

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Mr McT
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Posted: 17th Jul 2010 17:54
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Hello

This is my first post since starting my first game

So i was reading a couple of the flashlight scripts here on FPSC Forums. And i was thinking - Would it be possible to just attach a light source to the player that can be turned on and off with the f key? It seems very simple but i have no idea how i would be about doing it. If anyone knows how this could be made into a reality - Please let me know!

Thanks In Advance
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Monkey Mja
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Posted: 17th Jul 2010 21:53 Edited at: 17th Jul 2010 21:57
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I think in the TGC Store Errant AI (EAI) Sells some guns with flashlights attatched, like the M9, which has the normal verison, the silenced version, the flaslight version, and the combo version.

Each version of the M9 is 200 points. (2$)

I'm pretty sure he has it for other guns too though.


With a bit of scripting, I think you could make it switch the flashlight on and off.

- Monkey
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Marc Steene
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Posted: 17th Jul 2010 22:02
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It's possible with Project Blue which allows you to attach a light to the player.


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vortech
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Posted: 17th Jul 2010 23:38
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Just like in Airmod
You're real pb fan.

Look. Flying saucer.
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Shadowtroid
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Posted: 17th Jul 2010 23:41
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Quote: "Just like in Airmod"


You can't in Airmod.

No, in stock FPSC you cannot move lights.

You can however do it with mods. In Fenix mod there are specific commands for them, just like in PB.

@Marc

Just in case you didn't know Hockeykid moved all of the fenix flashlight commands into PB without telling us.

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Nilloc
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Mrmc you might want to ask a mod to change your name

Who da man?!
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SH4773R
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I agree

Who the hell is General Failure? And why is he trying to read my hard disk?

My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.
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Nbt
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maybe to MrMcKitties as your avatar is an epileptic cat

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PW Productions
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2010 19:37
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Quote: "It's possible with Project Blue which allows you to attach a light to the player."


Yes, but when you reload, the light doesn't move, when the gun moves, the light doesn't move. I don't think we'll have a realistic flashlight (L4D is a great example) for a long time at this rate.

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Posted: 22nd Jul 2010 21:00 Edited at: 22nd Jul 2010 21:02
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You could just say you have the light on a hemet or shrit (like uncharted)

Who the hell is General Failure? And why is he trying to read my hard disk?

My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.
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Marc Steene
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Quote: "Yes, but when you reload, the light doesn't move, when the gun moves, the light doesn't move. I don't think we'll have a realistic flashlight (L4D is a great example) for a long time at this rate."


They were just asking for a simple flashlight, not one attached to the gun. And creating a realistic flashlight is entirely possible (with Project Blue anyway). Attach a cone entity to the player with a transparent texture and then bind a light to the center. This will force the light into a cone shape. If you wanted to go a step further and make the flashlight rotate to follow the gun's angle, that's simple to do to by tracking the entity's internal angle and positioning variables.

Always think twice before posting sceptical comments about FPSC. You'd be suprised what you can do with a little creativity.


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PW Productions
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2010 22:24
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Quote: "(with Project Blue anyway)"


Didn't I already tell you I have PB?

Quote: "Always think twice before posting sceptical comments about FPSC. You'd be suprised what you can do with a little creativity."


C'mon Marc... I just misunderstood what he said, I thought he meant something like L4D, realistic.

Quote: "Attach a cone entity to the player with a transparent texture and then bind a light to the center. This will force the light into a cone shape."


And I've already done that, but I was talking about a flashlight that looks realistic, acts real, casts shadows, etc...

Plus, I didn't even mean offense, no need to get too defensive

And one last thing.... I always think thrice.

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Marc Steene
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2010 22:29
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Quote: "And I've already done that"


Well done for getting that far, it's probably further than most people got.

Quote: "that looks realistic, acts real, casts shadows,
"


In that sense you're right, a feature like that would need to specifically be hardcoded into the engine. I always thought the Left4Dead flashlights looked pretty cool.

Quote: "Plus, I didn't even mean offense"


None taken.


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PW Productions
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2010 22:30
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Quote: "None taken."


Alright, good. Sorry, I was worried we were going to get into a flame war there Heheheh... um... yeah

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hmmm... You guys ok.

signatures are dumb.....
idk why....
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Sorry Marc, but your cone idea would only work with static lights... which wouldn't make for a very good flashlight anyway, lol. As it is now, dynamic lights do not cast shadows, which is what you would need them to do for the light to be restricted into a cone.


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The way I did it was to just attach a cone of light to wherever the 'light source' on the weapon is. It didn't create a good effect, but it turned out ok.

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The Nerevar
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Well, the mp10 M9 comes with the other HUDS for ther other versions of it(silienced, light, combo)

I'd have to say........ The Game Creators can make dreams come true.
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