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Offline khade

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #465 on: August 08, 2016, 04:37:04 am »
I don't know if this is the place for this suggestion, but, I think it would make the torches more useful if they didn't light up automatically, and had to be lit before giving off light or lighting those clubbed by them on fire.  First it would allow you to use the darkness to position yourself, if desired, and second it would allow you to bring a supply of torches just in case without having to replace them every mission.  The negative would be that you'd now have to spend time units to light it, but that's a minor problem, I think.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #466 on: August 08, 2016, 07:28:56 am »
That'd require a script that swaps item (torch) into another item (lit torch) when the torch is 'primed'. Not sure if it's possible.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #467 on: August 08, 2016, 08:14:30 am »
What about the flashlight? Could that do the switch on or off? Would that have the same problem?

Given the ingenuity of the people behind the scenes, I wouldn't be surprised if it's possible, the question in my mind is if it's worth the aggravation to set up.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #468 on: August 08, 2016, 09:08:09 am »
There is a function that can do that for the flashlight but what's the point, just pocket it and the problem is solved. The same could be done for Torch, but it wouldn't stop you from setting targets on fire with an unprimed one.
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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #469 on: August 08, 2016, 06:48:46 pm »
That'd require a script that swaps item (torch) into another item (lit torch) when the torch is 'primed'. Not sure if it's possible.
If torch is primeable then its not lit by default.
Different graphic for lit can be supped by scripts or by scripts recolors (by making fire transparent when not lit).

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #470 on: August 08, 2016, 08:57:38 pm »
But you'll still be able to burn people with it? (It's a flare-battle type with gun melee.)

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #471 on: August 08, 2016, 09:53:51 pm »
But you'll still be able to burn people with it? (It's a flare-battle type with gun melee.)
It will always burn people even if "turn off". When I finish new lighting system (right now I fighting with performance degradation caused by it) I will think about way of enabling and disabling weapons attacks. Another thing would be no-stopping grenade countdown even if in inventory or hand.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #472 on: August 08, 2016, 10:45:29 pm »
I think we all want the grenades to still stop the countdown if in hand, if you can arrange that.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #473 on: August 08, 2016, 11:25:17 pm »
I think we all want the grenades to still stop the countdown if in hand, if you can arrange that.

Yes, but i think it may be made only with certain type, how about a smart grenade which may achuebe that?

As for shotguns, i think since the pair domestic shotgun/heavy shotgun is quite senseles , how abaout to remover the former and make the latter replace the first? 4 shotgun are quite enough :) give the tons of weapons in play.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #474 on: August 08, 2016, 11:35:40 pm »
cue 20+ smoke grenade explosions on first turn

->Shotguns: we have that much more than 4 shotguns: sawed-off, double-barreled, domestic, military\blackops, heavy, combat, blunderbuss + upgrade, CAWS, super shotty, smasher, splatty, plasma shotgun, boom gun...
Besides, they're quite different, though I consider both of them useless. Especially heavy, it doesn't even have chem rounds.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #475 on: August 08, 2016, 11:41:41 pm »
Heavy is useful early on, so is domestic, though for a much shorter time.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #476 on: August 09, 2016, 01:35:42 am »
Shotguns are basically crap outside of AP rounds/slugs, and even then they're still crap because they lack range.

The entire weapon class badly needs an overhaul (like doing Stun/Stamina damage on hit regardless of armour penetration).

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #477 on: August 09, 2016, 02:09:59 am »
TU damage would work well to support the main role of the shotgun. The pellets indeed tend to be pretty useless, but one you pass a certain threshold or change to certain damage types, they can be quite useful. Anything with chem is great, getting something that sets people on fire would be nice, and TU damage for AP would be cool. Using the super shotgun, you can do a great amount of damage in the routine clearing runs against small crafts as well.

And with single slugs, they can be great for breaching, or for urban environments.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #478 on: August 09, 2016, 04:27:34 am »
Honestly buckshot should probably get the secondary effects; slugs/AP don't need much help outside of their atrocious range.

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Re: Suggestions on how to improve the mod
« Reply #479 on: August 09, 2016, 04:35:05 am »
It will always burn people even if "turn off". When I finish new lighting system (right now I fighting with performance degradation caused by it) I will think about way of enabling and disabling weapons attacks. Another thing would be no-stopping grenade countdown even if in inventory or hand.

What'd be most welcomed is an option that holds grenade's countdown ONLY if it's held in hand, not anywhere in the inventory...