Light Emitting Flashlight

[z3filus]

Has anyone ever made a flashlight for this game?

I have a map in progress that is mainly dark, and you need to use the light from your saber for most of the time, trust me, it's fun!  So obviously started looking for a flashlight weapon, but even with so many modders, it seems like no one has ever done it.. So that's my request; I'd like a flashlight weapon, that doesn't do much damage. Just a stick without detail is fine, as long as it provides more light than a regular saber, like 2x  or 3x  more brighter.

[Lancelot]

I don't know if it's possible, but maybe a modified Lightsaber could work. All you need to do is "hide" the blade and keep the hilt.

And if there is a possibility to increase the brightness (maybe with some extra coding?), you'll get a flashlight.

 

Maybe you should consult our coders here.

[Tempust85]

Probably the easiest way is to have a look at making the Spotlight map entity as a weapon.

[Ramikad]

I seem to remember that the dynamic light created by lightsabers can only be decreased, not increased. Maybe a hilt with a saber length of 0 and a strong light effect when ignited could do, along with a damage scale of 0.

[ensiform]

You can use dynamic lights but the effect won't be that great.  The engine does not allow creating real light sources in-game in real time. Because it uses lightmaps in the compiled BSP.  JK2/JKA is only slightly better than Q3 because you can at least sorta light up darker areas whereas in Q3 it doesn't work if the area is totally black.

[Langerd]

Well.. Maybe i will upload it soon:


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I made 8 invisible sources of the blades of the saber that are about 2 meters away and i just changed radius and length .. the problems are animations.. if someone want to have better animations they must make them first... :/
But i think that is enough (maybe orange light.. yellow seems a little too yellow

[Ramikad]

Well.. Maybe i will upload it soon:

 

I made 8 invisible sources of the blades of the saber that are about 2 meters away and i just changed radius and length .. the problems are animations.. if someone want to have better animations they must make them first... :/

But i think that is enough (maybe orange light.. yellow seems a little too yellow

 

All I can think about seeing this:

 

 

 

[z3filus]

That looks nice @Langerd! 

[Fuse294]

Actually I've seen this done before on RPmod many years ago, but it involved hooking the light efx onto the players model, not sure if it's possible on any others.

 

May I suggest using a different idle/walking animation for the torch saber? Try adding in the line "readyanim" to the .sab and then a reasonable animation line for it.

 

I'd also recommend setting the saberlength as 0 and disabling the wall bounce and "damagescale 0" to ensure it can't actually hurt people (unless you intend to use it for blunt force trauma.)

[AshuraDX]

I made 8 invisible sources of the blades of the saber that are about 2 meters away and i just changed radius and length .. the problems are animations.. if someone want to have better animations they must make them first... :/

But i think that is enough (maybe orange light.. yellow seems a little too yellow

Cool Idea!

[z3filus]

 (unless you intend to use it for blunt force trauma.)

Well no, my request is just a simple light emitting flashlight that can't be used as a weapon.

 

I guess it's up to Langerd now (and/or anyone else with interest)

 

[z3filus]

@Langerd, I really like what you've done already. Any chance of getting a download link for that flashlight?

 

[the_raven]

W-ow! Now that's a proper flashlight!

Only one flashlight for JKA I remember was a really cheaply-made, cartoony one that was uploaded to FileFront back in the days.
Actually, here it is

[z3filus]

Yup, seen that, but I want this

 

[Langerd]

Aw shit sry i didnt saw that post !!!

I will try my best to upload it here. Maybe not in the download section - it is not uploading worthy on download section for me

[Langerd]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/usyavc1dm91fvex/flashlight.pk3?dl=0

Here You Go @zeƒilus

[Langerd]

Yup, seen that, but I want this

 

Quoated Your pos because i cant hit mention for some reason .. Above is Your flashlight.

[z3filus]

 

Oh yes, thank you so very much!   #pleased #fuckyeah

[Droidy365]

Hey, I know this thread is kinda old, but may I please get a copy of it, too @@Langerd? The link doesn't work :/

[Ramikad]

Would deserve a proper download in the files section IMO, although Langerd wasn't really of that opinion back then.

[Circa]

Yes, please. Upload it @@Langerd. I came here to download it and was sad to see you removed it. This could be a very useful element of dark and scary maps.

[Langerd]

I just uploaded it. It is waiting for approval. Some screens.


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[Droidy365]

Great! You could actually release it as a contest entry.

[Tempust85]

Can you please post a few screens of it in a 100% dark area with no other lights around?

[Langerd]

Great! You could actually release it as a contest entry.

Already did it is waiting for approval.

Can you please post a few screens of it in a 100% dark area with no other lights around?

I will upload today but later. I am now in the School.