Anyone Thought About Blocking At All?

[godofcrap42]

It's just occurred to me- most servers run games with Saber Only on, meaning melee combat is the primary form of offence in most multiplayer matches. And yet despite this melee-heavy focus for the community... no-one seems to have made a mod that actually gives us a manual blocking feature. We have one mod that makes Saber Throw a Force power and reassigns how Mouse 2 works- but while such needless tweaks like that are made, no one seems to have thought of adding a simple block button. In a cult-classic game prided on laser-sword fighting, there is no block button.


Are there any mods out that that give us a block button? Is there something fundamental in the game's source code that prevents such a feature being made? Am I seriously the first person to even suggest the idea?

[Guest Redemption]

Maybe try out binding +block to mouse 2 and inputting g_saberautoblocking 1. I think thats about right... Maybe

[JaceSolarisVIII]

It's just occurred to me- most servers run games with Saber Only on, meaning melee combat is the primary form of offence in most multiplayer matches. And yet despite this melee-heavy focus for the community... no-one seems to have made a mod that actually gives us a manual blocking feature. We have one mod that makes Saber Throw a Force power and reassigns how Mouse 2 works- but while such needless tweaks like that are made, no one seems to have thought of adding a simple block button. In a cult-classic game prided on laser-sword fighting, there is no block button.

 

 

Are there any mods out that that give us a block button? Is there something fundamental in the game's source code that prevents such a feature being made? Am I seriously the first person to even suggest the idea?

 

If the only thing you want is blocking try this.http://www.moddb.com/mods/serenityjediengine-20/downloads/jediacademy-un-official-update-2017

 

If you want a full combat upgrade.http://www.moddb.com/mods/serenityjediengine-20/downloads/serenityjediengine2018-advanced-rc1-beta

[Noodle]

Are there any mods out that that give us a block button? Is there something fundamental in the game's source code that prevents such a feature being made? Am I seriously the first person to even suggest the idea?

 

Both Movie Battles II and the Open Jedi Project implemented blocking mechanics. Movie Battles even has a block button for lightsaber combat.

[Wolfeye]

MB2 definitely simplified saber combat with a manual block button. Idk if you're looking for block buttons or if you'd be interested in how blocking works as a standard in JKA base and/or JA+? I mean, the block system in the game by default is complex but very nice in my opinion, hence why I would not even think to go to something with a click-to-block sort of standard. Buuut there are mods out there that do that for people who clearly disagree with me there. (That said, as a side note, Mount & Blade style blocking would seem okay for that as opposed to a simplistic click-and-block one at least.)

[Droidy365]

I think that what I've made here may or may not help you

Single-Player only.

When I make a readme/make it less "confusing" I may release it.

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[Wolfeye]

That combat looks like MB2, in JK2, on a JKA map. O.o

[Droidy365]

Thanks, I think lol. It was heavily inspired by MB2. As for the JK2 side of things, that was mostly unintentional, but it's still somewhat inspired by it lol. I think it's a combination of the slightly slower saber attacks, the Reborn and possibly even Bespin, despite it being a JK3 map.

So, should I release it? If so, should I make an extra PK3 that replaces the base NPCs to use this sort of style? If so, (again) should I give everyone Single Sabers? And should I include the music for that map?

[Droidy365]

@@godofcrap42 THE FILE IS AWAITING APPROVAL! Woot woot, I guess.