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[WaeV]

Aight, this is a simple tutorial on how to make a flashlight trigger, that is to say an extra weapon for a vehicle, triggered whenever the flashlight button is pressed.

If we look at the dependencies for any vehicle, we will see a pair of effe tags near the top. The second of these is triggered whenever the flashlight button is pressed. Simple!


Swap this reference to [effects/coop teleport] and you'll get the following effect whenever you press 'Q' (or whatever your flashlight is set to).


That's very pretty and all, but we want FIRE AND DESTRUCTION!!! And for that we need projectiles. Import my tag here using Eschaton, and you'll be able to have an effe which spawns projectiles!

Projectile Spawner Tag Download

And there you are! Four proj references mean you can have up to four different projectiles fire per one push of the flashlight. Here's a snapshot of the available references.


Of course, I'm sure the concepts introduced in this tutorial can be used for MANY more things than a simple third trigger, but it's up to you to find them! Happy modding!

Edited by WaeV, 01 October 2011 - 08:11 PM.

[Lonesface]

nice job waev im sure this will help modders in any way they would wanna spawn things with like the ghost could shoot a brute plasma rifle =]

[Kvasir]

Never knew you could do this. With some investigation in CE, I noticed you can do it from there too. It's labeled as "Integrated light toggle." What could it have been intended for? o.O

[WaeV]

No clue! Perhaps you could turn the headlights on and off in a Halo beta? I use this in my mod Valkrieg pretty extensively - it's basically the main weapon.

[{ani} hunter]

Nice and simple, thanks. Pretty useless for me though, since I figured it out when you posted 'bout it. I think you should mention what happens if you switch the first [effe] tag toohttp://www.modhalo.net/public/style_emoticons/custom/.gif
P.S Do you happen to know what that [shdr] tag is for?

[WaeV]

Tbh I haven't looked into any of the other tags.

[Kvasir]

I could probably check in CE for another unused effe tag reference.

[v3nture]

This is pretty cool, and solved an Issue with a mod I was having.

[WaeV]

What I'd REALLY like to see is an effect that triggers while the vehicle is driving. Linked with the projectile spawner, that'd be like a weapon that was constantly firing.

Edited by WaeV, 04 February 2010 - 06:45 PM.

[{ani} hunter]

then maybe you should change one of the [effe] tags in the [foot]?

[Kvasir]

You can also add an attachment in CE. Or you could make a controlled effect, like for instance, the banshee's speed controls the contrails.

[{ani} hunter]

Change the contrails into stickys

[WaeV]

Contrails reference bitmaps, not effects. No?

[Kvasir]

The Banshee has a function that can be changed from a contrail to an effect, I believe.

[mastersync23]

The Banshee has a function that can be changed from a contrail to an effect, I believe.

Wow, great tutorial man. I'll be sure to try this. Great job on finding it.

[WaeV]

Thanks! But I think you hit the wrong 'reply' button.

The Banshee has a function that can be changed from a contrail to an effect, I believe.

Oh? Do you need CE to do that, or can you just swap the [cont] for an [effe]?

[Kvasir]

Oh? Do you need CE to do that, or can you just swap the [cont] for an [effe]?

Well, as far as using CE, you just change the tag type to the one you want (Although there are a limited set) and then you choose the tag file. But I assume if you were using PC, you could still just swap it with an effect tag, and have it work just fine. All you're doing is changing the reference to the tag in the map file that it spawns, so you should be okay as long as you stick with the tags that can be put there.

Here's a screenshot of the attachments/functions area in Guerilla. Theoretically, you should be able to swap it with any of the tags in that open drop down box. Oh, and it will be scaled/controlled by the "x out" bit in the functions area. Not sure if you can access that area in PC, so you have to stick with the default functions I think. So if you were to replace the banshee contrail with a light or sound, it would only play when the contrail would have shown, as it is scaled the same way.

Edited by Kvasir, 05 February 2010 - 03:22 PM.

[WaeV]

Wow, that's really helpful. Thanks, Kvasir!

Edit: Exception error

I swapped [cont] - [vehicles\banshee\banshee wingtip contrail] with [effe] - [effects\coop teleport] and it exceptioned as soon as I went to turn the banshee.

Edited by WaeV, 05 February 2010 - 03:56 PM.

[Kvasir]

Hmmm, I would have thought that would work. :\ Oh well, was worth a try.

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