Flak Grenades and long-range single player flamers

Mazdamundi · Post by **Mazdamundi** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:30 pm

First question:

OK, I just played a modded game online where when you threw a grenade in the air, it burst after a short time (before it landed). So it was, in essense, a flak grenade. I would like to know how to do this. Thanks.

Second question: How could I change the flamethrower's range? I thought it would be cool if there were "flametanks": Tanks with long-range flamethrowers instead of shells.

Third question: Would it be possible to import the flamethrower into single-player mode? How would I go about doing this? Is it possible?

Thanks for your help in advance!

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:32 pm

he probably made the nade a projectile and changed the lifespan very low.

Mazdamundi · Post by **Mazdamundi** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:38 pm

How the heck do I do that?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:45 pm

hmt v3 very easy to do just go under projectiles and click on frags and then it has life span

btw walka how did u make the explode on contact nades for uber download

Mazdamundi · Post by **Mazdamundi** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:59 pm

OK... Thanks.

I hope it's not a large dl though - I have a horrible connection.

But what about the flamethrower range and single-player mode?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:20 pm

life span just put it up ... i thiink.. for some reason when ever i try cahnging stuff with the flame thrower it like has no flame sept where its hitting but that may be cause i didnt change the contrail on it.

halofan141 · Post by **halofan141** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:38 am

The actual fire is built into the gun not the projectile. The flamethrower projectile is invisible cept when it hits. The actual weapon has the particle nozzle flame.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 12:27 pm

so how would i make per say the laag gun into a big flamethrower??

j4s[p] · Post by **j4s[p]** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:30 pm

I think you have to wait until HMT3 supports single player map rebuilding.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:00 pm

what about if u did it in a mp map?

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 6:47 pm

well the flame projectile if set to be very low and the flamethrower gun fixes that.. idno why they did this, but they did and its kinda odd.. just change the direction of projectile from launch.. or try messing around with the projectile settings in hmt

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:49 pm

DAMN IT Y MUST THIS BE COMPLICATED lol well if anyone figures it out before me please tell me how

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:06 am

ok there is a problem with the flamer projectile that u might encounter. if you ever used the grav rifle, u will notice it shoots invisible fire. the flamer projectile actually has no art, or model, or whatever you want to call it. the fire you see is actually an effect, and you cannot extend that fire you see because it is an effect. the grav rifle is shooting the flamer projectile, but there is no reference to the flamer effect, so the fire is invisible. and you cant import stuff to sp yet.

halofan141 · Post by **halofan141** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:23 pm

Look ,it's just because the projectile has no contrail, and the flame is an effect built into the gun. You can extend the range on the projectile, but it will have no defoliant (the large flame on a flamethrower, not just the particle system).

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:10 pm

basically what i just said

Demonic Spartan · Post by **Demonic Spartan** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:15 pm

halofan141 wrote:The actual fire is built into the gun not the projectile. The flamethrower projectile is invisible cept when it hits. The actual weapon has the particle nozzle flame.

Not true....you just have bad video card or your options are not fully enabled. I can shoot into the air with the flamethrower and see the flames without hitting a thing.

*Realizes he's posting to something a month old*

halofan141 · Post by **halofan141** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:51 am

That's because your using teh flamethrwoer, they actually got intricate with the flamethrower, if you use the grav rifle or just swap the flame projectile, there is no flame except when it hits.

seagoat · Post by **seagoat** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:35 pm

ok look, its kindah like this:

FLAMETHROWER META ---> flame projectile ---> burning effect
MORE FLAMETHROWER META---> the flames that you see

the flame projectile is invisible. when it hits something it does the burning effect, which you can see. its the thing that causes you to continue burning after you have been torched. the weapon meta references the flames that you see. they are not the projectile. they are a visual effect. the flame projectile is made so that it has a life span and speed that matches with the fire you see so it looks like the fire is the projectile. when you use the grav rifle, it has no reference to the visible flames effect but it does reference the flamethrower projectile. so thats why you get invisible fire.

-=MC==}~~ · Post by **-=MC==}~~** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:47 pm

sorry OFF TOPIC: man seagoat ur avatar is big and so CREEPY God it is so wierd.

Demonic Spartan · Post by **Demonic Spartan** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:04 pm

OT - I think it's one of those freaky rabbit things from SWG.