Small Lightsaber Question

Alpha-17 · Post by **Alpha-17** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:52 am

Does anybody know how to make a lightsaber turn on/off like Dart Sidious' lightsaber ? I didn't find it in the .odf's

THX for help, Alpha-17

EGG_GUTS · Post by **EGG_GUTS** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:00 am

Here's a link to the same topic, the answer should be in there somewhere.

http://www.gametoast.com/index.php?name ... ic&t=10519

Alpha-17 · Post by **Alpha-17** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:07 am

Yeah nice topic ...
But there is no answer.

EGG_GUTS · Post by **EGG_GUTS** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:11 am

Well maybe you should ask maveritchell, he got it working.

Post by **Teancum** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:11 am

That's controlled in the .combo file. If I remember right there's a verb something like TurnOffLightsaber.... something like that.

Caleb1117 · Post by **Caleb1117** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:36 am

Yes, but it has problems with saber throw, atleast thats what Maveritchell said.

Post by **Maveritchell** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:05 am

If you put the command "TurnOffLightsaber()" into the "IDLE" state in a combo, you can get the lightsaber turned off like Palpy's. Presumably you could stick it in any other state and get it to do the same, although it would be silly.

My problem was that the secondary attacks aren't "states," they're just lines in the .combo file. You can't get the lightsaber to just be off during a secondary attack. Also, if your saber is off most of the time (like Palpy's), then if you have the lightsaber throw attack, when you throw your saber you'll only throw the hilt. The problem is the same - you can't toggle TurnOffLightsaber() during a secondary attack.

If you're only looking to make a lightsaber like Palpatine's, though, all you need to do is find where it says this in the .combo file:

State("IDLE")
{
Duration(0.0); // infinite duration
EnergyRestoreRate(); // (0.0, "FromSoldier")
InputLock(0.15, "Sprint", "Jump", "Crouch");

And make it look like this:

State("IDLE")
{
Duration(0.0); // infinite duration
EnergyRestoreRate(); // (0.0, "FromSoldier")
InputLock(0.15, "Sprint", "Jump", "Crouch");
TurnOffLightsaber();

Alpha-17 · Post by **Alpha-17** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:39 pm

Ok I tried it and it works ... Thanks to all !!!