weapons with infrared laser thingy

foxxravin · Post by **foxxravin** » 2008-04-10 22:14

i just watched

YouTube - Night Attack on Al Qaeda

and would it be possible to add laser thingy on the weapons on night maps?

it looks really cool

Post by **bosco_** » 2008-04-10 22:17

Has been suggested before, and the answer, as far as I remember, is No.

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-04-10 22:27

i remember talking to satnav and he said it was possible to have a laser. to have the laser line you would need a effect, for the bright light where it hits you would need to shoot a projectile and add a end effect that looked like that. i am like 99% sure this is possible.

gclark03 · Post by **gclark03** » 2008-04-10 22:33

Could you please make us 100% sure and post a video of it? I'd love to see it, as long as it doesn't attract too many Call of Duty 4 fanboys.

ReaperMAC · Post by **ReaperMAC** » 2008-04-10 22:42

Sweet! Now our M16A4's will look even more Tacticool!

DannyIMK · Post by **DannyIMK** » 2008-04-11 06:53

weapon wtih laser sounds good.. but i think only Spec Ops Should Have Laser..

Post by **Rhino** » 2008-04-11 06:59

zangoo wrote:i remember talking to satnav and he said it was possible to have a laser. to have the laser line you would need a effect, for the bright light where it hits you would need to shoot a projectile and add a end effect that looked like that. i am like 99% sure this is possible.

the beam would not behave like it would in r/l. I dont know of any way to stop a effect hitting a object and not passing though it, so your beam of light if pointed at a player or a building, would not have a dot on it, it would go right though it etc which is very unrealistic and would look real dodgey espically if you where on the other side of a building and seeing a beam shining though the wall...

you can have a go but even if you get something nice i doubt we could use it.

master of the templars · Post by **master of the templars** » 2008-04-11 07:00

well it would be only useful in night maps, which currently we have none. it should be given to which ever kit uses it in real life.

Mora · Post by **Mora** » 2008-04-11 09:30

Didn't Battleracer had headlights on the buggy's? maybe we can get something like that to work on guns as well. Or does that shine trough the buildings too?

Post by **bosco_** » 2008-04-11 09:41

The M16A4 model would have to be edited etc. so it's unlikely to get into PR anyway

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-04-11 13:06

[R-DEV]Rhino wrote:the beam would not behave like it would in r/l. I dont know of any way to stop a effect hitting a object and not passing though it, so your beam of light if pointed at a player or a building, would not have a dot on it, it would go right though it etc which is very unrealistic and would look real dodgey espically if you where on the other side of a building and seeing a beam shining though the wall...

you can have a go but even if you get something nice i doubt we could use it.

i was thinking about how to fix that after reading your post. i think it would be really easy, just need to shoot a projectile out and have a trail effect. now the bf2 engine has a max speed of about 1320m/sec so it would look like a laser up to about 600m then it would be bent if you were to swing your gun. now if we cant shoot a projectile, then we would need to use a emitter to emit a object with the effect on it.

here, it was posted by satnav
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/ ... er01-1.jpg

Post by **Rhino** » 2008-04-11 13:48

zangoo wrote:i was thinking about how to fix that after reading your post. i think it would be really easy, just need to shoot a projectile out and have a trail effect. now the bf2 engine has a max speed of about 1320m/sec so it would look like a laser up to about 600m then it would be bent if you were to swing your gun. now if we cant shoot a projectile, then we would need to use a emitter to emit a object with the effect on it.

here, it was posted by satnav
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/ ... er01-1.jpg

ye thats an idea, thou dont think that would be that nice on server performance

ReaperMAC · Post by **ReaperMAC** » 2008-04-11 18:13

[R-PUB]bosco wrote:The M16A4 model would have to be edited etc. so it's unlikely to get into PR anyway

Don't squash my dream Bosco

KP · Post by KP » 2008-04-11 19:33

Yep, the whole model would have to be changed, and you'd have to add one of these:

Post by **Deadfast** » 2008-04-11 19:50

I believe it would be ultra-cool for the opposing team.

"Boss, there's a dude hiding in that bush over there!"
"How do you know?"
"Well, he's just painting the whole area with a laser beam!"

Eddie Baker · Post by **Eddie Baker** » 2008-04-11 20:59

foxxravin wrote:i just watched

YouTube - Night Attack on Al Qaeda

and would it be possible to add laser thingy on the weapons on night maps? it looks really cool

PEQ-2s have been suggested before. NP, though, please use search next time.