i am making a combat knife for my first map, to be a second weapon to spawn with it. i know that it is pretty much useless in a map this size, but it is cool looking, and it is a better fallback weapon than the butt of your pistol. not to mention it is very stealthy. a deadly weapon indeed. the idea is that it will only cause noise if it strikes scenery, or something like a wall or an object. but just swinging, or hitting a player will not cause any noise.

the idea is of course, infinite ammo with a pretty fast rate of fire. not SMG fast though : P
it causes a good amount of damage. one hit with it to the back causes death, and two hits anywhere else also equals death. i am thinking that if the weapon strikes the head then it is also an instant death.

the reticle is interesting. it is a horazontal line with several marks going through it that are prety similar to this: >

they do point that direction, because the knife is swung in that direction. i take the idea of how the knife is held from watching my friend slit the throats of dinosaurs in Turok, with a sideways fist and the knife blade pointing to the right just in front of the player. with a spartans reflex and strength (and a Titanium A blade with a teflon reinforced cutting edge and tungsten alloy sawblade back) the knife is snapped to the site and quickly swung to the right with a dangerous blow. the melee and the primary fire are the same thing..

so what do you guys think?

hmmmmmm...go for it

how in the hell does a knife kill a shielded armored soldier. if he can take bullets, he can take a knife

spartan strength can penertrate armor easily
he flips tanks. thats an example of strength
Edited by lordofblake on Aug 12, 2008 at 12:34 AM

Hey, I'll make some animations for you.
Just get it in-game, then send it to me.

if you made it like... an energy knife like in contact harvest, that would be awsome

i don't know the specifics. i am not creating it. i have a friend with all the models.

so far its just got a black handle (with great texture) and a steel blade that i custom designed. if i can get him to give me the model then i can bitmap it entirely custom.

lordofblake is right though. a spartan can flip a Main Battle Tank. if he can do that, then it should be no problem to force a good quality knife through another spartans armor.

i am thinking of making the blade have an EMP device (for an explanation) so it slices through the energy shield like a hot knife through butter (what a cliche) and weakens metal just a bit. plus it takes two hits except for the head and back, which you might think arent wuite as heavily armored.
Edited by FoxtrotZero on Aug 12, 2008 at 03:25 AM

Do you want me to animate it?

for an emp device, u should put a small laser thru the blade, like in the center. then have little cylinder or box. that could be the power supply attached to the handle. or just mkae it in the handle. The laser idea i think would be awesome. like a metal blade,with a golden glow in the middle. that could be the EMP part.
Edited by lordofblake on Aug 12, 2008 at 12:11 PM

this does seem like a good idea, but a spiker from cmt(not halo 3) can kill someone in one hit.

no offense, but that was a dumb post. this is a knife, not a spiker

I meant maybe you should have it one hit, because it would be stupid if you go to hit the guy, you get him once, he steps back and say he c4s you and runs to the nearest vehicle and gets away.

I don't know about the whole sound idea. I know that AI can here things, and that allers them to your presents. Like fireing will make them know you're around. But halo isn't splintercell. I don't know if you can modify it so they'll hear some things, but not others. But go for it anyway.

thats an assumption that there is C4 on my map, that he has C4, that there are vehicles in the map, that one is nearby, and that it is accessable to the opponet.

there are also another number of factors in deciding if that could happen, the most important being the rate of fire of the knife.

instead, however, i am thinking of a UNSC Ballistic Combat Shield. its a large metal plate. the part i fromt of the spartan is glass, but still slightly obscures vision. Is is a large piece of reinforced metal, that is collapsable for transport. it is completely bulletproof and plasma resistant. but this is only from the front, and an explosion is another thing (so it would allow one to assault a gun turret, for example).

it allows for grenades to be thrown, though with the right hand. this lowers the shield just a little, as well.

umm. i don' have all this typing in me right now. i will explain later.

My offer is no longer available, as it was ignored twice.
Have a nice day.

i like the original combat knife personnely. just keep it simple. it CAN kill in one hit because of 1. spartan strength
and 2. EMP (depletes shields)
Edited by lordofblake on Aug 12, 2008 at 06:20 PM

Ha, I found my first animations, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8xsAILVF1c&fmt=18
I do like the concept of the melee, but not the output.

its "aight"

I can do much better now. =P
Also, my name is Blake.
Edited by Corvette19 on Aug 12, 2008 at 10:42 PM

your offer was not ignored. pay attention. i said that it doesn't mneed to be anmated, because we arent to that stage.

wow, new people who need help bumped this thread into the second page, I hate that 'cause I needed help.