I noticed this when I was playing slayer on z sanctuary h2 pb2 when i dropped the br because it was low on ammo. Then i saw that it had NO TRIGGER!? I looked at the sniper rifle and it didn't have a trigger. I looked at alot of other guns outside of that maps and noticed they dont have triggers!? Why is that?

P.S. If your going to insult me for not knowing please dont post cause i really wanna know why that is!

Why would you need a trigger?

Triggers are just extra polies. Your finger covers it up so there is no need for it.

No one really goes and stares at a weapon in a game do they?

Besides, I'm sure they've invented alternative weapon firing techniques in the future, like perhaps a pressure-sensitive stock. You'd still have all the safety stuff, I mean, you don't want the gun to go off when you pick it up...
Plasma Rifles apparently employ a pressure-sensitive firing mechanism.

Good point mate.

Its actually because of that.

Even tho i think in Halo 3 the weapons do have trigger.

i think the pistol has a frame for the trigger, but obviously it isn't there

Yes that's the reason.

Oh and i'm not quite sure if the Halo 3 weapons have them... i'd like to say they do but I can't honestly remember looking. But I am pretty sure they do.... or at least some of them.

Halo 3 probably would have trigger, since the characters have fingers that are rigged to move in 3rd person.

I've seen that some Halo 3 hand rigs are really crappy. Take the rocket launcher for example; the hand going to the front grip is set at an impossible angle and it's stretched through the armor.
I noticed that the Sniper Rifle in Halo 3 has a trigger, but it's not the old pin-type trigger, it's that more modern slider trigger.
Edited by electricSquid on Apr 3, 2009 at 06:24 PM

Yeah, because Halo 3's engine can stand to render lots more polies than Halo 1's.

lawl this reminds me of the halo 3 video that a shotgun fell and automatically fired a shot then shot a player. lawlawlawlawlawl

I've heard of that somewhat rare Happening and saw it on you tube as well. XD

That happened to my splazer once, ended up killing 2 shees and a mongoose.

yes
edit: no i was lying actually. i think that guns in video games do not have to have any semblance to real guns at all because it damages kids minds. i think we should all use squirt guns instead.
oh wait, squirt guns has triggers. damnit.
Edited by Donut on Apr 4, 2009 at 11:48 PM

There is really no point in putting a trigger for a couple of reasons.

1. poly waste
2. who in a multiplayer game is going to study the weapon model and start a conspiracy chain and say "THERE IS NO TRIGGER ON THIS, APOCOLYPSE".
3. its not really noticeable. making a trigger is just like giving MC a shlong under his armor

Small details make big things. Wow polly waste of what? 10 tris? Right, unless you use a wooden computer, maybe thats too much for it to handle it.

Wait... that's bad?

Not unless you have termites.

LOL
I've got to watch out then. Good thing I'm getting my house tented this week :p

except, the trigger is pretty much totally exposed if the gun isnt in your hand.
hey guys i just got an idea, you can use a separate model for fp and 3p, so just put a trigger on the 3p model.

omg guys. we just saved 8 triangles on a critical operational gun piece

Now that's a lucky 3 after death kills. XD

8 or 10 more faces for a trigger isnt really noticable
if you are making a big deal out of 8 to 10 faces extra for the trigger then dont add a trigger
if you think a trigger is important even it it doenst have any use then add it

thats how i think about it

Well actually in the Zteam Magnum and SMG, I can see MC "pulling" a trigger with his finger. Also I can clearly see a trigger on the M6D, M6C and M6G.

yeah thats why i said almost useless
because you dont see the triggers most of the time
of course if you have a trigger wich works
you also need to add an extra animation to the trigger :P