okay so i am making a reach map for ce and i have successfully made armor abilitys!. i (so far) have made jetpack active camo(<-i did not come up with that one myself)and hologram.yup. they are all powered by flashlight and all i need to know to make them perfect is how to change the flashlight's battery plz post back and if you know how. and if you tell me how i will give out a tutorial on making all of them (the hologram is kinda glichy cause if you run back and use it it will push you through the ground)but don't wory i am ficin that :D

How does Jetpack work? Is the hologram solid?

just unscrew the back and the replace the aa's. Or you could just set the time it lasts for in guerilla

vids? and does it sync?

i will post a tutorial on making all after i get them completely finished. so i'm not going to tell you how the jetpack works(yet) the hologram i have not tested if or if not it is solid cause i'm still working on making it. yes it does sync when the flashlight is on so is the armor ability and the same for off. if you are talking about multi player i haven't tested it yet cause i haven't given out the test map yet.as for changing the battery in guerilla.duh!!! thats what i had planed from the start what i need to know is what tag i need to change because i dodn't know where the flashlight battery tags is held i have searched my tagset and have found nothing clearly named *flashlight battery* so thats what i need help with

The jetpack is a damage effect, like man cannons. You can tell from the video.

man cannons?. in halo ce?.do you know where i can get them?

P.S yes it is a damage effect but it took a long time to get right so i don't like it when people make it sound so easy i bet you don't know how i did the active camo(not through a script) i know you know how i'm doing the hologram cause i posted it on another forum sprint you could probable guess

With the active camo, did you set it so that when you activate the flashlight it spawns an active camo right where you are? Then did you change the timer for how long the camo lasts? And I have no idea whatsoever on how to use tag or map editing tools whatsoever, I'm just guessing lol.

Yep, you can manipulate the flashlight button to do quite a bit. You can do active camouflage, overshields and health packs. I would think it would be funny though if it was turned into an instant death button though, just to trick people.

lol yea you are right i did change out the flashlight for an active camo and make it so each one lasts for 1 second and it spawns one every second...but i did not make this way go to halo ce biped tags and look through them and you should find one named (invisible biped) or something like that it is how i did it but it has some problems like that every time you pick up a camo your screen pulses blue and you pick up one every 1 second and i would like it to shoot out in front of you does anyone know how to make it so it shoots out like a grenadedoes anyone know how to do that?

plz tell me how to change the lifespan on the flashlight
Edited by grunt_eater on Feb 11, 2011 at 12:58 AM

I don't think you can modify the flashlight duration; so far, I haven't seen anyone make a map with infinite flashlight or something like that.

Can u help us make a jetpack for our reach forge using flash light button.we will help you with your reach mapif you want :D

sure, i was already planning on releasing a tutorial on making it. but i wanted to wait until i could change the flashlight so it would be perfect

as for no one making a map with infinite flashlight. it's because no one thinks about it. no one realizes that it even has a battery from what i can tell. because in the campaign you never use it for long enough to let it die

Little do you know, most professional players who have enough experience playing Halo DO know that the flashlight has a battery - there's even a bar right under the shield/health bar showing how much battery charge is left in your flashlight.

I believe that even in the manual for Halo PC, there's a paragraph stating that your flashlight recharges from the power pack of your suit. (( I have to dig my manual from the piles of random paper on my desk though >XD ))

So we know that the flashlight has a battery, we just don't know how to change it because we haven't dug deep enough into Halo's coding to figure that out yet. Once we do, however, I'm willing to bet that there will be a sudden influx of tutorials, maps and other similar projects with modified bipeds with unlimited flashlight charge.

You're right up until you said 'we just don't know how to change it because we haven't dug deep enough into Halo's coding to figure that out yet.' I don't think there is a value in any tag that changes the flashlight duration. Moreover, the flashlight does not sync in multiplayer.

first off. i know that they're is a bar under the shield\health bar, second i. know. that it sync's over multiplayer cause i have done it you can clearly see when someone has they're flashligh on or off furthermore i know it is possible to do this. with or without coding\scripting however i do not know. all i need to know is how to do this and i thought it would be simple i mean if they can make all this wonderful stuff for halo why hasn't anyone found this out yet?...i am thinking about emailing a bungie representative to try and got some help i will share this info once i find it and they're will be a tutorial on making jetpack

Flashlight data does not pass over the internet. Only when they press the key... but the on/off state and the power doesn't sync. You can test this out by running out all of your flashlight power and having someone join the game.

do u need the command to turn of the flashlight, grunt eater?
Edited by Muscl3r on Feb 12, 2011 at 11:51 PM

i don't know what commend your talking about. but i am guessing it is in the halo coding?. but if you or anyone can make me a script that can be repeated any amount of times and is called by you turning on your flashlight that makes it so when your flashlight is activated you have 9 seconds of battery than it would be awesome and i will post a tutorial on making jetpack on halomaps and give whoever made the script credit for it

P.S the reason it doesn't sync is because it doesn't change anything it it's surroundings. i recall back a while ago cmt made a multi player map that had a shock way function when you pressed the flashlight button it would shall we call it "force push" anyone standing within like 8 feet of you away and it did sync on internet so i think if it disturbs the surroundings then halo has no choice but to put it on every screen so it would sync
Edited by grunt_eater on Feb 13, 2011 at 12:33 AM

The information for flashlight battery does not pass over the internet. Only WHEN you press it.

(script continuous light
(if (= (unit_get_current_flashlight_state (unit (list_get (players) 0))) 1)
(begin
(stuff about armour abilitys)
(sleep 270)
(units_set_desired_flashlight_state (players) false)
)
)

Basically, but you will have to do it with a player increment.

go into this map and play it on the internet and. than. tell me it doesn't pass over the internet http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2731

hint: walk up to an enemy and press Q many time. very fast
Edited by grunt_eater on Feb 13, 2011 at 02:13 PM

That's because you're close to said enemy, so it syncs. Go make a server, turn on a flashlight, and have someone join in. Either they'll see that your light is off, or, when your flashlight battery dies, they'll still see the light from it.

Halo's engine does NOT support certain kinds of syncing properties, like AI and destructible vehicles. This is why you NEVER use either in a multiplayer map. And the flashlight not syncing was just an oversight of Bungie's when they made the game.

As it was said earlier, only items that disrupt or damage the environment actually sync - this is why Zanzibar's rotating windmill doesn't sync.

Please, someone anyone post a script or an update, ANYTHING!, My jetpack lasts to long right now and i want it to act like the reach jetpack, If i can get it right i will see if i can make it pickupable and release the tags
Edited by grunt_eater on Mar 2, 2011 at 01:28 AM