I may want to use equipment instead of the flashlight, but is it possible (without OS) to play an animation when pressing the flashlight?

I think the AR has an animation for it in the .model_animations tag but I've never figured out how to trigger it.

E: just checked, first-person light-off is what it's called.
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on May 22, 2013 at 06:29 AM

i've heard it can be done via scripting, but i think that was for 3p anims...

Okay. Basically, you'd need the equipment throw animation for each fp model animation. But I've talked to Kirby about this before and he says that the reason that animation was never used is because there are certain parts of the game that weren't finished. You can't script fp model animations, either. and i don't believe you can set it up in guerilla. Sorry, man. It's an OS only thing :/

Not true, i already have a system for it without OS working to be featured in an upcoming map. It just takes some creativity, people. Lol.

If you using something other than actual .equipment, like a weapon that detonates itself, or a trigger volume (which basically means the equipment is pointless if someone has explosives around it), It will work fine without OS.

I plan to use a .weapon that works similarly to the oddball. when you fire it, it emmits a projectile, which then spawns a .equipment tag that is either a power drainer, or gravity lift, ect.

Better way is to do it with scripting. You walk through a trigger volume, it sets a global to a number, that number determines which power up you have. Once it's set then it checks when you turn on your flashlight, checks the number to know which effect to play, each effect spawns a different equipment, plays the effect, flips your flashlight off and sets the global to 0 again making it so you can't do it again. This mixed with Kirby's player detection\armor abilities script works really nicely...

having a trigger volume makes it inaccurate if its bounced away by explosives. Honestly, best way would be with the disposable weapon, since you can switch over to it to see what you have, swap it out nautrally without having to script it, etc.