Live by the Force

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Will saber types play a major roll in the power of attacks?

Saber types: Single, Dual, Staff; will vary in range of motion, strength/positioning of swing, availability of counter swing points.

There are several factors that go into calculating how much damage a swing will cause:

-Distance between the Starting Point of the swing and collision/end point of the swing.

-How much strength and agility your Jedi/Sith has

-How fast you moved the mouse from point to point

-Whether or not you have force boost on

Not only that, there are several factors which affect your range of motion:

-Torso placement for stances

-Movement key modifiers

-Single, Dual, Staff have different range of motions for each hand.

We also have to keep in mind, what our hands/feet are doing:

-If we're going to punch with a hand or swing with it

-Are we going to use both hands to punch with nuckles then slice with both sabers?

-Feet are controled with the movement keys. If you press backwards, your Jedi/Sith will go into a defensive type stance, forward is offensive, forward/strafe is offensive and offset to the left/right, backward/strafe is defensive offset to the left/right.

-Feet can also be used for melee attacks, midswing or whenever. I suppose a melee key is in order?

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Will you have saber spinning between button clicks?

When you hold down Fire 1/2, swing from 1 point to the next, and let go, you'll do a spin. If you hold down from point 1 to the next and swing again, you'll swing your saber around in that direction in a nice arc, instead of spinning it around.

If you just rapidly press Fire 1/2 when you have any point other than the center point selected, you'll do some flashy spinning. If you're on the center point, you'll do a generic alternating left/right forward swing/jab deal.

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What about blasters? I'd LOVE to see blasters suddenly be a little more useful against a saber.

Then take out your Modified Bryar Pistol, aim that puppy at that Scum's saber, and disable his [censored].

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Maybe even blaster-related-force. Being able to guide a projectile, maybe?

Deflect bolts and stuff is a go. Guiding a projectile? I dunno, maybe some kind of auto aim factor. (which would explain why Kyle is a badass )

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Furthermore, I'd love to see this system done so well that the saber is a dignified one hit kill. Rather than a fatality, you literally fight in a way that incorporates the fatality.

Well, seeings how you could just simply grab the Jedi/Sith's Saber hand, and give 'em a good boot to the jaw, I'd say Sabers have their work cut out for them.

If you manage to meander past a persons defenses, then specific position damage can be detected. If you stab someone in the chest with a saber, omg, they're dead! The defensiveness of the saber is incorporated with the offensiveness. They're one in the same.

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Alternative crazy saber-weapons would be my next suggestion. Saber-shields, pikes, axes, force-controlled-saber-remotes, saber claws, saber maces or any combination of the above. I don't know, I'm feeling zealous.

Now you're just thinking crazy.

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Is this mod intended as primarily an RPG mod, or more of a real combat mod, like SBX?

I remember Galactic Civil War, great mod, for RPG. But the combat system, however well animated, was too sluggish for real interesting MP combat.

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After reviewing this thread, and spending a few days with it off of my mind, I've decided that:

A) I'll release beta's as quickly as possible. I want this to evolve with as much community feedback as possible, whether good or bad, suggestion or flame, I'm all ears.

B) Beta 1 will take some time. Don't get me wrong, there's times where I don't update the project, because, well, not much is going on. I haven't edited a cog, been working on things in VB, or life itself, me and the Mrs having a night out, whatever. JK Editing is my hobby, and this saber system is my brainchild. You level editors and modelers have visions in your head of what you want to create and BAM! There it is!

Well, I've got the same thing going on in my head. I've played so many video games in my years, old to new, and damnit, I've had this idea for a year (off and on) and now it can finally come to fruitation.
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C) For you JKTA fans out there (SM_Adjunction? >_<!!), uh, be happy, because the First Person Shooter aspect is based on Live by the Force. We can't have Jedi's flying Jedi Starfighters, and not be able to fight like one when they land on Griveous's command ship, can we? I swear, somewhere between the fuss and muss of JK and life that I am, I'll get a X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter kinda demo sorta thing out. MP Friendly too. Sige.

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At this point in time I am isolating the resource limit, so we can increase it. Anything I do always has a higher purpose, not just for other's benifit (Shred and Ruthven) but for my own as well. JKTA will have BOATLOADS of models, so I need to nip this in the bud.

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im sure this has already been asked, but is this going to be used with jk enhanced?

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oh yeah...

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Lol! no big