Flashbang grenades...not flashing?

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:21 am

So I open the plasma grenade ([ligh] plasma explosion) in ADI and try to change the distance, spread, length and colours. When I play the map, the only visible change is that there is more green. I've even tried changing everything to the 100's but still no difference! I've found a couple of Halo 1 tutorials for flashbang grenades but they can't really help...
Well I guess, until I find some help, I'll have to go up to the 1000's

EDIT: Well I've gotten it to work with the flash (100 light value), but I need it to last around 5 seconds...

DarkShallFall · Post by **DarkShallFall** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:31 am

Try editing a lens not a light.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:32 pm

Thanks, I'll try that out.

EDIT: Well I've still got the nice flashing effect, now I need it to stay for 5 seconds...

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:57 pm

Edit both the plasma_grenade_explosion and the plasma_grenade_charge [lens]. I set both intensity values to 1.4E+07 and the charge's color values to 1 and got a pretty good effect. If you want to make the flash last longer, just increase the duration of the charge.

turk645 · Post by **turk645** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:20 pm

getting it to last 5 secconds is probably going to have to be done in the effect tag

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:30 pm

Yeah, that's what I meant about increasing the duration.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:52 pm

Well both ADI and dotHalo gave me errors when I tried to type in E+ so I just copied it from some Banshee-related thing. I've never really tried modifying the [effe] tag but I'm pretty sure I have what I need. Thanks.

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:15 pm

Yeah, you'll need to copy and paste all the "weird" values. You should use Entity for this, by the way. It's much easier.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:26 pm

Well I used ADI in the end lol, what's weird is that when I put in the values for intensity then reopened it, all the values went psycho, as long as it still works

I'm having some trouble with the effects though, is there some tutorial or guide to operate them?

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:50 am

Yep, right here.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:12 am

Ah a trainer, I guess that's my only option...Wait, is it possible to use trainer techniques in Entity or dotHalo?

EDIT: Oh whoops, that's a .ent not .etm. Now I see, it's a plugin for Insolence

EDIT2: Ok, so where's the timer for the grenade? I can't really see any named values or anything...

Fleabag77 · Post by **Fleabag77** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:48 pm

No, no. It's a plugin for Entity. Place it in 'Entity\Plugins\Halo 2\ent' and then open your map. Open the Meta Editor for your effect tag and then just follow Turk's tutorial. The values should be labeled if you updated the plugin correctly.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think those are the values you need to change.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:47 pm

Sweet, now I have myself a flash bang grenade, it's a bit laggy so I had better fix that up.