Stealth kills using knives!!!

[DSGizzmo]

You could make an animation that, when you get to a certain distance from an enemy and are behind then, it would give you the action menu option, "Attack guard" or summit. Once clicked it would launch your character at the guard, who would now be locked in position via a switchmove anim. Your newly created anim would have your character wrapped around the guard and slotting him. A crafty cutscene would allow you to see your guy killing the guard without actually seeing a knife.

The cutscene would annoy some people but shouldn't as it would only need to be as long as it needs to be. If you are in an action you can't do anything anyway so why not use a cutscene.

to make everything run smoothly, the scripting would have the guard killed and locked in an anim as soon as you click, "attack guard". This way he wont alert his buddies as your hanging off him. Once he is dead you can end your anim by just stepping back or summit. He can just use an existing anim which sees him drop to the ground dead.

Yea this is what I was thinking, I like the cutscene idea

[Roni]

The final choice depends upon what sort of "kill" you want to see - a stand up knife and rifle butt fight or a sneak up behind and cut throat kind of deal.

If you want the latter I'm sure that you could still do it with an addaction on the target and the appropriate choise of existing animations and sounds.  I've built up a good librarry of sounds from Sounddogs and my old Day of Defeat files - if anyone is interested I could throw something together . . .  

[The-Architect]

Are these sound files available? I'd certainly be interested in having a butchers.

[Roni]

Hi Archie

Check out Sounddogs at -

http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp

They have tens of thousands of sound clips in either Windows (wma) or mac format.  Just go to the search field and type in your topic (eg - smack, slice, knife, rip etc) and then click on any of the files it brings up to hear it.

Most generic words will bring up a couple of hundred sound files (plus lots of obscure music snippets as well for some reason), just keep clicking and listening until you get what you like.

Save your file(s), convert from wma to wav (Google for a free converter) and there you are.  I usually then cut the file down to size using Sound Recorder (it's simple and its free with Windows !) then save the result in to a folder reserved for polished sounds.  Then anytime I need a sound I just pick and choose from my own library.

Don't forget to name your files as accurately as you can (eg heavyBang1.wav, shortRip2.wav etc).

If you have anything in particular in mind let me know and I'll shoot you across one or two of my best samples.

Cheers



Roni

[MOC_XIII]

Hi.

I am a custom anim maker and i could help. Want me to make anythin?

REPLY TO TELL ME

[Roni]

Hi MOC_XIII

Offer gratefully accepted !  Can I kep your email on file ?  It never hurts having an expert handy !  

I've actually been planning on making a new weapon class for OFP that allows the player to block, attack etc all with the one weapon.  The idea would be to tkae the standard Strike weapon and create a new weapon with multiple modes of attack (just like rifles).

But rather than having Single Shot, Burst etc I would give this weapon Jab, Swing, Left Hook, Block etc.  Each mode would have different anims, different sounds and different attack lines (ie blocking possibilities).

If you could anim something like that I would be greatly appreciative !  

Cheers



Rono

[MOC_XIII]

Ok. I will begin making these, and, oh yeah,
my email is:
seal4@excel.net
I know it is hidden but i will fix it now.
I will email them to u when i think their done. :gunman:

GOODBYE!

[MOC_XIII]

I forgot. Whats your email?  :-\

[Roni]

rory@romad.com.au

BTW - who's Will ?  

[MOC_XIII]

thx alot.
i am currently making the "JAB" anim.
[shadow=red,left,300]They will b done soon.[/shadow]