flashlight?

[Remnant John]

was thinking about crazy's new map in-progress, i thought of a cool idea, here:

Military Flashlight
5-20-30
Brighter flashlight than the normal, is used as a swep, not just F
it can blind players looking right at it, it has a wider radius, and it takes batteries, 5 minutes of use == 1 battery

feel free to add on/remove stuff

[DevilsNipple]

sounds neat. something like this http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=16247 Creating a big radius of light all around you rather than just where you point. its a good idea.

the use of it as a swep wouldnt be so great. i mean you hold out the light, see a zombie and have to change to gun and suddenly the light goes out. Unless you use the swep to turn it on and then changing through weapons keeps it on untill it draines of battery life. once on low battery it will get slowly darker untill it only projects small light radius around you then suddenly flickers on and off a few times before going out.

It could alternativly be used in replacement of your normal "f" flashlight. rather than a seperate torch its actually an upgrade also meaning one battery drain you can go and use normal flashlight without downgrading it again.

[Remnant John]

Unless you use the swep to turn it on and then changing through weapons keeps it on untill it draines of battery life. once on low battery it will get slowly darker untill it only projects small light radius around you then suddenly flickers on and off a few times before going out.

that's what i was aiming for, either have you need to use the swep to turn it on, or have it replace your f light, and once it runs out, it will switch to the normal flashlight

[[TBU] CrazyKid]

Okay, I agree with this idea.

[Lord Rahl]

I like the idea of a flashlight weapon/item, the normal Hl2/gmod flashlight sux.
I think that you should be able to use the flashlight when you have a one handed smg or pistol, and not 2 handed weapons. (unless you can attach the light to your gun in which case, go for it)
The flashlight would need to either run on batteries or take time to recharge.
Idk about totally Blinding a player though, i think lamps are fine enough for that.

[DevilsNipple]

i think by blind he ment as bright as the lamp lights when looked at.

[Lord Rahl]

^I know and i meant i dont think that is a nessecary effect. Lamps work fine for that.

[DevilsNipple]

your forgetting that lamps are respected only. plus i think that adding this effect to a brighter torch makes sence. i mean the play needs to actually look into it to get the effect so its not much harm, and you cant exactly walk around with a lamp.

[Remnant John]

what he said ^

[Lord Rahl]

Oh. Didnt realize they were respected only.... In that case I think it is a good idea.