Livo on 12/4/2007 at 03:25
I realise this is probably a stupid question, but out of curiosity, would it be possible to modify the SS2 melee weapons to allow you to block the swings of pipe hybrids? You can block other enemies attacks in Thief 1 and 2 with your sword in Thief, so I was wondering if it'd be possible to do the same, seeing how the hybrids' pipes can block your swings.
Cheers,
charlestheoaf on 12/4/2007 at 08:21
I don't know, but I remember reading in an interview a while back that the blocking code had been carried over into SS2 in an early stage, and the monkeys would block your pipe swings with insible swords.
Nameless Voice on 12/4/2007 at 09:06
I don't think it's possible.
Drat on 12/4/2007 at 09:55
Quote Posted by charlestheoaf
I don't know, but I remember reading in an interview a while back that the blocking code had been carried over into SS2 in an early stage, and the monkeys would block your pipe swings with insible swords.
That was mentioned in the back of the manual.
Bjossi on 12/4/2007 at 16:26
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I don't think it's possible.
Me neither, I have never blocked any melee attacks during all my melee-only runthroughs.
Zygoptera on 12/4/2007 at 21:54
I bunged the 'block' motions back into the ss2 mdb once. The block motion archetype isn't in SS2 so it was always unlikely to work properly. They'd play if called in a conversation or through motedit so they were 'working', but I could never get them to actually block attacks.
Nameless Voice on 12/4/2007 at 22:04
Quote Posted by Bjossi
Me neither, I have never blocked any melee attacks during all my melee-only runthroughs.
Of course not, you never pressed the block key (because SS2 doesn't have one). ;)
Bjossi on 12/4/2007 at 22:12
That is a pretty good reason why I haven't seen it in action then. :p
Bluegrime on 17/4/2007 at 02:14
Judging from the Shodan immunity to melee weapons, melee attacks do their own class of damage, just like lasers, standard rounds, etc.? ( Or does this only apply to the player? )
Anywho, would there be a way to set up a brief, invisible psi shield that only blocked melee damage and was only present as long as the block animation was being used? Or would making something that specific not be worth the time it would take compared to its use?
RocketMan on 17/4/2007 at 04:17
Its always worth the time....the question is who's time is it worth?
