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☖ Forums → Cog Forum → Saber Color Toggle Cogs
Saber Color Toggle Cogs
2003-03-29, 5:53 AM #1
I need some help from ANYONE! I've been trying to set a lightsaber 3do toggle that ONLY toggles the hilt (because my sabers are just metal swords, not lightsabers) and does nothing to the blade. I looked at the weap_saber.cog in Glowsaber 3D for an example to go by, but their cog changes only the blade color, not the external and internal models... so I looked in Glowsaber 3 and SBX... both of them have saber trails that make it very confusing to find anything in the cog... at least, confusing to a newbie at COG like I am...

I also want it to display the name of the sword at the top of the screen as you toggle, like Glowsaber 3D displayed "Blue saber", "green saber", "red saber", etc... but Glow3 and SBX don't do that, I don't think anyway...

In the end, I just need to know how to make a simple weap_saber.cog that changes only the handle 3do, displays the name of the sword at the top of the screen, and does not have anything to do with the saber blade and/or trails... can anyone help?

Thanks in advance...

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-Justin "Saber-Scorpion" Stebbins
"(sigh) All this chatter is fine, but I have places I'd rather be..." - Drizzt Do'Urden(Baldur's Gate PC Game)
2003-03-31, 10:12 AM #2
heres a cog that will do what it sounds like you want.
Code: 
# Written By DSLS_DeathSythe
symbols
#=====
message   startup
message   activated
message   timer
thing     player=-1     local
int       sword_num=0   local
model     sword_mdl01   local
model     povsword_mdl01   local
model     sword_mdl02   local
model     povsword_mdl02   local
model     sword_mdl03   local
model     povsword_mdl03   local
model     sword_mdl04   local
model     povsword_mdl04   local
model     sword_mdl05   local
model     povsword_mdl05   local
keyframe  mountanim=sabvmnt.key   local
int       animID   local
keyframe  holsteranim=kyhlstr.key   local
sound     change_snd=putweaponaway01.wav   local
int       can_change=1   local
flex      change_spd=0.25   local
#-----
end
#=====
code
#-----
startup:
  sword_num = 0;
  can_change = 1;
return;
#-----
activated:
  player = GetSourceRef();
  if(can_change != 1) return;
  if(GetCurWeapon(player) == 10)
    {
    can_change = 0;
    sword_num = sword_num + 1;
    if(sword_num > 5) sword_num = 1;
    PlaySoundThing(change_snd, player, 1.0, -1, -1, 0x80);
    animID = PlayKey(player, holsteranim, 1, 0x2);
    Sleep(GetKeyLen(holsteranim));
    PlayMode(player, 42);
    animID = jkPlayPOVKey(player, mountanim, 0, 0x2);
    SetTimer(change_spd);
    if(sword_num == 1)
      {
      jkSetWeaponMesh(player, sword_mdl01);
      jkSetPOVModel(player, povsword_mdl01);
      Print("PUT SWORD (1) NAME HERE");
      return;
      }
    else
    if(sword_num == 2)
      {
      jkSetWeaponMesh(player, sword_mdl02);
      jkSetPOVModel(player, povsword_mdl02);
      Print("PUT SWORD (2) NAME HERE");
      return;
      }
    else
    if(sword_num == 3)
      {
      jkSetWeaponMesh(player, sword_mdl03);
      jkSetPOVModel(player, povsword_mdl03);
      Print("PUT SWORD (3) NAME HERE");
      return;
      }
    else
    if(sword_num == 4)
      {
      jkSetWeaponMesh(player, sword_mdl04);
      jkSetPOVModel(player, povsword_mdl04);
      Print("PUT SWORD (4) NAME HERE");
      return;
      }
    else
    if(sword_num == 5)
      {
      jkSetWeaponMesh(player, sword_mdl05);
      jkSetPOVModel(player, povsword_mdl05);
      Print("PUT SWORD (5) NAME HERE");
      return;
      }
    return;
    }
return;
#-----
timer:
  can_change = 1;
return;
#=====
end

just list the 3dos up at the top. replace all the PUT SWORD NAME HERE with your sword names. you'll need to have this as a separate hotkey. right now it can do 5 separate swords, if you need more just ask.
hope that will work for you.

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[This message has been edited by DSLS_DeathSythe (edited March 31, 2003).]
Famous last words - "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
2003-04-02, 1:33 PM #3
Thanks! I was beginning to think no one was ever going to reply! I'll test it out as soon as I get the last of the pov meshes ready...

(PS: I'll mention you in the mod credits too)

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-Justin "Saber-Scorpion" Stebbins
"(sigh) All this chatter is fine, but I have places I'd rather be..." - Drizzt Do'Urden(Baldur's Gate PC Game)
2003-04-02, 2:19 PM #4
Worked like a charm, thanks again! Oh, and five was exactly the number I had in mind.

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-Justin "Saber-Scorpion" Stebbins
"(sigh) All this chatter is fine, but I have places I'd rather be..." - Drizzt Do'Urden(Baldur's Gate PC Game)

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