Would it be possible....

[Kewl Munky]

Would it be possible....

...to make a slingshot for a ranged weapon? I think it'd be an epic idea ^_^
Unless it's already been done? If not I think it'd be really ironic to make it more powerful than Skorm's bow. Basically one hit kill any creature besides bosses.

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

Re: Would it be possible....

You probably could make one but it wouldn't fit with any of the Heroes shooting motions/animations.

 

[Noctus]

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I think it would somewhat work with the crossbow animations.

 

[Kewl Munky]

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That sucks if it can't work. I just have this fantasy of using a slingshot to shoot a rubber ball that insta kills any regular creatures

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

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If you made it big enough, it might even work with the regular bow. But you'd have to change the shot also.

 

[Noctus]

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I think crossbows are close enough to slingshots anyway.

 

[theboosher]

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that would be epic. i can imagine you been given it as a teen in the hero's guild to use for the challenge to kill all the birds. haha

 

[Kewl Munky]

Re: Would it be possible....

Yes, you can make a slingshot as a ranged weapon, but it would need the longbow animations and so would technically be a longbow. Crossbows don't use animations. It would take someone who knows how to weight bones because it's an animated model.

Would you be able to make the model? I was thinking something along the lines of the slingshot you get as a kid in fable II.

 

[Kewl Munky]

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I would need pictures for that. But a slingshot is a slingshot is a slingshot, it wouldn't be too hard.

Three cylinders with the stick texture, one for the base, and two to make the points for the elastic band. The band would be a small cylinder too using the string piece of the longbow texture. From there you just rig it to the bones and you'd only be using two bones so even that's easy. Then all there is to do is align the helpers and you have yourself a slingshot mesh. Import, assign textures, make new entries, done.

You know what, I might just do this.

Epic ^_^ Any idea how powerful you're going to make it?

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

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That'd be pretty WICKED!!

 

[OldBoy]

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That's pretty nice John!

 

[wulfric]

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if your making a set then i think it would be pretty aweome if someone made a LEGENDARY SLINGSHOT! (in the description it could say that its been used to slay giants - goliath)

 

[OldBoy]

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Notice the position of the pocket. It will be like that at the default position, and it will be pulled back at that angle, and the slingshot will mysteriously fire away from between the top parts of the frame. Because of how the animations work, there's not much I can do about that. And because of how augment effects work, I think I might do away with augmenting on these slingshots, or at least make it so that augments don't add effects. This is the part where you people join in: Unless of course anyone has a clever design idea or thoughts on possible workarounds for the animation or effect issues, in which case I'm all ears.

Wouldn't it be possible to add an extra helper outside the mesh itself, and use an effect that makes it look like the projectile is fired from the hand of the hero?

 

[Tsuyu]

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Goliath was slain with a sling, not a slingshot. Just FYI.

Anyway, I really love the model you got there John.

 

[OldBoy]

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Interesting to see the outcome of this. I can image certain effects could be nice to add to this weapon. Shame I never documented my crazy search through the effects.big, I've looked at almost every single one, but 'forgot' to gather that data in a usable way...

 

[wulfric]

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Goliath was slain with a sling, not a slingshot. Just FYI.

i know but it would be near imposible to creat a sling and make it work in fable!

 

[wulfric]

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ok ok but your like a fable modding god... to my unenlightened and easily confused mind it is impossible-and you said yourslef it would be static (no fun )

 

[Tsuyu]

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Heh, I knew you could do it. What happened to your retirement from modding? The way of Ozzy's retirement from music? Or am I confused and that was another member entirely?

Who cares? Bloody awesomely done!

 

[morerunes]

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How about a larger pocket with a large handle? That way the actual pocket is in the spot it should be, and you hold the handle instead of the pocket.

 

[Trawgdor]

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For the pulling back thing, I'm no expert on this, but, can't you just make a model, each one with the elastic band being pulled back a little, then script it so the model changes between the shots?

Again, I'm not an expert on this, I don't mod Fable.