Horror Game pocket light

[eeyk]

I'm busy making a horror game it is possible for your player as a pocket lamp or something.?

As on this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hICr3TFZUco

[Denny]

Attach a spot light to the player? :)

[eeyk]

How can i do this if i click on the player and Click on Table Attachment and then ??

[smerf1]

i would also like to know this!

[micahpharoh]

you could attach it, or make it a weapon if you want the player to be able to switch between it and another weapon. This would be how to make the player visually hold the light, too.

[Malachor]

Have a look at this: Attaching a spotlight to the player (http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-3/tutorials/unreal-learning-5-attachments)
It shouldn't be too hard to modify this to fit onto a weapon, or create a torch.

[eeyk]

Thank you but its don't work i have set in in a script and save it as LP_Mutator_Flashlight
but i can't find it in actor classes

[EbbY]

I'm looking for some help with this topic too, any ideas or tips?

[DJMidknight]

why is it a mutator?
make it a weapon that the firestate turns it on and off then you should be able to put it in the pickupfactory.

[Kratilim]

Hi guys,

I've been working on a horror game myself. Its quite easy to accomplish actually. I will not just paste the code here, you will not learn anything if you copy paste all of it. the following assumes you are extending an existing weapon or making a new one.

Make a global spotlightcomponent at the beginning of your weapon. Like so:


var SpotLightComponent LightAttachment;

Don't forget to also define any extra things like scale and color.

This next code is needed in the postbeginplay, otherwise LightAttachment has no property:

LightAttachment = new(self)class'SpotLightComponent';

You can then in your postbeginplay define where you want your light to be, and if its enabled or not. You can also attach it to a socket of a skeletal mesh. for example:


UDKSkeletalMeshComponent(Mesh).AttachComponentToSo cket(LightAttachment, 'LightSocket');

To make it turn on and off you can simply switch it in the StartFire function.

Hope it helps! :)