So, i'm highly entertained by this mod idea - and love it too, but i also cannot help but laugh a bit at this mod, reason:
I'll just sneak up on this ridge and silently take out this dude and *BAM* Big glowing red line of death not only hitting the dude in the face, BUT it's also pointing right to me...
THAT is what makes me laugh. While making the lasers silent is a no brainer, the very darn light/glow of the beam is like one big red arrow pointing at me going "Sniper right there" hehehe
I know i know, it's just a game and all that, but come on. it's still funny. Regardless of how silent these lasers get, they have NO practical covert sniper functionality RL, if they were even to exists, especially if the "laser" they shoot is as visible as they appear in the game as they fly through the air.
The thing that bothers me the most about this mod is that he decided to add the silencer effect onto the muzzle modification meant for automatic laser weapons.
It should've went onto the beam focusers. Which is what you'd use for energy sniper weapons.
why stop here? let's make a universal silencer addon mod: will work on any gun and even any melee weapon: like a silenced rocket launcher or a silenced ripper. Man, you proved that laser silencers are BOSS, let's get one step beyond!
Thanks. A LOT! You've taken 100 pts of frustration from me with this mod; it annoyed me from day 1 that the Lasere Pistols made as much noise as a Fat-Man regarding enemies. Endorsed. KUTGW :)
Hey jasonmbrady, if you need help with audio modding (like finding and replacing the silenced beam sounds), let me know. I would love to help out on future mods.
Could you make a version that just makes the lenses silenced like the description? Your current version makes the focusers silenced, which, while useful, detracts from the gyro lenses. When I picked up this mod, it was with the intent of finally having to think about which attachment to use on my laser weapons; Do I go better distance capabilities, or silenced (I mean, we all know the better recoil doesn't matter for anything)?
Edit: Nvm, just downloaded an old version. Hope it doesn't have any bugs.
amazing and super useful mod, but i'm gonna ask, any way to use a custom or the vanilla sounds when using the silencer? also i'm looking foward for a stand alone version of the silencers
Sorry if I have been ignoring everyone on here lately. I have been in school, and all my coding time has been spent working on projects for class. Now that I am done, I will be doing some small amount of modding again, though I will be spending more time creating my own game than on mods. To answer the most recent questions, I just today installed the GECK (which was a pain in my ass let me tell you) so we'll see how creating new mods goes. I have considered doing a plasma version, but I've never actually gotten around to doing it. That may be upcoming as I learn the GECK interface. As far as patch conflict goes I'll look into it and fix it if it is indeed a problem with my mod and a game patch. Thanks everyone for your support and sorry I've been so silent!
Also, I will be using almost exclusively my own software as time goes on, so I will probably not be making my mods compatible with others, nor making patches for them. Anyone who wants to do so can feel free to, but it's really hard to do compatibility with mods you personally don't use and I am only using a handful of mods at best for the time being.
Awesome. It never made sense to me that lasers would make so much noise when they are basically just intensely focused light. Also, it never made any sense for the beams to be so visible unless you were in a dusty or foggy environment. Any chance of doing a version of this for plasma weapons? (Especially if it's the improved Sniper barrel that suppresses the noise.)
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Endorsed.
I'll just sneak up on this ridge and silently take out this dude and *BAM* Big glowing red line of death not only hitting the dude in the face, BUT it's also pointing right to me...
THAT is what makes me laugh.
While making the lasers silent is a no brainer, the very darn light/glow of the beam is like one big red arrow pointing at me going "Sniper right there" hehehe
I know i know, it's just a game and all that, but come on. it's still funny.
Regardless of how silent these lasers get, they have NO practical covert sniper functionality RL, if they were even to exists, especially if the "laser" they shoot is as visible as they appear in the game as they fly through the air.
Either way, good mod.
It should've went onto the beam focusers. Which is what you'd use for energy sniper weapons.
You've taken 100 pts of frustration from me with this mod; it annoyed me from day 1 that the Lasere Pistols made as much noise as a Fat-Man regarding enemies.
Endorsed.
KUTGW :)
Edit: Nvm, just downloaded an old version. Hope it doesn't have any bugs.