Toggle Parachute?

[Swaffy]

I remember, a few years back, being able to turn off the parachute after deploying it; pretty much being able to toggle it on/off.

Anyone know how this can be done? Is it in the EXE, or can it be changed?

[Apache Thunder]

I recall there being a trick to making something like this work with BF2's parachute since it's coded more like a vehicle then BF1942's parachute. Unfortunately there is no way I know of that could make this work in BF1942. Even making the parachute a destructible child object won't work. Once the parachute is active, you will still float down instead of falling, even if the parachute dies and the mesh disappears.

[fo0k]

Could spawn an invisible platform below player to die after a second ? Heheh.. Would look a bit fail I guess.

[freddy]

heres the code to the old paradisabler, perhaps you can adjust th code to work like a on/off button.

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ObjectTemplate.create ActiveKitPart Paradisabler
ObjectTemplate.OverrideAirMovementInhibitations 1   <--------- this where the magic happens, it needs a new flux capacitor regulator
ObjectTemplate.setBoneName HipPack
ObjectTemplate.setCopyLinksCount 0

ObjectTemplate.Active Jap_Medic
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Paradisabler

[Apache Thunder]

There is an unused code that can turn on and off the passive acceleration of the active kit part (basically it turns the entire engine off and on and even the hud element will vanish when turned off I believe.

Just map a key to this command:

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ObjectTemplate.setActivater

It accepts the same key codes like the throttle code and weapon fire commands and such.

Set the parachute key to it for example and I believe you might be able to get something similar to what you're trying to do.

For example use this if you want to use the "use" key (the key used to pick up kits which is G by default) as the activator key:

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ObjectTemplate.setActivater c_PIUse

[Swaffy]

Where would I put the code at?

[Apache Thunder]

In the ActiveKitPart object. (The ParaDisabler objects Freddy posted earlier)

[Swaffy]

When using that code, I cannot use the parachute at all. In fact, I just float to the ground and die.

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Could this work?
ObjectTemplate.Active Parachute
ObjectTemplate.setActivater c_PIUse

[Apache Thunder]

No unfortunatly. The Parachute object is nothing more then a normal AnimatedBundle object that gets displayed when the parachute is first activated. "Parachute" is the name of the object the game is hardcoded to use as the object to display when the soldier deploys it. I was able to get the parachute to show up in 1p view by simply making the "Parachute" object a lodObject with the lodSelector system normally used for the HUD meshes on tanks and other vehicles. the lodObject simply had two copies of the AnimatedBundle alternate for the Parachute that animated just like the original and such.

The parachute drag and fall speed are separate code lines coded in either the commonsoldierdata.inc file or the soldier's object.con file. (the code lines work only for the BFSoldier class)

The ActiveKitPart system was the only possible way to toggle parachutes. If that doesn't work, there isn't anything else I can think of that would make it work that way. Sorry.

[freddy]

well im not sure but doesn´t the chute deactivate if one apply a short "jetburst" to stop the free fall? if so one could use some engine that overheat or the like. wouldn´t look pretty but thats the only idea i have left.