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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/SurfaceTensionHLS.jpg
Remember this gun? I miss this gun. It was the best gun in the game! It
looks *awesom*, it's very deadly, it's very precise, it has a huge
range, and you can charge it up to deliver hits that can take down just
about anything. (If you don't miss!)
Mmm... I wonder if I could model it with POV-Ray...?
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> range, and you can charge it up to deliver hits that can take down just
> about anything. (If you don't miss!)
You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never really
learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty of
*aiming* thru walls.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Remember the good old days, when we
used to complain about cryptography
being export-restricted?
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Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> range, and you can charge it up to deliver hits that can take down
>> just about anything. (If you don't miss!)
>
> You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never really
> learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty of
> *aiming* thru walls.
That's news to me...
I know it shoots round corners tho. ;-)
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:40:06 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never really
> learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty of
> *aiming* thru walls.
I liked the approach taken in Perfect Dark with the gun that could do
that - there was a sort of "X-Ray view" that could be used.
It took a little practice to figure out how to use it, but it worked very
nicely once you got the hang of it.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
>> You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never really
>> learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty of
>> *aiming* thru walls.
>
> I liked the approach taken in Perfect Dark with the gun that could do
> that - there was a sort of "X-Ray view" that could be used.
>
> It took a little practice to figure out how to use it, but it worked very
> nicely once you got the hang of it.
I'm reminded of that film that came out a while ago. ("True Lies"?) The
guy zooms in with an X-ray scope, where he can see the target's heart
beating and everything... but when he pulls the trigger, the gun blows
half the building away. I mean, dude, did you *need* to aim the thing??
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:09 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>> You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never
>>> really learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty
>>> of *aiming* thru walls.
>>
>> I liked the approach taken in Perfect Dark with the gun that could do
>> that - there was a sort of "X-Ray view" that could be used.
>>
>> It took a little practice to figure out how to use it, but it worked
>> very nicely once you got the hang of it.
>
> I'm reminded of that film that came out a while ago. ("True Lies"?) The
> guy zooms in with an X-ray scope, where he can see the target's heart
> beating and everything... but when he pulls the trigger, the gun blows
> half the building away. I mean, dude, did you *need* to aim the thing??
I'm wondering if it wasn't Minority Report....
Jim
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Le 22.10.2007 04:17, Jim Henderson nous fit lire :
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:09 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> I'm reminded of that film that came out a while ago. ("True Lies"?) The
>> guy zooms in with an X-ray scope, where he can see the target's heart
>> beating and everything... but when he pulls the trigger, the gun blows
>> half the building away. I mean, dude, did you *need* to aim the thing??
>
> I'm wondering if it wasn't Minority Report....
Nope, the movie name in french was "L'effaceur", "Eraser" in english.
The projectile was a very fine needle (and it fires a lot of them),
spinning along the fireline, propels by a strong magnetic
accelerator (the gun).
The visual was not X-Ray, but ultrasound and detects the
surface-change of density (reflection anyone ?).
--
The superior man understands what is right;
the inferior man understands what will sell.
-- Confucius
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And lo on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:15:39 +0100, Jim Henderson
<nos### [at] nospam com> did spake, saying:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:40:06 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>
>> You forgot "It shoots through walls", altho I must admit I never really
>> learned to take advantage of that feature, given the difficulty of
>> *aiming* thru walls.
>
> I liked the approach taken in Perfect Dark with the gun that could do
> that - there was a sort of "X-Ray view" that could be used.
>
> It took a little practice to figure out how to use it, but it worked very
> nicely once you got the hang of it.
Red Faction 1 & 2 had an thermal vision rail gun which was very cool;
one-shot kill, but slow to reload if you missed. Oh and some of the bad
guys had them too ouch.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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Phil Cook wrote:
> Red Faction 1 & 2 had an thermal vision rail gun which was very cool;
Or the cursed Celtic Scythe that had the mode it would suck up the
life-force from whoever's limbs you chopped off with it. *Very* slow to
"reload" as you had to wait for it to finish sucking up the hit points,
but useful if you knew only one enemy was near.
Or the Invoke spell, that either brings (some types of) dead enemies
back to life to fight for you, or causes (some types of) live enemies to
commit suicide. Just don't use it on the enemies with the dynamite,
unless you have somewhere to run to very quickly.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Remember the good old days, when we
used to complain about cryptography
being export-restricted?
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:00:38 +0200, Le Forgeron wrote:
> Le 22.10.2007 04:17, Jim Henderson nous fit lire :
>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:09 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> I'm reminded of that film that came out a while ago. ("True Lies"?)
>>> The guy zooms in with an X-ray scope, where he can see the target's
>>> heart beating and everything... but when he pulls the trigger, the gun
>>> blows half the building away. I mean, dude, did you *need* to aim the
>>> thing??
>>
>> I'm wondering if it wasn't Minority Report....
>
> Nope, the movie name in french was "L'effaceur", "Eraser" in english.
> The projectile was a very fine needle (and it fires a lot of them),
> spinning along the fireline, propels by a strong magnetic accelerator
> (the gun).
> The visual was not X-Ray, but ultrasound and detects the surface-change
> of density (reflection anyone ?).
Ah yes, that's the one. :-)
Jim
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