Talk:Stun Rod - Revision history

NKF at 05:56, 1 June 2021

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	:Pistols are one-handed weapons. Everything larger is two-handed. If that needs an explanation, go head. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 03:07, 1 June 2021 (UTC)		:Pistols are one-handed weapons. Everything larger is two-handed. If that needs an explanation, go head. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 03:07, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

			::The Stun (and TFTD's drill attacks) are a separate attack subroutine from the normal firing modes that are affected by this, so whether or not its attributes are set to be a 2-handed or 1-handed item never come into effect. It's only listed as 2-handed because that's what's in the game data. [[User:NKF\|NKF]] ([[User talk:NKF\|talk]]) 05:55, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
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Hobbes at 03:07, 1 June 2021

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			:Pistols are one-handed weapons. Everything larger is two-handed. If that needs an explanation, go head. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 03:07, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
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Mugwump: /* Attack above or below? */

2021-05-27T16:51:21Z

Attack above or below?

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	:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)		:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)

	~~== Attack above or below? ==~~

	~~The article says you must be facing target. So does that necessarily mean you can't attack a unit floating above you, or one level up on access lift in UFO?~~
	~~Or attack a unit you're floating one level above?~~
	~~If it's a silly question I'll just delete this section~~
	~~- [[User:Mugwump\|Mugwump]] 10:05, 25 March 2021 (PST)~~

Mugwump: /* Attack above or below? */

2021-05-25T17:07:52Z

Attack above or below?

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Mugwump at 17:07, 25 May 2021

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Mugwump: /* Attack above or below? */

2021-05-25T17:05:52Z

Attack above or below?

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Mugwump: /* Attack above or below? */ new section

2021-05-25T16:56:48Z

Attack above or below?: new section

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	:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)		:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)

			== Attack above or below? ==

			The article says you must be facing target. So does that necessarily mean you can't attack a unit floating above you, or one level up on access lift in UFO?
			Or attack a unit you're floating one level above?
			If it's a silly question I'll just delete this section

Zombie: Reply.

2009-10-26T18:15:47Z

Reply.

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	: I just fell victim to a nasty bug. During a base assault, I hit a Floater about 30 TIMES with the stun rod, yet it didn't deal any stun damage! I even tried attacking from the front instead of behind, still no effect! What's going on?--[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] 10:18, 26 October 2009 (EDT)		: I just fell victim to a nasty bug. During a base assault, I hit a Floater about 30 TIMES with the stun rod, yet it didn't deal any stun damage! I even tried attacking from the front instead of behind, still no effect! What's going on?--[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] 10:18, 26 October 2009 (EDT)

			Either your [[OBDATA.DAT]] file is messed up (unlikely) or you've hit the max number of items possible in a mission (170 items on the battlescape at a time found in the [[OBPOS.DAT]] file). When this happens, you can't create anymore items (such as corpses or stunned aliens) until some items are destroyed. --[[User:Zombie\|Zombie]] 14:15, 26 October 2009 (EDT)


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Amitakartok at 14:18, 26 October 2009

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			: I just fell victim to a nasty bug. During a base assault, I hit a Floater about 30 TIMES with the stun rod, yet it didn't deal any stun damage! I even tried attacking from the front instead of behind, still no effect! What's going on?--[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] 10:18, 26 October 2009 (EDT)

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Arrow Quivershaft: /* Reaction attack with a Stun Rod? */ Preview, preview, preview! All the cool kids do it.

2008-03-22T18:44:27Z

Reaction attack with a Stun Rod?: Preview, preview, preview! All the cool kids do it.

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	I wonder what happens if a unit has a melee weapon as its active weapon and a fire weapon in the other hand. Would it take a reaction shot using the alternate weapon? And presumably no unit will ever reaction-fire with a thrown weapon such as a grenade? Hmm maybe this should move to the Reaction Fire section. [[User:Spike\|Spike]] 10:00, 22 March 2008 (PDT)		I wonder what happens if a unit has a melee weapon as its active weapon and a fire weapon in the other hand. Would it take a reaction shot using the alternate weapon? And presumably no unit will ever reaction-fire with a thrown weapon such as a grenade? Hmm maybe this should move to the Reaction Fire section. [[User:Spike\|Spike]] 10:00, 22 March 2008 (PDT)

	:No unit will never reaction fire with a thrown weapon(in order to do so, you'd need a good number of TUs, or need to have primed the grenade ahead of time! In either case, the designers decided(wisely, IMO) that grenades are something that should be used only at player discretion. I've had troops killed by a missed reaction shot...with grenades, you lose your squad, not one man.		:No unit will never reaction fire with a thrown weapon(in order to do so, you'd need a good number of TUs, or need to have primed the grenade ahead of time!) In either case, the designers decided(wisely, IMO) that grenades are something that should be used only at player discretion. I've had troops killed by a missed reaction shot...with grenades, you lose your squad, not one man.

	:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)		:Regarding your second issue...A unit will only switch its reaction fire from one weapon to another after the first weapon runs out of ammo. The Stun Rod has infinite ammo, so it will always pass the "Ammo left?" check. Thus, any unit with a stun rod as the active weapon will never take a reaction shot, even if they're holding a gun in the other hand! [[User:Arrow Quivershaft\|Arrow Quivershaft]] 11:42, 22 March 2008 (PDT)