Naming weapons/sentries with a knife

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Naming weapons/sentries with a knife

Post by Edgelord » 01 May 2016, 13:35

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Add the ability to carve a name into a weapon using a knife

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): while subtle, it adds a little but of customization and personalization that adds flavor to the RP.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): When you use a knife on your weapon, a textbox appears that says "Enter the name of your gun" or something. The only way you would see this name is if you examined it (It has the name 'Vera' carved into it.'). This would also work with sentries as well.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Minor amounts of coding.
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Re: Naming weapons/sentries with a knife

Post by lucashunter608 » 01 May 2016, 14:00

hell yeah +1

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Post by Zilenan91 » 01 May 2016, 14:21

I can't wait until people name their Sentry Guns Woody +1


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Post by Dyne » 01 May 2016, 14:29

Or just add a labeler to every squad prep.
Anyway, +1.
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Post by Monoo » 01 May 2016, 15:06

+1, all the marines in the movie seemed to enjoy personalizing their armor and weapons. More customization is always great as well.
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Post by Logi99 » 01 May 2016, 17:44

I'm calling my machete Motherfucker, just like Samuel L. Jackson did with his lightsaber playing Mace Windu.
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Post by ShortTemperedLeprechaun » 01 May 2016, 22:25

Sure why the hell not. I welcome anything that could possibly encourage rp. +1
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Post by Rabidgam3r » 01 May 2016, 22:27

+1 hell yeah I'll name my gun Dickfucker 9000

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Post by forwardslashN » 01 May 2016, 23:27

+1
Sounds good to me.
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Post by monkeysfist101 » 02 May 2016, 12:03

Apop has already said that we'll never allow this to avoid names like "Ass Blaster 69"
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Post by Varnock » 02 May 2016, 13:47

Dyne wrote:Or just add a labeler to every squad prep.
You shouldn't even have to do this, Chem has two. If they aren't willing to leave one or both in the lobby of medical, that sucks, but it's the closest we've got. I'm sure more can be found in other areas too.
monkeysfist101 wrote:Apop has already said that we'll never allow this to avoid names like "Ass Blaster 69"
Does that mean we can get in trouble for using a labeler to name something? Or just more obscene stuff?

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Post by Egorkor » 02 May 2016, 14:13

monkeysfist101 wrote:Apop has already said that we'll never allow this to avoid names like "Ass Blaster 69"
I'll be sure to label the SADAR that next time I get my hands on a labeler, thanks.

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Post by Edgelord » 02 May 2016, 14:39

monkeysfist101 wrote:Apop has already said that we'll never allow this to avoid names like "Ass Blaster 69"
I mean... it's not renaming the weapon's item name. It'd just be for when you examine it. I don't see any harm in it.
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Post by Jeser » 03 May 2016, 10:14

Varnock wrote: You shouldn't even have to do this, Chem has two. If they aren't willing to leave one or both in the lobby of medical, that sucks, but it's the closest we've got. I'm sure more can be found in other areas too.
Psss, cargo has labelers too...

Also, how "Ass Blaster 69" is bad? It's awesome!
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Post by Dyne » 03 May 2016, 10:16

Varnock wrote: You shouldn't even have to do this, Chem has two. If they aren't willing to leave one or both in the lobby of medical, that sucks, but it's the closest we've got. I'm sure more can be found in other areas too.
Yes, lets all run to medbay/cargo for extra stuff to name our guns with, makes perfect sense.
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Post by Varnock » 03 May 2016, 18:42

Jeser wrote:Psss, cargo has labelers too...
I did not know this, but it would make things WAY easier than the ones in chem.
Dyne wrote:Yes, lets all run to medbay/cargo for extra stuff to name our guns with, makes perfect sense.
It's not like we already don't, and it wouldn't be hard to leave one out inside cargo so people getting gear from Req can name something on the way out.

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Post by Dyne » 04 May 2016, 06:02

Varnock wrote: It's not like we already don't, and it wouldn't be hard to leave one out inside cargo so people getting gear from Req can name something on the way out.
Dependant on lots of chips falling in the right direction. Knife or labeler for all preps is much more accessible.
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Post by Varnock » 04 May 2016, 14:18

Dyne wrote:Dependant on lots of chips falling in the right direction. Knife or labeler for all preps is much more accessible.
What do you mean? You literally just ask the RO or CT for the thing when you get to the front of the line. Why would they say no? Either way, we really don't need this, as ways already exist and this would just put more work on the devs and coders.

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Post by freemysoul » 05 May 2016, 17:37

Varnock wrote: What do you mean? You literally just ask the RO or CT for the thing when you get to the front of the line. Why would they say no? Either way, we really don't need this, as ways already exist and this would just put more work on the devs and coders.
Fun Fact: I asked for it and they said NO

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Post by Varnock » 05 May 2016, 17:39

freemysoul wrote:Fun Fact: I asked for it and they said NO
Exception: Rude ROs.

I don't know what to tell you, but this remains something we don't need since we can already do it with what we have available.

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Post by Dyne » 06 May 2016, 05:44

Varnock wrote: Exception: Rude ROs.

I don't know what to tell you, but this remains something we don't need since we can already do it with what we have available.
But we cant, relaibly.
Add extra four labelers, and then we can.
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Re: Naming weapons/sentries with a knife

Post by TopHatPenguin » 03 Apr 2017, 00:48

Could be useful so that comrade sentry can be named in the heat of battle.

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