Bullet time help Created 20 years ago2004-09-19 16:20:55 UTC by Soup Miner

What's the entity that changes console settings such as host_framerate?

... what? There is none.

What? 7th said there was an entity that could change console values.

Not faik. maybe in cs 1.6, not in 1.5/half-life.

Its probably a spirit entity.

Certain entities such as env_gamma in NS set console commands, like env_gamma 2 will set the console command gamma 2 or something of that sort.

Play around with all the CS entities or whatnot and see if you can find it?

Well This is a spiri mod remeebr, so if you know anything please do tell. What if I make a custom entity that has a key of host_framerate and a value of whatever the speed I want it to be is? Think that would work?

No, entities have to be coded into the engine. Although it wouldn't be too complicated to program, I have no idea how to do it.

I never said that

I said that.
It's a spirit entity which can change any cvar you like.
I can't look up the name at the moment, but there is an example map on the VERC. For some reason I am also not able to find it. :

The value for host_framerate and the resulting speed don't seem to have a logic connection.
0.01 is a good value though.

ok there is a way to change it. its been a long time sence ive done it but it works!!! you can slow stuff down by doing that...or just do this
if your making it so that a enemy shoots at you.....and you are suposta go into bullet time....make it so that the guy walks a path and shoots at you at a givien point and spawn a little silver or copper rectangle at the end of the gun.

use function_train and have the bullets hit a point that you have placed but make it so that its at like speed 50 or less to get the bullet time effect also add colored light of some type.

Well, that'd just suck since you cant have "free" enemies.

Eventually!
I've found it. Autolycus built a an example map aeons ago.
Here's the thread.

Awesome, thanks. I'll actually probably have it set to 0.02, 01 is too slow, yes I have been expreimenting (it fun to "speed hack" single player mode haha, try playing Half Life at host_framerate 0.15)

Try it 5

Yeah it's really fun having assault-shotgun 'n stuff.
Still it's not so perfect as it might seem.
Sounds are not played back slower and sometimes animations of models get flippy.

host_framerate??? is that cmd only in spirit or will it work with unmodded HL??

Unmodded's fine.

Or you can pretend your the flash and all your xen buddies seem to have "magic copy speed". Wheee I can shoot teh quick!

Heh.

7th, it doesnt go any faster beyond 1, Ive checked 1 and 100, they are the exact same. Playing on 0.2 and higher messes with alien slaves and they can't shoot you haha.

Okay.

OK guys I've searched the forums, and found this thread, although, doesn't tell much, and the link is forbidden on this computer.

[quote]This actually isn't all that complicated but it IS a new effect that's possible with the latest development build of Spirit of Half-Life.

example map

Note: changes from 0.42 to 0.43 have broken the behavior and positioning of the train in this level, but the train is unrelated to this effect - ignore it.

When you start this level, you exit an elevator and immediately go into "bullet time" (for lack of a better phrase). A grunt down the hall immediately (but in slow motion) starts to attack you. You move and fire in slow motion as well, but your ability to look around (and aim) is unhindered. As well, when the bullet time starts and ends, there is a triggered "wooshing" sound, and during bullet time, there is a deep breathing/heartbeat sound.

The effect is a combination of new and old entities. It's all controlled by a multi_manager that is activated by a trigger_once when you exit the elevator. The multi_manager has the following properties.

* (0) activates a trigger_command which sets the host_framerate to 0.01
* (0) activates an ambient_generic which plays a wooshing sound (ambience/port_suckin1.wav)
* (0) activates an ambient_generic which loops a breathing-type sound
* (2.5) activates an ambient_generic which plays a reverse of the first wooshing sound (ambience/port_suckout1.wav)
* (3) toggles the "breathing" ambient_generic off
* (3) activates a trigger_command which sets the host_framerate to 0 (normal speed)

The new entity is the trigger_command which lets you to send commands to the console, allowing you to set cvars and console commands. This command can be used for evil (unbind all) so it'll be a good idea to either thoroughly check Spirit maps before running them, or download them from somewhere where you trust them to have already checked.

Um... comments? I think this effect is rad.

autolycus[/quote]

Meh.

Just what I needed--Thanks Jaardis

Ok now, I finally got a chance to check this effect out.. very cool, but the way I set it up was with a invisible func_breakable in front of two grunts, so that when I shot art them the func_breakable would trigger the whole effect, however you still see the glass slowly falling to the ground, how can I do this so that when I shoot, at some places it automatically triggers, with out a func_breakable triggering it..??