Beagle 684 Posted August 27, 2002 Now that Pistols are a weapon class in Resistance... what about making a flare pistol with flares instead magazines. That woul free up lots of slots for Rifle ammo or something else. Flare pistols are in use with every army I heard of, and its just not correct to use a grenade launcher equiped Assault rifle to launch flares... unfortunatly I dont know how to edit existing Handguns...and a apropriate model would be nice too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B@ZOOkA 0 Posted August 27, 2002 should be no problem to make them.... but i dont know of any existing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyles 11 Posted August 27, 2002 me neither, but that's an great idea, actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted August 27, 2002 I think this is a great idea also. Like an emergency flare gun. I used to have to give some people M16's and flares to simulate emergency flare gun... no more with such an addon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 27, 2002 Here is a link to the one I know... Its manufactured by Heckler&Koch, and used by a lot of west-european armys. This Flare gun has a strong recoil, much more than a 9x19mm Handgun SigPi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedStorm 0 Posted August 27, 2002 I always thought this works just as nice (in the init line of your unit): removeallweapons this;this addmagazine "flare";this addmagazine "flare";this addmagazine "flare";this addweapon "glock"; Don't know if it still works though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nuddicrous 0 Posted August 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I always thought this works just as nice (in the init line of your unit): removeallweapons this;this addmagazine "flare";this addmagazine "flare";this addmagazine "flare";this addweapon "glock";<span id='postcolor'> Not sure why this line of code wouldn't work now if it ever worked before, since Resistance hasn't gone through any patches (and if it has, I dont have any)... it simply doesn't work But the flare gun idea is an excellent idea... it's occurred to me, especially in designing my Canadian forces officer units, who are generally equipped with such devices (or a self contained flare unit) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edc 0 Posted August 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Flare pistols are in use with every army I heard of, and its just not correct to use a grenade launcher equiped Assault rifle to launch flares... <span id='postcolor'> In a book I have from the library it shows a diagram of a parachute flare and says that its a cartridge for the M203 GL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 28, 2002 Yes... and there are also flares for the Carl Gustav, for field ilumination, but flare pistols are commonly used for signaling... And they would be handy in OFP, since the flares for the M203 take two slots in the loadout display. Ive never said it's impossible, but i've never encountert grenadelauncher fired flares in my military time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LT.Schaffer 0 Posted August 28, 2002 Hi all, Well that is a great idea... Maybe BIS will think of that and make it for the next patch.. would be nice to have if you were a downed Pilot so you friends could come and rescue you.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edc 0 Posted August 28, 2002 I agree, it be great for downed pilots missions the only problem would be they couldn't carry a pistol which is much more realistic than a M4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 28, 2002 @ edc That would count for fixed wing pilots only, as most chopper Pilots are equiped with MPs, like the H&K MP5... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
