This is a wonderful idea! I think it would be even cooler if you could find some way to attach it to whatever headgear you're wearing to emulate a helmet light, since those are very common in the real world.

All I want is a strobe mode.

Originally posted by Mandaloin:

This is a wonderful idea! I think it would be even cooler if you could find some way to attach it to whatever headgear you're wearing to emulate a helmet light, since those are very common in the real world.

Hey, I tried that, but unfortunately attachTo won't allow it to move with the head movements. Believe me I tried this quite a few times. But it's a limitation of the attachTo command.

Originally posted by Mr. Murdock:

All I want is a strobe mode.

I thought of this. I'll look into it.

Really good mod, I just want to see a little foward but it's ever really nice, and ma being compatible with ACE 3 to have possibility to use it with the menu, but this is just a supposition, your job are great.

@Oh yeah Mr. Murdock, A strobe mode would be awesome :D

This mod is awesome but i cant see my buddies flashlight when we start a LAN server. I understand thats because its client side but is their a way you could make this a feature. Thanks! Me and my friends also did some more testing in zeus. It works but only on the player you spawn with but not when you control an ai character which is understandable. Thanks :D

Hey Feint, great little mod, regarding the issue with the light detaching and floating while inside a vehicle, why not contact haleks,developer of the Ravage mod, who I believe solved the problem of chemlights detaching from players when entering a vehicle.
Maybe needs a GetIn and GetOut EH.....

Good looking mod. It is much needed for sure, I just started editing an RPG the other week and was thinking that a new flashlight mod was much needed. So thank you for making this.

Now, i don't know very much at all at scripting, but I did come across a script on the internet I have been using, very similar to this, that uses the initplayerlocal.sqf and two other .sqf files.

The light works for me inside and out of cars, it just creates a light point in front of the player on a keypressed (Y). During the day it can be difficult to see the light, altering the color and raising brightness seem to help. Just like your mod.

I've only tried this for my Single Player RPG. So idk about Multiplayer...

initplayerlocal.sqf :

player setVariable ["lightIsOn", false];


fnc_turnLightOn = {
light1 = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];

light1 setLightBrightness 0.33;
light1 setLightAmbient [0.2,0.2,0.2];

light1 setLightColor [2,2,5];
light1 lightAttachObject [player1,[0,+2.7,+1]];
};


fnc_turnLightOff = {
deleteVehicle light1;
};

onKeyPress = compile preprocessFile "keypressed.sqf";
waituntil {!(IsNull (findDisplay 46))};

(findDisplay 46) displaySetEventHandler ["KeyDown", "_this call onKeyPress"];

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flashlight.sqf :

if (player getVariable "lightIsOn") then {
[] call fnc_turnLightOff; player setVariable ["lightIsOn", false];
} else {
[] call fnc_turnLightOn; player setVariable ["lightIsOn", true];
};

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keypressed.sqf :

private "_handled";

_key = _this select 0;
_shift = _this select 1;
_handled = false;

switch _shift do
{
case 21 : // pressed Y
{
nul = [] execVM "flashlight.sqf";
_handled = true;
};
};

_handled;

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I hope this helps you maybe on your vehicle issue! Good luck!

*By the way, I've noticed that the light from the flashlight (on shoulder) shines through the flashlight when in third person and sprinting, when your body goes back and forth. Perhaps making the light smaller on the shoulder would make this a bit more realistic, so that its more of a dot than a bright circle. Of course, thats up to you.*

*Oh and a green flashlight choice would be super duper uber cool too ;)*

Originally posted by Evil Organ:

Hey Feint, great little mod, regarding the issue with the light detaching and floating while inside a vehicle, why not contact haleks,developer of the Ravage mod, who I believe solved the problem of chemlights detaching from players when entering a vehicle.
Maybe needs a GetIn and GetOut EH.....

Yeah, that's what I'm looking at. I figure that would help solve the problem with vehicles. To be continued.

Thanks everyone for your kind words and feedback.

OK, I implemented a partial fix for the vehicle bug. For now, just turn the light off and then back on when entering and exiting a vehicle.

I also added a green filter as requested to help with hunting and fishing at night (the green light is less likely to spook animals and fish).

And I also extended the reach of the light out a few more feet (meters).

Realy nice mod! Unfortunately theres a bug. When i activate the light, i get the "rest weapon" buff. So for some reason the game thinks im leaning onto the light. x3

For some reason, whenever I change the controls for the light in, it resets to defaults. Any ideas on how to fx this? It tends to reset whenever I exit the editor.

Originally posted by TrapsAreGross-ButGamerFoodISN'T!:

For some reason, whenever I change the controls for the light in, it resets to defaults. Any ideas on how to fx this? It tends to reset whenever I exit the editor.

Download the newest version. I fixed that.

Originally posted by Miau =^-^=:

Realy nice mod! Unfortunately theres a bug. When i activate the light, i get the "rest weapon" buff. So for some reason the game thinks im leaning onto the light. x3

Oh yeah, crap. Haha. You're right. Hmm. Well, um...added to the bug list.

Hope this helps :D
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836781212

Originally posted by Miau =^-^=:

Hope this helps :D
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836781212

illuminati confirmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJLSzsEjpWM

Originally posted by Miau =^-^=:

Hope this helps :D
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836781212

Yes, thanks. I figured out what you meant. I have an idea on how I can fix that. Wish me luck.