runequake hook

[PapaSmurf]

How do you access the axe-hook in runequake, similar to the 3wave CTF hook via "impulse 22". I know about the +hook in runequake, but after reading a thread about the axe-hook, i've been trying to figure out how to access it.

[Baker]

Press 1 twice, it's the alternate axe weapon.

If you *must* have an "impulse 22" equivalent of what you can do in 3Wave ... I believe you bind "weapon9" to a key and that will switch to the hook.

[PapaSmurf]

yah, i would like to have an "impulse 22" equivalent. I just figured out the pressing impulse 1 twice method, but i really don't like that (in fact, i like to turn off weapon-toggles). I'll try weapon9 though, thanks.

[Frenzy]

wow. I've been wondering what the alternate was to Impulse 22 for a couple years. I just tried it, and weapon9 does work by binding it. Lethal. Fucking sick. I'm happy about this, now I can use my air strafing so much more. Thanks Baker.

[Mr.Burns]

... Lethal. F*cking sick. I'm happy about this, now I can use my air strafing so much more. Thanks Baker.

Oh bugger, you just made Frenzy even harder to kill:d


(jk)

[.Fin.]

Ah, Papa's a CTF'er. That explains a lot. ;->

[Shadowswift]

surprised people didnt know this. i never use axe-hook on shmack, and ive known that all along.

if you wanna throw a quick axe-hook, then you can make a bind similar to a quick grenade, only instead of weapon6, its weapon9

[PapaSmurf]

surprised people didnt know this. i never use axe-hook on shmack, and ive known that all along.

if you wanna throw a quick axe-hook, then you can make a bind similar to a quick grenade, only instead of weapon6, its weapon9

You realize that this weapon6 or weapon9 is exclusive to the runequake mod, and that the "impulse #" command works all the time, not just on runequake servers. Here are my weapon binds that will always work, regardless of server:

bind x "impulse 1" //axe
bind v "impulse 2" //shotgun
bind w "impulse 3" //super shotgun
bind g "impulse 4;wait;wait;impulse 5" //nailgun/super nailgun
bind a "impulse 6" //grenade launcher
bind r "impulse 7" //rocket launcher

I've been using this since 1996, still works.

[PapaSmurf]

Ah, Papa's a CTF'er. That explains a lot. ;->

Yah, i've been using the +hook on my mouse4 for the past week or so, and it just doesn't feel right to me.

[Canadian*Sniper]

bind x "impulse 1" //axe
bind v "impulse 2" //shotgun
bind w "impulse 3" //super shotgun
bind g "impulse 4;wait;wait;impulse 5" //nailgun/super nailgun
bind a "impulse 6" //grenade launcher
bind r "impulse 7" //rocket launcher

I've been using this since 1996, still works.

What keys do you use to move around? Why don't you bind a key for impulse 8?

ps - that's a funky way of choosing your weapons. Those keys are all over the place.

[PapaSmurf]

What keys do you use to move around? Why don't you bind a key for impulse 8?

ps - that's a funky way of choosing your weapons. Those keys are all over the place.

i move with esdf, all those keys are around esdf. impulse 8 is actually not bound like the others, i have an alias for the shaft:

alias +lg "impulse 8;+attack"
alias -lg "impulse 7;-attack"
bind mouse2 +lg
bind mouse1 +attack

in reality, i'm utilizing proquake/qrack's "bestweapon" command, but that was the original alias back before the days of proquake.

[Shadowswift]

i fooled around with "Bestweapon" for a bit (i should mention this was a while ago, like 2005) and couldnt get it to work...

[PapaSmurf]

i fooled around with "Bestweapon" for a bit (i should mention this was a while ago, like 2005) and couldnt get it to work...

Here are some examples of how bestweapon can be used:

bind g "bestweapon 5 4 2"
bind w "bestweapon 3 2"

alias +lg "bestweapon 8 2 1;+attack"
alias -lg "bestweapon 7 6 5 3 2 4 1;-attack"
bind mouse2 +lg

so here, the "g" key will try and select the supernailgun (5) first, if that is unavailible it will select the the nailgun (4), and if both are unavailable (or you're out of nails), it will select the shotgun (2).

the "w" key will try and select the super shotgun (3) first and if that is unavailable, it will select the shotgun (2).

the +lg alias works similar, except when you press "mouse2" you will be attacking with whatever weapon gets selected by the alias. In this case it will first fire with the lightning gun ( 8 ), and if that is unavailble or you're out of cells it will fire the shotgun (2), and in an extreme case when you're out of shells as well, it will select and swing the axe (1). The axe is there just so you don't accidentally fire a rocket point blank when you really want do a non-explosvie attack. Then the -lg switches you back to your bestweapon in the order given. So, if you have the rocket launcher it will switch you to that, if you don't have RL (7), it will go on down the list trying to find a weapon you do have and have ammo for, and switch to that. If you have no other weapons (and no shells), it will switch to axe (1), the last weapon on the list. Note: I value the shotgun above the nailgun, thus I have 2 before 4.

[Shadowswift]

...oohhhhhhh