I Can't Cut Anyone's Throat

[Mack the Knife]

well, went back the the game and did an experiment. threw all my guys guns on the ground and tried to throw the knife and the turd puts the knife away and throws a grenade! threw ALL weapons accept the knife on the ground and he had it in his hand but wouldn't throw it, he just stood there. prowlinger had the answer...i switch the direct control mode and viola, he throws it. kind of dumb that it's this way (not in the manual) but that's that....thanks

[Prowlinger]

Maybe the knife is set to direct control only?

Hmm..

ok looking in the game code.. I do see a knife front attack / melee

{tags "knife basic"} ; strikes types see at {strokes} in set\ability\melee.set
{distance far}
{self
{enable_items "knife"}
{animation "fight_front_knife"}


But it is set to distance far...

Not sure if this weapon is bugged or what... seems strange though. I have seen a melee kill with fists... so maybe the melee knife is redundant and they forced it to be distance only?

If that is the case... maybe there is a priority the AI uses to resort it to nearly the last thing to ever use... hmm.

Ahhh... try this! Set the soldier to HOLD FIRE. Equip the knife.. and then force attack him on someone... I bet that will work.

I think the AI looks at all the weapons in the inventory of the soldier and puts the knife at the last priority short of melee fists... so it will always choose a gun or grenade over a knife and fists while it is set to "auto fire".

[Charlie Brown]

can all knives be thrown?

[Prowlinger]

I definitely could be wrong but extracting the code above from the weapon data... I ***think*** all knives are short ranged thrown weapons...

[Ossian]

select the knife and use the melee action, should be F6 or something.

[mikeshr2]

100% guaranteed way to make knife work. Equip knife in right hand. Put soldier on hold/return fire only. Move soldier toward the target. As you get closer change to Fire at Will. When he is within range he will automatically throw the knife. Be sure to pick it up from the ground by highlighting ground objects. It will be on the ground next to the body.

[Gary_P]

I HAD to read this thread. It cracked me up because it sounds like a song...

"I Can't Cut Anyone's Throat" by Mack the Knife. HAHAHAHA

[KeiranWehr]

Originally Posted by Mack the Knife

well, went back the the game and did an experiment. threw all my guys guns on the ground and tried to throw the knife and the turd puts the knife away and throws a grenade! threw ALL weapons accept the knife on the ground and he had it in his hand but wouldn't throw it, he just stood there. prowlinger had the answer...i switch the direct control mode and viola, he throws it. kind of dumb that it's this way (not in the manual) but that's that....thanks

If im right, your on the scout mission of the RU campaign?

When I use the throwing knife, I do it in direct control. Without it, i've found my units would run out in the open just to throw it.

Also, in Direct Control you control his aiming, movement etc. Might help a bit more.


I might make try the cut throat thing... maybe it has to be done via melee. I'll make a blank map with 1 very dumb AI standing and i'll try it.

[KeiranWehr]

Originally Posted by KeiranWehr

I might make try the cut throat thing... maybe it has to be done via melee. I'll make a blank map with 1 very dumb AI standing and i'll try it.

He stabs him on the spine, but its a one hit kill.