Dec 10, 2009 -- 9:58AM, Wave wrote:

So, I think I have a question that nobody's asked before: Say my friend has a Rifle, and uses 5 shots (so there's only 15 left); and then I own him ('cause I'm awesome like that). BUT!! Since on my customized weapon setup I chose Plasma Gun instead of Rifle, I now pick up a Plasma Gun. Later on I die, and the person who kills me, had his long-range set to Rifle, soooo... How much ammo would he get? Would he get 15? Does it save ammo, even if another person gets an energy weapon?

That's a really good question. If it were something like machinegun to gunsword I imagine they'd just take the percentage of bullets left, but if it's the situation you described with an energy weapon in the middle of the mess then I don't know. I'm gonna have to test this out on the demo...

 You could check the current system for weapon swapping, you just need a player 1 2 or 3, and a player 4 on Playstation demo.  There is a drop weapon command.  You could also test the effects on shotgun and revolver as well as gunsword and Machine gun.

 But the demo is a pre build and things might change.

 As for weapon customizations or advanced editing of custom designs for weapons.  I think there is a limit to what makes a good online experience.  Loosely quoted, your customized character is you in every mode of Lost Planet 2.  Meaning that what works offline would have to also work online.

 Making a custom design that involves more then selecting a pattern and 2 or 3 color frames in that pattern would have to load that pattern to every rival connection in every game.  That is a lot of data constantly moving and would slow games down if all players in a match have customizations.

 I think that the clothing and color choices will be great and should be kept to that.  As for custom VS colors.  I think it could work.  The only issue would be would the vs change color if someone ejects and someone else gets in.  Maybe what they could do is set up liners on it.  Akin to Led sets on custom cars, there could be inlays and overlayed fields on the vs'es that glow according to the color selection someone picks.

 As to weapon appearance.  I think there should be some differences.  But still limited to only four or five choices of preloaded textures.  Steam punk style, Junkyard fixings, Utilitarian (basic black look, no bling), High tech (curved bright white designs), and a glowing design (couldn't think of a fancy word for glowing).  But still no more then a choice since slowing down some play modes for these details seems a bit wasteful.

Dec 10, 2009 -- 4:09PM, Roy wrote:

 You could check the current system for weapon swapping, you just need a player 1 2 or 3, and a player 4 on Playstation demo.  There is a drop weapon command.  You could also test the effects on shotgun and revolver as well as gunsword and Machine gun.

 But the demo is a pre build and things might change.

Ah, I should have thought of that. Btw would you mind telling me exactly what button makes you drop your weapon? =)

Dec 10, 2009 -- 3:39PM, Deaco wrote:

That was....Deep.....

(Good Question)

Dec 10, 2009 -- 12:26PM, Seventy_X_Seven wrote:

That's a really good question. If it were something like machinegun to gunsword I imagine they'd just take the percentage of bullets left, but if it's the situation you described with an energy weapon in the middle of the mess then I don't know. I'm gonna have to test this out on the demo...

Thank you both!!!

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

so theres a lot of post under here so I dont know if anyone has asked this yet, and I cant find anything that answers my question. But regarding the multiplayer, is it just for online play or is it for everything? the reason I ask is my sister wants to play the game with me, like she did RE5, and we only have one Ps3.

aww that sucks, but thnx for the answer. I'm still gonna keep an eye out for more info regarding it though.