Sword Beams

[Nimono]

Is it possible to have the sword and the sword beams look different (like in most Zelda games)?


If so, how?

[TheWanderer]

I don't know but what I want to know is why most quests I download don't have sword beams. Is the game made like that or is just me.

[Nimono]

Do you have full hearts? If not, go to Item Properties (under Quest> Misc Data) and change the hearts needed for Sword Beams to activate.

[TheWanderer]

Not in my quests in the ones that I download from the site. I guess I'm either just unlucky enough to only download ones that don't have sword beams or they programmed it so you get it later. Maybe they just don't like the beams, it does make the games harder. :laughing:

[Nimono]

Oh, you can disable the sword beams if you want. I think you have to put the amount of hearts at a point that's higher than the amount of hearts you can get in a quest.... But I don't know...

[TheWanderer]

Hehe, I guess like I said those people just want to make the games harder.

[Nimono]

I know (and have) a better way to make the game harder....

[TheWanderer]

:laughing: I'd like to see some.

[Nimono]

Well, for one, in one of my quests, you get a Bow and some arrows at the start so you can find the Wooden Sword (which is a wand). I call the quest Link the Magician because all the swords are wands. It's not done yet, though....

[algam86]

None of the quests I've played has a different graphic for the sword beam than the sword itself. The explosion can change, of course, but not the beam itself. So, I assume, at the present, it's not possible.

[Nimono]

Oh, okay. Say, how do you change the sword beam explosion?

[Freedom]

it's the graphic to the right of the sword on the tile page

[Nimono]

!!! Okay, thanks freedom!

[TheWanderer]

Anyway now I am wondering. Why don't any of the quest I've downloaded have sword beams, like Link's retirement and Zelda Quest.

[Freedom]

often the wooden sword is set to no beam, but it can be set either way by the builder.

[Cloral]

That is a very common trend. I think LttP is the main reason for this - the first sword in that game didn't have a beam; you had to get the Master Sword to earn the sword beam.

No, you can't change the graphic for the sword beam. What's more, the beam will flash using certain csets. So if you're not careful, the sword beam can end up looking glitchy. I found this out when I was trying to make a flaming sword, the best I could end up with was fire that flashed red and green during the sword beam.

[rocksfan13]

Link's Retirement and Zelda Quest don't get beams until you get the magic sword. But it is completely up to the creator wether or not you get beams at the begining of the game. I have played some that do.