Onos Paralysis

SpderMn

<div class="IPBDescription">Help?</div> Hey, i was wondering, how exactly do u get paralysis to work i mean everytime i try it never works and u may be thinking did u hit him? im pretty sure i did i was in point blank range. so anyways everytime i use it, it won't work but when an onos does it on me it works fine. can anyone help me?

SoulSkorpion

*wince* punctuation is your FRIEND. Don't be scared of it.

As for your problem (with paralysis), remember that paralysis doesn't do what webs do. It still lets the marines turn and fire, just not move. It's possible that you get it to work but don't notice the effect. It's most noticable against jetpacks.

There is no trick to paralysis. Point and shoot. It's a hitscan weapon. I don't know if it has a range limit.

Alias20

I'm pretty sure you have to be close, but it is longer ranged than the horn melee attack.

The best use I find for it is to slow down the escaping marines so they don't get away and relocate. Tagging JPers is nice too, but I rarely find one of those kind enough to sit still for a second so you can stop them.

Cheers,
Alias20

AIRinc_FaReZ

Its hitscan and you can see (if you look REEEEEALLY closely) a tiny spike shooting out. I think there is a range limit tho. Fairly sure it cant work from one end of Refinery to the other.

Paq

I think that the range is a bit longer than parasite range.
Well anyway it is a quite long, so you dont have to be close.

TheHornet

IT is ranged, and the distance is about that of parasite, and yea its hitscan. And just aim it right at the marine, he'll keep firing at you, but he won't be moving.

AIRinc_FaReZ

Is there any sound played when it hits? Sort of like a para hitting sound?

Paq

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Yup, it is like *SWOMPH* <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Something like that, anyway there is a sound.
Don't remember the exact name for that sound file, but i founded it once in the ...ns/sounds folder.

Zel

yeah it kinda sounds like little thorns being thrown from tentacles and embedding themselves into human flesh.

Paq

I located the sound file for paralyze hit:
It is in the "x:\Sierra\Half-Life\ns\sound\weapons" folder and the name of the file is "paralysishit" <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

DoADrunkMonkey

hmmmmmmm i think paralys is just about ulimiate range.

i read somewhere, an onos parylsing someone from the other end of refinary in ns_bast, thats a loong way.

killswitch

Ok, you are probably confused for the same reason I was confused:

The tentacles don't do the paralyzing, the tentacles fling little barbs that paralyze marines. Just AIM (crosshairs) and shoot a marine and it'll get paralyzed. There is a range but it's reasonably far.