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TimeTurtle

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Is it possible to snap necks?
« on: May 19, 2013, 01:09:12 pm »

I know that I can grab throats to strangle, or arms to break bones, but I can't figure out how to break peoples necks. I really want to make a crazy ninja dude who sneak around unarmed and stuff. Any tips?
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2013, 02:58:18 pm »

Try posting this in modding, they can probably help.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2013, 03:02:46 pm by Enemy post »
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2013, 06:42:28 pm »

Necks don't break because they aren't joints, and only joints can be broken with wrestling. Don't take this as meaning your adventurer is doomed to walk this earth with no choice but a weapon though! Strangling until unconscious and then kicking their head in is a perfectly viable option for unarmed combat.

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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2013, 09:18:46 pm »

Necks don't break because they aren't joints, and only joints can be broken with wrestling. Don't take this as meaning your adventurer is doomed to walk this earth with no choice but a weapon though! Strangling until unconscious and then kicking their head in is a perfectly viable option for unarmed combat.
Could he mod necks to *be* joints?
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2013, 09:30:36 pm »

Closest thing is to punch the victim in the head, tearing apart the upper spine's nervous tissue. Which is pretty much the same thing as breaking their neck. No way to reliably cause that to happen though.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2013, 04:39:22 am »

You can pinch their neck, which if you're strong enough can cut clean through it. If not, it's fairly good chance of damaging their spine.

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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2013, 08:27:40 am »

Strangling them works just fine. After they pass out, punch/slice/kick to their throaths/heads.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2013, 10:08:47 am »

With a bit of modding it is entirely possible to make necks breakable. I've done so myself some time ago, but forgot what exactly I did.
The victim won't just drop dead, though. They'll collapse, then crawl around trying to push you to death before eventually suffocating.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2013, 08:06:36 pm »

If you wanna be an unarmed badass, why not grab their weaponarm and either break the hand joint or gain possession of the weapon with I and then throw it at them until they are mangled and broken. It's pretty viable too, since you're immediately removing their threat to you.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2013, 08:52:48 pm »

I already just sneak up to people, strangle them, and punch/kick their heads in, lots of fun to be had with that tactic.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2013, 06:11:52 am »

keep the dagger you spawn with, strangle, then stab, not slash, right in the throat.  they'll bleed out.
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Re: Is it possible to snap necks?
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2013, 11:12:54 pm »

Add the highlighted text in body_default.txt:

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[BODY:NECK]
   [BP:NECK:upper spine:STP][CONTYPE:HEAD][NERVOUS][INTERNAL][SMALL][SKELETON][CONNECTOR][JOINT][CATEGORY:SPINE]
      [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:100]

This allows you to grab the head, lock the joint, and snap the neck.