Crankable Flashlight

[mortal heath]

Add a flashlight that can be cranked to regain power for it
(this could also make sound which would attract enemies)

[pine gull]

W mod idea

[solar mantle]

Would love this. Vanilla flashlights having a low capacity makes them finicky to use by turning them on and off constantly to preserve battery, this would be a nice variation with its own perks and drawbacks.

[sudden peak]

The downside doesn't really work tho

Only. ONLY. Only dogs can hear

Nothing else

[jolly narwhal]

I would say that it uses stamina to charge it, right? So if your cranked light runs out of power while you’re deep inside, being chased around… Well, that’s a danger.

[solar mantle]

It could take time. Like the circle progress bar you get when interacting with a door. Maybe make it where it takes some time, you can't move, and if you cancel it to do something else you have to redo the process. Just spitballing ideas though.

[jolly narwhal]

I don’t think you should redo it if canceled, though the radial progress bar is something that might be usable

In addition to using stamina, there could be a small radial bar above the slot the flashlight is in, filled in depending on its rotation

You spam R while holding the crank flashlight to spin the radial bar, and each full rotation charges the flashlight

R is basically just the reloading hotkey, so why not spam R to spin it?

[solar mantle]

Good thoughts. Definitely some promise to the idea.

[lean verge]

Idea for the downside: the battery doesn't have to be very long since you can crank it, and in my experience those kinds dont last long irl. so when you're carrying something twohanded it'll die on you

[solar mantle]

It's also possible to make this with configurable values so you can make the light as crippling as you want to be, and perhaps price it accordlingly too. Always good to let players tweak things how they like as long as it isn't overwhelming.

[pseudo pelican]

forgive me for this

[obsidian basalt]

Oh hey one of those shakeable flashlights. I bet you could reuse the spray paint shake animation for that!

[mortal heath]

This and the fact i have an actual crank flashlight gave me this item idea

[inland vigil]

i thought it was amnesia and the dark bunker where the noise made actually does affect gameplay in some way

[sudden peak]

Wat

[inland vigil]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia:_The_Bunker got slightly mixed up with the dark descent

[mortal heath]

Bump

[pseudo pelican]

bump who?

[hazy sable]

Interesting idea

[hearty merlin]

Not… entirely true but it is the only one that is major impacted by hearing

Besides hawks with the scuffed item scare

Actually no, masked hearing is pretty huge when your in the facility

Also blobs but I think they just track people

[hearty merlin]

A bump just means to message in the thread to put it at the top

[sudden peak]

what does this mean

[hearty merlin]

Baboon hawks hear both player noises and item noises but only react to item ones, like the airhorn

Which will scare them off

[sudden peak]

I think its just oddly smart AI that often bumps into you, when I'm playing solo I still encounter them (Surprisingly more often) than when I play multiplayer, also neat 😄

[hearty merlin]

Masked hear

The list is Spore Lizards, Hoarding Bugs, Dogs, Baboon Hawks, Masked, Hydrodere

Half don’t really matter, but I’d say it’s a fine disadvantage depending on the crank time

[dense cloak]

add hearing

[tame reef]

im not sure but i think this is what you looking for https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/VersusWorks/Dynamo_Flashlight/

[lofty thunder]

This would be amazing

[pseudo pelican]

@mortal heath IT'S REAL

YES

WE CRANK THE FLASHLIGHT