# Tactical flashlight

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [September 6, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482 "2015-09-06T19:56:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Lesseps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lesseps/32/442_2.png) [@Lesseps](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lesseps)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/1 "2015-09-06T19:56:04Z")

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I didn’t find it in item browser and never met this in the game yet. Tactical flashlight as a weapon mod, do we have it? I think if we’re up to implement it, it should hold maximum 50 charges of batteries since it’s smaller that ordinary flashlights.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/2 "2015-09-06T20:01:22Z")

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Weapon-mounted flashlights or other activatable tools would run into the fact that items of type “GUN” do not like having use\_actions added to them, as the hardcoded mod removal menus seem to be tied to the item type.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/3 "2015-09-06T20:28:50Z")

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We haven’t bothered so far since you can just have a flashlight in your inventory, at some point we’ll get stricter about having to wield or wear a flashlight for it to have an effect, at which point a tactical flashlight will be necessary.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/4 "2015-09-06T20:35:59Z")

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Though the wearable flashlight is too delicious not to use. owo

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**Author:** ![derval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@derval](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/derval)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/5 "2015-09-06T21:37:58Z")

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> [@Random\_dragon](#):
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> Though the wearable flashlight is too delicious not to use. owo

Wait until your worn flashlight is directional.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/6 "2015-09-06T21:42:26Z")

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So long as NPCs can’t exploit that to figure out when to sneak-attack me, sure. XP

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/7 "2015-09-06T22:13:21Z")

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That’s almost certainly not going to happen, though it’s possible the tactical flashlight will be (since it’s being updated with sub-turn resolution).

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tactical-flashlight/10482/8 "2015-09-06T22:17:41Z")

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What, directional lighting, or making NPCs able to abuse that?

But yeah, far as I can tell the first obstacle would be making weapons able to have additional use actions and ammo.