Companion Equipment

RWNJ · Post by **RWNJ** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:57 am

Hi, I've been having a problem with my henchman (Sulik) since I picked him up the other day. I have given him a rifle, ammunition, and some spiked brass knuckles but he cant seem to equip any of it. When I press use best weapon it just stays as <none>. I also looked in combat behavior under weapon prefences and tried to select ranged, but it was greyed out as if it wasnt registering that he had a rifle in his inventory. So basically im stuck with a henchman that can do nothing but kick and punch, which hasnt been working out too well! Anyone know whats going on? I'd realy like to actually get some use out of him. Thanks.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:24 am

Hm, I'm not sure. They will sometimes un-equip a weapon in favour of action points. Like, when you have a weapon that costs five points to use and you only have four points left, they might un-equip it and hit an enemy with their fists using up only three action points. I'm not entirely sure if that behaviour is stopped by editing their combat preferences.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:42 am

Different henchmen can handle different weapons. You can ask them via dialog which weapons then can handle.

If I remember correct with Sulik, he can use meele weapons, unarmed and sub machine guns. Not rifles.
He should be able to use the knuckles though, but try giving him a hammer or knife or similar and see if he uses it.

And as mentioned by Tricky they'll sometimes shift weapons around based on AP and similar, so you can't 100% control which weapon they'll use.

RWNJ · Post by **RWNJ** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:02 am

I passed him a sledgehammer and he can equip it

Thanks alot that was irritating the hell outa me

CoM_Solaufein · Post by **CoM_Solaufein** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:34 am

Sulik is at his best with the Super Sledge Hammer. He's my only melee fighter but a very good one.

Blumpkin · Post by **Blumpkin** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:00 pm

thier model only allows certain items to be used.. Sulik can equip SMG, and melee weapon graphic items. Vic can use knives, small guns and handgun/SMG graphic energy weapons like laser and pulse pistols, as is the same with Cassidy and Skynet. Marcus can wield Big Guns and melee.. It's just a matter of knowing the character model which isn't immediately apparent until you've equipped everything yourself and seen what graphic it is