Hack 64. Lunge for the Sky

Adjust the lethal lunge distance of the Plasma Sword.

This hack allows you to mod the Acquire target distance property of the sword. The Plasma Sword is already a powerful short-range weapon, but with this hack it also packs a deadly long-range attack.

Open DotHalo [Hack #52] and navigate in the Tags window until you find the [weap] tag for the energy_blade (see Figure 7-20).

Next, use the Tag Editor to change the Acquire Target Distance property. In this example, you will change the distance to 30 (see Figure 7-21). Sign your map [Hack #53] and FTP it to your Xbox [Hack #54].

Figure 7-20. Opening the energy_blade [weap] tag

Figure 7-21. Altering the lunge distance of the sword

This change gives you an impressive lock-on distance. In fact, you'll be able to lock on to a target that you are barely able to see (see Figure 7-22).

Figure 7-22. Getting ready to lunge to the roof of Foundation