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Original Thread here by Sinister Arms Inc.: Thread:118217

Alright guys, MP5 was well received by the community in already one day, you're making it difficult for us to keep surprising you with each suggestion we make. Like MP5, this is another returning weapon from R2D 2014, we wanted to make M1 Garand feel like you're actually doing something with it, a lot of power packed into it while at the same time feeling like every shot counts. Instead of having ignys do the backstory this time, we recruited a new member to the team, TheSopwithCamel to do the backstory. He is also the man behind this idea, so props to him.


EDIT (10/31/19): 61 KUDOS!!! THANK YOU!!! Updated reload stats (2s & 2.5s), added new Soldier Animation Pack (By Scrufus)


EDIT (11/2/19): 91 KUDOS!!! Buffed accuracy 190 -> 210 & Ammo 8/2 -> 8/3, removed damage penalty on Garand thumb



EDIT (11/4/19): 100 KUDOS!!! THANK YOU!!!!


Summary[]

The M1 Garand is a returning weapon from R2D 2014. It is a primary assault rifle that is well known for it's 'ping' sound when it uses all its ammo. It has a unique reload mechanic that punishes the player if they reload the weapon with ammo still left in the clip, making it a second longer than its actual reload without any ammo in the clip.

Background Story[]

Sinister Arms Inc. was on a streak. The success of the 1886 Winchester and the 1887 Shotgun made the company well renowned across the apocalyptic land. One day, a small, mysterious package appeared in the mailbox. It was no larger than a tissue box; on top of the package was a letter that said “To whom it may concern, read me first.” The CEO decided to look into the matter personally and read the letter, which stated the following:


“I would like to meet with you to discuss something regarding a weapon that I think will help turn the tide of the apocalypse. I have no further need for it, my time is almost up. Please meet me at -LOCATION REDACTED-. I hope this little present will persuade you.”


Sinister Arms usually gets a lot of letters like this all too often. People requesting weapons, meet-ups which turn out to be ambushes, but no one has ever sent them actual packages. Why would this letter be sent? What made it different from the rest? What was inside?


Inside was a small clip with 8 bullets. 8 bullets in the .30-06 Springfield cartridge. A small clip that made a distinct ping if you flicked it with your finger.


The meetup was imminent. A legend was about to make a Garand return.

Pros[]

  • Great Damage
  • Lots of ammo
  • Decent attachments

Cons[]

  • Long Reload when reloading with bullets left in the clip
  • Expensive
  • Can run out of ammo quickly


Trivia[]

  • M1 Garand is a returning weapon from R2D 2014.
  • Idea by GoSinister & TheSopwithCamel, modeled by fusionFSJAL, textured by LITTLEROBBY11, animated by bloxxerMan666 & Scrufus, and backstory by TheSopwithCamel.
  • M1 Garand has the famous ping sound effect when you reload the weapon without any bullets left in the clip.


ANIMATIONS / Poses[]

We had ideas for a special animation pack to go with this weapon, but could not think of anything really cool we could use so it was scrapped. The default poses are based of of R700 and the first iteration of the Winchester run that shipped with Update 1.3.7.

D​​​efault Animations[]

The gun size in this image are not to scale. I tried to do something unique with the run animation to make it look like you're actually sprinting with the gun in hand. The reload was hard to do and even harder when bloxxer had to animate it with the actual size to scale. The firing pose was also changed in the final animation.

M1poses

M1 Garand Attachments[]

There was a limited amount of attachments we could use for this weapon until it became out of place. We had ideas to create an animation pack that makes your animations change into something that an actual soldier would do, but that proved difficult so we scrapped it (for now at least...), we also had an idea for extended mags but I thought of the wrong weapon and imagined a M14, so that was also scrapped. I then came up with an attachment called Ammo Pouch (as I was creating this thread I realized that someone else had a similar idea in another M1 Garand thread lol, please don't smite me and say I'm stealing ideas). The Ammo Pouch gives you +1 clip for the gun and that's about it. You can choose either Ammo Pouch or 25% Reload Speed as your secondary attachment. We originally thought of using a scope, same used as R700, for M1 Garand's first attachment. Instead, we decided to make the first slot reserved for an entirely new animation pack for the M1 Garand simply called "Soldier". (See video below for the Soldier Animation Pack). In the animation pack, there is a 1 out of 1,000 chance where you will get a special animation where your character reloads the M1 Garand incorrectly, hurting their thumb in the process. This deals no damage, it's very rare to ever see it ingame but it's a neat little attention to detail we decided to do. The only special ammo you can use on this weapon is hard bullets. Self explanatory, nothing interesting in this area other than the Ammo Pouch. Sorry for the lack of visual representation this time guys, time constraints.

And of course the famous ping sound will play when all ammo is used in the clip.


References[]

Like always here are some reference videos for the animations and such.

PING!


Animations [VIDEO][]

For this suggestion, we had bloxxerMan666 create the animations for this gun. He scaled the M1 Garand to other R2DA weapons and it turned out it was a lot longer than what I used in the poses. We recruited another new animator that gave us the idea for the Soldier Animation Pack, Scrufus. Take a look at his animations in the 2nd video below, he did a fantastic job along with bloxxerMan666 in bringing back the M1 Garand!

M1_Garand_Animations_-_R2D_A_Suggestion

M1 Garand Animations - R2D A Suggestion

M1 Garand Default Animations by bloxxerMan666


UNOFFICIAL_R2DA_M1_Granand_-_Soldier_Animations

UNOFFICIAL R2DA M1 Granand - Soldier Animations

M1 Garand Soldier Animations by Scrufus


In Conclusion / TL;DR[]

M1 Garand is the second weapon we decided to try and bring back to R2DA. We are pushing to release AK74U soon as MP5 and M1 Garand are completed. We just started picking our roles for the next three weapons we are deciding to remake: Chinalake, Crossbow, and Crowbar. If you liked our idea, consider giving us a kudos. If you have any critcism or feedback on anything we did in this suggestion, let us know in the comments, I'm always open for feedback. Hopefully we can get AK47U done by next week.


CREDITS[]

  • GoSinister - Aided in the creation of the idea, made the stats and poses.
  • TheSopwithCamel - Wrote the backstory
  • LITTLEROBBY11 - Created Model & Texture
  • bloxxerMan666 - Animated M1 Garand
  • fusionFSJAL - Improved the M1 Garand model
  • Scrufus - Animated Soldier Animation Pack
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