Just a thought about lockpicks...

evil_leprechaun · Post by **evil_leprechaun** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:16 pm

OMG, wats wit the lockpicks??? I was just thinking that, if you have a NanoKey, which uses a pre-entered code to open doors, then wouldn't the doors just have a sensor thingy that has the code in it, instead of a tumbler lock??? I was just wondering because maybe you could fashion the lockpick a bit so that it looks a bit more high-tech lookin, so as to fit in with the NanoKey??? Just a thought, so don't whip me again, please...

Moonbo · Post by **Moonbo** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:25 pm

Ah, my friend, you see the lockpick's humble exterior obviously hides high-tech innards. You'll notice that JC can open doors just by shaking the lockpick several times in their direction, not even bothering to find a keyhole. Amazing stuff

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-Gelo/Moonbo

evil_leprechaun · Post by **evil_leprechaun** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:42 pm

i see, i see, but wat if, even though hdtp has a thing about sticking to the designers original ideas and stuff, but what if you remoddeled it into a cell phone (we say mobile phone in ireland) looking kinda thing, and he sticks it up to the door, and that makes it look like it might be decifering a code of some sort, instead of a stick coming out of handle (no offence)

EER · Post by **EER** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:24 pm

It does sound like fun, however, if this would come to pass and I wouldn't have just read this post by you, I would experience a 'WTF-moment' because the lockpicks are totally different.

I vote for the 'normal' lockpicks

Darkshade · Post by **Darkshade** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:07 pm

I think the multi-tool should be a decked out cellular, and the lock-pick should be some sweet magic bling. The stealth-copter should have spinner, and JC should get some gold on those teeth. With a few rings on the fingers and danglies around the neck, those doors will fling open at the site of him.

justanotherfan · Post by **justanotherfan** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:19 am

Perhaps the nanokey had nanites that would arrange a tumbler in the proper position.

Could give the guy a lockpicking gun, those are real. GoogleImages "lockpick gun" to see those. I think another cellphone thing would be very different though, the lockpick gun is just the original one with a handle.

EER · Post by **EER** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:10 am

The DX lockpick seems to look something like an 'electrical lockpick' I found here:
http://www.keymart.com/electric_pick.htm (the left one)

Post by **DDL** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:59 am

"A nanokey ring can read and store the two-dimensional molecular patterns from different nanokeys, and then recreate those patterns on demand."

Plus the fact that you sort of 'push' the nanokey device towards the door, kinda implies that it's more sort of 'generating a physical key-shape' for the door's keyhole than doing it all behind the scenes via electronics.

It's silly, I know, but it fits with lockpicks more consistently, I guess.

Darkshade · Post by **Darkshade** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:53 am

I found myself a new profession

Dragon · Post by **Dragon** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:35 am

those electric picks looks more like rape picking to me instead of clean picking

Darkshade · Post by **Darkshade** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:16 am

vivid.
gross.
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evil_leprechaun · Post by **evil_leprechaun** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:05 pm

i see what you all mean, but still as DDL said, its sorta stupid pushing a metal object at a door and expecting it to open. Maybe if you just got rid of the metal yolk at the top? But if you can't, thats ok, all though it wastes all the time and not-a-lot-of-effort i put into typing this. But still, a mods gotta do what a mods gotta do...

justanotherfan · Post by **justanotherfan** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:22 pm

Lockpicking guns and such are pretty cool, but you often destroy the lock in the process of opening it. Works for DX, never need to close doors again, one man army etc.

I actually liked the idea of the smart lockpick (the tool).

Darkshade · Post by **Darkshade** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:28 pm

You know... couldn't you script a zero-point on the door, and have the view reset to that on use of the lockpick? I mean, on the door textures, throw a lock-like deal, and make it your zero-point, and you're set. It'll always look like it's goin after that.
ehhh?

Post by **Jonas** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:44 pm

The short answer is no, and the long answer isn't really necessary.