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That wasn't even close.
The Engineer destroying projectiles

The Short Circuit is a community-created promotional secondary weapon for the Engineer. It is a futuristic electrical device consisting of two probes and rubber sealing, with two large, thick yellow cables extending from a black base piece, connected to a clamp bolted shut over one of the probes. Two orange and grey shell-like pieces extended out over the base and part of the rubber sealing, appearing to be parts of the Engineer's rubber glove. The weapon replaces the Engineer's right hand, but, unlike the Gunslinger, only appears on the player model if it is the current active weapon.

The Short Circuit does not require reloading and instead draws ammunition directly from the Engineer's metal supply. Primary fire unleashes a short-ranged burst of electrical energy at the same rate as the Pistol, which deals 10 damage to enemies at the expense of 5 metal. Despite its looks, the burst only deals damage at point blank and becomes harmless at range.

Secondary fire fires an orb of electricity that slowly travels forward and destroys all enemy projectiles (with the exception of syringes, and the Righteous Bison and Pomson 6000's projectiles) in its path. Each shot costs 65 metal and has a 0.5 second delay between each shot. Unlike most projectiles, the energy orb has limited range and can hit targets multiple times. Each hit deals 15 damage every 0.5 seconds, with an additional 15 damage being dealt if the ball impacts a surface. If the player has less than 65 metal, secondary fire does not work. Similar to many other projectiles, Pyros can reflect the energy orbs. If an energy orb hits an opposite team's orb, both energy orbs are destroyed.

If the player uses the secondary fire while looking at the ground whilst an enemy is within the blast radius of the energy orb, the Engineer can perform a blast jump almost equal in power to a rocket jump.

When the Short Circuit is the active weapon, the Engineer cannot move buildings. Both primary and secondary fire only deal insignificant damage to enemy buildings, cannot operate underwater, and are unable to deal full critical hits through any means other than against stunned Merasmus.

Enemies killed by the Short Circuit's primary or secondary fire suffer a distinctive death by vaporization: they turn black, hover in mid-air while surrounded by team-colored particles, and then disappear into ashes while a loud, distinct vaporization sound plays. Like backstabs and headshots, there is a 25% chance of opponents performing a specific disintegration animation if killed in this way. This vaporization effect is shared among the energy weapons.

The Short Circuit was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam before August 26, 2011.

The kill icon for the Short Circuit was contributed by Ani .

Damage and function times

Primary fire

:مواضيع متعلقة الضرر
الضرر و أوقات العمل
نوع الطلقة Area of Effect
Damage type Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
الضرر
الضرر قاعدي 100%
Players:
10
1
ماكسمم فال أوف 52.8% 9
الميني كريت 14
أوقات العمل
Attack interval 0.15 s
القيم تقاس مقربة وتحدد بإختبارات الكوميونتي

Secondary fire

:مواضيع متعلقة الضرر
الضرر و أوقات العمل
نوع الطلقة Area of Effect
Damage type Projectile
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
الضرر
الضرر قاعدي 100% 15
الميني كريت 20
أوقات العمل
Attack interval 0.5 s
القيم تقاس مقربة وتحدد بإختبارات الكوميونتي

العرض

Crafting

:مواضيع متعلقة Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Scrap Metal Gunslinger Short Circuit
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png + Item icon Gunslinger.png = Item icon Short Circuit.png
Class Token - Engineer Slot Token - Secondary Scrap Metal النتائج المحتملة
Item icon Class Token - Engineer.png + Item icon Slot Token - Secondary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Wrangler.png Item icon Short Circuit.png

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal Righteous Bison Short Circuit Pomson 6000
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Righteous Bison.png + Item icon Short Circuit.png = Item icon Pomson 6000.png

Update history

التصحيحات البرنامج 2011 18 أغسطس (Manno-Technology Bundle)
  • The Short Circuit was added to the game.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2011 23 أغسطس

  • Fixed the Short Circuit attacking friendly projectiles.
  • Fixed the Short Circuit being hidden when the Engineer taunts.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2012 11 يناير

  • [Undocumented] The Short Circuit was added to the crafting blueprint for the Pomson 6000.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2012 9 فبراير

  • [Undocumented] The Short Circuit now makes robotic noises when moved around in the backpack.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2012 17 أبريل

  • Fixed projectiles not being cleared if they were blocked by buildings or other projectiles.
  • Fixed not incrementing the "How the Pests Was Gunned" achievement for destroyed stickies.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2013 10 يوليو

  • Changed attributes:
    • Ammo cost reduced when an attack destroys a projectile.
    • Ammo cost of firing reduced to -18 metal.
    • [Undocumented] Ammo cost increased to -36 metal when an attack does not destroy a projectile or hit a player.
    • [Undocumented] Increased firing speed by +25%.
  • [Undocumented] The Short Circuit's muzzle now emits a spark effect when fired.
  • [Undocumented] Fixed attack arcing to nearby teammates as if they were enemies.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2013 12 يوليو

  • Updated the Short Circuit description to match the updated gameplay.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2013 12 نوفمبر

التصحيحات البرنامج 2013 20 ديسمبر

  • Changed attributes:
    • Attack speed up greatly.
    • Ammunition cost has been lowered to 5 metal per attack.
    • Players and Buildings are only targeted if in range and in front of attacking player.
  • Improved visual effects.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2014 9 يناير

  • Changed attributes:
    • Damage lowered.
    • Consumes 15 metal per projectile destroyed.
    • Can no longer fire underwater.
    • Fixed a bug with orphaned particles.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2014 23 يناير

  • Fixed the Short Circuit particles not always being removed on player death.
  • Updated the Short Circuit to use the Engineer's melee taunt.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2014 7 فبراير

  • Changed attribute:
    • Added No longer gain metal from Dispensers when active.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2014 10 سبتمبر

  • Fixed the Short Circuit creating its firing effects when being deployed.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2015 2 يوليو #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

  • Changed attributes:
    • Projectile destruction has been moved to alt-fire at the cost of -15 per shot. There is a 0.5s cool down between attempts and refire.
    • Cannot pick up buildings when the Short Circuit is deployed.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2015 23 يوليو #1

  • Fixed missing secondary attack animations for the Short Circuit.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2016 7 يوليو (Meet Your Match Update)

  • Changed attribute:
    • Base projectile attack is -10 metal (hit or miss) and then add -5 metal for each projectile destroyed (sometimes a buff, sometimes a nerf).

التصحيحات البرنامج 2016 29 أغسطس

  • Fixed the Short Circuit causing lag compensation problems on the server.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2017 20 أبريل

  • Updated the description for the Short Circuit to match the current behavior.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2018 28 مارس #1

  • Alt-fire attack changed to launch a medium-range, projectile-destroying energy ball. Requires 65 metal.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2018 29 مارس

  • Fixed the Short Circuit still performing its old area-of-effect attack when firing.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2018 12 أبريل

  • Fixed the Short Circuit orb not changing particle color after being deflected.
  • Fixed the Short Circuit orb not being able to destroy rockets/grenades during the first 0.25 seconds of their lifetime.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2018 26 أبريل

  • Added self-damage when using the Short Circuit's orb to attack an enemy at close range.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2019 10 أكتوبر (Scream Fortress 2019)

  • Fixed being able to attack players with the Short Circuit during a truce.

التصحيحات البرنامج 2021 15 نوفمبر

  • Fixed Short Circuit projectiles colliding with func_lod entities.

Bugs

  • The attributes Cannot deal Critical hits and -93% damage vs buildings are missing.
  • The Engineer achievement How the Pests was Gunned cannot be earned with the Short Circuit, despite it being able to destroy projectiles.
  • Damage dealt by Short Circuit energy orb is not affected by any resistances, such as the resistance given by the Fists of Steel.
  • The alt-fire can haul for approximately 0.6 second after weapon switch, instead of firing an energy orb.
  • If the player picks up another dropped secondary weapon with the Short Circuit equipped, the Engineer's right hand always remains invisible regardless of what weapon that player is using until they re-equip the Short Circuit.
  • The secondary fire uses the generic skull in the kill feed.
  • If the Engineer fires an energy orb at a wall, corner or beside a wall, metal is used, but the energy orb does not launch.
  • The energy orb does not deal damage to the Horseless Headless Horsemann, Monoculus, Merasmus, or the Skeleton King.
  • Sometimes, an energy orb can stay stuck in midair for client view. This orb does no damage and does not destroy projectiles.
    • This can be fixed by rejoining the server.
  • The Short Circuit's energy orb won't cause self damage to the Engineer if it explodes on a surface without dealing damage to the enemy.
    • If an enemy has dealt damage to the Engineer and the Engineer is still killed by the self damage, it counts as a world kill.
  • When cl_flippedviewmodels 1 is enabled the energy ball still comes from the right side.

Trivia

  • During development, the Short Circuit was going to be a minigun that opened up from Engineer's glove. Valve, however, told the creator they wanted a less-powerful electricity based weapon, so it was changed to the current design.[1]
  • A short circuit is a malfunction in a circuit that allows a current to travel on an unintended path.
  • The filenames for this weapon's sounds within the VPK files are named barret_arm_, referencing Lawrence Barrett, a character from the Deus Ex: Human Revolution title known for his gun-arm.[2]

Gallery

References

  1. Creator's blog
  2. Image of the file names.

See also