Talk:A Light Shining in Darkness

Acquiring
Do your choices affect whether this appear at all?

I killed the white legs and made their chief defend himself.

I don't believe so. I sided with Graham but convinced him not to kill the chief. The pistol was in the footlocker right in front of me after the ending cutscene along with a bunch of other unique weapons and apparel relating to the other Honest Hearts characters. I'd imagine the same happens with all of the choices.--WouldYouKindly 23:44, May 17, 2011 (UTC)

It does. You get all of the DLC gear regardless of what endgame you choose.Kara MacNamara 02:21, May 18, 2011 (UTC) Also, move over Lucky, Mama's got a brand new bag.

slightly more damage?
the article says it only does slightly more damage yet it does about 20 more. is this a mistake?

I was the one that posted that. I had to go by Pip-boy info with 100 guns since I'm on 360 and don't have access to the GECK, and it was only showing a difference of 4 for me. In any case, it's fixed now.--WouldYouKindly 18:15, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

One of the best pistols in the game so far, if not THE best. With its high ROF and small magazine it is quite a wonderful VATS pistol for us clowns playing with the trigger discipline perk. Especially with .45 +P ammo it's an awesome piece of kit. 84.251.33.234 03:07, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

SLIGHTLY MORE DAMAGE? I use this gun to slay deathclaws, man you use AP, or +P, rounds and it was slay the fuckers on Normal in 2-3 hits max, plus I even killed the Legendary Deathclaw on Normal with it, lol it was hilarious, what a damn Light Machine Gun needed nearly a full clip for, A Light Shining in Darkness accomplished in 5-6 rounds.--Forerunner93 20:24, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

NO! Use the .45 Super ammo, it will be godly. 1.4 times regular ammo in terms of DAM, and -4 DT. Wears down the gun pretty fast though. --Delta1138 SnooPING AS usual I see 16:48, May 24, 2011 (UTC)

If you employ every possible damage, critical chance, firing speed, and reloading speed enhancement possible through glitches it is possible for A Light Shining In Darkness to do ~1100 damage per second. Clearly this is a prime choice for the most superior sidearm available. NedEk (talk) 03:17, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

DAM
Ok, what the hell is the actual damage for this thing? It's changed like five times now, so I really can't tell.
 * Probably because people with different character builds are editing based on their setup. Someone with the G.E.C.K. might need to add the stats. Although I'm only assuming the stats are there since I've seen GECK images ripped for the .45 Auto pistol page. Great Mara 03:41, May 19, 2011 (UTC)

modding
whenever i try to mod this weapon, for example increase its condition, it just disappears from my inventory. why?
 * You cannot add weapon mods to any unique weapon besides the Weathered 10mm pistol. Nitty Tok. 02:14, May 20, 2011 (UTC)


 * Adding the 10mm laser Sight to the Weathered 10mm pistol, (Xbox360), results in a laser beam that spreads over the whole field of view. Don't do it.DarthOrc 19:45, June 17, 2011 (UTC)DarthOrc   This has been fixed, at least for the xbox360.DarthOrc 05:15, June 25, 2011 (UTC)DarthOrc


 * Or the Mercenary's Grenade Rifle. --L3377MA573R 03:07, May 20, 2011 (UTC)

mod as in PC modding--Ohno itsthecopz 08:25, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

Iron sight misaligned.
The iron sights are horribly off. The bullet typically lands almost a full centimeter above the groove in the ironsights.

I assume the bullet trajectory is still relative to the position of the gun sights, if it was NOT a trench sight. Mr.Çr¥þtêÐ (Talk) 13:27, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Beast…
I can get this to about 98 DAM and 400 DPS with related perks, slasher, psycho and Yao Guai meat. That's some pretty tough shit. Oh and HP rounds. Make that 108 DAM and 529 DPS, also I forgot to sign last time, Dr.Pibb 00:13, May 23, 2011 (UTC)Dr.Pibb (or is it just incorrect stats on the pipboy?)

If you have high critical chance, it is one of the best guns in game.Even better than Survivalist rifle.

Ociffer pistol
http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer

Sawyer confirmed the gun was based off a officer sized compact M1911. Should this be added?--With care and happiness,  Supermutantslayer450'  YOU. LOSE.  20:04, May 31, 2011 (UTC)

The Damn Sights
It seems like somebody is a Black Ops fan, because the iron sights are incorrectly labeled as "Guttersnipe" sights.

Picture of Trench Sights Look at the sights; this is from a Colt New Agent Model of compact .45, and they're identical to the one on the weapon.

Picture of Guttersnipe Sights Here is a top view of a guttersnipe, the famous sight design for the ASP, a pistol in Black Ops that somebody most likely figured was the same thing as this gun.

Small detail, but felt like bringing it up and justifying it. --L3377MA573R 04:50, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Guttersnipe sight rear view
 * Trench sight rear view

Great Mara 05:23, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good catch. It's fixed now.--WouldYouKindly 22:04, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

-Nice catch,i knew the sights were from a Colt New Agent(saw a real 9mm DAO New Agent) and not an ASP.damn CoD fanboys.Elite 01:10, June 10, 2011 (UTC)

Just noticed the resemblance to the New Agent myself. It might be a good idea to change the article to reflect that the gun may have been based off the New Agent model and not the Commander model. Personally I think it looks more like a New Agent. SneakyPenguin77 01:31, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

JE Sawyer himself said that the gun was based on the M1911
So I've added it. I know it says you can't add information about it being similar the M1911, but in this case, JE Sawyer said himself that it was based off "various Officer-sized M1911s"

http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer Samiam22 06:46, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

why it is coincident
I think that it is not coincident, it is designed to be shining in the dark. Are there any source to prove it is oversight??(Vvardenfell 05:55, June 10, 2011 (UTC))

Shorter end ?
I's it just me or does this have a shorter barrel/end than the normal version User:The Future Ghost
 * Yes... there was already a note of that on the pagge the last time I looked. Great Mara 19:23, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

I added quite a while ago while I wasnt a member and it was deleted and I just checked the page and it doesn't say anything about about it being shorter just a guttersnipe.User:A Future Ghost

Wow I feel stupid just noticed what it said at beginning of the article sorry for wasting your time. User: A Future Ghost

Bug
It is mentioned that this weapon, when equiped during a save which is then loaded, will reload twice as long. While the solution to this bug is a correct one, it applies to all weapons with reload options. A recently saved game starts out with several player bonuses needing a trigger to be activated, the increase in reload speed being not exception. Should be noted this occurs if the player has high agility and/or the Rapid Reload perk. To that end, I'm not sure if this bug should be mentioned here since it generally works on all weapons. --Radnus 15:12, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

NPC version?
There's a note in the main article asserting that Joshua's version of the gun (50dmg/3Xcrit) can be obtained through "a reward from a certain storyline in the end..." Anyone have an answer a bit less vague?

This IS joshua's gun Mr.Çr¥þtêÐ (Talk) 13:23, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Obviously you don't understand the question due to the note in the main article originally referenced being altered... The question being asked is whether or not JOSHUA'S STRONGER VERSION OF THIS UNIQUE GUN is obtainable without console commands. The genius who responded above has less than a cold chance in hell of providing a useful answer... let alone comprehend the very simple question...