Incapacitation occurs when a target is no longer able to stand; they are often hunched over or curled up in a fetal position. In SWAT 4, officers, civilians and suspects can become incapacitated after sustaining a certain amount of damage (80 damage in SWAT 4 and SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate, and 70 damage in SWAT: Elite Force). In addition, civilians and suspects may be found incapacitated in the level.
Mechanics[]
In SWAT 4, each living target starts with 100 "health points" which are lost upon sustaining damage. After receiving 80 damage (70 in SWAT: Elite Force) the target will become incapacitated and ragdoll immediately. After losing 101 health points (at 0 health, the target is considered incapacitated still) the target will die.
While incapacitated, the target will moan and their body may jerk about. If a target is killed while incapacitated, it will trigger an Unauthorized Use of Deadly Force penalty (and, if they are a civilian, a Killed a Hostage penalty).
Officers cannot be killed, only incapacitated. This extends (oddly enough) to SWAT: Elite Force's Permadeath feature, despite them not dying. Officers who are incapacitated must be reported to TOC, otherwise a Failed to Report Downed Officer penalty will trigger.
In SWAT: Elite Force, targets that become incapacitated must be reported to TOC, otherwise a Failed to Report Downed Suspect or Failed to Downed Civilian penalty may be incurred. This does not occur with targets who are incapacitated at the beginning of the mission.
Appearances[]
Notable maps that have incapacitated civilians at the start include:
- Fairfax Residence
- An unknown victim of Lawrence Fairfax. Internally this character is referred to as Tammy Wilson.
- A-Bomb Nightclub
- Many incapacitated teenagers can be found within the building as the gang war broke in the club.
- Victory Imports Auto Center
- One incapitated mechanic can be found next to a van in the basement parking lot.
- Red Library Offices
- Features a man whose head is stuck in an elevator, humorously dubbed "Elevator Guy", plus another man in the server room.
- Northside Vending and Amusements
- Detective Walsh is incapacitated when discovered by the player.
- DuPlessis Wholesale Diamond Center
- Many incapacitated wholesale workers can be found within the building as the robbers broke into the diamond center.
- St. Micheal's Medical Center
- Many incapacitated hospital staff are in the hospital, but also DOAs.
- The Wolcott Projects
- One incapitated homeless man or woman can be found in the second floor apartment where homeless people live.
- Mt. Threshold Research Center
- Many incapitated graduate students can be found within the building as the Army of Faith broke into the research center.
- FunTime Amusements
- At least three incapacitated arcade customers can be found in the arcade, after the drug dealers started shooting at each other.
- Sellers Street Auditorium
- Many incapacitated teenagers can be found within the building, after CASM members broke into the auditorium.
- Fresnal St. Station
- Officer Wilkins is incapacitated when discovered by the player as well as other commuters located all around the station.
| SWAT 4 Gameplay Mechanics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla | Combat | Rules of Lethal Engagement - Bullet Types - Shotgun Ammo Types - Projectile Penetration - Off Map Support |
| AI | Command Interface - Archetypes - Morale | |
| Character Status | Character Damage Model - Incapacitation | |
| Game Difficulties | Mission Score - Mission Difficulty | |
| Multiplayer | How to Run Multiplayer - Multiplayer Game Modes | |
| SEF | Combat | Projectile Ricochet - Armor Shredding - Traps |
| AI | Personalities | |
| Character Status | Cardiac arrest - Weight and Bulk | |