Lightsticks are a piece of tactical equipment added by SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate that can be dropped by the player or AI-controlled officers to mark cleared rooms, illuminate dark spaces, or make a path.
In-Game Description[]
Light sticks are used to designate paths through buildings and to mark areas as having been cleared.
Usage[]
The player is given five lightsticks at the start of the mission, and they glow for a total of five minutes (30 seconds in multiplayer) before losing their light.
By pressing the hotkey, the player will drop a lightstick at their feet. AI SWAT officers can be ordered to Deploy Lightstick at the location the player is looking at.
Changes in Elite Force[]
In SWAT: Elite Force, the lightstick capacity per SWAT officer is increased to ten. AI SWAT officers can also be ordered to Mark with Lightstick or Drop Lightstick. The Mark with Lightstick commands will instruct that a lightstick is to be placed at the location the player is looking at, while the Drop Lightstick command will tell the nearest officer to drop a lightstick.
Starting in SEFv6, by pressing the hotkey, the player will pull out their lightsticks. By pressing the attack key, a lightstick will be thrown. Holding the button will throw farther and with more force. Quickly pressing the attack key will drop a lightstick at the player's feet, similar to the TSS behavior, and holding for some time will throw it with the same amount of force as a grenade does at maximum charge.
Due to the physics of the game, lightsticks have a tendency to fall through the floor. Either quickly dropping the lightstick or bouncing the lightstick off of a wall at an angle will usually prevent it from falling through the floor.
| SWAT 4 Tactical Aids | ||
|---|---|---|
| SWAT 4 | Breaching | C2 Explosives - Breaching Shotgun |
| Grenades | Flashbang - CS Gas - Stinger | |
| Protection (MP Only) | Helmet - Gas Mask - Light Armor - Heavy Armor | |
| Others | Optiwand - Door Wedge - Pepper Spray - Toolkit - Tactical Flashlight | |
| TSS | Protection | No Armor (MP Only) - Night Vision Goggle |
| Others | Ammo Pouch - Lightstick - Melee Attack | |
| SEF | Breaching | Remington M870 Breaching (Frangible Shotgun Ammunition) |
| Protection | Riot Helmet - ProArmor Helmet - S10 Helmet - Heavy Kevlar Armor - Heavy Ceramic Armor | |