[The E]

The problem is that, as it is written right now, the script has to be tailored for every ship class, meaning it doesn't enable all the goodies for every ship class automatically. I'll be working on refining that as I go along, but for the moment, this isn't planned.

[Ravenholme]

We've all seen the thread about driving a Fed capship, do you think we'll get a chance to flap about in a Tev one, if only in a simulator mission?

I hope so, I think that was my comment when it came up in SVN Commit of the day. I want to control a Tev ship, maybe one of the new corvettes.

[Snail]

Controlling a Tev warship would be a lot less interesting than flying the Karuna. The majority of Tev warships only have beams to control, while the Karuna has a huge arsenal of interesting and unique weapons that all have their strengths and weaknesses. Driving a Chimera or Bellerophon would involve nothing more than lining up and shooting a target...

[General Battuta]

You could mount Eos or Supernovas on the Deimos' secondary banks. 

[Ravenholme]

You could mount Eos or Supernovas on the Deimos' secondary banks. 

Or give them something like the GTD Titan class' torpedoes (Those might be the things you mentioned, though)

[General Battuta]

You could mount Eos or Supernovas on the Deimos' secondary banks. 

Or give them something like the GTD Titan class' torpedoes (Those might be the things you mentioned, though)

Yep, the Titan fires Supernovas.

[Ravenholme]

You could mount Eos or Supernovas on the Deimos' secondary banks. 

Or give them something like the GTD Titan class' torpedoes (Those might be the things you mentioned, though)

Yep, the Titan fires Supernovas.

Thought it might be, but wasn't really certain.

[NGTM-1R]

Driving a Chimera or Bellerophon would involve nothing more than lining up and shooting a target...

That depends on how complex your ability to control secondary battery is.

[General Battuta]

Driving a Chimera or Bellerophon would involve nothing more than lining up and shooting a target...

That depends on how complex your ability to control secondary battery is.

For the moment, point defense guns, including blobs and beams, auto-target. We could pretty easily divide them into banks and put them under player control, but you'd probably end up leaving them on auto most of the time anyway...

Something like a Diomedes, on the other hand, could be a lot of fun to fly.

[Dilmah G]

You're forgetting that when you fly a capship, it's not just 'point and shoot', ever, really. Especially on a Terran warship, you can engage multiple targets concurrently by flying the ship correctly, so each cannon battery has a clean arc of fire to its respective targets. Then there's the matter of rolling the ship and maneuvering it to keep hostile fighters in the AAA fire pockets of the vessel.

Then there's also correct disposal of the fighter escort, which can make your life much easier.

I don't think flying any kind of capital ship would be 'boring', so to speak.

[Snail]

I don't think flying any kind of capital ship would be 'boring', so to speak.

If done properly.

[AugustusVarius]

 

Just noticed this in the RC4 changelog:

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r6255 | chief1983 | 2010-06-22 15:47:11 -0500 (Tue, 22 Jun 2010) | 1 line

Backport of r6067: add beam miss factor by team, requested by Blue Planet
Does this portend something like UEF getting beams for their ships?

[The E]

Nope, not really.

[AugustusVarius]

/facepalm/

I read that as meaning by species, not by team.  Woops.

[Colonol Dekker]

What's a Diomedes?

[The E]

Next gen Tev Corvette. Sort of a direct equivalent of the Karuna Frigate in terms of mission profile.

[Colonol Dekker]

Does it come in british racing green?

[SpardaSon21]

I demand red racing stripes on it since red goes faster.

[Snail]

What's a Diomedes?

The GTCv Sparta from StratComm's Terran fleet pack.

[General Battuta]

THIS