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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: delta_7890 on October 13, 2001, 09:58:00 pm

Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: delta_7890 on October 13, 2001, 09:58:00 pm: Would it be possible to create a laser cannon that has an electric effect? Like a bolt lightning type thing?
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 14, 2001, 12:13:00 am: Already tried it. Very fast white beam cannon looks fine, although it IS a little straight (if you make it fast enough, it's hard to tell, you just see a flash).
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Bobboau on October 14, 2001, 02:17:00 am: look at the pirate beams in my old aroura mod

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Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Fineus on October 14, 2001, 02:37:00 am: Hows this, taken from Styxxs "Machina Terra" project...

(http://terra.sourceforge.net/featured/fp-large002.jpg)
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 14, 2001, 07:54:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Thunder:
Hows this, taken from Styxxs "Machina Terra" project...

(http://terra.sourceforge.net/featured/fp-large002.jpg)

(http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Cool.... maybe I should nick that sometime (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/devil.gif)
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: delta_7890 on October 14, 2001, 08:33:00 am: um...I don't mean to sound picky but I was leaning towards a primary laser for a turret or a fighter. those beams really kick *** though, are they up for dl?
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: aldo_14 on October 14, 2001, 08:47:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by delta_7890:
um...I don't mean to sound picky but I was leaning towards a primary laser for a turret or a fighter. those beams really kick *** though, are they up for dl?

Yeah, I think so.... although I haven't tried them atall.

I think it's;
www.terra.sourceforge.net ("http://www.terra.sourceforge.net")

spmeopne cna correct me if i'm wrong (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Unidan on October 14, 2001, 11:36:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau:
look at the pirate beams in my old aroura mod

I still use that mod, even today! That was probably the best beam mod I ever saw. Didn't you include the Trinity pack with it?
Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 14, 2001, 11:56:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by delta_7890:
um...I don't mean to sound picky but I was leaning towards a primary laser for a turret or a fighter. those beams really kick *** though, are they up for dl?
1. Fighters don't have turrets
2. It'll look like crap if you use it on a fighter
3. Make a white laser with a huge trail and ultrahigh speed. It's not the same at all, but it's fighterizable.

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Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: WraithHost on October 15, 2001, 12:38:00 pm: I believe there is a way to use missile trails as fighter 'psedo beams' and I think the cyclops trail looks a bit like a lightning strike.

I think Raven is the bod to ask about the details of this technique.

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Title: Lightning cannon?
Post by: Styxx on October 15, 2001, 02:07:00 pm: If I had pics of the fighter-grade electrobeams I'd post them here... let me do a little search and get back...