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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Ferret on October 31, 2006, 07:00:00 am

Title: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Ferret on October 31, 2006, 07:00:00 am

I'm a little stumped here, I could have sworn there's a way to make a single beam fire at a specific location, in this case a waypoint. But I can only select ships. Buh?

There must be a way to get my beams firing at a specific spot, please help!

Thanks. :D
-Fi x

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 31, 2006, 07:02:34 am

Use an invisible + invincible nav bouy, etc, Or ask the B5 team if you can have their beam target...... :nod:

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Ferret on October 31, 2006, 08:15:50 am

Great that would work except.. For some reason I can't seem to make it -disappear- from radar, I still get that stupid blip flicker. Gah GO AWAY YOU STUPID THING.
What's wrong with me today... T_T

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: karajorma on October 31, 2006, 10:44:39 am

Stealth it. Ship-stealthy should solve that problem.

BTW are you using a specially added invisible ship? Cause you should be able to get the same effect with any ship you like by using the texture replacement system. That will save you from adding a ship to the tables just to have that effect.

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Ferret on October 31, 2006, 12:34:08 pm

Quote from: karajorma on October 31, 2006, 10:44:39 am

Stealth it. Ship-stealthy should solve that problem.

Strange, wasn't working this morning. Oh well it's fine now for sooome reason....

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BTW are you using a specially added invisible ship? Cause you should be able to get the same effect with any ship you like by using the texture replacement system. That will save you from adding a ship to the tables just to have that effect.

See this was actually the first thing I thought of, but what would I replace them with to get no texture? A space crashes FRED2. (Woah)
"<No texture>"? Hah.

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: karajorma on October 31, 2006, 12:56:19 pm

I've not tested it but replacing the textures with the word invisible should have the effect of making the model invisible.

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 31, 2006, 05:04:09 pm

IIRC there's a special "target" in the Derelict tables somewhere as well...

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Ferret on October 31, 2006, 05:51:15 pm

Quote from: karajorma on October 31, 2006, 12:56:19 pm

I've not tested it but replacing the textures with the word invisible should have the effect of making the model invisible.

Didn't work. :(

Quote from: ngtm1r on October 31, 2006, 05:04:09 pm

IIRC there's a special "target" in the Derelict tables somewhere as well...

Hah, awesome how I just deleted Derelict this morning. Hahahaha...

Title: Re: fire-beam at.. location?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 01, 2006, 02:59:39 am

D'oh...................Now you're fragged :lol: