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Title: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: aurora_energy on July 02, 2008, 12:24:42 am: One time I was playing and I used cheats cause I was bored. I looked up the cheats again to see if there were any I missed. Then i dicovered the change weapon cheat. So I armed myself with a Flak Canon, but when I fired, I ended up shooting myself. I also tryed using beams, and they just come out as mini laser blasts... WTF?

Has this happened to anyone else?
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Fenrir on July 02, 2008, 12:28:36 am: That happens in Retail, but with the SCP the flak and beams behave as they would on a turret.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: aurora_energy on July 02, 2008, 12:29:54 am: So if i play on SCP and equip a Shivan Super Laser and fly up to a sathanis...???
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Droid803 on July 02, 2008, 12:36:52 am: Shivan Super Lasers are blobs. They'll work regardless.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Fenrir on July 02, 2008, 12:42:56 am: If you use the FSPort, you can use a beam version of the SSL... but just be sure you`re in 3rd person mode and well zoomed out while using any sort of beam on your fighter. The light... it burns!
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Stormkeeper on July 02, 2008, 01:09:50 am: Quote from: Fenrir on July 02, 2008, 12:42:56 am
If you use the FSPort, you can use a beam version of the SSL... but just be sure you`re in 3rd person mode and well zoomed out while using any sort of beam on your fighter. The light... it burns!
I remember the first time I fired a beam from my fighter ... it was at midnight, and my laptop was the only light source around, and I went and fired the BFRed.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Snail on July 02, 2008, 06:55:03 am: Quote from: Stormkeeper on July 02, 2008, 01:09:50 am
Quote from: Fenrir on July 02, 2008, 12:42:56 am
If you use the FSPort, you can use a beam version of the SSL... but just be sure you`re in 3rd person mode and well zoomed out while using any sort of beam on your fighter. The light... it burns!
I remember the first time I fired a beam from my fighter ... it was at midnight, and my laptop was the only light source around, and I went and fired the BFRed.
Then everyone woke up and started banging at your door?
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Stormkeeper on July 02, 2008, 07:03:44 am: Quote from: Snail on July 02, 2008, 06:55:03 am
Then everyone woke up and started banging at your door?
Nope. I had to blink and lie down for a while though.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: nubbles526 on July 03, 2008, 02:53:01 am: Quote from: Stormkeeper on July 02, 2008, 07:03:44 am
Quote from: Snail on July 02, 2008, 06:55:03 am
Then everyone woke up and started banging at your door?
Nope. I had to blink and lie down for a while though.

:lol:
Heres a lesson: Don't fire beams during midnight. Be considerate of others.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: phreak on July 03, 2008, 08:34:10 am: Code: [Select]
* Revision 2.8 2002/11/06 23:21:06 phreak * Fighter flak code, it doesn't blow up in your face anymore!
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Rodo on July 03, 2008, 08:39:49 am: I used those cheats and shooted some of the beams, but none of them seemed to be efective (not damaging ships) only the BFred did damage..
does it make sense? or is it a bug... anyway I wasn't planning on using those.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Stormkeeper on July 03, 2008, 10:48:16 am: ... Did you hit ? No offense meant, but when you fire those beams, you tend to go blind.
Title: Re: Rip yourself to shreds...
Post by: Droid803 on July 03, 2008, 12:16:36 pm: Sometimes anti-cap beam damage isn't calculated on fighters if you just slash around wildly after firing.