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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: aldo_14 on April 01, 2002, 09:22:50 am
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so i can release the GTB Surt, which uses a custom Magnetically accellerated pulse weapon (railgun) as a secondary.
If someone could do these 3 types;
Type 1 - Light, rapid fire. Ideal for anti fighter and anti-cruiser
Type 2 - Heavy, antimatter shell. Very powerful, slow refire. Large shockwave to take out turrets.
Type 3 - Ultra-rapid fire. Launches a swarm of smaller shells.
I'm not too bothered on the stats, just so long as you can get a sort of railgun or original effect. Bear in mind they are a bit like a cannon :)
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Why can't you make it yourself, you know how you want it, so just make pcx files for the weapon effects and then some tbl entries.
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you know, when you spend all your time doing models, tweaking even more pcx and playing with tbls, that's not exactly what you want to do :rolleyes:
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try this
$Name: rail
+Title: XSTR("GTMD-7b Rail Gun", 3325)
+Description:
XSTR(
"Standard Issue
Swarm Type
All-Purpose Missile", 3326)
$end_multi_text
+Tech Title: XSTR("GTMD-7b Hornet", 3327)
+Tech Anim: Tech_GTM-4_Hornet
+Tech Description:
XSTR(
".", 3328)
$end_multi_text
$Model File: rail.pof
$Mass: 250.1
$Velocity: 590.0
$Fire Wait: 5.0
$Damage: 225.0
$Blast Force: 0.2
$Inner Radius: 2.0
$Outer Radius: 5.0
$Shockwave Speed: 0
$Armor Factor: 2.0
$Shield Factor: 1.0
$Subsystem Factor: 1.6
$Lifetime: 5.0
$Energy Consumed: 90.0
$Cargo Size: 5.0
$Homing: YES
+Type: HEAT
+Turn Time: 100.0
+View Cone: 60.0
$Swarm: 6
$LaunchSnd: 102
$ImpactSnd: 88
$FlyBySnd: -1
$Rearm Rate: 1.0
$Flags: ( "player allowed" "Huge" )
$Trail:
+Start Width: 0.25
+End Width: 0.5
+Start Alpha: 1.0
+End Alpha: 0.0
+Max Life: 1.5
+Bitmap: beam-blue2
$Icon: iconHornet
$Anim: hornet
$Impact Explosion: ExpMissileHit1
$Impact Explosion Radius: 5.0
(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/rail.zip)
still needs balencing
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Well, why didn't you say so, Aldo? Weapons fall into the categories of table hacking and PCX file manipulation, ergo they are exactly the sort of modding I am capable of doing. :D
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Any good? Rapid fire thingy - BTW still tweaking and editing. :)
(http://www.cyberberry.com/Kamikaze/rapidfire1.jpg)
(http://www.cyberberry.com/Kamikaze/rapidfire2.jpg)
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did you try that weapon I made
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Yeah, cool lookin' I like that it drains all the energy :)
took a screen too.
(http://www.cyberberry.com/Kamikaze/Railgun.jpg)
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it's suposed to be a secondary weapon
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Originally posted by Bobboau
did you try that weapon I made
Not yet..... I haven't been online (at home) since I posted that.
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Great looking weapons. Can you make large capship based weapons. I have a few ideas, but I don't know how to make weapons (besides, I'm busy making starship models).
I have the turret models, and a description of how they should work. If I send them to you, could you make them?
Just so you know what you're getting yourself into, I'm planing on making capship weapons like;
- the meson missile launcher
- ion cannon turrets
- gatling lasers (for fighters too)
- prometheus H(capship version of the fighter weapon)
well?
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I made an assault gun. It has a slow rate of fire, but amazing damage, and uses the sound of ther flak cannon from UT. It's ace for taking down cruisers. I also modified the Browning to use the enforcer sound from UT. I'm not going to release it, so hold off with the lawsuit.
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Originally posted by TrashMan
- ion cannon turrets
In my campaign ;)
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You still haven't answerd the question.
Besides, I bet my idea of the Ion Cannon (I could change the name a bit) is way different from yours. (It has nothing to do with the C&C Ion cannon)
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Originally posted by TrashMan
You still haven't answerd the question.
Besides, I bet my idea of the Ion Cannon (I could change the name a bit) is way different from yours. (It has nothing to do with the C&C Ion cannon)
im betting his idea (TTT) of an ion cannon has something heavily to do with Homeworld... considering hes a TAP bitc.... employee
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Originally posted by TrashMan
Great looking weapons. Can you make large capship based weapons. I have a few ideas, but I don't know how to make weapons (besides, I'm busy making starship models).
I have the turret models, and a description of how they should work. If I send them to you, could you make them?
Just so you know what you're getting yourself into, I'm planing on making capship weapons like;
- the meson missile launcher
- ion cannon turrets
- gatling lasers (for fighters too)
- prometheus H(capship version of the fighter weapon)
well?
I might be able to do one or two of those (maybe more) although I won't assure you of anything :p. Could you send me a better description? (by PM or E-mail, Oh I'm in IRC too at irc.sorcery.net, #nodewar - it's logged so if you post when an operator (ShiNoTenshi) is in there messages will reach me.)
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I'll do that, as soon as I can. I'm rather busy, but I'll try to speed things up. It would be much easier to send you all you need by E-mail. What is yours? Mine is [email protected]
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My e-mail is [email protected] - if that doesn't work tell me in a PM. (it should) :)
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Thanks, I'll get on it as soon as I can (I have a difficult exam tomorrow, so I'll probably send it to you within the next 3-4 days)!
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I've been doing quite a bit of weapon modding how about this as a primary?
Helix HL-7
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Sidearm
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$Name: @Helix HL-6
+Title: XSTR("GTW Helix HL-6", 3243)
+Description:
XSTR(
"Standard Issue Rapid Fire
Level 3 Hull Damage
Level 1 Shield Damage", 3244)
$end_multi_text
+Tech Title: XSTR("GTW Helix HL-6", 146)
+Tech Anim: Tech_Subach_HL-7
+Tech Description:
XSTR(
" The Helix HL-7 is a radical modification of the Subach HL-7. Using an upgraded energy core the Helix has an extremely fast firing rate without sacrificing too much damage capabilities. One adverse side affect is that the Helix does little damage to shields, but most GTVA pilots agree it make up for this with its fire rate. Because of this the Helix HL-6 has replaced the older Subach HL-7 as the standard weapon of the GTVA.", 3245)
$end_multi_text
$Model File: none
; The following fields (preceded by @) are only required for laser
; rendering, which requires that "Model File:" be none.
; These are the same values that used to be hard-coded:
@Laser Bitmap: newglo9
@Laser Glow: 2_laserglow03
@Laser Color: 0, 150, 60
@Laser Color2: 0, 100, 250
@Laser Length: 10.0
@Laser Head Radius: 0.45
@Laser Tail Radius: 0.45
$Mass: 0.1
$Velocity: 2500.0 ;; speed of the weapon (initially) -- may or may not change
$Fire Wait: 0.1 ;; in seconds
$Damage: 10
$Armor Factor: 1.0
$Shield Factor: 0.25
$Subsystem Factor: 1.0
$Lifetime: 0.5 ;; How long this thing lives
$Energy Consumed: 0.5 ;; Energy used when fired
$Cargo Size: 0.0 ;; Amount of space taken up in weapon cargo
$Homing: NO
$LaunchSnd: 76 ;; The sound it makes when fired
$ImpactSnd: 85 ;; The sound it makes when it hits something
+Weapon Range: 3000 ;; Limit to range at which weapon will actively target object
$Flags: ("in tech database" "player allowed" "stream")
$Icon: iconSD4
$Anim: SD4
$Impact Explosion: none
You Like? :D :yes:
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Oops Helix HL-6 not 7 :doh:
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You could probably turn the Helix into a secondary fairly easily.
Try putting it in the secondary weapon section of the weapons table :bump:
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You could also add a trail to it.
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Any screenshots? :)
(You see, I'm too lazy to put it in Freespace by myself :p)
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I have lots of screenshots but need to make a website to put them on :DOH:
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Send 'em here [email protected] in JPEG format :)
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Mind if I also send you some pics of muah modified flail gun? :D
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Sure, just make 'em JPEG (e-mail thing would probably die if too much stuff was sent :p)
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I was tweaking some of the weapons in my campaign last night and came up with a few interesting effects. The long, colored streaks are the new weapons, although they look a lot better in the game.
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen06.jpg)
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen08.jpg)
Here are some more:
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen05.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen09.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen10.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen14.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen16.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen19.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/screen23.jpg
I drop screen10 in there simply because I thought it looked kind of cool and I had taken it along with the others. ;) Also, if you look at screen14, you might notice a strange target; I took that screenshot while I was undergoing an EMP missile effect and my hud was all messed up. :p:D
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Nice stuff. Say, can I have that background planet in the first one?
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Sure, I actually just got that off NASA's website a while ago; look for "infrared solar images" or something like that and you should be able to find it there. If not, I can just link my version.
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Mmmm, that first weapon is nice looking - the battles look nice and hectic too :)
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I sent the Weapons stats to you. Get back on me when you can, I want to hear your oppinion!
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Well, can you do any of them?;7
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I've got a few questions about weapons.
I made 2 new weapons, but am still using icons, sounds and ani files from the Keyser and Prometheus.
How to make your own, I mean:
1) In which program to make them
2) What resolution, collors depth and file type do the icons have to be?
2) what file type and size for the ani?
Thanx!
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1: PSP or Photoshop should work
2: 56x24, ani (can be converted using ANIbuilder), 256-color palette with 0-255-0 as the transparent color
3: not sure what you're asking here
Hope that helps. :)
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use a rendering program to make the spinning animation thing, when you're redy to render, post for help on the specs,
if you have truespace, I'll give you more specific help
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I have TS 4.2.
Info you wrote under 2 is ONLY for the icon, right?
And you haven't specified - bmp, pcx, jpg,..?
B.t.w I made this two:
GT-5 Vindicator - a gatling laser (fires mesons) - fire wait 0.01, decent damage, but eats the power reserves as crazy!
GP-2 Vulcan - a gatling plazma gun - slower, but with more punch in each shot. The damage/time ratio is a bit lower campared to the GL-5.
You want them?
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Originally posted by TrashMan
I have TS 4.2.
Info you wrote under 2 is ONLY for the icon, right?
And you haven't specified - bmp, pcx, jpg,..?
He specified .ani which is a filetype of it's own. You can build .ani's using one of the tools on HLP's download page. I think you need pcx files for this but don`t quote me. Correct information will be in the docs for those programs anyway :)
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anji for the icon?? I didn't saw it move!:jaw:
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I think there is a bit of confusion for you here, Trashman. Both the weapon selection icon (thing that you pick up and put into the weapon bank on the fighter) and the technical animation (picture of it spinning on the green grid) are Freespace .ani files.
As an example, the Prometheus-S cannon uses the file IconPromS.ani for its selection icon ANI and Tech_GTW-5_Prometheus_S.ani for the tech animation. Weapon selection icons have four frames in them with dimensions of 56x24 pixels, and are in 256 colour mode. Tech ANIs for weapons have 139 frames, dimensions of 440x200 (for low resolution play, anyway), and again in 256 colours.
As a piece of advice, when you make the icon for your new weapon, try to keep the colours similar to those in the original ones. It looks a lot better.
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I got it!:nod: (finally)
thanks
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Aldo do you want a railgun effect like in Red Faction, if so i can make you one nearly exactly the same :rolleyes::doubt:
And the sound effects: Vzzzzzt
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It's long since been done, Fozzy. Don't worry about it. :D
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One thing.
The wapona naim. in FS2 begins with the weapon beeing scanned( outlined in green), and then the green grid appears and it begins rotating. I guess that the ani repeats itself from a certain frame (60-139). Right?
So, if I make my on weapon ani, does freespace automaticly repet if from a certain frame? If not, how to make it repeat itself from a ceratain frame?
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In ANIBUILD you have an option to use more than one keyframe in ani, you define the first keyframe as 1, and the second as the one you want to loop the ani at. that's it
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These are the two weapons I made:
(http://www.inet.hr/~tstanici/images/Vindicator.jpg)
The Vindicator
(http://www.inet.hr/~tstanici/images/Vulcan.jpg)
And the Vulcan
Cool, eh? You should see them preform in the game....
Two things:
I made the weapon selection ani(120 frames), and it works fine.
I have no idea how to make the icon transparent, so it looks... well, allmost invisible once you click on it.
And I made the Tech room ani., but FS2 chrashes everytime I try to enter the weapons section.
Can anyone help me with this?
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Anyone?:sigh:
P.S. - I'll put screenshots of the weapons in the game
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I think you have to live with it, FS2 always does that if you add weapons :doubt:
BTW: Can you send me those ;) they look awesome! (email: [email protected])
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The tech room crash does't bother me that much.
How to make the icons transparent? - that's my problem.
p.s.
I'll send you the weapons as soon as I fix this icon problem!
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Try using Microsoft Photo Editor to make the background of the ANI transparent.
If you have ANI Builder try to find a tool for transparency. Maybe it will help to know that all ANIs with the transparent background have a neon green background when opened with ANI View. :bump:
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Thanks, I'll try that.
B.t.w. - do you want the weapon selection to be an animated .ani (I think 700-800kb) or just a static ani(17kb).
Which one do you want me to send to you?
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;7 the big one if you don't mind! :yes2:;7:yes:
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I wish someone would make cool FS2 anis for the FS1 weapons in the Port... :(
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It would be possible to make static ones based on the images in the FS bible...
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Can anyone tell me something about the beam cannon (weapons.tbl) color section numbers? The first three are RGB values, but what's the fourth?
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The weapons are away!
The icon problem still isn't fixed, and I sent you static anis, but hey. I'll try to send you the complete version (whan it's complete).
If the icon bothers you that much, I allso put in the PCX files from which I made them, so you can edit them and make your own ani. if you wish.
I didn't put the full weapon selection ani, coause it makes a 360° turn and then just starts twichin. I allso put in a beam cannon I made.
This is my first attempt at making weapons, but I think they turnd out quite nice. Have fun and tell me what you think of them!!!
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Well? I'm waiting for your oppinion....:D
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Originally posted by TrashMan
Can anyone tell me something about the beam cannon (weapons.tbl) color section numbers? The first three are RGB values, but what's the fourth?
Intensity?
contrast?
transparency / blnding?
Dunno......
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Mmmm let me see. NICE! :yes2::D:yes: