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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 02, 2002, 08:58:24 pm

Title: New ship type
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 02, 2002, 08:58:24 pm

I need some help with this.  The other day while welding i came up with a ship type:

Fast Attack Boat

size...about the size of a freighter
speed........45-50
manouverability.......you don't get to pilot the thing, but it would handle like a brick, a big brick
Armament.......1 beam weapon, and the ability to launch bombs.  

So far i haven't been able to get anything to work, so i come before you once again humbled and preying on your mercy.  (damn i'm getting good at this).

Used by itself it would be nearly useless, shields are debatable, probably won't have them, no afterburners, but uses counter measures.  This would be a swarming vessel, relying on multiple guns, ie multiple ships, to take down it's target.  I was also thinking about maybe a flak turret for anti fighter defense.

If we can get it operational it will see the light of day in both the Combat Federation Mod and the demo.

Title: New ship type
Post by: IPAndrews on August 02, 2002, 09:49:48 pm

The beam bomber.

Title: New ship type
Post by: demon442 on August 02, 2002, 10:26:12 pm

Ya know, if I was any good at anything I might be able to help you.  But considering that im not....

Title: New ship type
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 02, 2002, 10:28:01 pm

lol, i apreciate the sentiment though

Title: New ship type
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 03, 2002, 10:14:51 am

So then no one here can help me get this thing to work?

Title: New ship type
Post by: Assassin on August 03, 2002, 11:15:32 am

In what way is it 'not working'?

Title: New ship type
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 03, 2002, 11:33:34 am

ok it moves and manouvers as it should, I had hoped to copy and paste a cruiser then remove all turrets and place a beam cannon in the primary slot, and aldo's tomahawk missiles in the secondary slot.  then use the pof from another ship, it won't fire.  I am beam free all on it, and it won't fire, not the cannon, not the missiles, not anything.

I was thinking that maybe i had to put the "allowed" statements under primary and secondary, but i haven't checked it yet.

Title: New ship type
Post by: aldo_14 on August 03, 2002, 12:16:23 pm

Not sure exactly what you're doing, but you can only mount beams on a turret.  Some ship types also can't fire beams.... snetry gun is one, albeit bombers work fine.  I did a beam bomber for the nightmares a while back.....

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/reciprocity/downloads/nbomb.zip

You'll need to tweak the tables to take other weapons (i.e. Subach HL:-&, Hornet, Mjolnir in turret01), though, unless you D/L the VP with the nightmare weapons in it.

Title: New ship type
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on August 03, 2002, 07:40:32 pm

Thanks aldo, you rock as always.