[TrashMan]

I have two types of beams I can mount on a bomber/fighter/gunboat, and I'm currnetly torn apart between two possible solution.

1. player controled beam cannon
PROS: consumes energy, fires straight
CONS: you can use it against fighters, doesnt count as kills

2. beam on a turret
PROS: guaranteed to fire only on capships, can be destroyed
CONS: doesn't consume energy, player has no direct control


UGH!!!!

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by TrashMan
1. player controled beam cannon
CONS: you can use it against fighters, doesnt count as kills

It does, actually.  Or rather, it should.  Use a recent version of FSO and try it.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by TrashMan

2. beam on a turret
CONS: doesn't consume energy, player has no direct control

Yes. That's generally how a turret works.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by TrashMan
1. player controled beam cannon
PROS: consumes energy, fires straight
CONS: you can use it against fighters, doesnt count as kills

Use the "no pierce shield" weapon flag.

[aldo_14]

1/ more fun all round.

[TrashMan]

Well, I simply can't decide...

I mean, I WOULD like to have direct contrl over a beam, but that might seriously overpower the ship, since it can take out other fighter/bombers with ease.

the thing is a BEAM cannon. I can use the no pierce shiueld flag, but unless I give it some redicolouly low shield damage value it bill blow away trough the shield and then trough the fighter.

[StratComm]

Then do that.  Or play with the energy reserves so that it isn't so easy to actually get off multiple shots in succession like you would against a fighter.  Not to mention that in dogfights you don't exactly want a superpowered beam weaving around, as it will tend to kill just about everything, friend or foe.

[Trivial Psychic]

It'd be cool if you could designate a target for a turret on your ship.  That way, a beam turret on a fighter would fire at what you want it to fire on and nothing else.  Have a multiple repeating beam-free beam-lock sexp set bound to a key and you've got a player controlled beam turret.

[WMCoolmon]

Turrets on a player ship already fire at the player's current target.

[Trivial Psychic]

How about specific subsystems?