[yomi]

Is it possible for Fred detect if player killed something with collision? Also how to determine how much HP ship loses in  collision?

[headdie]

FSO can detect if a player dies as a result of a collision iirc, but i am not sure about the other way round.  if you want to create a melee weapon a weapon with a very small range and moddeld weapon would be the best way to do it I think

[Angelus]

you could also play with the density values:

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Ships.tbl#.24Density:

[QuantumDelta]

You could probably make a melee weapon quite easily with a modified slashbeam...

[Commander Zane]

Don't beams have a limited arc where it no longer recognizes hits?
Like say, fire a beam, turn 180 and try to destroy the ship that was behind you, it doesn't register the hits from what I remember.

[headdie]

Don't beams have a limited arc where it no longer recognizes hits?
Like say, fire a beam, turn 180 and try to destroy the ship that was behind you, it doesn't register the hits from what I remember.

The arc is partly dependant on turret FoV, a slash mounted on a 360 Fov can centre on anything in range, but at close distance a rapid fore primary would work as well

[Spoon]

I dont think (correct me if im wrong) that slash beams work as player primaries

[Commander Zane]

They won't slash around, but they do fire and kill things at least.
Then again you could use the ship itself to make it rave about.

[yomi]

 i think that will do it, i could put slash on bomber's turret, thx