[SayWhatNow?]

What's the best method of mapping the turrets on the capships? I wanna configure some ships with particular weapon configurations but can't seem to get it right... whattaya reckon... keep going hit or miss style or is there a map of the various ships' hardpoints?

[CP5670]

Try using K and Shift-K in FRED2 to cycle through the selected ship's turrets.

[Bobboau]

are you makeing a new ship?

[CP5670]

I think he wants to change the turret weapons on existing ships.

[SKYNET-011]

Originally posted by SayWhatNow?
What's the best method of mapping the turrets on the capships? I wanna configure some ships with particular weapon configurations but can't seem to get it right... whattaya reckon... keep going hit or miss style or is there a map of the various ships' hardpoints?

Say what now?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

If you want to edit the turrets on the Charibdys you'll have fun.

[SayWhatNow?]

Yeah, nah, I jes wanted to try and configure a far more effective armament fer the orion, I mean I love the ship but DAMN those turrets are SO not a deterant. Without a fighter escort, taking down an orion is a piece of piss! Fly against any ship that's not packing flak and you'll see what I mean.
Yeah, targeting through k/shift k isn't really a problem as I can find out what weapon type is mounted in fred. It's just that targeting doesn't log the turrets from 1-? however many turrets are on the behemoth.
Has anyone seen any schematics fer the fs2 ships at all?

[Vertigo1]

Dude, alter the weapons.tbl so that the laser turrets are actually a viable defense, set the game to insane and then say taking down an Orion is easy.

[Solatar]

Make the laser turrets go four times as fast.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Make them fire every 0.01 seconds, give tham a mass of 50, a speed of 2500, a damage value of 500, and make them invisible.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Make them fire every 0.01 seconds, give tham a mass of 50, a speed of 2500, a damage value of 500, and make them invisible.

rofl

You'll die in the first volley.

[SayWhatNow?]

quote:
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Make them fire every 0.01 seconds, give tham a mass of 50, a speed of 2500, a damage value of 500, and make them invisible.
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........................................Jesus! Didn't get hugged much as a child didja?
Can you do the same to fighhter mounted weapons?

[vyper]

Originally posted by SayWhatNow?
quote:
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Make them fire every 0.01 seconds, give tham a mass of 50, a speed of 2500, a damage value of 500, and make them invisible.
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........................................Jesus! Didn't get hugged much as a child didja?
Can you do the same to fighhter mounted weapons?

Yes. Yes you can.
Take this and stick it in your weapons.tbl (CREATE A BACKUP!)
Place this instead of the entry for the Prom already there...

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; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Prometheus (only available after nebula missions begin)
;
$Name:                                 Prometheus S
+Title:                                XSTR("GTW-5 Prometheus (standard) Cannon", -1)
+Description:
XSTR(
"Medium Energy Usage
Level 5 Hull Damage
Level 4 Shield Damage", -1)
$end_multi_text
+Tech Title:   XSTR("GTW-5 Prometheus S", -1)
+Tech Anim:   Tech_GTW-5_Prometheus_S
+Tech Description:
XSTR(
"The original GTW-5 Prometheus S was removed from service when the link to Earth was lost and the GTVA was unable to obtain sufficient quantities of argon (a required element in the Prometheus's power-generation module). Recent deployment of Anuket and Zephyrus gas miners has enabled us to resume production of the GTW-5 Prometheus S. The S-type is a minor variant of the original Prometheus laser cannon. The S-type's faster recharge cycle and lower energy drain cause many pilots to prefer it over the R variant.", -1)
$end_multi_text
$Model File: none
@Laser Bitmap: laserglow03
@Laser Glow:   2_laserglow03
@Laser Color:   20, 150, 20
@Laser Color2:   20, 150, 20
@Laser Length: 10.0
@Laser Head Radius: 1.5
@Laser Tail Radius: 0.5
$Mass:                                 0.5
$Velocity:                             1750.0                           ;; speed of the weapon (initially) -- may or may not change
$Fire Wait:                            0.10                            ;; in seconds
$Damage:                               30
$Armor Factor: 0.9
$Shield Factor: 1.0
$Subsystem Factor: 0.35
$Lifetime:                             2.0
$Energy Consumed: 1.0                            ;; Energy used when fired
$Cargo Size: 0.0                             ;; Amount of space taken up in weapon cargo
$Homing:                               NO
$LaunchSnd:                            80                              ;; The sound it makes when fired
$ImpactSnd:                            85                              ;; The sound it makes when it hits something
$Flags:                                ( "player allowed" "stream")
$Icon:                                 iconPromS
$Anim:                                 PromS
$Impact Explosion: none

[Vertigo1]

Geez!  Talk about your overkill!

[SayWhatNow?]

Hehe, Nasty! Nice one Vyper!

[SKYNET-011]

Bah, you haven't met my Nova Cannon yet.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Nova Cannon? starlancer?

[vyper]

Originally posted by SayWhatNow?
Hehe, Nasty! Nice one Vyper!

It can get better, I just made rude(imentary) adjustments.

[SKYNET-011]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Nova Cannon? starlancer?

SuperNova Cannon. No, not from Starlancer.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

So you fire it and the star goes SuperNova?