[phreak]

ever wonder where those subspace missile strikes were launched?  now with the new local subspace missile SCP function, you can witness their launch and impact.

There are three ways this can be used

bomber launched - local subspace missile strikes are launched by bombers in theater.

capital launched - same as bomber launched only by a missile frigate of some sort

capital launched + tagged - use FRED to set the LSSM turrets to fire once a target ship is tagged.  perfect for play balance and those pesky nebula missions.

here are some pictures






the exe in my sig won't be updated until i squash 2 minor bugs.
when its updated i will post how to make one

[Bobboau]

does this at all work with the current SSM system or is it totaly new/seperate

[phreak]

it has to stay separate or else you wouldn't get the kill

[phreak]

i uploaded a new exe that tests this out.  here is an example on how to enable them.

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; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Helios
;
$Name: local ssm
+Title: XSTR("GTM-13 Helios", 3392)
+Description:
XSTR(
"Special Issue
Anti-Capital Ship Weapon
Anti-Matter Torpedo", 3393)
$end_multi_text
+Tech Title: XSTR("GTM-13 Helios", 3394)
+Tech Anim: Tech_Helios
+Tech Description:
XSTR(
"local ssms rule",3395)
$end_multi_text
$Model File: helios.pof
$Mass: 35.0
$Velocity: 65.0
$Fire Wait: 30.0
$Damage: 6800
$Blast Force: 1000.0
$Inner Radius: 100.0
$Outer Radius: 270.0
$Shockwave Speed: 75
$Armor Factor: 1.0
$Shield Factor: 0.02
$Subsystem Factor: 0.85
$Lifetime: 30.0
$Energy Consumed: 0.0
$Cargo Size: 25.0
$Homing: YES
 +Type: ASPECT
 +Turn Time: 1.5
 +Min Lock Time: 7.0
 +Lock Pixels/Sec: 25
 +Catch-up Pixels/Sec: 0
 +Catch-up Penalty: 15
$LaunchSnd: 97
$ImpactSnd: 101
$FlyBySnd: -1
$Rearm Rate: 0.02
$Flags: ( "Bomb" "Huge" "No Dumbfire" "player allowed" "local ssm" "tagged only")
$Trail:
 +Start Width: 0.5
 +End Width: 2.0
 +Start Alpha: 1.0
 +End Alpha: 0.0
 +Max Life: 2.0
 +Bitmap: MissileTrail02
$Icon: iconHelios
$Anim: Helios
$Impact Explosion: ExpMissileHit1
$Impact Explosion Radius: 15.0
$Local SSM:
 +Warpout Delay:    2500 ;;delay between launch and jump to subspace (ms)
 +Warpin Delay:  6000 ;;delay between warpout until warpin
 +Stage 5 Velocity: 500 ;;velocity during terminal dive
 +Warpin Radius:  1000 ;;additional distance around target at which the ssm appears
 +Lock Range:  7000 ;;distance at which lock triangle appears (optional)


just a note: when specifying lifetime for local ssms, it only starts counting down from the time the ssm reenters the battlefield. so make it something reasonable.  also, 500m/s is a little to high for play balance reasons.  it looks sweet though

[phreak]

updated exe.  local ssms now behave better in stages one and two

[Stryke 9]

So... the bomb is launched, goes into subspace, then comes out and explodes, or what?

[phreak]

thats basically it.

for play balance. i would suggest just having fighters tag any enemy ships in the area and have the capships launch them.  a group of 12 bombers will obliterate ~2 destroyers and a bunch of cruisers with these in about 5 minutes

[Knight Templar]

1337

[Sesquipedalian]

[color=ffd600][size=10]Excellent![/color][/size]

[Rictor]

What he said  ^^

Hey admins, we need either a "pelvic thrust" smily or a "do a little jig" smily, for these kinds of situations

[redmenace]

you dirty old pathetic man

[Darkage]

Would be cool to use this on Tornado's or Hornet missiles:D

[RangerKarl]

Sweet. Kinda like an indirect artillery strike in space. I assume it's impossible to fire a beam cannon through subspace though?

[phreak]

well they have to be guided missiles for them to work. anything else won't enter subspace

[Knight Templar]

Speaking of new weapons and hornet missles...

You know what would be cool? Having a missle that sorta weeves back in forth like you see the modern ones in movies do. Like instead of just swirling like a tornado or going straight after the target, it would weeve back and forth on its way there (making it harder to shoot down, and looking 1337)

[Bobboau]

why wouldn't dumfire or primary weapons work?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Bobboau
why wouldn't dumfire or primary weapons work?

Just guessing here but how would they know when to come back out of subspace again?

[RangerKarl]

I dunno, I was thinking of opening a  wormhole, both ends at the same time and firing the beam or other projectile through the tunnel. Modelling that ingame might be hard (dare I say, maybe even impossible)

[J.F.K.]

Dude, this is totally cool. It would be a pretty awesome visual effect if an SSM frigate launched all its bombs at once... that way the gunners on the enemy capship would have to deal with several incoming bombs simultaneously.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

It would be rather good.

You could have a ship fire normal torps at a target, and it would turn its turrets towards them. Then a missile frigate would fire SSMs, which owuld jump in behind the target, and smash it to bits.