Author Topic: Can FS2_open keep track of what weapons a ship has? (Read 3775 times)

Taristin · **on:** May 28, 2004, 10:18:55 pm

What the topic says... could it be possible for FS2 to keep track of certain weapons?

I'd like to see, if you destroy a Seraphim, a major shockwave from the bombs onboard, but if it's banks are depleted, a not-so-big blast.

Or an EMP blast if carring the EMP advanced. Or clusters, from a Pihrana, or an Infyrno...

Can it be done?

WMCoolmon · **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2004, 10:26:25 pm

Educated guess: Yes, FS2 does keep track of weapons. Yes, it is possible.

There's probably not enough interest.

Taristin · **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2004, 10:33:49 pm

We'll have to see. It'd make bombing runs

more fun.

*imagines being in a Bakha, heading towards an Orion, when that turret finally breaks through my shields, and kills me. The resulting shockwave tosses and damages the bombers and fighters around me*

Lightspeed · **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2004, 11:16:33 pm

Slight problem: A capship has infinite ammo...

oh no... KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

karajorma · **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2004, 05:05:31 am

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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
There's probably not enough interest.

I'm interested in this but not for the reason stated.

A while back I asked for a way to tie presistant variables into the loadout code so that you could have a limited number of fighters on board a ship (and the number would go down every time you lost a wingman).

With code to keep track of weapons remaining you could also keep track of the weapons onboard the ship.

JarC · **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2004, 06:52:55 am

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
Slight problem: A capship has infinite ammo...

oh no... KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

it wouldn't be too difficult to treat capships a little different, it happens already anyway...and besides, capships NEED to have a big blastwave...there's more on board a capship than just weapons that can explode...I for one am for the idea, but am afraid it won't be much noticeable in the heat of the battle...

TopAce · **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2004, 06:57:56 am

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
Slight problem: A capship has infinite ammo...
...

Such as the Ai-controlled wingmen and bandits.

I think a feature like this could be annoying. Just imagine you destroy a bomber(which was fully armed with Helios bombs), and you die because of the explosion range.

Shouldn't a bomb(or any missile) be activated before launch?
I don't encourage the SCP guys to try it.

karajorma · **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2004, 09:24:15 am

Make it optional like evrything else. That way people like TopAce don't have to have it.

jdjtcagle · **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2004, 10:43:36 am

Oooo... I'm interested

karajorma · **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2004, 11:08:19 am

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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Oooo... I'm interested

In the ships blowing up or the loadout idea of mine?

jdjtcagle · **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2004, 11:11:36 am

The ships blowing up, and your idea could save

of trouble on freders

terren · **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2004, 06:09:01 pm

it should be a weapon flag, as most weapons wont explode unless armed, but anything using antimatter...

yeah.

Bobboau · **Reply #12 on:** May 29, 2004, 06:21:44 pm

thiw would probly be easy, but I'm not in the mood to do it right now

SadisticSid · **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2004, 09:31:05 am

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Originally posted by TopAce

Such as the Ai-controlled wingmen and bandits.
I think a feature like this could be annoying. Just imagine you destroy a bomber(which was fully armed with Helios bombs), and you die because of the explosion range.

Shouldn't a bomb(or any missile) be activated before launch?
I don't encourage the SCP guys to try it.

You're wrong, AI wingmen don't have infinite ammo

Lightspeed · **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2004, 11:22:55 am

Sid's correct.

The infinite ammo thing is capships only.

Trivial Psychic · **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2004, 09:30:10 pm

Then how come a Shivan Shaitan bomber which can only carry 2 Unknown bombs, can make 2 passes, firing 2 bombs each time. Its not like Shivans have support ships, and enemy ai's don't even call in a support ship.

Black Wolf · **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2004, 12:07:44 am

I think hostiles might have infinite secondary ammo, because hostiles can't call in support AFAIK.

ryuune75 · **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2004, 03:22:26 am

A feature like this will be mostly annoying, being killed because i fired upon a fully armed enemy bomber at close range will piss me off...
and anyway that is mostly nonsense, cause non-armed bombs usually DONT blow up if you fire upon them... this is even more true if we are talking about non-chemical explosives, live fission-fusion bombs. just try to start a nuclear reaction on a nuclear warhead just by firing on it if you can....
Not sure about anti-matter weapons, but someone already pointed at how such a weapon wont blow up if fired upon.

Lightspeed · **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2004, 07:28:14 am

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Originally posted by Black Wolf
I think hostiles might have infinite secondary ammo, because hostiles can't call in support AFAIK.

They have limited ammo. That's also the reason your wingmen call for a support ship every 20 seconds.

Black Wolf · **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2004, 10:23:11 am

Generally, your wingmen aren't hostile.

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Can FS2_open keep track of what weapons a ship has?

Can FS2_open keep track of what weapons a ship has?