[SFN-Darkwarrior]

Hi there!

I've got a question, for my new sequel to revenge I really need some working beam weapons for fighters. I already could see something like this in the inferno trailer.

Any ideas?

PS: I just started FS2 with the new SC, it's absolutly incredible! I really don't know the right words to honor this terrific work!!! THX!!!

[WMCoolmon]

Mount a beam weapon on a fighter...that should give you a working beam cannon, for primaries at least.

For secondaries you can create a missile with a really long trail lifetime.

[Kosh]

There is support in SCP for beam weapons on fighters, in case that is what you were wondering about.

[TopAce]

So, can I mount BEAM weapons as my primaries? Until now, as far as I knew, only turrets(on bombers) could be mounted with beams. It's a good addition as long as it does not cause CTDs.

I am lookng forward to seeing three Seraphims, all armed with SReds against a Hecate.

[EDIT]At first, I had written BFRed, but I realized it wouldn't be fun.

[Col. Fishguts]

Yes you can, search the wiki.

[SFN-Darkwarrior]

@TopAce: If you rewrite the entries in the root.vp for weapons you shouldn't habe any CTDs

[BlackDove]

That reminds me.

Has anyone been able to put a BFRed on a Herc2?

[SFN-Darkwarrior]

I've just written a new weapon into the weapons table, based on the SGreen and mounted it into a herc 2, it works great!

THX a lot and a big medal for the SCP Team

[Trivial Psychic]

I only wish that the a special beam duration figure included so that a fighter-mounted beam weapon would continue to fire until either a) the player releases the fire-button, or b) the weapon energy is depleted.  Right now, if you give the beam duration a figure of 3 seconds, and you release your finger from the trigger after holding it down for .6 seconds, it'll continue to fire for the full 3 seconds.  AFAIK, no figure exists for a variable beam duration.

Later!

[Night Hammer]

Ok if the fighter has a beam(say BFRed) as a primary would it still have the power up time? or just shoot like a prometheus would?

[TopAce]

The fire rate is valid for fighter-mounted beams, too, logically.

[SFN-Darkwarrior]

In fact, I also recognized the strange behavior of those fire durations. I tried pulling down the firing-time to 0.2 seconds, but without result. But so what, I accept it.

But I deleted the Warmup und Warmdown times for the prototype. Whether I'll rewrite the table for warmup- and down times later, I actually don't know, but IMO a direct beam weapon without charging might be better for a fighter. But this is a decision, every modder has to make for himself...

Greetz,

Dark

[TopAce]

But I deleted the Warmup und Warmdown times for the prototype.

[SFN-Darkwarrior]

Aaaaargh......that was my typical German soul infiltrating me while I was writing so fast....

[KARMA]

IIRC it's the first modification to fs2 ever made, done by bobboau some years ago, am I right?

[Bobboau]

yeah, it was the first thing I did, it was, like the first thing _anyone_ did like three nyears ago, and with any current builds all you have to do to test it is use the cheat comand or make a beam and put it on a fighter

[Black Wolf]

Way OT but:

Beam Weapons + Fighter = Small Pieces of fighter.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Black Wolf
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Beam Weapons + Fighter = Small Pieces of fighter.

Quote of the day.

[Blitzerland]

This is kinda OT, but has anyone ever put a BFRed on every turret of a Fenris?

Awe-inspiring. Makes for good screenies (try it, very funny)

[TopAce]

I remember someone made a super-Aten that faced a Sathanas. After posting a screenie about it, someone said: 'Let it DIE' and the author posted a screenshot where the Aten exploded.
That was a LONG time ago.