Author Topic: What do you look for in a weapon mod? (Read 9155 times)

Fineus · **on:** June 01, 2001, 12:02:00 pm

Assuming you could have a new weapon of any type supported by the FS2 engine, to be mounted on a capship (not fighter) what would it be? Turrets, Flak, Beams, Missiles...?

(the answer matters for what I have in mind). Thanks

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Jabu · **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:14:00 pm

Originality.

Fineus · **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:24:00 pm

Originality - sure, but what general type? thats the bit I need to know...

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Jabu · **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:29:00 pm

I don't know... beams are cool, but a bit overdone. Plasma blobs are rarer, and they can look nice. But I guess I like missiles

Rail guns are nice.

aldo_14 · **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:35:00 pm

Railguns are pretty cool

Personally, I wanted to make a proper pulse laser cannon for capships, i.e. with a big muzzle flash and a big BOOM!!

. And also with a big explosion for every shot on target (regardless of damage), to make it look really spectacular

Basically, something spectacular.

Fineus · **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:39:00 pm

So we're talking turret weapons here?

I agree, V could've done so great stuff with turrets, their amongst the most versatile of the weapon types...I'll have a little play around tonight I think

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aldo_14 · **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:49:00 pm

I wanted to create a modified huge turret which used a beams warmup glow, and then fired a bright white 'pulse' at enemy ships (the afore-mentioned pulse laser).

and alter the targeting laser into a purple/white ancients laser.... hmm, i'll have to get back to the weapons.tbl and play

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Starwing · **Reply #7 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:53:00 pm

Siege Cannon!!! But I don't think that's possible in FS2.

Missiles are nice too. I once made one that was intended to be mounted on civilian vessels. It didn't do much damage but had a powerful shockwave. It was fun to shoot a pair of those into a fighter or bomber formation and watch as they are all thrown around by the explosion

joek · **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2001, 12:55:00 pm

Question:

Couldn't you mock a rail gun by changing the graphic of one of the laser turrets. Change it from that big green blob to a metal slug graphic (or something like that). Then increase the blob/slug's velocity and damage factors in the .tbl. And then assign this new rail gun weapon to a cap ship's beam turret (which kind of already looks like a cannon nozzle).

Would this work (I'm just guessing)? Or has it been done somewhere before?

Joe.

morris13 · **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2001, 01:00:00 pm

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Originally posted by aldo_14:
I wanted to create a modified huge turret which used a beams warmup glow, and then fired a bright white 'pulse' at enemy ships (the afore-mentioned pulse laser).

Well... if you made a beam with a very short life and high damage you'd have something very much like that. the only problem with that is that you don't get the 'bolt' of energy moving between turret and target, but an energy weapon really shouldn't look like that anyway. Railguns would be pretty easy to make, and could add a whole new element to capship battles. An anti-cap railgun should have a pretty limited field of fire, like 30 degrees or something small like that, but would have much superior range over a beam cannon, since the projectile is just going to keep going till it hits something (at 9000fps or so =P).

Jabu · **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2001, 01:03:00 pm

I just made a fast dumbfire missile

Sushi · **Reply #11 on:** June 01, 2001, 01:06:00 pm

Turbolasers. Make capship laser turrets something to fear-faster shots and rapid fire.

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Fineus · **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2001, 01:34:00 pm

Turbolasers, I like it! I've already created a map that looks kinda like the Rebel turbolaser image. I think I can work with that and change it from what I had in mind into a turblaser of sorts...

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morris13 · **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2001, 02:01:00 pm

That would make laser turrets MUCH more useful and a threat comparable to flak and missile turrets.

Sushi · **Reply #14 on:** June 01, 2001, 02:29:00 pm

Exactly. As it is, some turrets are fairly dangerous(like the ones on transports) especially with the Velocity Mod, but you'd think that big capships would have laser weapons that are more dangerous, not less.

Of course, a large-scale laser blob that did serious damage to other capships would look cool too...

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aldo_14 · **Reply #15 on:** June 01, 2001, 03:05:00 pm

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Originally posted by Jabu:
I just made a fast dumbfire missile

Maybe make a shell pof for mass driver cannons - that might look pretty cools (close to railgun)

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Unidan · **Reply #16 on:** June 01, 2001, 03:35:00 pm

I'll be glad to test.

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Shrike · **Reply #17 on:** June 01, 2001, 05:58:00 pm

You guys are way behind.... Everything posted in here is going to be seen on one mod or another.... (except the pulse laser thing)

And you know what? I have a hand in most of it, be it making them or just writing the .tbls

Kazan · **Reply #18 on:** June 01, 2001, 07:56:00 pm

Plasma pulse:

Beam Type Weapon

Low Velocity in comparison to firetime/lifespan - try it and take a screenshot of what happens

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Setekh · **Reply #19 on:** June 02, 2001, 04:03:00 am

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Originally posted by Thunder:
Originality - sure, but what general type? thats the bit I need to know...

Originality means you don't get the idea from someone else.

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