[akenbosch]

i want that feature back!

[jr2]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,47069.0.html

^best version of realflight. the newest version is on page 2 of modding, but dogfighting is a pain.

Oh, you mean http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,48331.0.html this one?

Hmm, ok, now ppl have linkies. 

[akenbosch]

since pulse weapons are theoreticaly impossible, i present: taka's beam mod v.1.1 (some weapons kept to keep the game balanced)

http://www.mediafire.com/?bj4muzymny1


ps: should this thread be split into "links for realism"?

[Snail]

Yup. Definitely takashi.

What does that thing do?

[akenbosch]

judging by these tables, makes everything a beam. looks like hes still going at his fighterbeams...

[Snail]

Yeah, definitely takashi if that's what it does.

[akenbosch]

its actulay pretty fun! especialy the maxim! (which the AI isnt handleing well...)

[Snail]

Not like I'm gunna play it.

[akenbosch]

snails a pessimist 

[Snail]

At least I'm not a masochist.

[TrashMan]

Well I'm a speciist....

[akenbosch]

dont you mean "specialist"?

[TrashMan]

No..speciesist

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0451.html

read hte lower strip to understand...

[Roanoke]

the real question is, why have blob turrets? so ineffective. they travel slow, do medicore damage, and miss any target smaller than a leviathan 90% of the time. as opposed to beams, which were a very nice addition too fs2. maybe volition is using content of HLP to build their own little game, and your convincing them beamz are bad  .

Yup...blobs suck in FS1 & 2..
Some campaigns did re-do them and actually made them inot very decent weapons

Actually, FS1 blobs are decent. Put a couple of capships broadside and try to count the blobs. Looks pretty cool, INMHO.

[Grizzly]

beams do not require ammo to fire.

(I think that closes the discussion?)

[TrashMan]

I don't think blobs require ammo either... IIRC, maxim SHOULD require ammo

[Cobra]

Uranium slugs along its smoothbore barrel, or something like that.

That was probably also a feature that was left out due to time constraints.

[akenbosch]

beams vaporize small ships in one hit usualy...blobs dent the shields.


also, i think making the maxim ballistic would upset game balance. you have to pay attention to weapon energy and ammo left, but the AI apparently doesent even pay attention. i know this because i had a loki fire a maxim for one minute straight.

[Sir T]

The real reason is that they couldn't get enough women to throw the bombs out the portholes.

I hate threads like this.

[TrashMan]

I set it up as ballistic with lotsa ammo...didn't throw hte game balance for me.. yeah, the AI can run out of ammo (if he lives that long)  but he also calls in a support ship like the rest of us