[basnyy213]

Was curious if there was some sort of long range laser. And if there isn't would it be hard to make? I need to figure out how to make weapons anyways, so figured this would be a good start.

[colecampbell666]

Look at the Sniper in Procyon Insurgency.

[Sushi]

You can also look at the retail Maxim, which pretty much is a sniper cannon. Or yeah, the Phoenix cannon from PI works too.

For a "true" sniper cannon (slow firing rate, super high damage) you kind of need the ability to zoom in. A feature not present in the current engine (AFAIK).

[Droid803]

Or look at Steve-O's Archer : long range, slow firing rate and high damage. But yeah, it sorely needs zoom.

[General Battuta]

The Archer is a nightmarishly effective anti-bomber weapon.

[asyikarea51]

velocity multiplied by lifetime would be a start for you in the weapons table. then play with the fire wait and damage.

[colecampbell666]

Or look at Steve-O's Archer : long range, slow firing rate and high damage. But yeah, it sorely needs zoom.

Gaming mouse at 400DPI. Works beautifully.

[Aardwolf]

Or look at Steve-O's Archer : long range, slow firing rate and high damage. But yeah, it sorely needs zoom.

Gaming mouse at 400DPI. Works beautifully.

Ok, so you can have precision. But without being able to see what you're aiming at, you lack accuracy.

And precision without accuracy is fail.

[colecampbell666]

That's what the reticle is for. Handy, eh? I agree on the zoom idea.

[Nuke]

i tried to script a long range sniper scope camera as part of my current cockpit demo, but for some reason the game crashes when i try to set its fov.

[Krelus]

i tried to script a long range sniper scope camera as part of my current cockpit demo, but for some reason the game crashes when i try to set its fov.

There seems to be all sorts of weird little issues with FOV. Another thing I noticed was that stupid glitch where the field narrows when you rotate the camera in a cutscene. Driving me batty, that is.

[Droid803]

Yeah, I can aim fine with my mouse. I just can't see what I'm aiming at.

[Dilmah G]

The Archer is a nightmarishly effective anti-bomber weapon.

Amen, and anti-turret, it's a dream against most things.

[Dragon]

Yes ,Archer is a good ( though I found it a bit overpowered ) example of sniper weapon ,but I think the Phalanx from PI is more balanced.

[General Battuta]

The other advantage the Archer has is that it's got an animated weapon model. I cried tears of joy when I first selected it and saw that thing unfolding.

[Dragon]

The animated model isn't bound to Archer ,but to Wraith ,on which Archer is installed by default.
You may change the tables to install it anywhere you wish though.

[basnyy213]

Whats a good place to download the Archer? I don't see it on FSMods.

[Getter Robo G]

I could be wrong, but the first attempt or description of a "sniper weapon" was on the Jotun. IIRC.
Never got into it...

[Droid803]

Whats a good place to download the Archer? I don't see it on FSMods.

Look for Steve-O's fighter pack.
It's integrated onto the hull of the FTF Wraith.

[Mobius]

Zoom effect? Use SEXPs.

You can use set-fov/reset-fov combined with key-reset-multiple to have a fully controlled zoom effect.