Back from the past and finally teaching myself to build

Sponge · Post by **Sponge** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:13 am

Noctis wrote:
Droid wrote:Well, whether or not it has recoil should really depend on what type of weapon it is.
Yeah, lasers don't really have recoil.

Good sir, I do believe that there is a fairly good chance that you are wrong.

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:16 am

Sponge wrote:
Noctis wrote:
Droid wrote:Well, whether or not it has recoil should really depend on what type of weapon it is.
Yeah, lasers don't really have recoil.
Good sir, I do believe that there is a fairly good chance that you are wrong.

ok then. Not enough recoil to warrant building in a dampening system in the ship.

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:09 pm

Just a little fighter I made as part of a larger fleet.

two fixed mass accelerator cannons with full recoil. Lots of shots very fast, but a slow reload and a very small firing arc.

Each gun moves individually, obviously

Railgun frigate

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:42 am

OK so I played with this for a while and I'm pretty happy with the animations.

"Headshot" LRTCP-01
The headshot has a single role, and that is capital ship killer. It is most basically a sniper, using a stripped down HKR to accelerate a high density, thermonuclear weapon over long distances. The shell is somewhat of a "bunker buster" tearing through several layers of armor before finally detonating. The headshot has been stripped to it's bare components, with even the ammo reloading process being performed externally. While it excels at it's task of destroying large targets from long distance, it is completely vulnerable at close range. Assuming a target can make it to close range.

Sorry for the size, but the animation is long.

Homer · Post by **Homer** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:56 am

damn thats cool.... But i would like to see the main gun have a little bit a turnability abd it would look better on like the side of a ship or somthing.

25000st · Post by **25000st** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:57 am

The newest one is awesome. I love how the ammo goes in

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:18 am

Homer wrote:damn thats cool.... But i would like to see the main gun have a little bit a turnability abd it would look better on like the side of a ship or somthing.

Technically it is supposed to be on a ship, or a weapon platform to be specific. THe cockpit is that center thing there. So it is on the side of the ship, its just that its bigger then the ship itself

unsunghero10 · Post by **unsunghero10** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:02 am

Needs a targeting laser.

I think I'm in love with these ships.

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:27 am

It also looks like a top-view mecha.

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:47 am

I think I'll try making more in this style. I like the whole "space ship/giant gun" thing.

Any suggestions or inspiration welcome.

zackfire · Post by **zackfire** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:58 am

That reload sequence seems very inefficient. I'm sure it balances out with the amount of damage it does though

Noctis · Post by **Noctis** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:56 am

zackfire wrote:That reload sequence seems very inefficient. I'm sure it balances out with the amount of damage it does though

Thats the idea.

I also looks neat

Rule of Cool

unsunghero10 · Post by **unsunghero10** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:08 am

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/ ... ematic.jpg

Any chance for a MAC style gun?

EDIT: nvm

MagusZero · Post by **MagusZero** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:39 am

The railgun was just plain awesome, and the reloading one is great as well.

zackfire · Post by **zackfire** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:12 pm

Oh, also: If it fires material shell it would be useless against ships with even moderate flak arrays.