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Well we don't really need the charging animation, having an animated beam would be plenty. Like I said, I feel like the beam just needs a stronger sound behind it.

Just a quick thought: for the flare at the beginning of the beam, would it be possible to make the weapon have two sprites, and just have the flare sprite not have collision? I have no idea how the code works for this so I'm just throwing this out there.

The problem is once we start getting a lot going at once it'll probably get deafening.

Anyway, regarding the flare... I'm pretty sure it lacks collision as it is. It's sole purpose is to sit over the turret/beam start and look pretty.

I obviously don't know much about the code, but would it be possible to code a "charge up" beam a bit like a Pulsar (i.e. giving it a "friction" and "delay" property). So it starts out as a glowy ball and then shoots forward...

Failing that, perhaps just have the charge-up exist at the same time as the beam, like a muzzle flare; if possible, have the damage scale up and down over time (based on the the set Damage and Duration values), with the flare brightening and dimming over the period?

Might be overcomplex, just some thoughts.

Lol doublepost.

Anyway, a checklist of new weapons;
Twin Autocannon
HV Rocket (needs launcher!)
Particle Cannon
Tesla Gun
Machinegun Turret

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Changes checklist;
New dual firing code for Twinrail/Twinblaster
New firing animation for Twinrail
New explosion effect for Plasma Charge
New impact/explosion sounds for Flash Bolter
Lowered Flash Bolter bolt launch volume

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Rundown of what does what;

Twin AC
Shells detonate and scatter shrapnel randomly to strike nearby targets.
Moderate accuracy over moderate range.
Fires in short bursts with a moderate reload.

HV Rocket
Rapidly accelerating inaccurate rocket.
Leaves barrel at low speed, but rapidly accelerates to very fast speeds.
Hard or impossible to intercept. Does not explode; is merely kinetic.

Particle Cannon
Fires a very powerful, very slow moving shot, around the speed of a Tach Driver.
Shot is impossible to intercept, much like P-Rifle shots.
On impact, it throws 'shards' out away from the target to strike others.

Tesla Gun
Shoots a stream of electrical energy, utterly defying physics.
Looks fucking awesome and is heavily modifyable.
That's about it, actually.

Machinegun Turret
Low caliber machinegun turret. Fires short bursts.
Fairly accurate, but short ranged. Fast tracking, fast shot speed.
Possibly good vs fighters and other small ships.

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Did I miss anything?

Arcalane wrote:Did I miss anything?

Redesigned nukegun, AP Neutron Cannon (which I will be finished with the design when RL quits dancing the fucking fandango all over my goddamn computer time).

Ooh, Twin Ac reminds me of when Blasters were made to scatter shrapnel around. I missed that feature when Sean removed it.

Hey, I was just thinking, is alt sprites for the missile launchers a possibilty?
I made alt sprites that kept the same profile shape; but I don't know if Kaelis will ever implement them.

TormakSaber wrote:Ooh, Twin Ac reminds me of when Blasters were made to scatter shrapnel around. I missed that feature when Sean removed it.

Difference is, Twin AC does it randomly. Originally it was meant to scatter away from the impact to hit enemes in the back. Twin AC rounds will hopefully have decent lifetime on their shots as well, so even if they're intercepted, the shrapnel can get through.

Redesigned nukegun, AP Neutron Cannon (which I will be finished with the design when RL quits dancing the fucking fandango all over my goddamn computer time).

Speaking of which, the latter's shot should be a lot shorter, otherwise I'll have to code destruction on contact with aegis to avoid shit looking REALLY silly when it starts pinging around in tightly enclosed spaces.

Replacing the current vulcan cannon sprite with mine?

Is there a way to get the turret sprite to hold its final frame for say, a laser? I have an awesome idea but want to make it's possible first.
I sort of want it to have a prefire animation, then have the last/second to last frame hold for the duration.

Arcalane wrote:Speaking of which, the latter's shot should be a lot shorter, otherwise I'll have to code destruction on contact with aegis to avoid shit looking REALLY silly when it starts pinging around in tightly enclosed spaces.

Maybe destruction on second aegis bounce?

Also, gun.

I proudly present my first (not really, but still) original weapon design:

APFSDS Mass Driver Cannon (AKA Sabot Cannon)

The Sabot Cannon is a centuries-old concept, innovated through modern technologies. Basically, The Sabot Cannon fires APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin-Stablized Discarding Sabot) rounds via Gauss propulsion. The round exits the barrel at near relatvistic speed, vapourizing the sabot, then reaches it's target at a spilt of a second. Piercing through target's hull, then the shell denonates inside the target, causing massive damage.








Weapon Stats: (Actually, this is what people call the "railgun plasma" before, as Arc said that it is now possible to be made, so I made this weapon.)

I think thats the best weapon anyone ever made for BSF. Its perfect.

Note that it's merely theoretical. I think I know how to do it, but it's going to get ugly. The penetration is only possible because I'm hijacking railgun code, I might add.

My plan is thus;

Combine plasma charge 'Destroy' code with railgun behaviour
Scrap fuse variance and size increase variables and code, since it's not an unstable explosive
Add a new damage variable that determines the damage caused by the explosion, seperate from damage caused by the penetrator

l_specials used;
1 - burst
2 - interceptability
3 - damage per section
4 - explosion size
5 - explosion damage

Toying with a bigass magnetic accelerator cannon (based off the Lion's Railgun in SRT OG with heavy modifications to make it look slightly less phallic ( )) but I'm not too satisfied with the results so far.

Source image;


Same-size;


Half-size; (due to VBA running in 2x)


If anyone wants to take a shot at fixing this thing up and adding an animation, be my guest.

I need to post up some images and info for the laser targeter too.