(outdated) Advanced Weapon Customizing Techniques

[lightstriker]

but it's not advanced. at all. honestly, anyone who had the urge to make that could probably come up with it themselves within a couple of minutes (at most)

[Noctis]

Cluster bombs: for your starbombers.
weapon|Pulsar|90|0|20|250|80|-1|600|0|8|Cluster Bomb|33023|600|180|0.10|8|10|45|0.70|0.40

Energy Sphere: A ball of energy that charges up and fires.
weapon|Pulsar|180|-1|50|-1|-1|300|-1|0|-1|Energy Sphere|16777088|110|0|20|30|2|16|1|1

Energy Bolt: A fast-moving bolt of energy.
weapon|Pulsar|30|1|20|150|40|2000|2750|0|1|Energy Bolt|16744576|800|0.10|-1|1|15|45|1|1

Left to right: bomb, sphere, bolt respectively.


All of these effects have been done before, but they are good examples of what can be done with pulsars.

so...if mine aren't "advanced" why are his? I'm honestly just wondering because I took two of his effects and combined them into a singe effect. So why are his considered fine while mine, which does more, is not?

Honestly I just don't get it but whatever, I'll not post here until I have something that combines 9 effects or something.

[Squishy]

He pioneered the effects.

He designed, created and invented them.

Groundbreaking.


Your weapons exist solely due to the groundwork having already being done by another individual. Specifically, the combination itself is not a technical achievement, and the effect it produced wasn't any more breathtaking than the separate predecessors before it.



The thread promotes innovation, not variation.

[Hege]

so...if mine aren't "advanced" why are his? I'm honestly just wondering because I took two of his effects and combined them into a singe effect. So why are his considered fine while mine, which does more, is not?

Honestly I just don't get it but whatever, I'll not post here until I have something that combines 9 effects or something.

Your effect is achieveable without fidling around with the strings.
Not to mention some burst and deviation would basicly give your result with sidewingers, I've actualy done nearly the same as you with side winders, there was nothing special with it.


Now tell, would you have ever even thought about or had any clue how to make the cluster bomb effect (for exsample) before seeing that post? I bet you didnt, because nobody else got it either.

The advanced weaponry comes from pretty much how much effort, complication and nice looking effects you can come up. For exsample, I know a few nice driver tricks that can make your driver effects to look rather nice, but I don't plan to post them here, mainly cause it doesn't take too much effort to do.

[Noctis]

Alright, cool.

Sorry when I posted that red thing in my ship thread I got several people wanting the effect or the strings so I thought I'd post it here. My bad.

also just to point out, No, he didn't pioneer those effects he just posted them as examples. Even says so in his post

All of these effects have been done before, but they are good examples of what can be done with pulsars.

[Atherealprime]

Noctis your Maelstrom weapon is pretty advanced since it required the tweaking and weapon coordination. I wish that someone would put some rules at the beginning of the thread so that people will know whether their weapon technique is "accepted" as an "advanced technique" so we don't get stupid complaining and bashing among members..... Rolling Eyes

[Anna]

Noctis your Maelstrom weapon is pretty advanced since it required the tweaking and weapon coordination. I wish that someone would put some rules at the beginning of the thread so that people will know whether their weapon technique is "accepted" as an "advanced technique" so we don't get stupid complaining and bashing among members..... Rolling Eyes

And I wish silly noobs would get a clue and realise that their opinions count for exactly jack shit until they prove to be constructive and intelligent members of the community, in one way or another.

But then, if wishes were horses, you'd be getting trampled beneath a stampede right now.

[BoVinE]

and I'd have a horse worth ten billion dollars.

[Arcalane]

"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak." - Jayne

[Venator]

"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak." - Jayne

They eat horse-steak in Firefly? Or just sell the horses for cashy money? I missed that.

[Arcalane]

I assume Jayne is suggesting that they would make steak out of the horses.

[Noctis]

Its the PCDS or plasma charge delivery system. Made up of three weapons.
weapon|MegaBeam|5|15|1|15|-1|-1|3000|0|10||16776960|30|1|0|-1|-1|-1|1|1
weapon|Pulsar|5|0|15|15|-1|-1|3000|-1|-1||16777088|0|-1|10000|1|1000|0.01|1|1
weapon|Laser|5|15|1|15|-1|-1|3000|-1|10||16777215|10|1|0|-1|-1|-1|1|1

Basically, though its hard to explain without seeing it in motion, the megabeam is the magnetic "tunnel" through which the plasma charge travels. In action what happens is the megabeam fires continuously, setting up a bridge between your ship and theirs. The beamer then fires in bursts, simulating the plasma being channeled down the bridge. The Pulsar is an looks choice. Basically everytime the beamer is about ready to fire again the pulsar will create a glowing ball at the base of the turret assembly. As the beamer fires the pulsar balls will disappear, seeming to travel down the beam.

These pictures aren't in order obviously but its the best I could do. Bugger fires pretty damn fast. In action you can actually see the white plasma traveling down the "tunnel"
Try it out on your own to see what its like.

[lightstriker]

plasma mines are NOT advanced... my BROTHER came up with those... the first one is... I guess... sorta :/ better pictures, that are in order, would prolly help, as well as choosing colors that make it so you can actually understand what the heck is going on...

[Noctis]

Try it, seriously. I can;t really take good pictures of an effect based on movement within a good half a frame.

[lightstriker]

then slow down projectile speed, just for the purpose of snapping pics