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[Okim]

New version is available. It is mainly a graphical update as it adds a new XLE ship and replaces all RSF energy weapon sprites.

For full list of changes please refer to readme in the archive or on the first page.

[CrashToDesktop]

Nice. Will you be adding any of those "Decorative" item to your ships?  Blinking lights, rotors, etc.?

P.S. - As a side note, I find taht the dual 50mm mount is horrible compared to it's smaller brother for more OP and same damage, range, and virtually the same rate of fire.  Make it better?

[Okim]

50mm basic cannon costs 6 OP, has 700 range, 92 dps, 62 fps, 100 ammo. Its small.
50mm autocannon costs 9 OP, has 700 range, 158 dps, 79 fps, 150 ammo. Its small, fires 5 shots.
50mm dual cannon costs 8 OP, has 800 range, 133 dps, 60 fps, 300 ammo. Its medium.

For 2 OP difference you have +30 more shots per second, +100 range, +200 ammo and all of it for the same flux per second. So no, 50mm dual does not need a fix. It actually may require a dump of some sorts as it is one of the most cost/damage efficient weapons.

About decorations. Yes, at some point i`ll make unique lights for each faction, some dishes and probably some other animated stuff. But those are decors, so they are not a high priority. My main goal for the month or two is to create UIN and XLE carriers + some more weapons and ships. And finish the lore for the ships...

[CrashToDesktop]

Wait...what?  Hmm.  I could have sworn the last time I played, the 50mm dual was absolutely worthless.  Hmm, guess I was wrong.

[CrashToDesktop]

Isn't the Scavenger-Class pirate destroyer a bit...overpowered?  With it's god-knows-how-many EMP drones trolling the space around it, it's impossible to get withint a torpedo's-shot range of it. -_- Either give it a different ship system, or make the EMP Gun wildly inaccurate.  Or reduce the EMP effect of it.  Not even the Ion Cannon from vanilla does THAT much EMP damage.

[Wyvern]

Huh.  I've had no issues with those; a single Wyvern class frigate can troll one to death with just its point defense guns.  Takes a while and a careful pilot, and they do sometimes manage to retreat first...

What sorts of ships are you using that have issues?

[Okim]

Yeah. I kinda forgot about scavenger`s 'improvement' before uploading. Was a neat surprise for me either when i recently met it.

I haven`t any particular problems with it (was using Connecticut with mass Piranhas spam), but i ended up with removing EMP gun special effect and reducing its damage. I also reduced the amount of drones that Scavenger uses.

[Titann]

I think Aliens need more ship. Like Cruisers,Battleships.
And! Dreadnaught Ships RSF and ISA in normal game and buyable from stations

[Okim]

Some simple decorations on RSF carrier (2x small dishes rotating 360 deg, one large dish and runway lights):

http://www.okim.nickersonm.com/SF/RSF-CV.avi (~20mb)

Vid also shows new gatling laser sprite and its firing.

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Aliens have a CR already. A de with a fixed built-in heavy blaster is all what aliens will get so far. Not sure when i`ll add this one.

Obtainable dreads are a no-no is this mod. And RSF one is the only DN the mod will have.

[CrashToDesktop]

I was using either two Bulgaria Frigates and a Reaper or Germany class, and facing a lone Scavenger, my fleet got destroyed.  No chance.

[Okim]

Even against such an overpowered Scavenger your Germany should not lose a combat. Its a heavy cruiser with tons of guns and a fortress shield.

[ValkyriaL]

What did you base your runway lights on? because my runway lights are shooting shredder shells...

[Okim]

What do you mean by 'basing on'?

I drew them by hand, and prepared png sequence for animation. The decoration weapon file uses an 'alwaysanimate' flag, so it just runs the 6 frames i`ve made in a constant cycle.

[ValkyriaL]

Then how do i make sure they don't turn up in weapon groups, and don't do this?

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[Okim]

That`s my runway code:

Code

{
	"id":"RSF-CV-Lights",
	"specClass":"projectile",
	"type":"DECORATIVE",
	"size":"MEDIUM",

	"turretSprite":"graphics/weapons/decor/astrakhan-lights00.png",
	"hardpointSprite":"graphics/weapons/decor/astrakhan-lights00.png",

	"numFrames":6,	
	"frameRate":15,
	"alwaysAnimate":"true",

	"turretOffsets":[0, 0],
	"turretAngleOffsets":[0],
	"hardpointOffsets":[0, 0],
	"hardpointAngleOffsets":[0],

	"barrelMode":"ALTERNATING", # or LINKED.  whether barrels fire at the same time or alternate.
	"animationType":"MUZZLE_FLASH",  # NONE, GLOW, MUZZLE_FLASH, SMOKE
	"muzzleFlashSpec":{"length":0.0,   # only used if animationType = MUZZLE_FLASH
					   "spread":10,
					   "particleSizeMin":4.0,
					   "particleSizeRange":18.0,
					   "particleDuration":0.2,
					   "particleCount":25,
					   "particleColor":[255,150,30,200]},

	"projectileSpecId":"42mm-he_shot",  # projectile that will be fired
	"fireSoundOne":"gun_mechanicals_medium_up_whirr",
	"fireSoundTwo":"gun_medium_2",	
}

Carrier has several weapon slots with TURRET class (to make decors centred properly) and DECORATIVE type (to make sure they are not going to do stupid stuff like what you`ve shown) and a list that contains all 'built-in' decorative weapons.

BTW. You can manually deselect any weapon in any refit/design screen to make it group-less. It wont show in combat and wont be accessable.