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Starsector => Suggestions => Topic started by: Avan on August 19, 2012, 10:12:17 PM

Title: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Avan on August 19, 2012, 10:12:17 PM

Pretty much what the topic title says; allowing an EMP type system to specify locations on the ship that it would emit from.

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: PCCL on August 19, 2012, 10:48:32 PM

you do that with a system hardpoint, I think

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: mendonca on August 19, 2012, 10:51:35 PM

Quote from: gunnyfreak on August 19, 2012, 10:48:32 PM

you do that with a system hardpoint, I think

Just checked the Omen, which I remember the EMP being emitted from the little bulb in the front:

        {
            "angle": 0,
            "arc": 90,
            "id": "WS 004",
            "locations": [
                34,
                -2
            ],
            "mount": "HIDDEN",
            "size": "SMALL",
            "type": "SYSTEM"
        }

I guess thats it?

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Reshy on August 19, 2012, 10:53:01 PM

Does that mean you can have several going on at once?

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: PCCL on August 19, 2012, 11:11:53 PM

maybe.. try it!

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Avan on August 20, 2012, 08:30:49 AM

Hmmm, interesting; I was looking at the EMP system's code and it didn't seem to support that. I shall mess around with that later... (and it would seem to suggest that yes, you could have several going at once, if the flare behavior is any indication)

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Alex on August 20, 2012, 08:36:07 AM

You can't have more than one going, no. If you specify more than one, it'll just use the first one. If you don't specify any, it should use the center of the ship.

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Avan on August 20, 2012, 08:40:31 AM

Derp. <.>

Well, at least I already ended up working around this because I didn't know


(I made this instead: its a built-in weapon with a custom beam)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3061400/SynapseEBeam.png)

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: Reshy on August 20, 2012, 10:09:58 AM

Quote from: Alex on August 20, 2012, 08:36:07 AM

You can't have more than one going, no. If you specify more than one, it'll just use the first one. If you don't specify any, it should use the center of the ship.

Can it be altered to affect all system slots?

Title: Re: Allow EMP type system to specify locations
Post by: GUNINANRUNIN on August 20, 2012, 10:45:03 PM

Quote from: Avan on August 20, 2012, 08:40:31 AM

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3061400/SynapseEBeam.png)

Does that have….
Obelisks of Light sticking out of it….??!

Best. Ship. Ever.