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The way the mod is set up, changing the source files isn't enough, you need to compile them and put them in the .jar file the mod uses. This requires some knowledge of working with Java (in particular the use of an IDE).
Well actually, there's a workaround:
- move the modified .java file to More HullMods/data/hullmods
- open the mod's .jar file (in /jars/ folder) with a zip program and delete data/hullmods/MHMods_TorpedoSpec.class
What this does is: the compiled file no longer exists, so the game will auto-compile the modified source file and use it.
How exactly did you change the values?
Flak (and most other balistic weapons) have ammunition. They replenish, but once the initial amount is gone, the damage output is not big enough to fight off fighters.
What? There was one short-lived version quite long ago when all ballistic weapons had clip mechanics like that, but it was scrapped very soon.
I can confirm this, if my flaks ran out of ammo or started firing slower I would definitely be able to see it in the missiles my ship would eat.
But outside of fielding your own carriers. Is there anything to make normal ships be able to survive fighters? There is simply no PD weapon that can kill fighter.
The dual flak fails as it runs out of ammunition before the carrier runs out of replacement rate.
Dual flack does not have ammo?
Any weapons with high DPS and/or accuracy/turn rate is effective. IPDAI helps as well since it improves weapon tracking and since it prevents flares from eating dps (and since it makes PD weapons kill missiles faster).
A SO Dominator with at least 2 assault Chaingun in the medium turrets as an example pretty much laughs off fighters. Massed Vulcans with IPDAI are good. IRPulse are good....
Omens emp emitter is amazing against fighters and missiles. I just have a few of those escorting key ships in my fleet, and I have several carriers of my own with interceptors. That's enough to deal with all but the most carrier heavy fleets IMO. I also do use a lot fo escort commands to ensure that smaller ships don't wander too far and that ships stay in groups.
There are some very useful counter-carrier fighters you can use too like the Wasp and Flash with their proximity bombs that can annihilate whole fighter waves!
I usually tend to stick with basic light machine guns for my point defence as it's cheap, common, and surprisingly effective vs anything with shields. Sure heavily armoured fighters with flares give me trouble but they aren't as common as you'd expect. Cheap machine-guns of all kinds can be fired for almost free and so often tend to overcome tougher fighter swarms through sheer sustained fire-power without compromising flux capacity to a terrible extent.
Only really astrals are true threats as other carriers often hit a wall where their current wings are being demolished faster then they can be replaced, then you just move in a slaughter them. Astrals have such a swarm that can be recalled that they can be hard to pin down.
Larger fleet compositions also allow for specialisation that can help immensely, even against gunboat fleets. If you can stomach it, capital ships with conservative load-outs of PD and kinetic damage can be very defensible and almost unkillabe when supported by missile boats/carriers if your own to do the real anti-armour damage. I personally put little stock in using frigates as PD support as they can barely cover their targets even from the rear, and usually just get killed protecting them from the front. No personally if you are using escorts at all it's to support defensive capitals/cruisers with their killing potential such as using sunders/hammerheads with anti-armour damage in highly mobile and disposable packages.
Escorts in SS serve better as torpedo boats then flaking defenders in my experience. (Carriers/missile boats are however a decent exception with their long range.)
