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[SgtAlex86]

So... would it be lot of work to remove weabon ranges all together... (everything travels till it hits something or runs out of map)  
and would it break the AI  

[Flare]

It would probably increse the CPU load since it will have to follow every single projectile until it leaves the map. Kinda like how Sword of the Stars did it, and modding the time the prjectiles will keep existing dramatically decreased the FPS.

[mendonca]

Not to mention getting murdered by HILs from across the map ...

[SgtAlex86]

not saying it would be balanced just saying it would be worth of experiment if it there isnt lot of work in it 

[icepick37]

Arguable... 

[mendonca]

It is actually really easy ... all the ranges are stored in the weapon_data.csv file located in the data/weapon/. folder (or some such).

Just up them all to >9000, and see what happens 

[Flare]

I'm rezing this thread as it still somewhat applies. In response to mendonca, I raised the ranges of ballistic weapons to the 9000 range for my mod. I noticed however, that the rounds don't go any further than the previous range for some reason. In short, I had to resort to modifying the annihilator missiles to act as a ballistic shell. Has anyone else come to this problem?

[intothewildblueyonder]

I'm rezing this thread as it still somewhat applies. In response to mendonca, I raised the ranges of ballistic weapons to the 9000 range for my mod. I noticed however, that the rounds don't go any further than the previous range for some reason. In short, I had to resort to modifying the annihilator missiles to act as a ballistic shell. Has anyone else come to this problem?

yeah i tried the same thing (modifying weapon range) a while back and the same thing happened to me.

edit: just wanted to note if you do this the same problem that you have with the tachyon-lance will happen due to the inefficiencies of the current render system for the weapon arcs. However if you turn off weapon arcs for your ship it wont cause problems (aiming though is another story (AI might be able to handle))

[Alex]

I'm rezing this thread as it still somewhat applies. In response to mendonca, I raised the ranges of ballistic weapons to the 9000 range for my mod. I noticed however, that the rounds don't go any further than the previous range for some reason. In short, I had to resort to modifying the annihilator missiles to act as a ballistic shell. Has anyone else come to this problem?

yeah i tried the same thing (modifying weapon range) a while back and the same thing happened to me.

This is sort of evil. If multiple weapons use the same projectile spec (or missile spec), then the LAST one's stats will apply. So if you use the same projectile spec for multiple weapons, make sure they all have the same range, damage, movement speed, and hitpoints - these are properties of the projectile, not the gun. The fire rate and accuracy are properties of the gun and can vary.

I should fix this up, actually.

[intothewildblueyonder]

I'm rezing this thread as it still somewhat applies. In response to mendonca, I raised the ranges of ballistic weapons to the 9000 range for my mod. I noticed however, that the rounds don't go any further than the previous range for some reason. In short, I had to resort to modifying the annihilator missiles to act as a ballistic shell. Has anyone else come to this problem?

yeah i tried the same thing (modifying weapon range) a while back and the same thing happened to me.

This is sort of evil. If multiple weapons use the same projectile spec (or missile spec), then the LAST one's stats will apply. So if you use the same projectile spec for multiple weapons, make sure they all have the same range, damage, movement speed, and hitpoints - these are properties of the projectile, not the gun. The fire rate and accuracy are properties of the gun and can vary.

I should fix this up, actually.

how do I know which is last?

maybe you shouldn't completely remove this until the weapon arc fix improvement feature is changed

[Flare]

I'm rezing this thread as it still somewhat applies. In response to mendonca, I raised the ranges of ballistic weapons to the 9000 range for my mod. I noticed however, that the rounds don't go any further than the previous range for some reason. In short, I had to resort to modifying the annihilator missiles to act as a ballistic shell. Has anyone else come to this problem?

yeah i tried the same thing (modifying weapon range) a while back and the same thing happened to me.

This is sort of evil. If multiple weapons use the same projectile spec (or missile spec), then the LAST one's stats will apply. So if you use the same projectile spec for multiple weapons, make sure they all have the same range, damage, movement speed, and hitpoints - these are properties of the projectile, not the gun. The fire rate and accuracy are properties of the gun and can vary.

I should fix this up, actually.

I see, thanks for the clarification.

[Alex]

how do I know which is last?

It's the one whose stats get used

You don't really need to know which is last - the upshot of all this is that you shouldn't share projectile specs between weapons just now.

maybe you shouldn't completely remove this until the weapon arc fix improvement feature is changed

So, two wrongs do make a right!

[Arghy]

I'd love to see some ballistic weapons with some high weapon ranges and big explosions like 40k weapon batterys, big barrage cannons that reach out and touch you but are no threat to fast moving ships unless they hang around for the impact/explosion.