Me wanna: Sub-sub-entities.

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:18 am

It would be nice if subentities could have subentities.

Solves alot of those: it will look stupid if this frangible is shot off before that other part. (which can be solved by explosions damage)

And flashers that suddenly hang in mid-space.

Murgh · Post by **Murgh** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:40 pm

yes that would be a great.
last year Giles looked into allowing subEntities to have exhaust plumes of their own, but decided it was a tricky thing and doubted it would happen. maybe new opportunities have opened up since..?

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:47 pm

I'd be happy even when only flashers would be an option....for a short while.

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:50 pm

I originally wrote sub-entities to permit multiple levels. But the code got increasingly arcane and prone to crashing, so I opted for the simplest-is-best approach.

Hanging flashers will go away if flashers are superseded by animated glowing shaders (BTW, because you re-used the thargoid_redux texture in Thargon Threat there are now some very nicely animated Terroriser Frigates and Invaders - I may have to post some more videos if I can take a hard-ass enough ship into witchspace).

CWolf · Post by **CWolf** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:56 pm

aegidian wrote:
...if I can take a hard-ass enough ship into witchspace)....

IronAss surely?

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:12 pm

Iron-ass, my-ass!

The approach I used was taking a racing Adder out and zipping around them.

Only get close to a Thargorn, when it is distracted though!
Those turrets make alloys of an Adder in no-time.

I'm not quite sure the turrets are placed 100% to my satisfaction, sometimes the battleship has trouble training them on a target. :/
I may rotate the whole craft 22.5 degrees, so that 2 turrets will be able to fire forward. (like in my avatar)

Giles: How come turrets interfere with subentities?
Am I doing something wrong?