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Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:52 am

[quote="DaddyHoggy]I doth my cap and tug my forelock.[/quote]

I think that's 'doff my hat'. </pedant mode>

Captain Hesperus
"A blind man doesn't throw stones. Or something."

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:50 am

Suprisingly the Black Monk ship causes no slow-down on my system (a 4 year old PC!). Check out Assassins as there are some much more detailed ships in there. A mega multi-sided battle (200+ such ships

in that OXP does cause a 10 second hang on exiting witch space in the system where they're fighting, but once the ships are added they clip along at a respectable 30 fps).

@Killer Instinct.

Adding mutiple guns is faily easy. Just copy the "gun" texture and modle from Renegage Pirates to your OXP.

This gives you a little modle that you can stick on as a sub-entry where ever you like.

define the gun in shipdata like this:-

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<key>yellowgun</key>
	<dict>
	<key>energy_recharge_rate</key>
	<real>1.5</real>
	<key>max_energy</key>
	<real>200</real>
	<key>ai_type</key>
	<string>nullAI.plist</string>
	<key>forward_weapon_type</key>
	<string>WEAPON_MILITARY_LASER</string>
	<key>laser_color</key>
	<string>yellowColor</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>gun.dat</string>
	<key>name</key>
	<string>Renegade Laser Mount</string>
	<key>roles</key>
	<string>yellowgun</string>
	</dict>

If (cos it looks nice) you want to have muti-coloured guns, then define lots of entries like this:

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<key>bluegun</key>
	<dict>
                <key>like_ship</key>
	<string>yellowgun</string>
	<key>laser_color</key>
	<string>blueColor</string>
	<key>roles</key>
	<string>bluegun</string>
                </dict>

Now stick the guns on the main-ship where you want them like this:-

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<key>subentities</key>
	<array>
	<string>orangegun		5.0 0.0 27.5		1 0 0 0</string>
	<string>yellowgun		1.0 0.0 27.5		1 0 0 0</string>
	<string>magentagun		-5.0 0.0 27.5		1 0 0 0</string>
	<string>sideturret2		-40.0 2.17 -4.33	1 0 0 0</string>
	<string>sideturret2		40.0 2.17 -4.33		1 0 0 0</string>

If you have a look at the Renegade Pirates OXP shipdata, it should make sense.

I shamlessly cribbed this method from Murgh. Some of his ships have as many as 8 guns!

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:54 am

Thanks LittleBEar - can i assume then that the multigun thing is *only* for NPC craft??

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:02 pm

Yeah 'fraid so!

I did a player version of the renegade python as a test. It still had the big oversized bolt on cannons on the side and they turned towards your target when look at in external view, but woudn't actually fire, even when I gave them ThargoidAI!

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:52 pm

tch, boo

odd, mebbes the guns would scare them off anyways!.
hmmm...could a missile turret work? fire a mini rocket that had the stats of a normal one but say 20% hitting power?

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:39 pm

Griff has contributed a Station for the Black Monk Branches.

Very pretty!

Kriken Overlord · Post by **Kriken Overlord** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:46 pm

Griff is my new god.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:45 pm

[emoticon-jaw-hitting-floor] I will take out a loan just so I can visit this place over and over again...

Praise be Griff-the-modeller and LittleBear-the-oxper - long may they reign over the Oolite and all who play in her...

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:23 pm

Black Monks is finished.

You can download it from the link in the Black Monks OXP thread in Expansion Packs (until Oosat is updated).