Oolite Bulletins

(
        (
                10, 60000, "Twin Plasma Cannon",
                "EQ_WEAPON_TWIN_PLASMA_CANNON",
                "Cannon delivering charged plasma bursts at sublight speed, useful for defense but inferior to military lasers when used to attack."
                {
                        available_to_all = true;
                        strict_mode_compatible = false;
                }
        ),

)

{
	WEAPON_TWIN_PLASMA_CANNON =
	(
		(0.25, 0.25, 1.0,		0.50, 0.0, 0.75),
		(0.25, 0.25, -1.0,		0.50, 0.0, -0.75),
		(0.25, 1.0, 0.25,		0.50, 0.75, 0.0),
		(0.25, -1.0, 0.25,		0.50, -0.75, 0.0),
		(0.25, -0.25, 1.0,		0.50, 0.0, 0.75),
		(0.25, -0.25, -1.0,		0.50, 0.0, -0.75),
		(0.25, 1.0, -0.25,		0.50, 0.75, 0.0),
		(0.25, -1.0, -0.25,		0.50, -0.75, 0.0),
		(0.50, 0.0, 0.75,		0.75, 0.0, 0.50),
		(0.50, 0.0, -0.75,		0.75, 0.0, -0.50),
		(0.50, 0.75, 0.0,		0.75, 0.50, 0.0),
		(0.50, -0.75, 0.0,		0.75, -0.50, 0.0)
	);
}

#oolite, recently wrote:

<ToBeFree> ha, I have got an idea^^
<ToBeFree> I will try to create an OXP that modifies the plasma cannons to be:
<ToBeFree> 1. better and more expensive, 2. available at TechLevel... umm... no idea, but actually available
<ToBeFree> and I need some ideas.^^
<Corny> buy lasers?
<Corny> seriously - you want to make them fly faster, or what's the plan?
<ToBeFree> no,
<ToBeFree> I just want to increase the damage and the cost
<Corny> ah
<Corny> okay
<ToBeFree> ^^
<ToBeFree> not really intended as offensive weapon,
<ToBeFree> more for defense when fleeing - in this case, they would be really useful^^
<ToBeFree> the price should be balanced, however; it should not be a cheat
<ToBeFree> just a more defensive replacement for a military laser, adding some variation to the weapon slots
<Corny> sounds interesting!
<ToBeFree>
<Corny> spraying an area to scare off pursuers seems more like a "proper" purpose for those
<ToBeFree> heh
<ToBeFree> I need help creating a crosshair for that thing, I think
<Corny> I'm not the one with crosshair experience, though...
<Corny> better ask on the boards
<ToBeFree> okay, another question:
<ToBeFree> I found the needed plists in /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/oolite.app/Resources/Config/ and created some which replace the necessary parts
<ToBeFree> I found no way to modify the strength of a weapon, however
<ToBeFree> is that hard-coded?! O.O
<Corny> I never did a weapon OXP…
<Corny> did you check the wiki?
<ToBeFree> I am browsing the wiki the entire time and I find nothing about that :-/
<ToBeFree> http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Equipment.plist is the closest thing, but that isn't enough
<Corny> sorry, I can only direct you to the boards
<ToBeFree> heh ok, at least I have something to post
<ToBeFree> thanks anyway^^
<Corny> np

ToBeFree wrote:

Plasma Cannons are a core feature

ToBeFree wrote:

Now I need to change the weapon's damage and the OXP is finished - and that, exactly, is the problem.

aegidian wrote:

A historical note.

The plasma cannon were introduced because I'd seen similar weapons in Atari ST Elite, and I modified them a lot for use as turretted weapons on the early Behemoths. So they are/were intended to be there as part of my multi-source Elite canon.

Griff wrote:

It was such a great idea to take all the best bits from the different versions of the games - was there any particular reason why the extra Archimedes ships didn't make it into the default Oolite shipset?

another_commander wrote:

It would be fine enabling the plasma cannons in the game but before doing that, I think we need to introduce prediction-capable AIs. The players can probably learn how to use the projectile style weapon fairly easily, but for the NPCs we will need some modifications to the targeting and shooting code.