Sniper Laser

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:06 pm

Should a "sniper laser" with incredibly high (2-3 hit kill) damage but with super-long cooldown time be created? I.E. you could shoot it once, but it immediately overheats...

Post by **Eric Walch** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:24 pm

wackyman465 wrote:
Should a "sniper laser" with incredibly high (2-3 hit kill) damage but with super-long cooldown time be created? I.E. you could shoot it once, but it immediately overheats...

It already exists. It is called a mining laser. A single shot is several times more powerful than a military laser. And it has a very long cooling down time.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:54 pm

But can it be used effectively at long range against other ships?

Gimi · Post by **Gimi** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:40 pm

Sounds like a plasma accelerator to me.

Not a bad idea, but I would like to see it as a part of the assassins guild or some similar mission. Basically you need this for taking out a ship coming from a space station while you are outside the protected area. (Will require it's own targeting system though). Also, as this might unbalance the game somewhat, and making it to expensive is no fun you could give it a limited number of shots.

20 shots = burned out.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:20 am

Note that you can't actually do anything of that by a script. Laser behaviour is pretty much hard-coded.

Oh, and to answer the question: Of course a Mining Laser can be used as a weapon against other ships. I am not sure about its firing range, though. I would guess, however, that it isn't as long as for a Military Laser.

Sarin · Post by **Sarin** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:49 pm

I've actually used aft mounted mining laser with success when my forward military overheat. It isn't bad, but you have to be very good at aiming.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:59 pm

Well i've done some research. I can't make it as a laser for player ships, but perhaps I could create a slow ship that maneuvers fast and has a very powerful laser - maybe twice that of a mining laser and equal range to a mil laser - you have to kill the ship before it can reload, or its second shot will kill you

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:12 pm

I think the only thing you can change is the weapon_energy. So the laser firing/cooling rate and the range will give you problems. You can get one or the other (by basing it on a mining or a military laser respectively), but not both.

Although I guess you could simulate a low fire rate by clever AI scripting to limit the firing rate that way.

PS No I don't fly a Mongoose, although I'm now tempted to christen one of the alien ships in my Thargoid OXP (if I ever finish the damn thing) by that name

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:57 pm

Doesn't weapon_energy change the cooldown/heatup rate too?

if not, you could make some nasty ships that way, and no player uber-ship could beat them in terms of lasers.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:39 am

wackyman465 wrote:
Doesn't weapon_energy change the cooldown/heatup rate too?

if not, you could make some nasty ships that way, and no player uber-ship could beat them in terms of lasers.

No, it doesn't. It only determines the damage that is done to the energy of the receiving.

And note that you can't make only-NPC ships. Not as long as Lestradae is around and automatically includes a player version of everything that flies in RS.

Oh, and--just if anybody is in doubt here--of course there is already a ship named Mongoose, and it is not in any way related to Thargoids.

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:49 am

Commander McLane wrote:
Not as long as Lestradae is around and automatically includes a player version of everything that flies in RS.

Nooo, that`s not entirely correct. There are at least three examples of ships & things I promise to never, ever make flyable with RS or it`s successor(s):

1. Dyson Sphere

2. Strut

3. Thargoid Carrier

So there.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:08 am

Lestradae wrote:
2. Strut

But wasn't the Flying Strut even included in illicit unlock or some other OXP?

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:16 am

Lestradae wrote:
Commander McLane wrote:
Not as long as Lestradae is around and automatically includes a player version of everything that flies in RS.

Nooo, that`s not entirely correct. There are at least three examples of ships & things I promise to never, ever make flyable with RS or it`s successor(s):

1. Dyson Sphere

2. Strut

3. Thargoid Carrier

So there.

Personally I'm still waiting for Asteroid-Player...

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:33 am

Thargoid wrote:
Lestradae wrote:
Commander McLane wrote:
Not as long as Lestradae is around and automatically includes a player version of everything that flies in RS.

Nooo, that`s not entirely correct. There are at least three examples of ships & things I promise to never, ever make flyable with RS or it`s successor(s):

1. Dyson Sphere

2. Strut

3. Thargoid Carrier

So there.
Personally I'm still waiting for Asteroid-Player...

Hmmm ... *thinks*

Is this going to become another "quote the quote" thread?

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:15 pm

Back on topic... what kind of range does a mining laser have?

And if I make a sniper python, do you promise not to include it in RS as a player ship? Please? cuz it would just miss the point

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