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Mounting Plasma Cannons
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:19 pm
by Vaztr
I'm sure I've read this LOTS of times before, but is it possible to 'code' Plasma cannons on to the side laser mounts of a Boa Class Cruiser?
Or another ship that I can mount them on??
Thanx
VAZ
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:27 am
by Commander McLane
The Twin Plasma Cannons are currently disabled for the core ships (and for everything else as well), because they suck.
However, if you absolutely, positively want them, you have to modify either the shipyard.plist-entry of your current ship by inserting "EQ_WEAPON_TWIN_PLASMA_CANNON" into the "optional_equipment" array, or inserting
right behind the short description in Oolite's equipment.plist. (Please don't modify the original equipment.plist, but c&p it into your AddOns-folder first, and only modify the copy.)
You are certainly aware that the
Twin Plasma Cannons (which suck) are
not the same as the
Plasma Turret (which tends to uberify your ship and cannot be mounted instead of a laser).
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:56 am
by Vaztr
Thanx Commander
I'll have a play with that tonight - I really have no use for lasers mounted on the side of the ship!
VAZ
It's kinda hard to think in four different axes orientations
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:54 am
by fronclynne
Vaztr wrote:Thanx Commander
I'll have a play with that tonight - I really have no use for lasers mounted on the side of the ship!
VAZ
It just like the directions for getting to Carnegie Hall: Practice!
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:32 am
by Commander McLane
Vaztr wrote:Thanx Commander
I'll have a play with that tonight - I really have no use for lasers mounted on the side of the ship!
Which brings me to the question: which use do you have then for plasma cannons which are prohibitively less accurate and ridiculously more lame than a laser?