SE-5 : Batteries & weapons

[Elsemeravin]

Just got 2 other ideas for weapons:

1] Batteries and electric weapon
One weapon which damage depends on the number of undamaged batteries onboard.

Weapon Space Min Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] > 80, (20 (([%Level%] - 1) * 5)) * ( Get_Design_Ability_Component_Count("Battery") ), 0)
Weapon Space Max Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] > 80, (20 (([%Level%] - 1) * 5)) * ( Get_Design_Ability_Component_Count("Battery") ), 0)

And one or more Battery component having battery ability (can we add new abilities?)

This way the one or two weapon can be improve by the battery system without increasing the number of weapon, which is good for a Capital ship beam aimed at destroying big ships (and that should not be wasted on smaller ships).

2] A bit the same idea but this time a weapon whose power is increase by the number of such weapons present onboard (can be made the same way).

I wish I had the release game now to test that...

Do you think this could work and be usable ?

[Jarena]

I had this idea, too, and asked about it earlier but recieved no answers. Is Get_Design_Ability_Component_Count("Battery") ) valid?

[Phoenix-D]

Get_Design_Ability will probably only work for the pre-set abilites like Point - Defense, Combat To Hit Defense, etc. BUT! There are ~20 AI flag abilities which you could use for this purpose. Just give the battery component an AI flag, then instead of "Battery" put "AI Tag 01"

Check out Fyron's LCX mod as an example of that.
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...7917&Forum=f23

[Ragnarok-X]

The idea is awesome. It reminds me of old pirate ship duels.

[Suicide Junkie]

You can't add new abilities, but you can just (ab)use the AI Tag ## ones.

The main problem will be in when SE5 recalculates that function (it isn't very often)

[Kana]

You say we cant add new abilities, but we can add AI Tag's?

Do the AI tags act like 'abilities'?

If so, then we can add new abilities...

[Elsemeravin]

Suicide Junkie said:

The main problem will be in when SE5 recalculates that function (it isn't very often)

Most of the formulas include %range%, but you noticed that the damage is not recalculated often ? does that mean it calculates the damage per range once and then uses this calculation for a long time ?

Do you have an idea how often it recalculate the damage grid ?