Weapon Max Range?

[Tnarg]

There are a couple of mods out there that allow weapon mount modifications. Some of these can increase the range of weapons. Some weapons (x-ray bomb-pumped laser has a pretty hefty max range alone. I'm wondering if the ultimate max range is twenty, or can it extend beyond this? Thanks

[Fyron]

If you add a mount that would increase a weapon's range to greater than 20, it increases the range to 20, but no more.

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Tnarg:
There are a couple of mods out there that allow weapon mount modifications. Some of these can increase the range of weapons. Some weapons (x-ray bomb-pumped laser has a pretty hefty max range alone. I'm wondering if the ultimate max range is twenty, or can it extend beyond this? Thanks

For a beam weapon, yes, the max range is 20. For a seeker the mount system does NOT affect range or damage of the weapon. Only component size and cost, and supply usage.

BUT... if you mod a seeker to have a range greater than 20 it will work, sort of. It doesn't display the greater range or let you fire until the target is within 20. Once you get the target within range and launch, that seeker will then have effectively 'infinite' range like the seekers in SE 3! So, people in the habit of dancing in & out of range will get a big surprise as the seeker follows them. Coolness.

[Suicide Junkie]

For a beam weapon, yes, the max range is 20. For a seeker the mount system does NOT affect range or damage of the weapon. Only component size and cost, and supply usage.

Actually 20 is the maximum WITHOUT a mount.

Mounts can and will increase the range beyond 20 if you mod them to.
You won't see the damage value for the 21'st square, but it does fire at that range, and do the proper amount of damage.

A massive platform mount of a Graviton Flux Cannon III will have more than 20 range in P&N v2.6

[ May 25, 2002, 19:35: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie. ]

[Fyron]

Hmmm... I must have done something wrong in the quick test I did. Oh well.

[Krsqk]

And, if you include a range 21 entry for missiles, you get seekers which never run out of range. So much for the "missile dance" technique.