Well, I made one 360 degree hardpoint (0 - 359), and a couple that were somewhere around 135 degrees. I didn't add a new model, I just created a new component slot layout and assigned it to an existing model (For the time being) in order to get something into the game right away (As I said before, I have no modelling skills to speak of).
Basically I took the Amonkrie cruiser and turned it into a dreadnought... I changed the naming conventions for weapons, so that rather than having a bunch of lasers that fit into light slots and a bunch of torpedoes that fit into heavy slots, I have heavy and light weapons based on tonnage, and "cannon" slots for the really big guns. It provides a bit more flexibility in ship design while at the same time allowing the layout designer to use firing arcs to tweak a ship towards a certain role.
I put the ship in the ship dealer's inventory by default, and used the credits cheat to buy it and take it for a spin. Hitting "Show weapon arcs" in the ship dealer's interface caused the game to hang up, but I could buy it and equip it and take it out for a spin. I'm not sure what the problem is with it, to be honest
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