Weapon Families - what exactly do they specify?

[jc173]

Not much documentation on what weapon family does, I guess it's pretty similar in use to just plain old family for the rest of the components. MM might have had something different in mind for weapon family but didn't get around to implementing it. As for a PD beam weapon if you want it to be an alternative to the regular PD cannon give it a different family number and weapon family number. If you want it to eventually replace it I think you need to give it the same numbers.

Oops yes you can specify new weapon family values if you are adding in new weapon types

[This message has been edited by jc173 (edited 01 May 2001).]