Point Defense question

[Kana]

From what I read of the FAQ/Info of the SE4 Modder program...it states...
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"Weapon Type: Can be None, Direct Fire, Seeking, Point-Defense, Warhead."

"Point-Defense is not what makes a PD Cannon inot a PD Cannon. What this does is make the weapon into a Direct Fire weapon that fires automatically at seeker, fighters and satellites as soon as they move into range."

"Can Target: Ships, Planets, Ship\Planets, Ships\Planets\FTR\SAT\Drone, Seekers, FTR\SAT\Seekers\Drone, Ship\Sat."

"This determines what a weapon can target. This is what makes a PD Cannon a PD Cannon, because of its targets. You could design a weapon with the 'PD' weapon type, but give it Ships for targeting, and it will act like the normal PD Cannon, except that it will automatically fire at Ships."

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Of course I don't know if this works...I hope it does...I plan on using it in my SFB MOD.

Kana

[PvK]

Ya I hope it works too. Even if it doesn't entirely work, I bet it would at least work for fighters and seekers, and work against ships also as a DF weapon.

PvK

[Suicide Junkie]

Last we checked, moving ships did not trigger the Point Defense code.

Only moving units, or moving the ship carrying the PD weapon triggers it.

[Puke]

i didnt work pre-gold, but its certainly worth checking again. I always wanted to have reaction-guns.

[Ed Kolis]

Too bad weapons can't be Destroyed on Use... it would allow for true Reactive/Explosive Armor - set it to range 1, fires on anything, and give it the Destroyed on Use ability...

[Droplede]

Ooooh, fantastic idea, Ed! This would be a fun thing to play with.

/agitate on/ Hey! We want a "weapons destroyed on use" ability in SE5! Pretty please?!? /agitate off/

[ June 02, 2004, 22:20: Message edited by: Droplede ]

[Paul1980au]

Another thing to add to the SE5 wishlist or perhaps SE4 Version 2.