What is MM working on ?

[Phoenix-D]

"8. Added - Mounts now support "any" weapon type, component families, maximum
vehicle size, and tech requirements."

Sweet!

Phoenix-D

[geoschmo]

[quote]Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:

Point-defense has been an available mount type forever, Geo. How did you miss it? I've been using them since I don't remember when....

Yes, I am only thinking with half my brain today. I did know that.

I agree the tech level is a very nice feature, although I am hard pressed to find a "best" one. I really like being able to have a max tonnage for a mount too. This will allow all sorts of nice features that will help smaller ships stay useful longer. Thinking, highly accurate mounts that are only useable on destroyers and below maybe? But then again, comine that with tech requirements. Oooo. I am starting to drool.

This really does open a lot of doors. I hope it all works as advertised. Got to do some serious testing on this one.

Geoschmo

[ June 07, 2002, 20:56: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[geoschmo]

[quote]Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:

I guess this is for component modding. We could make a 'none' mount (works on any NON-weapon) for drones that reduces the cost of standard components for drones, for example, and then an 'any' weapon mount that reduces the costs of all weapons for drones. Poof! Cheaper drones without editing 100 special components into the components file!

Well duh. <smacks head>, we could have done this already couldn't we have? I don't know why nobody thought of that before.

[Deathstalker]

"8. Added - Mounts now support "any" weapon type, component families, maximum
vehicle size, and tech requirements."

Hmmm.....this should be interesting, will have to revise my Mount Modd again

Any idea when the next patch will come out?? This should really affect the AI when modded correctly

Tech requirements?? Does this mean I can have 'Ionic Weapons' used only in 'Heavy Mount' or better, or only use 'Ripper Beams' with 'Extended Range' mounts??

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Deathstalker:
"8. Added - Mounts now support "any" weapon type, component families, maximum
vehicle size, and tech requirements."

Hmmm.....this should be interesting, will have to revise my Mount Modd again

Any idea when the next patch will come out?? This should really affect the AI when modded correctly

Tech requirements?? Does this mean I can have 'Ionic Weapons' used only in 'Heavy Mount' or better, or only use 'Ripper Beams' with 'Extended Range' mounts??

Tech requirements means you can assign technologies that must be researched before the mount can be used, just like components and facilities.

Component families means you can make a mount usable by only ONE component family rather than leaving it open to all weapons of the same type. I hope MM will expand that just slightly to take a list of component families like the Vehicle Type requirement takes a list. We shall see.

Anyway, you see how precisely this can be used now? A special set of mounts can be hidden in a racial tech area and made to work only with certain weapons that come with the racial tech area.

[ June 08, 2002, 02:05: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Gandalph]

I am so glad that my mod is only in the idea stage, otherwise I would have to totally revamp it (like the mods already existing).

[Deathstalker]

Baron, thanks!

Now all I gotta do is wait (I can do that, honest!)

This one will rock, time to mentally revise the Deathstalker Mount Mod, with seperate mounts for all racial techs (and maybe even religious ones, just think, religious mounts!!! )

'Just wait a sec you space vermin! I gotta warm up my 'Prayer Mounted Wave Motion Gun'!... Now say your prayers!!!'