Registered: Apr 2001
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Hello.

Does anyone And I mean ANYONE..

have any Idea what the targeting laser was SUPPOSED todo in Fs2?

Anybody?

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Has no reason...


Except if you take out the ssm.tbl out of the root vp and then change the table so it launches ...say Helios and then whenever you have the targeting laser over the ship for 2 seconds it'll warp in [10?] helios.
Amount and closeness depend on how you changed the tbl

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Registered: Apr 2001
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I changed the speed of the helios and yes it Is doing that.. come to think of it.. thats.. pretty neat.

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Subspace Missile Strike... Would be nice to see in BWO... Hint, hint, wink, wink...

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Snipes... it really isn't a hint.. its a...

oh crap the are coming!




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Registered: Apr 2001
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*latches onto his discovery* MINE MINE MINE!

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Registered: Jul 2000
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The SSM? It's been done, by bobbau. Kinda cheesy, if you ask me.

10 helios.....sheesh.

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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
Snipes... it really isn't a hint.. its a...

oh crap the are coming!

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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
Has no reason...


Except if you take out the ssm.tbl out of the root vp and then change the table so it launches ...say Helios and then whenever you have the targeting laser over the ship for 2 seconds it'll warp in [10?] helios.
Amount and closeness depend on how you changed the tbl

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Um....I think the archives here have it. I've never played around with it, like I said, I find it cheesy. Or ask bobboau.

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Registered: Jul 2000
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I tried it...we did experiment with the idea for BWO, but its not stable, consistant, or balanced.

The targeting laser summons a set of missiles from subspace that strike the target ship. You have to have the details in the SSM.tbl file and you need to make the Targeting Laser allowable on a player fighter. Then you'll see what happens for yourself.

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Registered: Apr 2001
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That or you can basicly prolong the helios lifetime and the targeting laser should work just fine.

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In tBE I've worked out a system to balance the sub-space missile strike capacity.

The question that remains is how to cram it into the story arc which is quite tight. (ranging between 10-14 missions, with linear branching)

If it's not in the campaign, I will have the balanced weapon system in the table files for someone to raise from the dead...

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Registered: Oct 2000
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Hella cool! That's the best thing Ace has done so far

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It's still in the game because [V] forgot to take it out after the beta stage.

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I don't think they forgot.. they probably left it in there for us to play around with.

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They give us more than we give them credit for

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Originally posted by sandwich:
this is what my ssm.tbl has:

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;; subspace missile strike definition

#end

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What do I put in there to get the strike?

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Make a new text file named SSM.txt

Enter the following information into it...
copy-paste preferred
;; subspace missile strike definition

$SSM:
+Weapon: Helios
+Count: 0
+WarpRadius: 200
+WarpTime: 10
+Radius: 500
+Offset: 1000
#end

and then save and close the file...
rename it SSM.tbl
wala...

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Remember to change the 'count' to how many helios you want to warp in or nothing will happen....
at this setting the helios will warp in in 10 seconds.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Finland
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Gah, this would be better:
$SSM:
+Weapon: BFRed
+Count: 10
+WarpRadius: 500
+WarpTime: 1
+Radius: 500
+Offset: 1000
#end

Some fireworks
I haven't never even tried SSM so I don't know if it works.

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