Merchant Guns question

[jdkbph]

I wondered about this as well. They do seem indestructable. But even more, the gun crews are very... staunch. I had the entire forecastle of a tanker in flames the other day, and the gun, located smack in the middle of the conflagration, was still firing, fast and accurate.

If there is a way to modify this, it would prolly be best to set the "hit points" very low, such that any hit within the damage radius of the weapon would kill it. The reasoning here is that, for the purposes of a single battle, a soft kill is as good as physical destruction. These are typically merchant seamen, or possibly seconded troops of lesser quality, manning these guns. It shouldn't take much to disrupt them to the point of being totally ineffective. I'm sure someone could dig up a notable exception or two, but for the most part I think this is a valid assumption.

JD

[leovampire]

fire's do not effect anything around it just eye candy they can be set do do damage but if you did do it then people would say the ships sink to easily now so there is no happy medium with that.

But explosions can and do destroy ships and other ships even a sub so you have to be carfull how much of a global ability you give them.

Redwine found out one day he was too close to a War ship when it exploaded and he almost sunk and he was under water.

[jdkbph]

Originally Posted by leovampire

fire's do not effect anything around it just eye candy

Kinda figured as much. Which is why I suggested setting the hit points (if there is such a thing) for the guns on merchies to something very low... such that even a few 20mm rounds could take it out.

No, a few 20mms prolly wouldn't be able to destroy a shielded 75mm gun mount in real life. But this would simulate a poorly trained and low morale gun crew (they're serving aboard a target, after all ) running for cover as the incoming rounds start banging off the deck and bulkheads around them.

And if that "unbalances" the game to the point where surfaced gun actions against armed merchies seems like a good idea, the fragility of the player's sub should be increased to the point where even a single hit from a 3+ inch gun should carry with it a high probability of serious damage.

$0.02

JD

[leovampire]

the gun's mounted on the medium merchant ships and it sucks LOL!!!

But I can destroy them and have done it with changes I made to the zone's file. Even made the guys walking on the deck behind it go flying in the air. I just set up ammo as a cargo for the gun and that did that.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by leovampire

But I can destroy them and have done it with changes I made to the zone's file. Even made the guys walking on the deck behind it go flying in the air. I just set up ammo as a cargo for the gun and that did that.

Care to list what changes you made?

[leovampire]

[ASWweapon]
Category=ASW Weapons
Multiplier=1.000000
Flotability=0.000000
HitPoints=10
Destructible=Yes
Effect1=#Small_splinter_explosion_no_halo, 25
Effect2=#Fire_small, 25
Armor Level=5
Critic Flotation=0.300000
Critical=No
FloodingTime=59.999996
CargoType=Ammo
Crash Depth=25

[WeaponsLight]
Category=Light Weapons
Multiplier=1.000000
Flotability=0.000000
HitPoints=50
Destructible=Yes
Effect1=#Splinter_explosion_no_halo, 25
Effect2=#Fire_small, 25
Armor Level=50
Critic Flotation=0.300000
Critical=No
FloodingTime=360
CargoType=Ammo
Crash Depth=25

those are the only 2 that you should be able to destroy with your deck gun the medium weapons I added personaly but I do not have them destructable in my game and the heavy also should not be destructable so I didn't list them.

[chopped50ford]

and this will affect the merchant guns?

Thanks for the info

[Roger Dodger]

Originally Posted by leovampire

the gun's mounted on the medium merchant ships and it sucks LOL!!!

But I can destroy them and have done it with changes I made to the zone's file. Even made the guys walking on the deck behind it go flying in the air. I just set up ammo as a cargo for the gun and that did that.

I saw the changes (later post), but to which zone files are you referring, and how do I edit them? My .zon files come out in machine language and can't be edited with notepad.

[leovampire]

it is in the Main data folder right with the scene.dat file and all the other sub files.

Roger Dodger

As to the fire effect's it is handled in the Particles and materials files to answer your question. LukeFF

[Roger Dodger]

Originally Posted by leovampire

it is in the Main data folder right with the scene.dat file and all the other sub files.

Roger Dodger

As to the fire effect's it is handled in the Particles and materials files to answer your question. LukeFF

Gotcha. Thanx muchly, I'll give it a try.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by leovampire

As to the fire effect's it is handled in the Particles and materials files to answer your question. LukeFF

What files should I be looking at?

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by leovampire

fire's do not effect anything around it just eye candy they can be set do do damage but if you did do it then people would say the ships sink to easily now so there is no happy medium with that.

What value(s) need to be modified if one wants to see what effect fire has on damage?

[Stew U-582]

Thanks for all your replys guys.
I think leovampire has awnsered my questions and im in the stage of testing.

will report progress.

Stu