Weapons Demonstration: News and Discussion

[Neon_42]

^^ this

is there an ETA or is it still 'soon'

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

Correction... Nothing *WAS* balanced

I really hope these are not that close to the final balance. I know most weapon systems will have to be rebuilt but this the current cannons are not even close to what they were. Of the ships I've tested my destroyer can fire one of it's 32 cannons, and cannot maintain power for her turrets. On the plus side AI accuracy seems to be working now as my turret AI are all drunk and couldn't hit a planet at 100 meters (conjecture, I didn't actually try this) I also tested my primary assault fighter and it is only able to fire one shot before running out of power, I converted it's guns to rapid fire and they were not able to even scratch the shields of my weakest pirate before running out of power. So Power consumption is way to high or damage is too low.

or are these balances not in todays devbuild? starmade-build_20140509_160332

 

[S7ormblade]

This looks amazing, I'm so excited for this update.

 

[Tomino_sama]

It's about time! this looks great! Can we change the colors of the weapons too?

Yes we can. Confirmed in Stream earlier today. Place any Light emitting block below the Master Computer for that weapon to see a change in color.

 

[arrowwolf2]

what was the weapon that fired at 1:12 in the video

 

[ToyotaSupra]

^^ this

is there an ETA or is it still 'soon'

Yeah we need to know this, it's been months. At least tell us that you're in the bugfixing stage rather than the implementation stage?

 

[Malacodor]

My concern about the hotfix is that it really does a number on turrets. No trace on radar, no actual shots being fired.

Is this true, AI can't fire on jammed targets, even when pretty close?

 

[aceface]

Is this true, AI can't fire on jammed targets, even when pretty close?

they can! only when cloked they cannot

 

[Fwyrl]

I saw in the dev Q&A, that several people were able to select an entire block of system, and link it to a computer all at once. How is this done?

 

[Malacodor]

they can! only when cloked they cannot

But then core drilling is still possible by simply using turrets, isn't it?

 

[Fwyrl]

But then core drilling is still possible by simply using turrets, isn't it?

No. If the player cannot see the diamond, neither can the turret.

 

[Malacodor]

No. If the player cannot see the diamond, neither can the turret.

What do turrets target on when a ship is jammed?

 

[NeonSturm]

Maybe just the centre Fwyrl?

But how far should a turret see some jammed ship? Jam does not break on weapon fire, thus you could shoot some space station and never have to worry about return fire.

I noticed if you drop out of cloak, jam alone can keep turret fire away from you.
How will "attack selected target" work?

 

[Calbiri]

It is only a test of this change, its not set in stone. If this proves to impede combat with turrets and AI then we can change it back extremely easily. If it DOES function, it will make the combat with the new weapons that much more fun (no core drilling) until we implement the change to how ships are destroyed.

 

[rece ktore leczo]

I saw in the dev Q&A, that several people were able to select an entire block of system, and link it to a computer all at once. How is this done?

"c" on the computer and shift + "v" on weapon blocks

 

[Fwyrl]

"c" on the computer and shift + "v" on weapon blocks

Thanks :D

 

[Jay_do]

I see that the Dev build for the 11th defiantly jumped up in size. What changed so drastically?

 

[Calbiri]

I see that the Dev build for the 11th defiantly jumped up in size. What changed so drastically?

new textures added

 

[blurb357]

Frikkin awesome man, where can I get the dev-build I want to stat adding decorative hazard blocks, and logic systems to my ships now!!

 

[blurb357]

An new weapon panel is already wip. I'll add new statistics to account for all combinations and effects. Testing a unique weapon's efficiency in combat has to be done by players though

where can I get the Dev-build