Rail catapult for fighter

[Al Mac Dady]

It would be convenient to be able to launch drones or ships at attack speed when ambushed by pirates. The rail system has that possibility if you didn't just stop at the end of the rail. If you could keep the momentum then it would work.

 

[Pacific_Jim]

You can use logic to set up your docked entity to undock at a certain point of the rail. You can set up a push pulse/beam/whatever to push the entity away from your ship as it undocks.

Bench has some great videos on how to work logic with rails, you should give them a try: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL76wZEm2fRBsB-UDoQZDtt_nVxSBCuun5

(For the record I kind want a dedicated rail catapult as well, but this definitely works for now)

 

[BDLS]

It would be convenient to be able to launch drones or ships at attack speed when ambushed by pirates. The rail system has that possibility if you didn't just stop at the end of the rail. If you could keep the momentum then it would work.

I'm pretty sure that's just a bug. It use to be like that with old school docking too.

 

[Meshua_x]

So like, Steam/EMALS Catapults on Aircraft Carriers? That'll be cool :P