So i tried to make a drone launcher....

[wiesshund]

It seems that the stuff i watched videos on does not work in the game anymore?

i tried every set up to try to push the drones out of the box, but it seem that the only thing you can push is enemy ships?
And the pulse seems to appear at some arbitrary distance from the push pulse cannon as well?

Is there any working way to launch drones aside from just shoving them up in the air and undocking them?

Dont need anything fancy with 500 logic circuits, just trying to avoid 500 moving parts

 

[Aynslei]

It sounds like you are using push pulse. Have you tried using a 100% push effect on a cannon weapon?

 

[Keptick]

Beam/cannon/push or cannon/cannon/push usually does the trick :D

Push pulse (the weapon, not damage pulse with push effect) is bugged I believe, it doesn't actually push anything from what I heard.

 

[Dire Venom]

Beam/cannon/push or cannon/cannon/push usually does the trick :D

Push pulse (the weapon, not damage pulse with push effect) is bugged I believe, it doesn't actually push anything from what I heard.

And it also does slight damage to the drones as well, it really needs to be redone

 

[wiesshund]

can you not attach the weapons directly to the station?
i was going to build a defensive lancher on my station, but found no weapons but push cannon will fire on it.
turrets work fine.

 

[Keptick]

can you not attach the weapons directly to the station?
i was going to build a defensive lancher on my station, but found no weapons but push cannon will fire on it.
turrets work fine.

You need to use logic to fire it. That way you can also have the entire undocking/pushing sequence done with a single click.

 

[wiesshund]

oh i use logic, but mosyt weapons didnt fire when mounted direct to the station. turreted they shoot fine. and yes i exited build mofe

 

[wiesshund]

Seems the space station is not a valid entity to fire weapons from directly.
Works fine from a docked entity

 

[pietrko]

Push pulse module (the weapon) doesn't work in latest version 0.19538.
Only things that's left are push effects.

 

[alikka]

I have my drones push themselves, activated when they are undocked (no wireless), then turn off with logic after they clear their docked area.

 

[whooplaah]

wiesshund , here are a couple of things I made to test concepts.

This is a beam with 100% push. You have to undock a ship from the rail first (using logic) then shoot it with the beam. You don't get a perfectly straight launch.

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And here is one using collision and rods. It was more of a joke set up, but might work if you use something that pokes rather than swinging.

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And I don't have a video showing the actual launch, but you could also use something like this (skip to 3:20 to see it work):

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and just have the ships detatch when the rod is fully extended.

 

[alikka]

I uploaded my escape pods which can be used for drones too. I haven't had any trouble with the pods clearing the ship.
https://starmadedock.net/content/escape-pod-drone-launcher.4067/