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Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:24 am ]
Post subject:  Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
Now located here.

Image

The Phalanx is an anti-missile, artillery, bomb, and aircraft defense system, armed with a Vulcan gatling gun that fires 20mm rounds at 4500 rounds per minute. The idea behind it was pretty much a bullet storm, enough bullets can blow up nearly anything.

HOLY BALLS TO THE WALL


Yep, it's now in delicious mod form. It's placeable as a turret from the bunker menu and dropable from the weapons menu. It's still very heavy, but you can still drop it with a standard dropship with some patience though.

Some things to keep in mind:
    *This is not invincible.
    *This is not accurate to real life. If it was, it would fire three times as fast and the bullets would explode. It would also be able to target things from 140 miles away.
    *No terrain rape. I had to use lua to limit that and the script isn't perfect.
    *This is better at air defense then you could possibly imagine. Set it to sentry AI and go afk.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDONK

The sprite I cannibalized for the base was something in the sprite dump i had cedited earlier, if you recognize it, tell me :P
Thanks to Cavecricket for supplying the base of the lua script and for mail for helping me impliment it
I know this is still a heavy WIP but it's mostly because of engine limitations or a lack of knowledge for working around them.

TO DO:

-Make a missile version.
Author:  TorrentHKU [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
Busy modelling, can't test, but it looks awesome. Do the bullets spread more than in the pic? Or is it pinpoint lazar precision?
Author:  411570N3 [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
Cheesemonkey wrote:
-Make it less fragile. I don't know how to fix that.
-Make the turret not spazz out if the base dies.
-Increase GibImpulseLimits on all parts, make JointStiffness lower if it's above 0.6 ish, increase JointStrength.
-Make the turret's BreakWound fatal to the actor.
Author:  Point.blank [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
You can make it less fragile, depending on what breaks:
-If it's an attachable, you can increase the jointstrength.
Increasing the gibimpulselimit will increase it's resistance to 'flying debris', including impact-based weaponry.

As for the 'spazzing out' part, that happens to other turrets as well. It's the AI, so there's not much you can do about it...

I think that making the bullets spread out more will balance out the mod more. Also, the white dome looks pretty damn big, shouldn't it be a bit shorter? Other than that, it looks awesome.

EDIT: Ninja'd by 411570N3...
Author:  Foogooman [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
Phalanx? Like... phallus?

No. -Duh
Author:  ProjektTHOR [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
Wow, those two words aren't even remotely related.
Author:  TorrentHKU [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
Foogooman wrote:
Phalanx? Like... phallus?

Try again.
Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret
411570N3 wrote:
Cheesemonkey wrote:
-Make it less fragile. I don't know how to fix that.
-Make the turret not spazz out if the base dies.
-Increase GibImpulseLimits on all parts, make JointStiffness lower if it's above 0.6 ish, increase JointStrength.
-Make the turret's BreakWound fatal to the actor.


It was the jointstiffness. I didn't know that it actually did something :P

Anyways, thanks for that and now it's updated. Much less retarded.
Author:  Grif [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
Cheesemonkey wrote:
Vulcan minigun


ffffff

PS before someone who's retarded tells him I made this forty years ago

I don't give a ♥♥♥♥
Author:  Control [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
The entire functioning part of the turret can be destroyed by throwing a Stone at it.

My forces would greatly appreciate a turret like this that cannot be easily destroyed by a 5 year old.
Author:  411570N3 [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
Foogooman wrote:
Phalanx? Like... phallus?
ProjektTHOR wrote:
Wow, those two words aren't even remotely related.
Nuh uh - they both start with phal.
Cheesemonkey wrote:
TO DO:
-Make a missile version.
You could use CaveCricket's alternate weapon mode script to make it the same version, but with the ability to switch between missiles and miniguns.
Author:  ProjektTHOR [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
And Cameron comes from left field.

Sidebar: gg beating UNC.
Author:  Labrat>BEN [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
this is prity cool. nice spriting.
Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
Grif wrote:
Cheesemonkey wrote:
Vulcan minigun


ffffff

PS before someone who's retarded tells him I made this forty years ago

I don't give a ♥♥♥♥


It's an M61 Vulcan. It's what the phalanx uses.

Control wrote:
The entire functioning part of the turret can be destroyed by throwing a Stone at it.

My forces would greatly appreciate a turret like this that cannot be easily destroyed by a 5 year old.


Pretty sure i fixed that. If i didn't, whoops.
Author:  mail2345 [ Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Phalanx Air Defense Turret (now with less suck)
Cheesemonkey wrote:
Thanks to Cavecricket for supplying the base of the lua script and for someone in IRC for helping me impliment it

Hello.
Anyway, nice job, but it tends to break off my unit's arm.
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