Our thanks for the use of technologies from the following

Testing and safety equipment = Data
Design Inspiration = Prom + Amrobotics
Existing elements = Gatling Cannon
Existing Sounds = Combination Victory's T800 mod, novodantis Cyberdyne mod + Base Gattling sounds

OK, after testing, I can say that this is pure terrain rape. Also, it has joint and support offset issues. While the long Muzzleflash works here, because you used extremely sharp particles with high speed, sometimes one of those particles will break off from the main stream, and you'll end up with a main tunnel, and at least one line beside it. Otherwise... will this be a full faction? A lightning-based faction would be epic.

No this is an edit of a Charge Laser Beam weapon I was working on I will be releasing variants aimed at being mounted on Dreadnoughts and Gunships...... hence the issues with the offsets I might update this with a more suitable sprite later.

Also the terrain eating nature is offset somewhat by the short range and limited Magazine size.

No man. If you wiggle it while firing you will create an actor-sized tunnel.

Overall fun to use though. It can kill a PANZOR instantly.

The lightning is too thick and watery-like.

The beam needs to be random, erratic, thin and sharp looking.

I might look at the sprites again but the idea was to have the bolt managed (in the description) and therefore not arc all over the place and for it to be quite concentrated.

The dread mounted version may have a more vicious arc.

You should use particle separation so there isn't a delay between the electric muzzleflash and the invisible particles hitting them.

Didn't test it but I assume that's how it works.

Don't be lazy. The bolt can still be concentrated and look like lightning.

This is amrobotics' old telsa gun, and it fires where it's supposed to, but still zaps around like projected lightning would.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9616/teslagun.gif

If you insist on having the weird beam thing, just rename it to "energy gun" or "plasma rifle", because there's hardly anything tesla or lightning about the shot it has right now.

Suggestion:
It's a pair of lasers that ionizes two pathways, then passes current via that to the target.
Not exactly a Tesla device, but suddenly the shape makes more sense. Path of least resistance and all.
It just can't be at all good at digging.

There was a plane in Crimson Skies that had this weapon, I believe it was accredited to the Tesla of that world by the developers.

LFOW ok I'll change the sprites and release again (Not lazy btw just wanted it to look like that but I will make another sprite set with better offsets for infantry use) will be making a variant which releases ball lightning also.

I am in the middle of creating a new wildlife first tho.

Foogooman yes I used invisible particles then removed trails when I had them firing to the length of the bolt.
I dont have sparkle magics but thought this was a fairly easy way to achieve the effect.

Particle separation?? didn't think there was much lag between the bolt and the damage.

PhantomAGN instead of ionizing lasers i used an electromagnetic tunnel emitter which folds on itself at the length of the beam I will show this better in the resprite.

Sorry for all those who are precious about the name Tesla I thought it was similar to the tesla towers from Red Alert hence.... also thats right the subconcious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZFlkl1011w Quake 1 Lightning gun.