I know that, I've done that for a long time =P

The thing is that I want to shoot 3 type of bullets, and I don't really want to get into lua if this can be done through ini.

step by step, in order from the top of your .ini file:

1) define the actual projectiles that will be fired by your gun; mosrotatings, probably, by your description.
2) define an aemitter that is set to OrientToVel = 1, low mass, which emits one/all of your projectiles at a ludicrous rate with an EmissionCountLimit of 1. give this an extremely low lifetime, 10ms or so.
3) define the round itself; duplicate base.rte/ammo.ini and the flak cannon code. make sure it's type setup for an AEmitter, etc
4) create your magazine and firearm
5) success

EmissionCountLimit?

What's that for? First time I've ever heard that.

It's exactly what it sounds like. It limits the number of emissions an emitter can make.

Yeah, well, Data has a habit of adding new variables for a single specific purpose and then not telling anyone at all about them.

Like GibOffsets, which I only found out about literally six months after the release of B18 entirely on accident because the only file they were in was the goddamn riot shield, which no one ever looks at.

The moral of the story: SCOUR those goddamn ini files, and you'll maybe get lucky with something.

Yeah, the other strange ini code I found lately, and it's at least strange for me, is ParticleNumberToAdd, another way to set the gibs instead of AddGib.

Oh man, that's old school TDExplosive.

See, it used to be that the gibs on a TDExplosive and what it actually exploded (by time delay) into were completely separate.

Seriously?

Damn ini is epic. I need to learn more about it.

EDIT: Question, EmissionCountLimit is set to the emissions or to the emitter?

Probably either.

But if instead of that I put BurstTriggered = 1? Wouldn't that make all the particles get emitted at once?

Edit: Nevermind, I used it and it worked.

My path into mastering AEmitters has taken another turn.

So is there just a simple way to copy and paste a section of an ini file into any other one and make it work?

Uh, yes.

You take a section of an iini file, select it, and copy-paste it into another .ini file. There's really nothing beyond that to explain; literally every mod I've ever made has been judicious copying and pasting of templates of objects. I modify them to a certain extent, which is where variable knowledge comes in handy, but there's really a lot of ways to do things with .ini; it's very flexible.

I know that! I was wondering for recoil. Just a section of ini that you can paste into any gun and it reduces it.

Not exactly, no. I mean, I suppose you could just take the entire flak cannon code, and replace the gibs on the cannon round with your own projectile.

The Combined Forces subsists entirely of guns which fire AEmitters. Take a look. The Shadow Aspect Machine Gun is your cleanest example.