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New Rocket Launcher
Winter:
--- Quote from: Flying Steel on July 01, 2010, 05:31:38 am ---Okay so to be clear, you are talking about a weapon system that is purely a gun, there is no rocket motor, just a fin stabilized round that travels down range out of inertia, right? What was confusing me then was the trail of smoke the current 'missile launcher' produces as its projectile flys through the air; I guess you intend to remove that effect in the future.
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Hm, that is a point, but I think we're just going to have to live with it for now. We don't really have anybody working on new particles, or (as far as I'm aware) experienced in creating particles. In the future we might come up with some guided, rocket-propelled rounds with better accuracy to 'update' the launcher with alien tech to get the current particle accurate again.
--- Quote ---The question is then, should this model have both the cartridge intact and the fins deployed (which would probably never be the case both at once) or just one of the two?
Cartridge intact, fins retracted makes more sense for stored ammo.
Cartridge gone, fins out makes more sense for the weapon in flight on the battlescape.
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My thinking was, the fins are spring-loaded and retract when being stored. Having the fins out helps increase the visual effect. However, I suppose that practically the fins would be locked inside -- perhaps even hidden inside the cartridge -- until the shell leaves the barrel. That's fine with me.
Regards,
Winter
Flying Steel:
--- Quote from: Winter on July 01, 2010, 02:16:29 pm ---My thinking was, the fins are spring-loaded and retract when being stored. Having the fins out helps increase the visual effect. However, I suppose that practically the fins would be locked inside -- perhaps even hidden inside the cartridge -- until the shell leaves the barrel. That's fine with me.
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So then will this work--
Winter:
--- Quote from: Flying Steel on July 01, 2010, 06:32:58 pm ---So then will this work--
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Sure, as long as there's a 'seam' painted or engraved onto the cartridge to show where the propellant stops and the shell begins.
Regards,
Winter
Flying Steel:
Okay so how's this--
Mattn:
i like them - if that counts ;)
did you upload your source files somewhere already and i've missed that?
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