Making a large tank unit in spring

[m4a1]

provided, i have all of the textures and parts for a large tnak, how do i make it.

basically 3 duo main plasma cannons
4 anhilator cannons
4 missile sam launchers
4 long range mortars
8 laser cannons (HLM style)
4 vtol large missile launchers

How do i make an unit ai to effectively fight with all of the turrets.

[Forboding Angel]

Just add the weapons. Spring will take care of the rest.

[Decimator]

Unless something has changed recently, spring has a 16 weapon limit.

[MidKnight]

wasn't it 32?

[knorke]

http://springrts.com/wiki/FAQ:content#D ... weapons.3F

[lurker]

The current model format? That response is blatantly wrong, I'll fix it later today, but I wouldn't trust the number it has.

[yuritch]

I'm 100% sure current Spring supports more weapons than 16. I'm not sure if the number is 32 or greater, but I have units with 20+ weapons and all of those work like they should.

[Decimator]

20+ independently targeting weapons?

[bobthedinosaur]

Every one of those groups of weapons can be fbied as individual weapons just use burst and/or flare movers in the script to make them seem like multiple sets.

[FLOZi]

Yes. It was 16 for a long long time, but I seem to recall it being increased to 32.

Nemo would probably know for sure, I remember him having a unit with an insane number of weapons.

[yuritch]

20+ independently targeting weapons?

Yes. My GBRMonitor (found in S44 dev builds, found in #s44 channel in lobby) has exactly 20 independently targeted weapons, and all of those work (ok, I was a bit exagerrating with 20+, it's exactly 20).

[Pendrokar]

provided, i have all of the textures and parts for a large tnak, how do i make it.

basically 3 duo main plasma cannons
4 anhilator cannons
4 missile sam launchers
4 long range mortars
8 laser cannons (HLM style)
4 vtol large missile launchers

How do i make an unit ai to effectively fight with all of the turrets.

Landkreuzer ?

[rattle]

How do i make an unit ai to effectively fight with all of the turrets.

is that an question????

[Neddie]

The Sherman or the Carbine?

[Caydr]

m4a1, That sort of unit generally sucks and unless you're making a mod yourself, you're wasting your time since nobody will add something like that to their mod.

There are approximately thirty-five trillion super units that have been made for TA. Don't bother.

[FLOZi]

Nemo should bring back n00berhack.

[Neddie]

True, but not constructively put, Caydr. I'm sure you can think of a better way to say that.

[Caydr]

Dear Sir and/or Madam:

Thank you for your posting in the Spring RTS Engine Games and Mods Discussion Forum.

Your unit suggestion, while exciting, would very possibly bring about unfavorable gameplay-related consequences. As a direct, albeit unintended, result of Spring's multiplayer-centric design, not even you yourself would likely be able to experience the untold spoils and gratification of self-design, as it were, as you would need to convince an unknowing bystander to download your mod in order for you to have anybody to partake in it with, if it could.

As you may be aware, as it did, in light of recent events such as the popularizing of illegitimate "Free iPod", "10,000,000th visitor", and "Free Ringtone" schemes, people have grown reluctant to click on, and/or, download, things that people at large simply ask them to, if it might.

Furthermore, conditions are, at present, unfavorable, might it be, for mod makers to begin including units to the specifications you describe, as they would. Therefore, like it should, it would most likely be a wholesale waste, where it would, of your time and effort, but for the grace of god, if it did.

Sadly, if I may, you are not the first who has undertaken to create a unit which fulfills the role of "doing everything ever", could it be, and there is already an overflowing abundance of these, "super-units", as some have come to call them, if they might.

With my utmost respect and admiration, were it forthcoming,
Caydr III, Esq.
Unit Suggestion Review Board
Public Relations Division
Spring RTS Engine GmbH

[knorke]

instead of all this small turrets you suggested why don't you combine them into one large weapons?
Then add a few of those!

[Neddie]

I would like to note that you probably had more fun writing that post than a dozen of your normal ones, Caydr, so in a way you've done yourself a solid in interpreting my statement in such an extreme fashion.