Homing Cannons/other weapons?

Homing Cannons/other weapons?

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Snipawolf
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Homing Cannons/other weapons?

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I was wondering if it is possible to make a homing laser/cannon? This would be great for certain units with "smart" aiming if it works....

Anyhow lasers making curves and circling in on something sounds great :P
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Das Bruce
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Post by Das Bruce »

Nope.
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KDR_11k
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Post by KDR_11k »

You can make a cannon or laser graphic for your missiles.
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GrOuNd_ZeRo
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Post by GrOuNd_ZeRo »

But they would be forced to have a smoke trail...

I want ballistic weapons with smoke trails too.
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Post by Snipawolf »

Interesting....
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Rayden
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Post by Rayden »

Homing lasers are sooooo unrealistic that i will scream loud if i ever see that.
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Post by Foxomaniac »

Realism is a bane to all games!

In my opinion - there should be 100% free modding capacities - as in you should be able to do even the silliest stuff such as homing lasers, cluster-bombs that unleash beams like some kind of lasershow and so on.

It really opens a lot of possibilies.
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Post by Snipawolf »

o.0 Homing beams were on the zoids game Zoids: Battle Legends, it is still badass....
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Post by esteroth12 »

Foxomaniac wrote:Realism is a bane to all games!

In my opinion - there should be 100% free modding capacities - as in you should be able to do even the silliest stuff such as homing lasers, cluster-bombs that unleash beams like some kind of lasershow and so on.

It really opens a lot of possibilies.
fireworks! :P

i think read: hope that what i read was true that JC is working on a more customizeable explosion setup... more freedom with particles, or something
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Post by bobthedinosaur »

homing lasers are a homing of the weapon before it fires... right? its not like any scifi lasers are actual "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation" lasers anyways...
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Post by esteroth12 »

they could be homing bullets, that happen to be tracer rouunds... i guess... :?
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Post by KDR_11k »

Imperium Galactica (2) had homing lasers, if the turbolaser shot missed a fighter it would turn around and try it a second time.

I don't see why we can't use all tags for all weapons, homing lasers, spreading missiles (instead of wobble), anti-nuke flamers, ...
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