Beamlasers collide with friendlies...

[Guessmyname]

...regardless of the weapon's 'collidefriendly' tag

[Caydr]

They also deform ground regardless of their crater setting, unless set to an AoE below 16.

[Argh]

No, they don't cause craters. Something must be wrong with your setup. Here's some code to ponder- it does absolutely zero cratering.

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[SPRINGERGUN]
	{
	name=Beamer;
	rendertype=1;
	lineofsight=1;
	range=800;
	turret=1;
	reloadtime=0.5;
	noselfdamage=1;
	areaofeffect=64;
	CollisionSize=8;
	
//LOOK AND FEEL
	BeamLaser=1;
	BeamTime=0.25;
	RGBcolor=0 0.3 1;
	RGBcolor2=1 0.8 0.3;
	Thickness=2;
	CoreThickness=0.25;
	Intensity=0.8;


	soundstart=Argh_SmallLaser;
	SoundStartvolume=20;
	AvoidFriendly=0;
	CollideFriendly=0;
	tolerance=500;

	impulsefactor=0;
	impulseBoost=0; 
	craterMult=0; 
	craterBoost=0;
	explosiongenerator=custom:SPRINGERGUN_FX;
	explosionspeed=128;
	[DAMAGE]
		{
		default=0.000001;
		ULTRAHEAVY=750;
		REFLEC=200;
		HEAVY=600;
		LIGHT=500;
		}
	}

As for the CollideFriendly... yup, that's the case. I really haven't seen it have a significant impact on gamplay, though, even with AvoidFriendly off.

[Caydr]

I haven't checked the latest build but I know for a fact that my Annihilator guns caused serious ground deformation. Maybe... ah, you're not having a problem because you've got damage set to 0.0000001 or whatever. I suppose I could do that too. Good thinking.

[Argh]

Yeah, been doing that trick for a long while. No point in the Default damage tag, other than that the engine requires it, and a bunch of things are tied to it, so I set it to a very, very low level. Seems to work just fine. Just tested on Castle's sand (very deformable) and it's still working perfectly.

[KDR_11k]

I thought the newer builds fixed the cratering for beamlasers?

[Argh]

They did, for the way I'm doing it. I guess they didn't for every possible build.

[rattle]

Just noticed this earlier today... firing a beamlaser and moving the firepoint inside of the unit makes it hurt itself regardless of tag.

[Argh]

Really? Even with NoSelfDamage=1? And does the beam stop? I wanna see a screen of this.

[rattle]

I noticed this while making a script for this nice (but terribly set up) model by MR.D. http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewt ... 6&start=40


http://rattle.from-hell.net/spring/deciever.rar (yes I noticed the typo)
Get the unfinished script (and model and everything else, weapons taken from AA).
Simply uncomment the lines in the Create() function (makes it pop up and down) and let it shoot at something. When it closes the firepoint is inside of the unit and it damages it self. Tested this with the 2323 build.