Question About High Trajectory

[fc14159]

Hi everyone, I'm making a mod and I have a question. Because my mod is supposed to be realistic, the shells shot from cannon go pretty fast. The problem is that when I turn the cannon to high trajectory, it takes the shells half a minute to fall back down. Is there a way to make the shells fall down faster?

[FLOZi]

Nope...

All I can suggest is script the unit to use a different weapon with lower velocity when firing in HT.

[Caydr]

But be careful though because having different terrain heights can mean you need different velocities.

[Snipawolf]

Same with my grenadier...

I changed his weapon to a rocket launcher-ish thing that fired at 45 degrees...

Try this weapon out and tell me if you like it, you may need a custom object of some sort to make it look like a shell.

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[MORTAR1]
{
Name=Infantry Mortar;
WeaponType=MissileLauncher
cratermult=0;
craterboost=0;
Model=;
lineofsight=1;
turret=1;
RenderType=1;
SoundHit=IMPACT6;
SoundStart=SHOT04;
areaofeffect=150;
Impulsefactor=.5;
StartVelocity=400;
WeaponAcceleration=10;
WeaponVelocity=500;
Range=1500;
ReloadTime=5;
edgeeffectiveness=.3;
Smoketrail=0;
trajectoryheight=.5;
Accuracy=1500;

[Damage]
{
default=150;
}

[imbaczek]

there will be when KDR's patch goes in; you'll need to set weapons gravity to something higher. currently, impossible.

[Argh]

Hmm. I'll bet this could be done with LUA.

[KDR_11k]

Nope, Lua cannot change a projectile's in-flight behaviour AFAIK.

Also, isn't it realistic to have shots travel for a minute? Shooting stuff that's 30km away would have quite some travel time.

[fc14159]

Well, I've decided to leave the high trajectory as it is, but thanks for telling me it can't be changed...

[1v0ry_k1ng]

mod is supposed to be realistic

takes the shells half a minute to fall back down.

but that is pretty realisitic?

[Neddie]

Map based gravity issues?