Spring RTS Engine

Hi,

i'm pretty new to the game, so it may be my fault, but whenever i build a vulcan its hardly of any use to me.

It wont fire no matter what.
Sometimes it does fire, but then in only very limited angels.

Is there anything i'm missing when using the vulcan cannon ?

Energy.

and if you are wondering, yeah, it sucks. if you really need LRPCs (long range cannon), get berthas. although, unless its a 4v4 on AltoredDivide or a game on speedmetal, you probably won't need them

well i have 28k energy, that should be more then enough :)

are there friendlies between the vulcan and the target? for some reason, spring is anal about not hitting friendlies... or trees :\

that could be it, but isn't that kinda stupid for a weapon that can fire that far ?

If a friendly is anywhere in the way it wont fire

Or you may set the weapon to high trajactory but make sure enemies are far away. High/Low traj settings are in the unit's menu on the left in case you wonder where to.

Do i need a special mod or something? I cant seem to find that option

If I recall correctly XTA doesn't have low/high traj on vulcan, AA has.

I'm playing AA at the moment

No option though

Just the normal ones like stop, attack, maneuver and so on

Nevermind, seems to be taken out of AA. XTA doesn't have a vulcan IIRC.
You don't see them normally in a game (or barely do, in a game of speedmetal perhaps) anyway and you won't have these resources as well, unless you aim to play for hours.
Just make sure there's no other building next to the vulcan/buzzaw blocking LOS. It won't fire on friendly units.

edit: So XTA does have a vulcan, forgot if it was a CC unit or not.

xta has a vulcan and it can fire on high traj. Never ever seen one built in a game tho

Are you playing with 2.2 or better? I made major improvements to their targetting recently. The point from which they aim is much higher, so they aren't so easily obstructed by silly things.

It would be cool if LRPCs shot through friendlies like they used to in TA.