HowTo:Make Weapons

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MAKING WEAPONS

Weapon descriptons are stored in the weapon_list.xml in the data directory.

Weapons are classed as FIXME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CATEGORIES

• Beam
• Bolt
• Ball
• Missile

Weapon XML Schema

FIXME ADD DESCRIPTIONS TO SCHEMA

Beam

• <beam ... >
  • name
  • mountsize
• <Energy ... />
  • rate
  • stability
  • refire
  • locktime
• <Damage ... />
  • rate
  • phasedamage
  • longrange
• <Distance ... />
  • speed
  • radialspeed
  • radius
  • length
  • pulsespeed
  • range
  • detonationrange
  • volume
• <Appearance ... />
  • file
  • soundwav
  • r
  • g
  • b
  • a

Example 1: Beam Weapon

<Beam name="LR_PminusBeamMKIV" mountsize="capship-massive">
  <Energy rate="1500" stability="8" refire="2" /> 
  <Damage rate="15000" longrange=".8" /> 
  <Distance speed="300000" radialspeed="60" radius="60" length="8" pulsespeed="36" range="150000" /> 
  <Appearance file="weapons/heavylaserbeam.png" soundwav="beam1.wav" r=".6" g=".1" b=".8" a=".6" /> 
</Beam>

Example 2: Spinning Weapon

you can make it spin as well by making it an accessory of the missle:

• you make it a subunit (turret) at the center (i.e call it torpedo_accessory)
• set the max_yaw, max_pitch, and max_roll to whatever you want it to spin at
• make an invisible (or torpedo casing) main body

voilla--you have a photon torpedo

See also

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