CM spawn point on capship models

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:44 pm

Edit by Cort: Split from thread Remaining R5 issues, speak up.... on 2009-11-16.

Is there any way to make capital ships deploy cm from somewhere other than the middle of their ship? We would love it for cc

TheRock · Post by **TheRock** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:51 pm

Broodwich wrote:QUOTE (Broodwich @ Nov 15 2009, 11:44 PM) Is there any way to make capital ships deploy cm from somewhere other than the middle of their ship? We would love it for cc

What does this have to do with fixing R5 that is going live sometime soon?

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:24 pm

i have no idea what it has to do with, however you can hardly call ejecting a cm entirely inside a ship a feature. It was something brought up and nobody mentioned whether it was a model problem (such as gunmounts) or an allegiance problem where it doesnt allow you to move it.

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:24 am

Broodwich wrote:QUOTE (Broodwich @ Nov 16 2009, 01:24 AM) i have no idea what it has to do with, however you can hardly call ejecting a cm entirely inside a ship a feature. It was something brought up and nobody mentioned whether it was a model problem (such as gunmounts) or an allegiance problem where it doesnt allow you to move it.

I see a future where all new cap models have an opening in the center to allow the CM out

DasSmiter · Post by **DasSmiter** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:49 am

AFAIk counter is ejected from the center in a random non straight ahead direction.

Also this is the wrong thread for it guys.

Cortex · Post by **Cortex** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:56 am

OMG, I can split now... that is so awesome!

*runs off to wreak havoc in the RT forum*

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:09 am

so are you going to answer the question or just jack off with your mod powers

TurkeyXIII · Post by **TurkeyXIII** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:43 am

Your question is 'is there a way to do it?', for which the answer is almost always going to be 'Yes.' The how and if it'll happen is another entirely.

We eagerly await your patch, Brood.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:27 am

Really, I think this should be in codebugs / suggestions...

Anyway, It should be a case of just multiplying the ship's radius [scalar] and the direction of launch [vector] (I thought it was always up relitive to the model anyway) and adding it to the ship's current position (location of it's middle) to give the new launch point...
Though there may be some problems with keeping the code elegant - it might be an easy quick dity fix, but harder and longer to do neatly.

Dorjan · Post by **Dorjan** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:48 pm

can't we give the projectile a faster speed and longer life?