need help with weapons modifications

Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:02 am by harrier

I have been trying to change the characteristics of several weapons I have modified to do more damage and need some help. Looking through the various tutorials has been a great help, however if I change the Hull damage to a greater amount the shield damage retains the old value. There have been plenty of examples of changing weapons into beams etc., but I cant find anything on changing conventional weapons.

For an example - trying to change the Dragoon type II to do (approx) double the damage:

[Munition
nickname=gd_im_gun01_mark02_ammo
hp_type=hp_gun
requires_ammo=false
hit_pts=2
hull_damage=220.8
energy_damage=0
weapon_type=W_Tachyon01
one_shot_sound=fire_tachyon2
munition_hit_effect=ci_tachyon_02_impact
const_effect=ci_tachyon_02_proj
lifetime=1
force_gun_ori=false
mass=1
volume=0.0001

[Gun
nickname=gd_im_gun01_mark02
ids_name=263191
ids_info=264191
DA_archetype=equipment\models\weapons\li_laser_beam.cmp
material_library=equipment\models\li_equip.mat
HP_child=HPConnect
hit_pts=1026
explosion_resistance=1
debris_type=debris_normal
parent_impulse=20
child_impulse=80
volume=0
mass=10
hp_gun_type=hp_gun_special_4
damage_per_fire=0
power_usage=18.96
refire_delay=0.25
muzzle_velocity=700
use_animation=Sc_fire
toughness=2.5
flash_particle_name=ci_tachyon_02_flash
flash_radius=15
light_anim=l_gun01_flash
projectile_archetype=gd_im_gun01_mark02_ammo
separation_explosion=sever_debris
auto_turret=false
turn_rate=90
lootable=true
LODranges=0, 20, 60, 100

This weapon is available in wrecks etc., and is good as it is - however, I would like to add more punch.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Harrier.

Retreat[![! ---- I'm too badly messed up now[![!

Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:44 am by Accushot

Everythin loooks fine...all you have to so normally is change "hull_damage = " and "energy_damage = " to a higher number.

Make sure you've removed the ".txt" extension from the end of the uncompressed file so it reads "weapon_equip.ini", not "weapon_equip.ini.txt".

Wed Jun 11, 2003 2:42 pm by harrier

Accushot,

Did all that. Changed the energy= value to 111.4 (50%), saved the file as .ini and restored the read only attributes to the file. however when I re-tried the game the damage= value was correct but (shield) energy= value was 200! Yet if you look at the value for the Dragoon type III (and most of the other weapons with the exception of shield damage type weapons - which have 2 values) the value is set to "0" - Dragoon type III hull damage 210 shield damage 105 (50%). So I tried using 0.5 and shield damage was set to 89 - I don't understand why????? Left as it was it dissolves shields in a very unsporting manner!

BTW I am not using the Dragoon as my weapon I am trying to change a weapon not every bandit carries - e.g. the Outcasts, otherwise they will do as much damage to me as I am trying to do to them - however I like the tachyon type weapons because of their range and damage (to most shield types) and plan to fit a group of them to my fighter. Also the weapon I am trying to change is not available everywhere, but boy do they hurt the bad guys!

Harrier.

Retreat[![! ---- I'm too badly messed up now[![!

Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:01 am by parabolix

When the shield damage is set to 0, the game reads it as half the hull damage, the shield damage (when changed) is multiplied by a number (usually somewhere around 1.5 -> 2.0)

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