More than two weapons on a unit

Bug #895590 reported by DCoder DCoder
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Ares
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Bug Description

Two weapons is a ridiculous limit. As was mentioned earlier on the forums, Ares will not use the Tertiary= Quarternary= and more complicated names. Instead, we'll make use of the little-noticed feature called WeaponCount:[Object]
WeaponCount=5 ; unlimited
Weapon1=MP5
EliteWeapon1=MP5E
Weapon2=RocketLauncher
EliteWeapon2=RocketLauncherE
Weapon3=ShockRifle
EliteWeapon3=ShockRifleE This will require a rewrite of the SelectWeapon function that decides which weapon to use against a target, and quite probably a few more things.

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Beowulf (genkosygin) wrote :

If you could combine this firing weapons at the same time, this would be perfection.

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YR M0ddEr (yr-m0dder) wrote :

I agree with Beowulf!

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Firefly (firefly) wrote :

Why do you need more than two weapons on a Unit?
I can see, that you'll be able to make some massively overpowered units, but what for?

2 weapons are fully enough

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WoRmINaToR (worminator) wrote :

won't this abuse of WeaponCount conflict with the IFV and Gattling code that uses this stuff?

Or is this "new" use of WeaponCount the generic, intended use and the IFV and gattling stuff abuses?

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Droke (droke) wrote :

@ Firefly
 It is easy to imagine a unit being coded with more then two weapons, without being over powered. For example, a modern tank can carry multiple types of ammunition, in addition to a number of support guns. Obviously YR doesn't lend itself to realism, but it does have room to expand. A tank with HEAT and Anti-personnel rounds could still do well with AA missiles or a support gun. The situation gets worse with non-combat 'weapons' using weapon slots. (Think of the original Mirage Tank)

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Woodman51 (woodman51) wrote :

yes, yes! YES!!! That will improve the Ares gameplay!

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Darkstorm (bynnar-starblade) wrote :

THIS MUST BE IN HERE!!!

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reaperrr (reaperrr) wrote :

>>If you could combine this firing weapons at the same time, this would be perfection.

Couldn't agree more :)

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Black Temple Gaurdian (black-temple-gaurdian) wrote :

LOL @ the opponents. Oh look, him agian. :P
Anyway, yes, definately. Especially if weapons choosing range over priority thingy is implimented.

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Dupl3xxx (dupl3xxx) wrote :

if you could fire more than one weapon at a time, not all off them has to do damage ;) Could be used for eye-candy as well!

Firing three different teslabolts all with different color, or more bolts the more damage the weapon does!

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Untrue (untrue) wrote :

Digging this great feature out. I'd love to see this one implemented in near future.

Changed in ares:
assignee: DCoder DCoder (dcoder1337) → nobody
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Mustafa Alperen SEKİ (mustafaoyunda37) wrote :

I need this feature for Jarmen Kell in my mod.

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Mustafa Alperen SEKİ (mustafaoyunda37) wrote :

Anybody should do this as soon as possible. I still need 3. weapon for 2 units.

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