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Weapons are used to fight enemies. They can be built on any object, and can be either fired manually or be triggered by logic.
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Weapon Systems in StarMade are used to deal damage to entities, be they players, ships, stations or other. Successful combat depends upon both correct design and utilization of weapon systems.
  
 
==Construction==
 
==Construction==
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Each weapon has a computer and one or more [[Linking|linked]] modules.  Each weapon computer has its own associated module block type.  Weapon modules which share at least one face with another weapon module of the same type will be in the same [[Module_Group|group]]. The more modules in each group linked to the weapon computer, the more powerful the weapon will become, with a commensurate increase in power consumption. Any number of groups may be linked to the same weapon computer, though there is a power consumption penalty for each group beyond the first linked in this way.  Additionally, one weapon module will be the '''output''' module for the group - this is the module from which projectiles or beams will be emitted for the whole group. For any given group, this can be changed by pointing at the desired output module and pressing {{K|Make Output}}.  If the module is already the current output, the text "(CURRENT)" will show next to the module.
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Each weapon system consists of a computer [[Linking|linked]] linked to at least 1 module of the same type ([[Cannon Computer]] with [[Cannon Barrel]], etc.). Weapon modules in a physically-contiguous grouping are considered one group, and will output 1 projectile (unless modified otherwise). Larger groups have a directly proportionate increase in damage output and power cost per firing of the weapon. Although several groups can be linked to one computer, the total power cost is increased by 10% for every subsequent group.  In each group, one block is defined as the "output": the location from which the projectile(s) is emitted. The output of a group can be changed by aiming at the desired block and pressing {{K|Activate Module}}. The text which appears while aiming at a block will read "[R]: Make Output (CURRENT)" if that block is the current output for its group, and "[R]: Make Output" otherwise.
  
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See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for detailed numerical information on the base attributes of each weapon system.
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===Weapon Types===
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Each weapon has the following general behavior when used as a primary weapon: These are largely self-explanatory.
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! System !! Effect
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| [[Damage Beam Computer|Damage Beam]] || A linear beam which travels instantly, dealing damage at regular intervals over a short burst.
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| [[Cannon Computer|Cannon]] || Fires relatively fast projectiles with reasonable penetration.
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| [[Missile Computer|Missile]] || Fires relatively slow projectiles which deal damage in an area. All upgrades provide homing capabilities of some sort.
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| [[Damage Pulse Computer|Damage Pulse]] || Deals damage in a relatively large sphere directly in front of the output. Low power consumption due to difficulty of use.
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==Linked systems==
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See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for full numerical information on the attributes of each weapon system.
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In ''StarMade'' weapons can be modified by [[linking]] in order to give different abilities or additional effects, usually with some trade-off such as power consumption or recharge time.  There are two kinds of links for weapon systems: [[#support systems|support systems]] and [[#effect systems|effect systems]] as described below.
 
  
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In these linked systems, the original system is called the master. The system that gives the different abilities is called the slave. Only weapons can be used as slaves, not the [[Support Tool Systems|support tool systems]]. The slave system doesn't actually get fired, only the master system does. Weapons, and only weapons, can also be linked to [[#Effect Systems|effect systems]]. The amount of change provided by the slaved system is proportional to the number of modules in the master and slave.  For example, if the master has 10 modules and the slave has 5, only 50% of the slave's effect will be applied and this will be the percentage which shows in the [[Weapons Tab]].  If there are 10 modules in each, the maximum effect of the slaved system is applied and the weapons panel will show 100%.  Support and effect ratios are independent of each other; therefore, if you have 10 master modules, you may have up to 10 ''support'' modules and up to 10 ''effect'' modules to achieve the maximum effect, for a total of 30 modules (10 master, 10 support and 10 effect).
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==Linked Systems==
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The statistics of a weapon system can be modified by [[Linking|linking]] to other weapon systems or [[Effects|effects]]. Each weapon may only support 1 secondary and 1 tertiary system at a time.
  
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See [[Linking]] for a description of the methods of establishing links between systems.
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In linked weapon setups, the primary system is commonly referred to as the "master", with secondary and tertiary systems being termed "slaves". Only weapon systems can be used as secondary systems, not [[Support Tool Systems|support tool systems]]. Secondary systems provide the bulk of statistic alterations,  affecting at least 2 of the following values: damage, power consumption, range, projectile speed, and projectile quantity. Secondary (and tertiary) systems are a trade-off: For example, a beam system slaved to a cannon quadruples the damage of the cannon, and doubles its projectile speed, but also quadruples both reload time and power consumption.
  
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===Support systems===
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Slaved systems lend their block-count to the primary system for purposes of damage and power calculations (which are linearly calculated per block), but do not act independently when slaved (they do not emit projectiles, and only the primary system is added to the hotbar and fired).
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A support system is a weapon system which is slaved to another weapon system or [[Support Tool Systems|support tool system]].  Any weapon or support tool can support zero or one support systems at a time, and these may be either linked manually during building, or on-the-fly using the [[Weapons Tab]] by dragging the associated support computer into the support slot for the weapon or support tool.
 
  
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Each weapon system has the following general effect when slaved to another valid system:
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The effectiveness of secondary and tertiary systems is derived from their size proportional to the primary weapon system: if the total block count of a slaved system is equal to that of the primary system, its modifications will be applied at 100% effectiveness. If the slave's block count is only 50% of the primary, all changes applied will be 50% as strong as normal. A slaved system cannot be more than 100% effective: block-counts greater than those of the primary system are redundant.
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Weapon systems can also have [[Effects|effects]] linked to them as tertiary systems, providing further modifications to weapon stats. These usually change what the weapon does with its damage output: for example, draining enemy power or shields, in exchange for dealing less block damage.
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===Secondary Systems===
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A secondary system is a weapon system which is slaved to another weapon system or [[Support Tool Systems|support tool system]], modifying its statistics based on the combination and the proportions thereof.
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Each weapon system has the following general effects when slaved to another weapon:
 
   
 
   
 
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! Support Computer !! Description
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! System !! Effect
 
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| [[Damage Beam Computer]] || Improves range and/or speed
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| [[Damage Beam Computer|Damage Beam]] || Improves range, speed and damage. Increases power consumption and reload time.
 
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| [[Cannon Computer]] || Improves firing rate
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| [[Cannon Computer|Cannon]] || Decreases reload time and power consumption, but also damage per shot.
 
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| [[Missile Computer]] || Increases the number of projectiles
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| [[Missile Computer|Missile]] || Increases the number of projectiles. Slightly increases damage, reload time, and power consumption.
 
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| [[Damage Pulse Computer]] || Increases damage
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| [[Damage Pulse Computer|Damage Pulse]] || Increases damage, reload time and power consumption significantly.
 
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See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for detailed numerical information on how support systems affect linked weapons.
 
See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for detailed numerical information on how support systems affect linked weapons.
  
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===Effect systems===
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===Tertiary Systems===
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An effect system is an [[:Category:Effect|effect computer]] slaved to a weapon system.  Any weapon can support zero or one effect systems at a time, and these may either be linked manually during building, or on-the-fly using the [[Weapons Tab]] by dragging the associated effect computer into the effect slot for the weapon.
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A tertiary system is an [[:Category:Effect|effect computer]] slaved to a weapon system.  
  
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Each effect system has the following general effect when slaved to a valid weapon system:
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Each effect system has the following general effect when slaved a weapon system:
  
 
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! Effect Computer !! Description
 
! Effect Computer !! Description
 
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| [[EMP Effect Computer]] || Converts weapon damage to reduce power in the hit ship.
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| [[EMP Effect Computer]] || Converts weapon damage to reduce the power of the entity hit.
 
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| [[Explosive Effect Computer]] || For beams and cannons, adds an explosive effect, spreading the weapon damage over the six blocks adjacent to the hit block. For missiles and pulse, the radius of the blast is increased.
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| [[Explosive Effect Computer]] || For beam and cannon, spreads damage over the area immediately around the point of impact. Increases the radius of missile and pulse.
 
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| [[Ion Effect Computer]] || Increased damage to shields but reduced damage to blocks.
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| [[Ion Effect Computer]] || Increased damage to shields, but reduced damage to blocks.
 
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| [[Overdrive Effect Computer]] || Increases overall weapon damage at the expense of dramatically higher energy usage.
 
| [[Overdrive Effect Computer]] || Increases overall weapon damage at the expense of dramatically higher energy usage.
 
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| [[Piercing Effect Computer]] || Does damage to blocks behind the point of impact, but decreases shield damage and direct damage to the targeted block.  Does not work on missiles.
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| [[Piercing Effect Computer]] || Does damage to blocks behind the point of impact, but decreases shield damage and direct damage to the targeted block.  Slight increase to missile and pulse radius
 
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| [[Punch-Through Effect Computer]] || If the attack would destroy a block, remaining damage is applied to consecutive blocks until all the damage is used up.  Does not work on missiles.
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| [[Punch-Through Effect Computer]] || If the attack destroys a block, remaining damage is applied to consecutive blocks until all the damage is used up.  Does not work on missiles.
 
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| [[Push Effect Computer]] || Reduces damage in exchange for a pushing effect on the target.
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| [[Push Effect Computer]] || Converts damage to a pulling effect on the target.
 
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| [[Pull Effect Computer]] || Reduces damage in exchange for a pulling effect on the target.
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| [[Pull Effect Computer]] || Converts damage to a pulling effect on the target.
 
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| [[Stop Effect Computer]] || Converts damage into a braking effect to hold the target in place.
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| [[Stop Effect Computer]] || Converts damage to a braking effect, reducing the target's velocity.
 
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See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for detailed numerical information on how effect systems affect linked weapons.
 
See the [[#Tables|Tables]] section for detailed numerical information on how effect systems affect linked weapons.
  
 
==Coloring==
 
==Coloring==
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The projectile or effect animation color can be altered by [[linking]] the weapon computer to any light emitting block.
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The projectile or effect color of any weapon can be altered by [[linking]] the weapon computer to any light emitting block.
  
 
==Tables==
 
==Tables==

Revision as of 06:31, 8 October 2016

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Weapon Systems in StarMade are used to deal damage to entities, be they players, ships, stations or other. Successful combat depends upon both correct design and utilization of weapon systems.

Construction

Each weapon system consists of a computer linked linked to at least 1 module of the same type (Cannon Computer with Cannon Barrel, etc.). Weapon modules in a physically-contiguous grouping are considered one group, and will output 1 projectile (unless modified otherwise). Larger groups have a directly proportionate increase in damage output and power cost per firing of the weapon. Although several groups can be linked to one computer, the total power cost is increased by 10% for every subsequent group. In each group, one block is defined as the "output": the location from which the projectile(s) is emitted. The output of a group can be changed by aiming at the desired block and pressing R. The text which appears while aiming at a block will read "[R]: Make Output (CURRENT)" if that block is the current output for its group, and "[R]: Make Output" otherwise.

Weapon Types

Each weapon has the following general behavior when used as a primary weapon: These are largely self-explanatory.

System Effect
Damage Beam A linear beam which travels instantly, dealing damage at regular intervals over a short burst.
Cannon Fires relatively fast projectiles with reasonable penetration.
Missile Fires relatively slow projectiles which deal damage in an area. All upgrades provide homing capabilities of some sort.
Damage Pulse Deals damage in a relatively large sphere directly in front of the output. Low power consumption due to difficulty of use.

See the Tables section for full numerical information on the attributes of each weapon system.

Linked Systems

The statistics of a weapon system can be modified by linking to other weapon systems or effects. Each weapon may only support 1 secondary and 1 tertiary system at a time.

In linked weapon setups, the primary system is commonly referred to as the "master", with secondary and tertiary systems being termed "slaves". Only weapon systems can be used as secondary systems, not support tool systems. Secondary systems provide the bulk of statistic alterations, affecting at least 2 of the following values: damage, power consumption, range, projectile speed, and projectile quantity. Secondary (and tertiary) systems are a trade-off: For example, a beam system slaved to a cannon quadruples the damage of the cannon, and doubles its projectile speed, but also quadruples both reload time and power consumption.

Slaved systems lend their block-count to the primary system for purposes of damage and power calculations (which are linearly calculated per block), but do not act independently when slaved (they do not emit projectiles, and only the primary system is added to the hotbar and fired).

The effectiveness of secondary and tertiary systems is derived from their size proportional to the primary weapon system: if the total block count of a slaved system is equal to that of the primary system, its modifications will be applied at 100% effectiveness. If the slave's block count is only 50% of the primary, all changes applied will be 50% as strong as normal. A slaved system cannot be more than 100% effective: block-counts greater than those of the primary system are redundant.

Weapon systems can also have effects linked to them as tertiary systems, providing further modifications to weapon stats. These usually change what the weapon does with its damage output: for example, draining enemy power or shields, in exchange for dealing less block damage.

Secondary Systems

A secondary system is a weapon system which is slaved to another weapon system or support tool system, modifying its statistics based on the combination and the proportions thereof.

Each weapon system has the following general effects when slaved to another weapon:

System Effect
Damage Beam Improves range, speed and damage. Increases power consumption and reload time.
Cannon Decreases reload time and power consumption, but also damage per shot.
Missile Increases the number of projectiles. Slightly increases damage, reload time, and power consumption.
Damage Pulse Increases damage, reload time and power consumption significantly.

See the Tables section for detailed numerical information on how support systems affect linked weapons.

Tertiary Systems

A tertiary system is an effect computer slaved to a weapon system.

Each effect system has the following general effect when slaved a weapon system:

Effect Computer Description
EMP Effect Computer Converts weapon damage to reduce the power of the entity hit.
Explosive Effect Computer For beam and cannon, spreads damage over the area immediately around the point of impact. Increases the radius of missile and pulse.
Ion Effect Computer Increased damage to shields, but reduced damage to blocks.
Overdrive Effect Computer Increases overall weapon damage at the expense of dramatically higher energy usage.
Piercing Effect Computer Does damage to blocks behind the point of impact, but decreases shield damage and direct damage to the targeted block. Slight increase to missile and pulse radius
Punch-Through Effect Computer If the attack destroys a block, remaining damage is applied to consecutive blocks until all the damage is used up. Does not work on missiles.
Push Effect Computer Converts damage to a pulling effect on the target.
Pull Effect Computer Converts damage to a pulling effect on the target.
Stop Effect Computer Converts damage to a braking effect, reducing the target's velocity.

See the Tables section for detailed numerical information on how effect systems affect linked weapons.

Coloring

The projectile or effect color of any weapon can be altered by linking the weapon computer to any light emitting block.

Tables

This wiki uses tables to show the stats of the different systems. Example of a table:

Stats for this system Values for this system's slaves
Name (unit) Per module Values Cannon Missile Damage beam Damage pulse
Value 1 (x/y) yes 40.0 - - 120.0 240.0
Value 2 (a/b) no 2.0 1.0 - - 12.0

The first large section of the table, "Stats for this system", shows all the stats for the master system. The first column shows the name of the stat and the unit it is in. An example of a unit would be e/s (energy per second). The second column shows whether the values are per module or not. If something isn't per module, that value will be set and the amount of modules has no influence on it. If it is per module, the value that belongs to that stat needs to be multiplied by the total amount of modules in that system, including the slave systems. If an effect system is added, that value also needs to be multiplied for the amount of modules in the effect system that wouldn't let the ratio go over 100%. Only then is the effect applied over that total value. The column "Values" shows the value that goes with that stat.

Next, the second section, "Values for this system's slaves", shows all the values for the possible slave systems. As mentioned earlier, only the weapon systems can be used as slave system. This means that any system that can have slave systems will shows the exact column headers shown above. If a value there is different to the value listed for the master system, it means it has changed, and that the value listed there will be the one that gets used in any calculation. The values listed by the slave systems are those for a 100% ratio. If a system has less than a 100% ratio, those values won't apply to it. Furthermore, if there is a " - ", that value will be the same as the value for the master system. The grey zeros are there to make it easier to see which value is high and which is low.

The following table describes the effects of weapons systems as supports for other weapon systems.[1] See the Support Tool Systems section for descriptions of the effects on those systems.

Cannon
Stats for this system Values for this system's slaves
Name (unit) Per module Values Cannon Missile Damage beam Damage pulse
Damage (per activation) yes 10.0 1 20 40.0 160.0
Reload (seconds) no 1.0 0.1 2.0 4.0 16.0
Range (sectors) no 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.0
Speed (times normal ship) no 10.0 10.0 10.0 20.0 10.0
Power (per activation) yes 100.0 10.0 200.0 400.0 1600.0
Special Shotgun
Missile
Stats for this system Values for this system's slaves
Name (unit) Per module Values Cannon Missile Damage beam Damage pulse
Damage (per activation) yes 300.0 20 300 900.0 1800.0
Reload (seconds) no 15.0 3 15 45.0 90.0
Range (sectors) no 1.6 1.6 1.6 4.8 1.6
Speed (times normal ship) no 2.48 7.44 1.24 4.96 0.827
Power (energy/activation) yes 1500 100 1500 4500 9000
Missiles no 1 1 10 1 1
Blast Radius (blocks max) no 12 6 4 12 48
Special Dumb-fire Dumb-fire Heat-seeker Smart Smart
Damage Beam
Stats for this system Values for this system's slaves
Name (unit) Per module Values Cannon Missile Damage beam Damage pulse
Damage (damage/hit) yes 10 2 10 30 110
Reload (secs/activation) no 5 1 5 15 55
Power (energy/activation) yes 500 20 500 1500 5500
Hit Rate (hit/sec) no 5 5 5 5 5
Range (sectors) no 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.5
Beam Time (secs/activation) no 1 1 1 1 1
Special Split-beam
Damage Pulse
Stats for this system Values for this system's slaves
Name (unit) Per module Values Cannon Missile Damage beam Damage pulse
Damage (per activation) yes 100 20 20 300 600
Reload (seconds) no 10 2 2 30 60
Power (energy/activation) yes 500 100 100 1500 6000
Radius (blocks) no 10 10 10 25 40
Slave Master
Beam Cannon Missile Pulse
Beam +Range +Range, +Projectile speed +Range, Lock-on homing +Damage radius
Cannon +Hit rate, -Damage per hit -Reload time, -Damage, -Power cost -Reload time, -Damage, -Blast radius, -Power cost -Reload time, -Damage, -Power cost
Missile -Power, +Beams -Damage, +Projectiles +Missiles, heat-seeking (indiscriminate) -Reload time, -Damage, -Power
Pulse -Hit Rate, +Damage per hit +Damage, +Reload time, +Power cost +Damage, +Reload time, -Missile speed, +Blast radius +Damage, +Reload time

Trivia

  • A 5th Weapon system, Called the "Mine Layer", was originally part of the Weapon Overhaul (Alpha Version 0.15) but for unknown reasons, Schema halted work on it. It is still planned to be released but no date has been set.
    • It would lay free floating mines that explode after an entity (ship,player, etc.) collides with it or a certain amount of time has passed.
    • It's Slaved property would be "Delayed Action" and would give its master system unique timed/charging functions. For example, the Damage Beam+ Mine Layer combination would allow the player to hold down the Left Mouse Button to charge up the beam in order to fire a more powerful version of it.

References

  1. ↑ blockBehaviorConfig.xml
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