[Help] Attacking Stations and Craft

[kjc733]

What I'm trying to do is load up a ship with a mixture of weapons that have a specific function, i.e. one for blasting stations and another for killing ships. Now I thought it'd simply be a case of using these lines, but I tried adding them to some photon torpedoes and it doesn't seem to be the case:

targetEnemyCraft = 1
targetEnemyBuildings = 0

Has anyone tried to do this sort of thing before and have any tips? (Stock A2 before anyone asks )

 

[Terra_Inc]

What I'm trying to do is load up a ship with a mixture of weapons that have a specific function, i.e. one for blasting stations and another for killing ships. Now I thought it'd simply be a case of using these lines, but I tried adding them to some photon torpedoes and it doesn't seem to be the case:

targetEnemyCraft = 1
targetEnemyBuildings = 0

Has anyone tried to do this sort of thing before and have any tips? (Stock A2 before anyone asks )

That's weird. Mind posting the weapon/ordinance ODF?

 

[kjc733]

Not really a lot to see.

Weapon odf:

#include "photon.odf"

//Name of the ODF file for the ordinance for this weapon
ordName = "ABFa2amsslo"

//Display name for this weapon
wpnName = "Photon Torpedo"

//Time Delay between shots
shotDelay = 5.0

// Range within which the weapon will fire.
range = 400.0f

// Percent chance of hitting the target.
//Can be applied to specific ships in format default "shipname.odf" 0.9 (this is a percentage)
hitChance = 0.9
	

//Sound which is played when the weapon fires
fireSound = "pofwea.wav"

//restrictFireArc = 1

// Use this fire arc restriction
//fireArc = 0.5

targetEnemyCraft = 1
targetEnemyBuildings = 0

Ordinance odf:

//This is the main photon ordinance file

//Programming Stuff DO NOT CHANGE
classLabel = "photontorpedo"

damageBase = 10
ignoreShield = 1

//Amount of time the ordinance will exists without hitting something
lifeSpan = 4.0

//How fast the shot moves
shotSpeed = 300.0

// This affects the turning radius/rate somewhat unknown.
omegaTurn = 3.0

//The amount of time that the missile obeys the limitations of omegaTurn
//After that, it heads straight for the target
seekTime = 0.0

//The sprite which is used for this ordinance
Sprite = "wbluephoton"

// Size of photon torpedo.
radius = 5.0f

// Time to play through the animation for the sprite in seconds
spriteDuration = 1.0

//this modifies the color of the ordinance (not currently working)
shotColor = 227

lightColor = 0.0 1.0 1.0
lightFalloffStart = 50.0
lightFalloffRange = 5.0

 

[Adm_Z]

You could simply change its valid targets to 0 for any station. For example, my salvo fire weapons on my battlestars can't target fighters.

validtargets = 1
"BSG_fighter_raider.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_raiderA.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk2.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk2A.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk7.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk7A.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_blackbird.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_blackbirdA.odf" 0
"BSG_raptor.odf" 0
"BSG_raptorA.odf" 0
"BSG_heavy_raider.odf" 0
"BSG_heavy_raiderA.odf" 0

 

[kjc733]

You could simply change its valid targets to 0 for any station. For example, my salvo fire weapons on my battlestars can't target fighters.

validtargets = 1
"BSG_fighter_raider.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_raiderA.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk2.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk2A.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk7.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_viper_mk7A.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_blackbird.odf" 0
"BSG_fighter_blackbirdA.odf" 0
"BSG_raptor.odf" 0
"BSG_raptorA.odf" 0
"BSG_heavy_raider.odf" 0
"BSG_heavy_raiderA.odf" 0

I didn't know we could do that! Is that a stock A2 command or a FlOps change?
If all else fails then thats the approach I'll take, but it seems inelegant to me if there's supposed to be a single command that allows this.

 

[Adm_Z]

To be honest, I"m not sure. It could be a Flops change I suppose.


You could always try using Blade's a2 stock conversion mod for FO, and putting your mod either ontop of it, or as a module in it. Then it would all look like stock a2, but you could use FO improved code.

 

[Dominus_Noctis]

Yes, validtargets is Fleet Ops only.

http://guide.fleetops.net/guide/modding/fo-odf-commands/weapon/launcher

I think stock A2 accepts Cannon for use with most ordnances, so should work there.

 

[kjc733]

Thanks for that. Putting cannon into the weapons file has got me 50% of the way there. The torpedoes intended for ships no longer get fired at stations, but the ones aimed at stations still get shot at ships. I think I may need to check the odfs a bit more thoroughly to make sure I havent screwed up somewhere.