1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-08-29)
1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-08-29)
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* Some features require 1.5.1.14+
* Includes updated check.odf
* Includes cleaned-up RO content and 1.4, 1.5, and 1.5.1 assets (thanks to Sporkinator)
* Extract to root folder - replaces ZIX and ZFS files
* Allows a clean addon folder
* Full change list and credits in assets.txt
Optional 16-bit Enhanced Texture Pack
* Requires 1.5.1.7 or later
* Work in progress - missing buildings, powerups, props, and the Black Dog faction
* Extract to addon - this allows it to take precedence over RO content
Optional Ogg Vorbis Music Pack (44100 Hz)
* Requires 1.5.1.10 or later
* Extract to addon
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
Hmmm....
Flash is now more powerful then blast...
Interesting....
Before, Flash had 110 ammo cost and 400 damage per second, == to Blast in terms of damage.
now it's 600 damage a second and ammo cost is 90,
GTows with infinite ammo of that, will now melt ships alot faster.
Personally, I voice put damage back at 400, and adjust ammo cost to 90. Might be...better.
Flash is now more powerful then blast...
Interesting....
Before, Flash had 110 ammo cost and 400 damage per second, == to Blast in terms of damage.
now it's 600 damage a second and ammo cost is 90,
GTows with infinite ammo of that, will now melt ships alot faster.
Personally, I voice put damage back at 400, and adjust ammo cost to 90. Might be...better.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
It does damage faster than Blast but has less than half the range (90 vs. 200) so it fills a different role. The idea was to find a middle ground between the overpowered pre-1.4 version and the underpowered 1.4 version. (The pre-1.4 version used a missile explosion so it did up to 50 more damage per frame.)
Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
How about making it do what the INF says it does?
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
It already does what the INF says it does. It's a heat weapon (damageFlame) that does extreme damage (600/sec) at high ammunition cost (90/sec).
Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
The microwave energy shuts down engines?Ultraken wrote:It already does what the INF says it does. It's a heat weapon (damageFlame) that does extreme damage (600/sec) at high ammunition cost (90/sec).
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
Here's what the apflsh.inf in bzone.zfs says:
FLASH CANNON
A penetrating heat weapon
that does extreme damage
at high ammunition cost.
COST: 5
HARDPOINT: Cannon
BUILDER: SLF
FLASH CANNON
A penetrating heat weapon
that does extreme damage
at high ammunition cost.
COST: 5
HARDPOINT: Cannon
BUILDER: SLF
Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
Must have been in a briefing somewhere then. I remember reading about overheating the v-thruster and shutting it down.Ultraken wrote:Here's what the apflsh.inf in bzone.zfs says:
FLASH CANNON
A penetrating heat weapon
that does extreme damage
at high ammunition cost.
COST: 5
HARDPOINT: Cannon
BUILDER: SLF
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
I like the idea of the Flash doing more damage. Part of it might be it was broke for a major portion of the life of BZ. But as Ken said, the range is painfully short. It's the kind of weapon you might choose in a very tight canyon environment.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
It might have been the strategy guide. I have a copy so I can check.Zax wrote:Must have been in a briefing somewhere then. I remember reading about overheating the v-thruster and shutting it down.
It restores the Flash Cannon to its original role as the weapon with the highest damage rate. 1.4 removed the explosion damage and basically reduced it to a less-efficient, much-shorter-range Blast Cannon so there wasn't much point to using it. It's at least a contender now.Psychedelic Rhino wrote:I like the idea of the Flash doing more damage.
Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
No, no, and you are gonna kill me since this isn't my bz1 rig so I can't check. It was likely in the briefing/tech info section in the first NSDF Io mission. I believe that was where it was noted.Ultraken wrote:It might have been the strategy guide. I have a copy so I can check.Zax wrote:Must have been in a briefing somewhere then. I remember reading about overheating the v-thruster and shutting it down.
It restores the Flash Cannon to its original role as the weapon with the highest damage rate. 1.4 removed the explosion damage and basically reduced it to a less-efficient, much-shorter-range Blast Cannon so there wasn't much point to using it. It's at least a contender now.Psychedelic Rhino wrote:I like the idea of the Flash doing more damage.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
Nope, However, I did find your microwave referance.
Cthonian Flash cannon inf:
NSDF Mission 9 Briefing:
Sorry Zax, myth busted.
Cthonian Flash cannon inf:
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Name: Flash Cannon
Funtion: Cannon
Constructed By: Hadean Crown
Date of Construction: 3237 NR
Engineer: Nexus V
Information:
A high frequency microwave emitter
engineered by Hadean scientist Nexus
in the year 3237 NR. Causes extreme
overheating of enemy vehicles resulting
in eventual destruction of enemy craft.
Code: Select all
Alien records lead us to Io where we believe that we will discover an alien weapon known as a Fury. Our scientists believe this may be the most powerful weapon that the Cthonian's developed.
MISSION OBJECTIVES
- Capture the Fury relic on Io.
- Have a tug bring the Fury relic back.
ENGINEERING REPORT
We've equipped your vehicle with a flash cannon. This weapon will inflict incredible damage in a continuous stream. Be careful as you use the flash cannon, because it does consume ammo at a rapid pace.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
NOT SO!General BlackDragon wrote: Sorry Zax, myth busted.
I knew I saw it somewhere. I dug up my NSDF field guide which is never more than 5 meters away from me wherever I go. Page 49, section Weapons, subsection cannons:
"The Flash Cannon, often referred to as the 'Hot Foot,' fires a concentrated beam of microwave energy at its target. The microwave energy causes the target vehicle's v-thruster engine to overheat."
Maybe my brain filled in the blanks about causing it to not move anymore or shut it down, but it has been like 7 years or so since I last looked at it so give me a break
Still think there should be some indication it is overheating the engine, heh.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
You can say less-efficient again. 2X Flash might or might not destroy a Lander after a prolonged blast.Ultraken wrote:1.4 removed the explosion damage and basically reduced it to a less-efficient, much-shorter-range Blast Cannon so there wasn't much point to using it. It's at least a contender now.
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Re: 1.5.1 Common Files (updated 2012-06-07)
i took a look at my manual and and according to it, the beam was (at some developmental stage) supposed to immobilise or slow down the vehicle. it says nothing about "extreme damage at high ammunition cost".
Flach Cannon
The Flach Cannon, often referred to as the "Hot foot," fires
a concentrated beam of microwave energy at its target. The
microwave energy causes the target vehicle's v-thruster
engine to overheat.