Novalith cannon: shooting at ships?

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hey all, ive been lurking around quite a while, and some of you from the TSOP project might by now recognise my name a bit XD ( or maybe not ;) )

anyway! i had a question to ask, i was fiddling around with the sins a bit and i was trying to make my novalith cannon be able to fire its abbility at capitalships as well as planets.

 

and i was wondering if i could just change the target parameters and be done with it, or would my sins just explode XD

 

i know i can change target parameters, but can i just  go PLANETS, CAPITALSHIPS
or do i need to add more lines of code ?

 

targetFilter
    numOwnerships 1
    ownership "Enemy"
    numObjects 1
    object "Planet"
    numSpaces 1
    space "Normal"
    numConstraints 1
    constraint "IsExplored"

 

is the original, so could i just do >

targetFilter
    numOwnerships 1
    ownership "Enemy"
    numObjects 2

    object "Planet"

    object "Capitalship"

   numSpaces 1
    space "Normal"
    numConstraints 1
    constraint "IsExplored"

 

?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Well first it is CapitalShip (other will cause minidump, sins is quite sensitive) and the answer is probabæy both yes and no. the targeting part only change the direction that the cannon points. The cannonshell will then move in that direction, which means that if the capitalship moves then the shell will miss the capital and I don't know more then that (actually planning to make a ship which fires barrages of shells at incomming hyperspace ships :))

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Setting the Novalith to be like the Kostura Cannon, in that effect, could work, it could damage the planet AND all large ships in the Gravity well of Said planet.

IDK how the Kostura works, however, so.

Xer0 \^/

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Xer07, reply 2
Setting the Novalith to be like the Kostura Cannon, in that effect, could work, it could damage the planet AND all large ships in the Gravity well of Said planet.

IDK how the Kostura works, however, so.

Xer0 \^/
End of Xer07's quote

 

aaaah, usefull post you just made yes indeed. XD ( forgot the kostura cannon could do this, now i know, i can just copy the trick out of the kostura's stuff. thanks!

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

No problem, just glad to be of use.

Xer0 \^/

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

its wierd cause i've a cannon and IT SHOOTS AT ME grrrrrrrr i hate them but i can't be bothered telling it what 2 fire at

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting wallinplanet, reply 5
its wierd cause i've a cannon and IT SHOOTS AT ME grrrrrrrr i hate them but i can't be bothered telling it what 2 fire at
End of wallinplanet's quote

I try to keep them all firing at their home worlds which is very costly for them. The shell takes a long time to arrive so if you just took the enemy planet you could be bombed by your own guns a few times.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting myfist0, reply 6



I try to keep them all firing at their home worlds which is very costly for them. The shell takes a long time to arrive so if you just took the enemy planet you could be bombed by your own guns a few times.
End of myfist0's quote

 

I hate it when that happens.