Partly omnidirectional weapons

[Yugi]

Is it possible to have weapons only partly omnidirectional?

I want my weapon to be omnidirectional in a 180 degree radius. Is there any way to do this?

EDIT: Hmm...I suppose that's not omnidirectional. Multidirectional, I think.

[george moromisato]

This is currently not possible but it is a good idea.

Obviously, this capability exists for non-player ships, but there is no way to add this to a weapon designed for installation in player ships.

[BlackPheonix]

well i thaught you could but only through teh xml? but you are the person in the know on what we can and can't do so...

[Yugi]

You can now, in version 0.97. That post was made for 0.96a. I hadn't remembered it was my idea that helped make that

[GenmanipulationKlonen]

ok... how does it work? - please
some code would be nice

[Burzmali]

You set minFireArc and maxFireArc attributes for the weapon.

Look at the XML in the DwargRaider file for and example

[Karl]

To be clear, you add minFireArc and maxFireArc to the weapon section of an item. For example, if you wanted a 180 degree forward firing weapon, you'd add:

minFireArc="-90"
maxFireArc="90"

See the Dwarg Xiphon Cannon for a game example of this. It fires in a 20 degree arc using:

minFireArc= "350"
maxFireArc= "10"

With 350 degrees being equal to -10, of course.

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And, if you are looking for a name for a "semi-omnidirectional" variant of a weapon, you could call it a sponson (short for "sponson-mounted").