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Post by David367th on Mar 2, 2017 2:20:59 GMT
new railguns, I feel your pain David367th my sandblaster (and all other coilguns) are broken and I can't fix them The only thing's I can't fix are coilguns. Seems like they are no longer large caliber heavy payload sluggers. Even The 'heavy' stock coilgun went from 250some mm to 34mm. Railguns were pretty easy to fix, just add a decent sized hafnia cap and you get the same performance to reload rate drops. |
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2017 3:23:33 GMT
I can't remember If I posted this ship before but I have modifed it slightly, the lasers are now extruded and can fire 2 on the broadside and forward and one everywhere else except due aft, I had to add 2 200Mw reactors from the standards thread in order to fire both lasers at the same time.  the laser and motor for the ship    The main weapon of the ship is 300 AShMs posted earlier and 20 high yield interceptor missiles |
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2017 3:39:56 GMT
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Post by AdmiralObvious on Mar 2, 2017 4:28:22 GMT
As much as it saddened me, I find the new changes to be significantly more balanced and physically correct. Especially now that my magnetic metal glass coilguns can't violate the laws of physics anymore. I has a coilgun capable of firing a 5M shell at speeds of 17 km/s. Now it can only fire at 120 m/s. Problem is that it also broke a few of my rail drones too, and I've now got to fix all the dependencies.
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2017 4:34:04 GMT
As much as it saddened me, I find the new changes to be significantly more balanced and physically correct. Especially now that my magnetic metal glass coilguns can't violate the laws of physics anymore. I has a coilgun capable of firing a 5M shell at speeds of 17 km/s. Now it can only fire at 120 m/s. Problem is that it also broke a few of my rail drones too, and I've now got to fix all the dependencies. deleting old missiles are a pain, ammo tank -> launcher -> Missile, they are no longer in commission so If I delete the missile I also wanna delete the dependencies |
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Post by concretedonkey on Mar 2, 2017 4:52:08 GMT
As much as it saddened me, I find the new changes to be significantly more balanced and physically correct. Especially now that my magnetic metal glass coilguns can't violate the laws of physics anymore. I has a coilgun capable of firing a 5M shell at speeds of 17 km/s. Now it can only fire at 120 m/s. Problem is that it also broke a few of my rail drones too, and I've now got to fix all the dependencies. deleting old missiles are a pain, ammo tank -> launcher -> Missile, they are no longer in commission so If I delete the missile I also wanna delete the dependencies A while ago I was thinking about something like this : when you want to delete an old component it just gives you a list of the affected tree of components/craft and gives you the option to just delete them all or brake the dependancy at a selected point. Never really wrote the idea however, sounds complicated and I just assumed everyone is more organized than me  . |
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Post by dragonkid11 on Mar 2, 2017 13:40:51 GMT
So, tried to retrofit the new laser module system to my gigawatt slicer. It looks so weird.  Basically, with three laser turrets, it kinda has 3 heart bar too. If all three are out, it's screwed.  And ship AI after the patch twist and turn way more often, which make the ships movement looks more organic and fancy. Also, finally made a workable coilgun.  Which is still crap when compared to my current railgun design that has been improved and simplified. |
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2017 13:41:27 GMT
Since I have not seen this posted before, I got a 23.5m mirror before it started being too big with the new extruded turrets, this also has a 140 degree arc of fire.   |
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Post by lawson on Mar 2, 2017 15:51:12 GMT
Any pronouncements that kinetic guns are obsolete is premature.  Fyi, in low designs with extra capacitor increasing shell/sabot weight increases muzzle velocity. Also, mess with the capacitor plate spacing as this sets the charge voltage. You want the charge voltage to match what the rails and projectile velocity need. More is not always better, especially on small rail-guns. |
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 2, 2017 16:58:24 GMT
lawson small railguns or small-rail guns?
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Post by underwhelmed on Mar 2, 2017 18:06:37 GMT
What barrel material are you using there lawson?
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Post by newageofpower on Mar 2, 2017 19:05:22 GMT
Some sort of conductive, light, but strong Aluminum alloy. AlZnMg was all the rage a month ago.
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Post by David367th on Mar 2, 2017 19:11:22 GMT
AlCuLi probably, it's the light weight version.
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Post by underwhelmed on Mar 2, 2017 19:14:49 GMT
Darn... And here I hoped I was the only one who had discovered AlZnMg
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Post by David367th on Mar 2, 2017 19:49:07 GMT
Darn... And here I hoped I was the only one who had discovered AlZnMg Yeah no I think most of us use it in place of normal Aluminum. All my contemporary ships use it for whipple shields right now. Speaking of contemporary, my heavy drone looks awesome with the new extruded turrets and angled radiators. Attachments:
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sorrey not sorrey for the double post
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