Laser Turrets Shoot at the Origin.
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:44 pm
While this is about some self-def'ed weaponry, I still believe this is a bug.
I've defined some dual beam laser turrets. If I take a fighter and assault the Destroyer I've equipped with these things, they are, to be frank, rather lethal even though I've tweaked the spread_az and _el values - these don't seem to do alot with beam weapons.
However, if I fly the destroyer against the fighters, though I can see the turrets track the targets, something rather odd happens - the laser's path gets rapidly turned towards the origin - where they do indeed give the little "hit" flare. Depending on the angle of the turret/ship, this usually looks like the laser beam is firing sideways, or through the ship, etc.
Its very weird, and it doesn't seem to actually hit the target though.
Anyone got any ideas?
I've defined some dual beam laser turrets. If I take a fighter and assault the Destroyer I've equipped with these things, they are, to be frank, rather lethal even though I've tweaked the spread_az and _el values - these don't seem to do alot with beam weapons.
However, if I fly the destroyer against the fighters, though I can see the turrets track the targets, something rather odd happens - the laser's path gets rapidly turned towards the origin - where they do indeed give the little "hit" flare. Depending on the angle of the turret/ship, this usually looks like the laser beam is firing sideways, or through the ship, etc.
Its very weird, and it doesn't seem to actually hit the target though.
Anyone got any ideas?