Laser Pillar

Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

Laser Pillar

Strength: Medium
Armour: Heavy
Cost: 400
Power: -35

Laser Pillars are advancedments of Laser Turrets. Featuring a pillar like design. Laser pillars can direct their fire in any direction with pinpoint accuracy and maximium damage ensured. Additional when a Laser Pillar is not firing it is hidden underneath a metal panel underground, providing protection and allowing units to move over it.

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

I assume you use the obelisk charge logic for the "turret moving up" anim. But i wonder how you make it move back down after it fired the laser, since the turretanim doesn't allows the Next key to start the "turret moving down" anim nor does it allows to fire the laser in the middle of a long anim that contains the move up and down anim.

But the idea of having a laser like in the FMV is great and also the SHPs. A while ago i tried that too, but because a turret doesn't worked and the mentioned problems i dropped it.

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Destiny · President **Joined**: 02 May 2006 **Location**: Singapore

*Cough*Advancements*cough*

Pillar sounds...a bit corny IMO. But I'm fine with it...

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Lt Albrecht · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

laser bollard #Tongue

"You can't park your Tick Tank there!"
"No entry between Mission 3 and mission 5"

Nah, it's ok.

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Julius Clonkus · Vehicle Drone **Joined**: 01 Jul 2008

It's good and stuff, but how are you making that pillar passable by units? Gate logic?

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Laser Column would be more appropriate...

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Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

Nod Traffic Cone. :p

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Destiny · President **Joined**: 02 May 2006 **Location**: Singapore

Pinpoint laser #Tongue

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Orac · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:51 am Post subject:

It is a little... well ...squat. Other than that,

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I want to fry GDI!

OmegaBolt · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

Laser Column sounds good, but so does Pillar. And of course graphics are good.

Audiopulse · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

It works fine. It raises up, shoots, and dives down into again.

But I personally dont like it that much. The overallshape doesnt really look like a dangerous weapon and that up-n-down everytime it fires looks just kindof ... weird?

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daTS · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

I love the concept, but it really can't be implemented too well with the TS engine.

I'm a fan of the original laser pillar.

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Sleepwalker · AA Infantry **Joined**: 13 Apr 2006 **Location**: No(r)Way

This would be sooo sweet if it would work correctly.

Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

It works fine, and units can travel over the panel when it is not firing. We could even have a pop up and pop down noise.

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Aro · Alcohol Fueled **Joined**: 10 Sep 2006

What is it with people and suggesting names for things. Confused

Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Aro wrote:

What is it with people and suggesting names for things. Confused

Speak for yourself. What wrong did Obelisk of Light do to you? :3

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DeathRay2K · Commander **Joined**: 01 Sep 2002 **Location**: Canada

It's pretty ugly. I think it would be cooler if you ditched the underground element and had it attachable to walls.
The only good reason for underground stuff is for stealth purposes, which this fails at.

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Aro · Alcohol Fueled **Joined**: 10 Sep 2006

I Think that everything (Including the underground protection idea) is good other than the pillar itself, something about it is a bit ugly, I can't put my finger on it.

DeathMummy · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

Maybe have a similar design to the original, still pops up, fire, then have the actual firing tube fold toward it's vertical stand, then pop down?

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0warfighter0 · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Can we have a gif of it in action please? Razz

Eagle 11 · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

Have a question:do they function like prism towers in RA2,i mean power they each other when firing ?

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Orac · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject:

No. They pop up when firing. So when they're down, you can walk over them, and when they fire they appear, fire, and disappear into their armoured bunkers.
They're pretty difficult to kill when underground, and when they're above ground they're trying to kill you. This makes them worthwhile defences.