More than 2 Weapons

Overmind · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 05 May 2022

Is it possible on original RA2YR to make a unit have more than 2 unique weapons using the weapon count logic of the Gatling units ?

I am thinking on doing something like this:

Weapon1=LongRangeWeapon
Weapon2=MidRangeWeapon
Weapon3=ShortRangeWeapon

So let's say the long range weapon can fire between 10 and 15 range, the mid range one between 5 and 10 and the short range one below 5.

Assuming I do everything to lock this range (no alt range on elite, etc) would this actually work or is it futile to attempt it (due to the Primary/Secondary concerns)?

Mig Eater · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:20 am Post subject:

You can add more then 2 weapons with Gatling logic but Range= cant be used to decided what weapon a unit will use.

The weapon's Verses= & the unit's Armor= tags are used to control what weapons a unit can uses against different targets. The best you could do it make a short ranged weapon to used against infantry, mid for units & long ranged for buildings etc.

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Overmind · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 05 May 2022

Yes, Verses= is another alternative I was thinking of.

I will do some practical testing to see where this goes.

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Virgil · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 22 Jul 2018

Impossible. Game only switch weapon when Verses/Naval/LandTargeting forbids the specific weapon used. You can't make it use weapon depending on range. Just no way.
The best simulation you can do is an Opentopped vehicle with different passengers simulating different ranged weapons, and vehicle itself bearing a dummy weapon of full range coverage so that its passengers will fire on their own when in right range. To further restrict the behaviour of passengers to make it looks like it's the vehicle itself shooting, you HAVE to use engine expansions like Kratos.