[WIP][Server] Orbital Warfare Overhaul

say, two of your space ships shooting at each other, how long do they take to kill each other?

20 seconds?

a minute or so?

Longer possibly?

Depends on the ship, but in general, max say 30 seconds unless you're somehow managing to dodge stuff.

It's about the same speed as vanilla.

Fair do's.

Basing it on the UNSC's Mac cannons then?

Kind of? I guess.

I thought the same thing originally, but it's actually based on the Unit cannon. @igncom1

Really looking forward to having a play with this

I personally love halo style ships. All my Excalibur models so far were based off the halo style ships. For this model emraldis suggested that I look at the unit canon, so I decided to integrate that design into the front of model.

You should get your hands on it soon if everything goes well. I had a private team game with the mod today and am really impressed with how it's developed. (I haven't played many of our recent test builds till today)

I would say that the space combat is slower than with most of the other units in the game. The health on the cruisers is very high. The main thing the speeds up the battles right now is the Excalibur because it's damage per shot is quite high.

That looks totally bad ***.

Spoiler Alert!

Here's an ingame teaser image of the new hailfire! You'll see this stuff really soon! We're gonna try and push and Alpha version to PAMM tomorrow!

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

Our ALPHA version is now on PAMM with a corresponding UI mod as well! We encourage you to take this mod's balance, and break it! Find the most overpowered strategy and complain! Rage about things being OP! Give us every little detail of our unbalanced game! Tell us why things are bad and what you think we should do to fix it! This mod is really unbalanced right now, so we need your help setting it straight! Also! Keep an eye out for more features to come!

I am going to be doing some play testing around 8pm EDT. (00:00)Gmt . If anyone wants to join.

Dat battleship. Great work guys. Mods have managed to get me interested in PA again.

Yeah! Glad we could help!

Alpha Build Notes
Changes to Vanilla units

SXX
Damage and splash radius buffed significantly.

Only does a small amount of damage against commanders



Avenger
Now a cheap, fast fighter that acts more like an aircraft. Low health and damage, but can be deadly in swarms if no AOE weapons are present.

Advanced Radar
Now a stationary structure.

Anchor
Only shoots at orbital units.

Cost decreased, Damage increased.


Orbital Fabrication Bot
Cost decreased, health increased.


Catapult and Tactical Missile Bot can fire at orbital units.

(advanced bomber can NOT fire at orbital units)


New Mobile Units

Hammerhead
Anti Fighter Front Line Unit.

A front line cruiser with a high amount of health, capable of clearing out masses of avengers with its AOE. However, it’s direct damage is relatively low.


Excalibur
Long Range Fire Support

Fire support cruiser equipped with a high damage long range laser cannon. Ideal for dealing damage to orbital units and structures. It’s low health makes it vulnerable to avengers.


Hailfire
Ground Attack Missile Barge

Orbital bombardment cruiser capable of attacking tanks, aircraft, and bases with guided missile attacks. It can not fire on other orbital units, so it must be protected.


New Orbital Structures

Sentinel
Stationary laser platform

High rate of fire laser, capable of destroying large armies of tanks and bots.


Guardian
Stationary AA missile satellite

Missile platform designed to clear an area of fighters and bombers.

SXX was changed to doing less damage with a high ROF and had to be manually targetted, btw

Does the AI build the new units?

Not yet. I've still got to figure out how to do that.

What were the jig changes? I forget.