Forever

[namdnas]

Does anyone know how to make a special weapon effect to last forever?

Also, can you give a special weapon a special weapon?

Thanks

[archerscott]

You could always modify the time in lasts in the odf but I don't think you can give a special weapon a special weapon!

Each has its own button so deploying it would be tricky.

[namdnas]

but how do you make it last indefenantaly

[Freyr]

I don't do modding or editing myself, but personally I would think that you would need to change the recharge level for that ships special energy to be greater than the amount of special energy used.

If somebody contridicts this then they are going to know more that I do so listen to them.

[archerscott]

It depends what the spec weapon does. Is it a torpedo or a wave effect? Or you can do the above! Freyr is right; that is one way to do it!

[namdnas]

what i am trying to do is i want to make a ship lay mines and they do not go away but i want the mines to be a special weapon so in the points they do not count against you.

The giveing a special weapon a special weapon was to make it a self replicating mine.

[archerscott]

Now I know what you want; I think that this is possible!

Let me see what I can come up with. Self replication could be done but not as a special weapon. Using the const.odf the mine could build other mines.

But the mines could have a special weapon in addition to buidling. How does that sound??

[namdnas]

but how on its own?


Edit: i was thinking something like the genimi effect but it lasts forever

[archerscott]

Using the const.odf the mine will have a team of worker bees come out and build another mine, then you use that mine to build the next and so on.

The gemini effect is another way but the effect isn't meant to suppossed to last long.

You might as well have a new ship/mine than creating duplicates. Special weapons can change the course of battle, one that lasts forever could debalance the game. They are for effect in my view. Not all stock ships had special weapons, and even I keep to that rule.

I think building a new mine is better and you could even cloak them like on DS9.

[namdnas]

but then the mine will have to be a ship