Where is the damage done by weapons defined?

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Wanting to get some weapon stats to use as a base for a mod. I checked the tutorial and faq thread but couldn't find anything. In the SHP files it says the Damage stat doesn't do anything and it's defined by the output bank, but I can't anything about that. How would I calculate the damage done by, say, the phasers of the Connie refit. Assuming it changes depending on the power allocated.

edit: a follow-up question, movement is measured in "Meters per frame", but PC games have variable framerates don't they? If I times it by my monitor's refresh rate will I get the m/s?

[teeth_03]

ResourceOutputFunctionParams:Fwd Bank:NODEONLY: 4: 1.440: 8: 2.880: 1.200: 1.0: 0.75: 0.25

Look for the NODEONLY line, the 4 and the 8 indicate power used at 100 and 200 percent. The 1.440 and 2.880 indicate damage at those power levels, not sure about the other values.

The recharge rates and rate of fire for the stock weapons are defined elsewhere. The game defines all "Phasers" the same, only texture and sound effect changes, but otherwise has the same stats unless Damage output is different. Of course, I think the Old Akuka/Connie and Shakurians use something like OPhaser or RPhaser so they are treated differently.

[Menome]

Thanks. Is there anything that defines how likely a shot is to miss when fired?

[Darth Raven]

Toward the bottom of the SHP file you'll see something like:

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######################## WEAPONS DEFINITIONS ###########################################
#
# set the primary and secondary weapons parameters.
# The names are the names of the resources that are the primary or secondary weapons
# Damage is the amount of damage done by these.
#
#   23Mar99, 11:26:  new weapons parameters format, old stuff commented out.
# New format:
#   WeaponInfo:Primary/Secondary/Heavy/Heavy2/Special:name:prefix:damage:initialVelocity:
#   linearVelocity:linearAcceleration:angularVelocity:angularAcceleration:range:coneAngle:
#    inaccuracy:red:green:blue:numAvailable:soundName:Beam/Projectile/Tractor:Any number
#   of ShieldWeapon/BrownOut/Radiation/BreakdownStress/NotBolt/Seeking/Dissipating/Bleedthrough
# Note:  the damage done by a weapon is actually the output of the bank, not the damage
# specified here.
#
# DISRUPTOR
WeaponInfo:Primary:Light Disruptors:disrupty:1.8:20000:20000:0:0:0:15000: 50:0.0:1.0:1.0:0.0:0:WEAPONS_DISRUPTOR_RAPID:beam
#
# PHOTON TORPEDOES
WeaponInfo:Secondary:Photon Torps:photon:5:4300:15000:4300:0.045:0.013:15000: 20:0.0:1.0:0.0:0.0:0:WEAPONS_PHOTON_NORMAL:Projectile:Bleedthrough:Seeking
#


The top part there has the instructions for most of the modifications you can do to your weapons. You're looking for Inaccuracy, which is set to 0. You can also add the Seeking tag to the end of it (like the photons have above) to make it seek to the target.

Under offensive systems you should have lines much like these:

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#+--------------------------------- Offensive Systems ---------------------------------+
#
ResourceOutputFunctionParams:Gun Turrets:LEAVESONLY:     0:   0:   0:   0:    1.0:   1.0:    0.75:    0.25
ResourceChargeRateFunctionParams:Gun Turrets:LEAVESONLY: 0:   1:   0:   1:    1.0:   0.6:    0.75:    0.25
ResourceMaxChargeFunctionParams:Gun Turrets:LEAVESONLY:  0:   1.5:   0:   1.5:    1.0:   1.0:     1.0:     1.0
#


The LEAVESONLY lines control your recharge rate for the weapons. The smaller the value in the 2nd spot there the quicker they recharge.. On this example their at 1 and 1.5

The weapon spacing are done with the following:\

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ResourceOutputFunctionParams:Fwd Bank:NODEONLY:40:14.200:80:18.400:1.200:1.0:0.75:0.25
ResourceChargeRateFunctionParams:Fwd Bank:NODEONLY:     0:  40:   0:  40:    1.0:   0.6:    0.75:    0.25
ResourceMaxChargeFunctionParams:Fwd Bank:NODEONLY:      0:  10:   0:  10:    1.0:   1.0:     1.0:     1.0
#


NODEONLY controls the spacing, The only reason to change these (the 40s and 10s) are if the weapons are all firing at exactly the same time, and you want a slight delay between banks firing.

Basically just backup the .shp and .atk files and have fun modifying the numbers around until you're happy. The best way to get comfortable with it is just to play with it.

I hope what I posted makes some sense lol.