Beam weapons targets.

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Hello,

Sins looks awesome, as a huge fan of space battles and lasers, I have a question about final graphics tho.
Are there lasers in game which just burn their way through the ships / sweep around ship's surface burning it and spewing junk? In the videos Ive seen so far the lasers seem to be fixed at their target.

Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsuTBKSr6O8 around 2:35 to see what I mean. I think this kind of effect would be insanely cool :)

Devels: If its not in yet, is it possible to add/mod it?

Thank you!
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
The Advent have constant-stream beams. They don't quite "burn through" and come out on the other side, though.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
They do keep fixed at a single point while they're firing. Try the Advent carrier, it has a really cool looking 4-beam broadside. I think with mods you can increase the duration so that it never stops firing, for a constant beam that never stops until the ship is destroyed.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks, not exactly the thing I had in mind but cant wait to try Advent out :)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
To do what that youtube video is doing, all you have to do, really, is decrease the prebuff cooldown time, and change the duration to the way you want it. Here is an example of a modded Kol Battleship for the TEC. I have all 3 weapon slots just like this and it is really cool.
WeaponType "Beam"
damageEnums
AttackType "CAPITALSHIP"
DamageAffectType "AFFECTS_SHIELDS_AND_HULL"
DamageApplyType "OVERTIME"
DamageType "ENERGY"
WeaponClassType "BEAM"
DamagePerBank:FRONT 150.000000
DamagePerBank:BACK 100.000000
DamagePerBank:LEFT 100.000000
DamagePerBank:RIGHT 100.000000
Range 7000.000000
PreBuffCooldownTime 5.000000
CanFireAtFighter FALSE
SynchronizedTargeting TRUE
PointStaggerDelay 0.250000
TravelSpeed 0.000000
Duration .750000
WeaponEffects
weaponType "Beam"
burstCount 1
burstDelay 0.000000
muzzleEffectName "Weapon_TechCapitalBeamHeavy_Muzzle"
muzzleSoundMinRespawnTime 0.100000
muzzleSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitEffectName "Weapon_TechCapitalBeamHeavy_Hit"
hitHullEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
hitShieldsEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound ""
beamEffectSounds
soundCount 1
sound "WEAPON_TECHCAPITALBEAMHEAVY_TRAVEL"
beamGlowTextureName "TechCapitalBeam_Glow"
beamCoreTextureName "TechCapitalBeam_Core"
beamWidth 35.000000
beamGlowColor ffffffff
beamCoreColor ffffffff
beamTilingRate 3.000000