I like idea of Superweapons off-switch.

Superweapons are now capped at 4 per player. Like it or not, a switch wil most likely never be implemented.

In theory, couldnt you mod the game to make the max count of superweapons 0, effectively turning begin the requested off switch?

Teun; I did not know that change had been implemented. That's great. That also means that, as jkmaster points out, you can probably mod your way ouf of them entirely.

There is a less attractive option though: Removing the superweapon entity files and changing the corresponding files so the superweapon doesn't even show up in the tech tree. It wouldn't be as pretty as a switch or using the hardcoded modifier but it would remove the superweapons from the game completely regardless.

Aye, but four superweapons I can deal with. It's when the AI has 15 planets doing continual bombardments that I get angry.

To quote Volt about this from another thread.

Its the maxNumberOfCannonsPerPlayer modifier that controls the superweapon limit.

I just find it interesting that the AI preferentially targets me, even when I've got a 5.x relationship with them (they had a 3.8ish with me, so I couldn't treaty them), and am in a different system. I had two different TEC players shooting down my planets, one of which had no planets in my system, and vice-versa.

Seriously, played on a huge random and the planet bombardment damage I took was about 3x as much as the next highest enemy, and all of that was from novaliths, the only time my planets ever got sieged a ship was once or twice by random rebels before I put up some defenses.

On the other side of things, I never saw any of the Varasi or Advent players use a superweapon, though I think I saw one advent superweapon.

This was in a huge-random match vs 9 hard AI.

Just wondering: has any modder made a small mod just to turn the superweapon limit to zero (or use another way to turn off superweapons, such as making them into something else)?

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/428088

yea i made one last week.

they wont even show up on the research tree.

Where does all this superweapon hatred come from?

In my mod I  converted all of the Super Weapons in to Ion Cannons.  Awesome Heavy weapons that do mass damg kind of like the Snipe weapon on the Titan.  Have great range and are for inner planet protection.  but they are not so over powered that you cant kill them either.  My way works the best.

Where is the download link for your mod, Darksxx?

There is none, Ive kept this mod pretty much to myself and my friends.  Ive made other changes to the game too that many here would probably not like very much.  like tougher and more over powered Capships.  along with many other changes.  but I have balanced my mod out across all races so its not uneven in any way. One of the things that has always bothered me and my friends is a capship pounding on a frigate for several mins.  that's just nonsense. which is why I made this mod.

But if you want my mod, I can send it to ya by email,  its not that big.  let me know.

And while your at it, stick a 'no ********* super-weapons' switch into Diplomacy as well. :p

Either this or have the limit to one...because the AI just spams them everywhere and what's worse is that they CONTINUOUSLY attack my planet non-stop to the point where its pointless to even try to colonize, by the time I do, it gets bombed again. And I've noticed glitches with Kostura's effect after getting bombed by them a bunch of times. (having stuff like labs and "culture towers" getting disabled permanently, it doesn't happen when you get hit like once. But multiple times and I start to notice that I have to scuttle and rebuild to get them working again)

I guess, Ill have to upload the mod for you guys to try out.  I personally hate the planet killing which is why I made this mod to begin with.  Entirely up to you all if you use it or not.  I can make my mod with just the Ion cannons only.  This is pretty much the off switch many seem to be looking for.

/signed

Really?? limiting superweapons to 1 would make the Nova and the Engine even more useless than they r with 4. The only superweapon that is useful is the Kostura and it is only usefull cuz it can open a phase node on the worlds it hits. And if u send a dozen or so scouts with explosive charge to the where ever the superweaons are at u can easily destroy them. IMO either the superweapon limit is removed or the Nova and Engine gets a buff.

Darksxx, I think it would be great if you made a smaller mod with just the superweapons being turned into ion cannons.

Is the cannon particle effect and damage the same for all races?

Exctly the Same dmg, except they have a differant look when firing and are named differantly.

Like this.

TEC - Ion Cannon - Does 2450 Dmg per shot.  it might sound like a lot, but it usually will take two shots to kill a frigate.

This is how you will see it worded in the game.

"A defensive platform that fires large Ion plasma bolts causing heavy damage to enemy ships at long range."

Psi - Psionic Plasma Bolt Cannon -  Same Dmg 2450

Phase - Kostura Energy Bolt Cannon - 2450 Dmg

Each of the Cannons are capable of hitting targets within a gravity well of each planet where they are built.

I did not change how they are in the research tree.  all of this is still the same.

Ill get this uploaded by later today.

They both need a buff, the nova is easily countered with a sb and aux gov and once those come out the econ debuff aint nothing against the AI. When i build superweapons I want it to be effective and not a complete waste of resources and atm the Kostura is the only one that is not a waste to build so they both the Nova and the Engine needs a buff to be on par with the Kostura

Nova is worth it against the AI. So is Kostura. Only the DE isn't worth a lot in building.

The AI builds sb with aux gov so and nova wont cuz them to lose the world and with the AI econ cheats the econ debuff from the Nova doesnt rly affect them much