Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

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Chaingun Corners & Crossings
   
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15 Aug @ 8:10am
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Chaingun Corners & Crossings

Description
What is this?
Provides a few chaingun parts that allow for better chaingun magazine pathing.

Features
  • Chaingun Magazine (Corner). This is a 2x2 piece. Allows the magazine to bend 90degs
  • Chaingun Magazine (Crossover). This 2x3 piece allows crew to cross over the path of a chaingun magazine and easily access the other side.
  • Chaingun Magazine (Heat Pipe). This 2x3 piece allows connection between a heat pipe network on either side of the magazine. The connection ports go up/down only. Crew can walk left/right under the pipe but not over the magazine belt.
All pieces cost just over double the normal magazine at 50steel and 8coils.
All pieces can be rotated and flipped and combined in any combination with the normal magazines.
All pieces unlock with the main Chaingun and all pieces are under the main gun in the editor
-- (note the Heat Pipe crossing does not require Heat Management, but it IS expected to have that first)

~~ Confirmed working post MELTDOWN update 0.30 ~~
However has no 'active' meltdown parts. The Heat Pipe crossover-connection is a 'passive' piece.

Known Issues
  • Likely to be completely incompatible with ANY OTHER** chaingun mods...
  • ... OR with any other mods based on/referencing the vanilla chaingun
  • DO NOT loop a chaingun magazine into itself. Ensure always one tile of space.
  • Not working when flipped/mirrored Should be fixed in v2.5 onwards
  • Always try to start and end a magazine chain with the vanilla magazine!
    -- With version1.1 this was no longer required, but it feels like a 'good practice' to continue to do.

BETA STATUS TAG
  • The mod was known during testing to cause *random crashes* in creative mode when using the "Restock all Resources" option. I don't think it's very stable, hence the tag/warning.
  • The mod was known during creative testing to *randomly crash* when Force Firing chainguns
  • Sometimes for unknown reasons the magazine chain FAILS to connect. This is random and a connection at one orientation may not work at a different orientation.... I couldn't figure it out.
  • With v1.1 I spent over 2hrs constructing chaingun magazine snakes without a crash or connection break - HOWEVER I'd still like some confirmation from others that this is working flawlessly before removing the BETA tag/status.
  • After several more hours of testing and with friends in pvp/career modes I have removed the BETA tag I imposed, as we can't find any more issues
    ..... HOWEVER .... Use at your own risk :) !!

Any other modder is free to use and improve/adapt the CODE of this mod.
Please do not re-use the ART/SPRITES without asking me first.

** Added compatibility with Bonibles Roof Mounted Chaingun . Also fixes some graphical issues with that mod. Done with permission from Bonible

Credits
Many thanks to Kroom for the art I kit-bashed.
Many thanks to both Walt and Celeste for answering my questions in the discord about proxies and part criteria's. I don't think this mod would be possible without their expert guidance.

~ Enjoy !! and please buy me a Cuppa Tea[buymeacoffee.com].
22 Comments
RakINarik 30 Nov @ 12:53pm 
When I set 0 in priority for crew in any section, game say me "bye, bye" and out. What can be a problem? I check game without this mod and he work great, only with this mod game crash.
RustyDios  [author] 17 Nov @ 4:13am 
As stated in the description, it is not advised to do that.
In the best case nothing bad happens, the game figures out the pathing.
In the worse case the game instantly crashes and can not be loaded into again

... there's a 50/50 chance either of those scenario's happen every time the chaingun loads or fires.
petrov 15 Nov @ 3:06am 
what happens if i loop it into itself
VHSSerenity 6 Nov @ 5:43am 
thats fair, thanks for considering it though
RustyDios  [author] 4 Nov @ 5:51pm 
Tired Parts (by Cend) ?
That looks like it would be a huge amount of work. I don't personally use that mod myself, so I have little incentive to make this compatible... however I've added the request/suggestion to my list of "stuff to do", for when I have some time to look into doing it.
VHSSerenity 4 Nov @ 6:16am 
would be awsome if this could be made compatible with the tiered parts mod, however that might work
RustyDios  [author] 3 Nov @ 9:00pm 
? I literally just added compatibility with Bonibles Roof Chaingun, earlier today
Ogronorante 3 Nov @ 8:14pm 
Your mod it's way better than elbow mag. Congrats

Can you add deck version chaingun?
RustyDios  [author] 9 Oct @ 4:14am 
I know of the Elbow Magazine mod, it had some issues with crashing when I used it, due to being able to make loops too easily as a 1x1 part.
It also didn't always work in ALL orientations/setups

This mods corner being a 2x2 should help to make looping less easy to do. (although it IS still an issue!!). I also tested it working correctly in any setup/connection/configuration I could manage to think of ... and ... I add the crossover parts for crew and heat ...
Caramel 7 Oct @ 1:31pm 
there's a same mod call Elbow Magazine, but your art is better