@Xythlord
Vanilla+ does not conflict with vanilla weapons.

does this work with Vanilla+?

Thanks. I tried it out and it sorta do, but the range became messed up and sometimes it can work, sometimes it simply set itself to 4 meters range. I gave up on WC unfortunately, lots of things don't work with it. A shame, since I really wanted to use the energy shields mod too

@Leozingameplays - unfortunately, WCs turret mechanics are fundamentally incompatible with vanilla turret mechanics, which is why WHAM/LAMP don't work with WC turrets. If you load this alongside WC, I'd be very surprised if this turret is able to function at all.

I have a question. This is clearly stated as non wc, but it breaks if wc is loaded? Cause I very much like wc, but I really want to shoot missiles at longer ranges with LAMP and, while a wc mod that I use add a RADAR like turret, it doesn't work for LAMP. My hope is that yours will work sisnce is non wc, but I'm afraid wc will mess with it anyways.

What ammo gies in designator

Can each turret have its own designator? I'd like to merge my player-made turrets with these for redundancy.

@Polski_Sebek1 In a word, no. This doesn't alter vanilla weapons or their ranges as far as I know.

Think of it like a radar dish or a set of eyes. All it does is see things. The designator turret itself can see things up to 5km away. But that doesn't mean that turrets or weapons can reach that target.

It is up to the player to do something with that information through the use of the programmable block and in-game scripts as mentioned in the description like Whip's Turret AI Slaving, Rdav's Easy Auto Turret, Diamond Dome Defense, WHAM, Rdav's Guided Missile, or various radar scripts like Whip's Turret Based Radar and LiDAR Mapping.

So in very simple way of putting it, with this advanced designator turret any assembled weapon (like gatling turret) range can go up to 5 km ?

Is it capable of designate targets up to 5kms for AWP weapons turrets or only for custom builds turrets ?

@Sworn A mod script and an in-game script are two different things. A script which slaves turrets to another turret is an in-game script.

An example of a mod script would be Modular Encounters Systems.

ok, so then it is just misleading, I don't mind a fancy writing for immersion, but make it clear.

No mod scripts used! Unless Keen changes how weapons work, this mod will never break!

but then it useless if you don't use any targeting script....

@Rupture No.

@Sworn Please read the description.

hmm What am I missing? I don't really gets how it is supposed to work. Does it make all turrets lock at a target from a max of 5km? or it is itself a turret that just function as a normal turret and, for now, don't know how to use the conveyor system, so you have to manually supply it with ammo....

From the description, since you mention a paint gun, I would assume this turret shot at something, and upon impact it would case a grid lock on it, is that it? Or my small Gatling turret will try to fire at 3km range?

Will you ever make a weapon core version of this mod?

@Sundae This is mentioned in the description. I used to prevent this by limiting the bullet's maximum range, but this workaround broke tracking once Automatons dropped.

The turret is firing at the target.although there was no damage, but it looked strange

All targeting issues are fixed.

Automatons changed something about how turrets target; seems max projectile range is now part of the calculation. Previously, max projectile range had no influence.

yeah the mod seems to be broken as of the automatons update.

Is it possible that this Mod is not working any longer since 1.202?

Why doesnt the turret fire upon enemies? I want to use it for an early warning detection system to activate timer blocks but it won't work unless the turret fires. It wont even aim at them. any help is appreciated

Since we're doing the inverted camera (love the random movement off by default by the way) can we do the same for sideways cameras so those are less disorienting to use as well?

Though, I don't know what side would be decided on as the "correct" side for top-down. Personally, I orient the control panel down as that makes it easier to load on most ships, save for ones where that designator is placed really low to the ground.

Also, the icon for the designator turret cluster is the gatling turret+ instead of a designator turret+
Nothing major, just notable.

Suggestion: Making another block with the same functionality of the custom turret controller for but with a long range for other detection options or less scripts needed

@BROTHERHOOD Sure.

Hi harbinger I was wondering if it would be possible to make a flipped version camera so it can be put on the bottom of ships or on a ceiling so it could be used as a security camera or a scouting camera the way the 30mm chaingun for the controls

Hi harbinger, indeed weapon core but also paragon's countermeasures cause the designator to crash. Thanks for the info and keep up the good work

@Sub-Zero Remove WeaponCore and all WeaponCore-dependent mods. This is confirmed to fix all range bugs.

hello, small problem with the range, impossible to exceed 4m. a solution to offer me please?

do you plan on creating a Weapon Core version of this mod?

Trying to add this as a camera or tool to a custom turret controller, but it doesn't recognize it. Is that intentional or am I missing something? Thanks

@SingingCrazyMeteor I believe Copy Target's range is related to projectile ranges. Advanced Designator Turret's projectile only travels one meter, so it might not work with Copy Target.

I could update it with an increased range, but that will lead to some funky behavior.

Any idea if copy target is supposed to work? I get target out of range message.

i was struggling with it for hours than i realise it needs a fake ammo to work like all turrets haha, still this thing is a game changer man, very nice work ! u got a sub/liked/favor

Turret now targets specified block type so thats good, but the re targeting problem still persists, standard turrets also re target but only after about 30 seconds have passed or more, not multiple times a second. might be a variable somewhere thats set extremely low causing it?

Now faces the correct direction when used as a designator, and I've attempted to fix the rapid re-targeting issue, but it still seems to exist. No clue if adding the new WFII weapon strings at least fixes issues related to mod API usage.

I just got done with finals, so I'll take a look and see if I can fix what's going on.

Turret seems to be rapidly re-targeting blocks on the targeted grid, causing any turrets using this as designator to flail around wildly trying to follow the target, is there some way to fix this?

After the recent Warfare 2 update, and updates to WeaponCore, this stopped working if you also used WeaponCore and WeaponCore - Replace Vanilla Weapons. To get it working again, just need to add the following lines to the CubeBlocks file at the end of both definitions:

<TargetingGroups>
<string>Weapons</string>
</TargetingGroups>

It doesn't turn to face the target but it still designates.

Turret doesn't target anything. I've adjusted it every way I can to try to get it to lock onto something but it simply wont.

Alright then...

@濕濕娘 I have no idea. This is something I've actively been trying to solve. The designator still works fine, regardless.

Why does it aim at enemy with backside?Or the side with blue cameras wasn't the frontside?

Id like to second that Mod.io request. I still have one 1 buddy that has yet to jump to PC for SE and it is holding the rest of us back. lol

hi can you plz upload this mod to mod.io plz oh plz

Yes, it can!

Can this be used with Whip's Turret Based Radar Script?

Actually, Froid's WC Rotor Turret script now supports using vanilla guns as designators (was broken, is fixed now), for anyone interested.

+1 for a weaponcore version

@Boludo96 You also have to add the mod to your world via the world settings.

As a general note to everyone, this mod still works as of the Warfare 1 update.

hmmm