[script] Turret Missile Defense Mk2 v1.01 [link updated]

[fud]

This is a "simple" edit to the egosoft turret missile defense. If you've ever been annoyed that the missle defense setting reverts to shooting at enemies when no missles are flying, this is for you.

Turret command is titled "Advanced Missile Defense" when you're selecting it. Works the same as the regular, requires fight command mk2 to be an option.


Thanks goes to Red Spot and Eladan for their input on this.


Missile Def Mk2.spk

[nNemethon]

Cheers heaps Fud, I'll be looking forward to running it! Free M1 for you. Gotta go snooze now, Christmas waits for no tradesman, or do the clients.

[Cisor]

No special Wares required?

In any event, I'm looking forward to this. It'll make capturing a bit easier.

[fud]

No special Wares required?

Just fight command mk2, like the other turret commands.

[JMCorp]

while you're at it make an "attack enemies" that shoots at enemy ships but targets missiles first? the default attack enemies ignores missiles completely. the default missile defense will not attack an enemy until it has shot at you and HIT first. really annoying.

[fud]

That's sort of how the ego missle defense works. I know what you're getting at, but the ego version does about the same thing. If there are no missles to shoot at, it'll shoot at nearby enemies.

[JMCorp]

the stock missile defense will not target an enemy ship unless they've scored a successful hit. while it's "about" the same thing, it's not the same thing. i could fly around for hours waiting on some of these idiot AI ships to hit my titan a few times so the turrets will attack them. so i just leave it on attack enemy and absorb the missiles. luckily i've never had anyone firestorm me.

[fud]

This script was more suited towards the people that were fed up with their turrets shooting up ships that were potential bail outs. *My* reasoning for pursuing it, was having your own missles shot down by them, as they were shooting at enemy ships when no missles were there.

[WarmMachineME]

This script was more suited towards the people that were fed up with their turrets shooting up ships that were potential bail outs. *My* reasoning for pursuing it, was having your own missles shot down by them, as they were shooting at enemy ships when no missles were there.

As well as those of us who also don't want their MD turrets wasting ammo on anything that isn't a missile. I've got 4 streams of searing, radioactive plasma washing over them, I don't need any help from my li'l turret buddies...

Thanks much, fud. Now I can carry half the ammo crates and save that much cargo space, among other benefits.

[arcana75]

I'm not being an ass... but it's spelt missile

Is the word spelt missle in the entire script?

[Computertech]

while you're at it make an "attack enemies" that shoots at enemy ships but targets missiles first? the default attack enemies ignores missiles completely. the default missile defense will not attack an enemy until it has shot at you and HIT first. really annoying.

I would like to have a script like that as well. shoots ememies but also shoots missiles as well. Not just wait until i'm hit. Would be nice having a nice amount of turrent scripts...

[fud]

I'm not being an ass... but it's spelt missile

Is the word spelt missle in the entire script?

:shrug:


I was in a hurry, and was more concerned with getting it functioning.

[arcana75]

LOL no worries fud... a small edit in the t file fixed it up!

BTW fud is it possible to change the missile script NOT to shoot Hammerhead missiles? Otherwise it's an awesome script, 100% of the time enemy-fired missiles blow up in their face!

[fud]

I'm not sure there's any way to discriminate missile types. It just looks for a missile object.

[Red Spot]

I'm not sure there's any way to discriminate missile types. It just looks for a missile object.

*out of the naked brain coding ....*

at the top of the script where it looks for a missile ..
add something under it like this;

if $missile exists
$type get type of ware; $missile
skip if $type != [not to shoot at type]
$missile == null
end



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[fud]

Well, there ya go.

This is why I'm a student, and you're the professor.

[arcana75]

Excellent thanks RS! I'll give that a shot... shooting an ass-slow Hammerhead to close range is ... auto-suicide!

[arcana75]

Would this be about right...

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$victim = [THIS] -> find nearest missile aiming to me
010     if $victim -> exists
011      
012      if $victim == Hammerhead Missile
013       break
014      end
015      
016      set script command target: $victim

[Red Spot]

Would this be about right...

Does it look remotly as what I showed ...

Also note the word "add" in my previous post .. its there cause of a reason ..

(there are much better ways of implementing it than that I showed, but the way I showed should be a good "start" .. Once you have it working without causing infinite loops you may want to try and optimize the script, altho it would have little use, besides being a good experiance, as I already stipped all mumbo-jumbo from the from the script when I cut the lines to stop it targeting ships)



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[arcana75]

Would this be about right...

Does it look remotly as what I showed ...

Also note the word "add" in my previous post .. its there cause of a reason ..

(there are much better ways of implementing it than that I showed, but the way I showed should be a good "start" .. Once you have it working without causing infinite loops you may want to try and optimize the script, altho it would have little use, besides being a good experiance, as I already stipped all mumbo-jumbo from the from the script when I cut the lines to stop it targeting ships)

Actually I have no clue what you typed, I'm not a scripter