[LIB] get bullet speeds

[Gazz]

This library script is a stepping stone for a script I'm currently working on.

Call it without arguments. (the arguments serve internal purposes)

It returns:

• a 2 dimensional Array.
• Sub-Array 0: List of all lasers that can be used by ships that currently exist in the universe.
  If no existing ship at all can use a laser (such as the repair laser or terran lasers when there are no terrans) then this laser is not included.
  
  If a laser does no shield or hull damage it is not included.
  
  That array alone could be useful in some cases.
  
  If you wish to include weird lasers, temporarily create a ship (argon race) before running this script.
• Sub-Array 1: List of associated bullet speeds in m/s

Notes:

• This script takes up to 25 sec to complete and can appear to lock up X3 for several seconds.
  It does some heavy number crunching but I didn't find a better way to filter out invalid lasers that no ship can use...
  Good thing it only needs to run once. =)
  Just don't run it directly from a setup script...
• You know that exact timing is very tricky in X3 so these are not exact values.
  How exact the speeds are depends on the current FPS... and a little luck. =)
• Super fast bullets (Vanilla Khaak beams do 6000 - 12000 m/s) can not be measured.
  The highest I ever got from those was in the 3000 range. They simply travel too fast within 1 frame.
• Flak is special...
  Even through the bullet is super fast, the actual damage is created later by the secondary explosion.
  That delay results in measured speeds in the 500-1200 range.
• And because someone is going to ask:
  This script doesn't contain a single hardcoded value. It's the good stuff.
• There might still be a few rough edges. I'll find out when I actually use it. =)

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That is how the X3 Vanilla values look. I only edited/sorted the laser names for readability.

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Spd:  437,  Laser:        Concussion Impulse Generator
Spd:  533,  Laser:  Alpha Flak Artillery Array
Spd: 1250,  Laser:  Beta  Flak Artillery Array
Spd:  301,  Laser:  Alpha High Energy Plasma Thrower
Spd:  261,  Laser:  Beta  High Energy Plasma Thrower
Spd:  519,  Laser:  Alpha Impulse Ray Emitter
Spd:  503,  Laser:  Beta  Impulse Ray Emitter
Spd:  781,  Laser:        Ion Disruptor
Spd: 1511,  Laser:  Alpha Kyon Emitter
Spd: 1429,  Laser:  Beta  Kyon Emitter
Spd: 2951,  Laser:  Gamma Kyon Emitter
Spd: 2945,  Laser:        Lasertower Weapon
Spd:  408,  Laser:        Mass Driver
Spd:  448,  Laser:  Alpha Particle Accelerator Cannon
Spd:  392,  Laser:  Beta  Particle Accelerator Cannon
Spd:  286,  Laser:  Alpha Phased Shockwave Generator
Spd:  247,  Laser:  Beta  Phased Shockwave Generator
Spd:  250,  Laser:  Gamma Phased Shockwave Generator
Spd:  267,  Laser:  Alpha Photon Pulse Cannon
Spd:  226,  Laser:  Beta  Photon Pulse Cannon
Spd:  234,  Laser:  Gamma Photon Pulse Cannon
Spd:  635,  Laser:  Alpha Pulsed Beam Emitter
Spd:  700,  Laser:  Beta  Pulsed Beam Emitter

[s9ilent]

Out of curiosity, does your script take your ships current velocity into account? I know for a fact that it does make a difference (as my test dev mode ship flies at 1000000 or something, and it still fires rather normally -until I change direction)

[Gazz]

No. It tests bullets, not ships. Other variables are eliminated.
Simply add your ship's speed when needed.

[GlorfindelX]

Out of curiosity, does your script take your ships current velocity into account? I know for a fact that it does make a difference (as my test dev mode ship flies at 1000000 or something, and it still fires rather normally -until I change direction)

What happens when you change directions while firing?

[s9ilent]

If im traveling in a stralight line at 100 and I fire a bullet at 2000, from a fixed stationary observer, the bullet is traveling at 2100 (2000+100). Where as from my point of view its traveling at 100.

If i change direction, then it will be going somewhere from 100-2100 (depending on which direction i'm facing, where exactly backwards is 2100, sideways is 2000 and so on and so forth)

i.e. Bullets have add your initial velocity to theirs.