ShipBallista

v1.4.8

A ballista bolted to a ship. Aim follows the ship's movement. Shots prefer other ships. Ships place the weapon prefab. ShipBallistaSpawner is a separate spawner.

Find placed ones in the Scene panel with s:ShipBallista. See Filter.

Where you put it

Put it on the weapon entity. The body needs children tagged with NavelTag, BodyTag, and SkeletonTag. Packed prefabs live in Modules\NavalDLC\AssetPackages\nested_prefabs_packed.xml: ballista_c, ballista_c_explosive, and copies under ship_ballista_holder.

What you set

ballista_c stores these rows. Panel order is the ship fields, then the ballista fields, then the ranged-weapon fields. A holder copy writes only the rows it changes.

Panel field	What to do with it
_horizontalAimSensitivity	How fast yaw follows the mouse. Code default 0.5. ballista_c stores 0.950.
_verticalAimSensitivity	How fast pitch follows the mouse. Code default 0.5. ballista_c stores 0.650.
NavelTag	Child that yaws. ballista_c stores BallistaNavel.
BodyTag	Child that pitches. ballista_c stores BallistaBody.
SkeletonTag	Child with the weapon skeleton. ballista_c stores SkeletonEntity.
AnimationHeightDifference	Height fix for the pilot's hands. ballista_c stores 0.
IdleActionName	Pilot idle. ballista_c stores act_usage_ballista_idle_defender.
ReloadActionName	Reload. ballista_c stores act_usage_ballista_reload_defender.
PlaceAmmoStartActionName	Start of placing the bolt. Defender clip on ballista_c.
PlaceAmmoEndActionName	End of placing the bolt.
PickUpAmmoStartActionName	Start of picking the bolt up.
PickUpAmmoEndActionName	End of picking the bolt up.
HorizontalDirectionRestriction	Yaw limit, in radians. Code default is a right angle. ballista_c stores 1.750.
BallistaShootingSpeed	Bolt speed. Code default 120. ballista_c stores 170.
MissileItemID	Ammo item id. ballista_c stores ballista_c_projectile.
MultipleProjectileCount	Pellets when the ammo is a stack. ballista_c stores 5.
Focus	What the crew prefers to shoot. ballista_c stores Troops.
StartingAmmoCount	Bolts at start. ballista_c stores 30.
TopReleaseAngleRestriction	Highest pitch, in radians. ballista_c stores 0.700.
BottomReleaseAngleRestriction	Lowest pitch, in radians. ballista_c stores -0.700.
RemoveOnDeployTag	Entities with this tag are removed when the engine deploys. Empty on ballista_c.
AddOnDeployTag	Entities with this tag are added when it deploys. Empty on ballista_c.
PilotStandingPointTag	Pilot stand tag. ballista_c stores Pilot.
AmmoPickUpTag	Ammo stand tag. ballista_c stores ammopickup.
WaitStandingPointTag	Wait stand tag. ballista_c stores Wait.
NavMeshPrefabName	Navmesh under the weapon. ballista_c stores ballista_a_dnm.

Move, reload, and fire sounds are event:/mission/ballista_naval/move, reload, and fire. Grapeshot ids on this weapon are ballista_c_projectile_grape and ballista_c_projectile_grape_projectile.

What it does

A pilot aims with the mouse. The navel yaws and the body pitches, inside the limits above. The shot's start speed includes the ship's velocity at the muzzle. The crew will not fire through a friendly ship. A target flagged as a ship scores twice as high.

Where it lives

Managed script. Packed prefabs: Modules\NavalDLC\AssetPackages\nested_prefabs_packed.xml. No scene file stores this script.

Examples

Bolt ballista. Prefab ballista_c, entity ballista_c. Ammo ballista_c_projectile, speed 170, starting ammo 30, yaw limit 1.750, aim sensitivity 0.950 / 0.650. Defender load clips.

Pot ballista. Prefab ballista_c_explosive, entity ballista_c_explosive. Ammo ballista_c_projectile_pot, speed 145, starting ammo 20, yaw limit 2.500, aim sensitivity 0.935 / 0.650.

Stone and grapeshot on a holder. Prefab ship_ballista_holder. Entity ballista_c_stone stores ammo ballista_c_projectile_stone, speed 170, yaw limit 1.571. Entity ballista_c_grapeshot stores ammo ballista_c_projectile_grape. One grapeshot copy stores MultipleProjectileCount 4, speed 40, and yaw limit 3.100.