Chaingun Corners & Crossings

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Author: RustyDios

Last revision: 26 Apr at 18:36 UTC (2)

File size: 11.98 MB

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Description:

Provides a few chaingun parts that allow for better chaingun magazine pathing.

• Chaingun Magazine (Corner). This is a 2×2 piece. Allows the magazine to bend 90degs
• Chaingun Magazine (Crossover). This 2×3 piece allows crew to cross over the path of a chaingun magazine and easily access the other side.
• Chaingun Magazine (Heat Pipe). This 2×3 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)

However has no ‘active’ meltdown parts. The Heat Pipe crossover-connection is a ‘passive’ piece.

• 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.

• 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

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].