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A Question as to the Base Specifications of Missiles Pt. 2: The Cluelessnessening

23.5k Graingy  18 days ago

This is, funnily enough, not the first time I've asked this question, but I'm famous ("famous") now, so I'll ask again.
The modified original text is below to save me some typing:


Ever since overload was added to the base game, it has granted many options to many people, myself included.
However, some variables either don't seem to work for me (like fuel tank size in fuselage), or aren't visible unless added by the player.
Most missile variables are this way.

Despite having access to their names, there is a slight problem:
They make no sense.
Now, granted, SOME of them make sense. Range, targeting angle, lock time, etc.
Some make less sense, at least speaking practically. Max speed, thrust force, headingAngleAdjustmentRate or whatever it was. I can tell what they mean in the basic sense. Max speed is, presumably, the max speed the missile can reach. But what unit? m/s? kph? other (some weird fraction)? Does thrust impact acceleration time noticeably? Is thrust in newtons, lbf (probably not considering everything else), or something else? Would that mean that you'd need to break out the calculator and work out acceleration and acceleration time through thrust or, all forbid, drag calculations?
Some I just don't understand.
Point is, I'm asking in case anyone knows what the base stats of each missile is without modifications, since you can't see variables until they're added, and when you do their value is automatically set to nothing.
What's an Interceptor's max speed? What is its "turn speed", whatever exactly that means as to its performance. Is burn time seconds or some sort of "ticks" or something else?
I've worked out the base targeting angles for Guardian and Interceptor (20 and 8 respectively), and I could probably figure out lock time, but others I just could not even hope to work out any data on.

TL;DR: I am dumb and don't know how capable the missiles are by default.


Anyways, reusing and editing out some of the dumber parts of that text, the question stands:
What do these settings do? What does a given number do in comparison to the invisible default?

Thanks.

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    29.4k TheMouse

    Take a look at this first. Although I cannot claim to know what every single one means, it might help you a bit.

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    23.5k Graingy

    @TheMouse Without looking through the entire thing, I'm not sure that has quite what I'm looking for.
    That being said, NICE.

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    29.4k TheMouse

    I know many things. Got a specific question?

    18 days ago
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    23.5k Graingy

    @TheMouse I figured we had a little bit of overlap. You would've have happened upon anything useful, have you?

    18 days ago