You can finally have dogfights in SimplePlanes 1 multiplayer!
This is a weapon that acts as a "gun" and works in SimplePlanes Multiplayer! It has long been a frustration that SP Multiplayer does not support guns/cannons. This is a workaround that essentially shoots weak bombs which act as "bullets." It is a simple drop-in replacement, and requires no variables.
INSTRUCTIONS:
All you have to do is add the gun to your Sub Assemblies and you can place it on any craft. Just make sure that everyone has "Sync Weapon Explosions" enabled when joining the server.
-To use the weapon, just hold the default "FireGuns" button
-There are 100 rounds in the gun, so once you run out of ammo, I recommend that you select the "Restart Here" option to refill your ammo without losing your location.
Optional:
-Add the included label to your Sub Assemblies in order to have an accurate ammo indicator.
-Remove any "Miniguns" or "Wing Guns" that are already on your plane in order to make the default target predictor accurate to this weapon
It's not the most elegant or effective system in the world but it's better than nothing
Specifications
Spotlights
- Graingy 8 hours ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Multiplayer PVP Gun V3
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Length 8.0ft (2.4m)
- Height 10.0ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight 916lbs (415kg)
- Loaded Weight 916lbs (415kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 1335
Parts
- Number of Parts 215
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,110
@SuperSuperTheSylph I doubt it's spaghetti code and I'm sure that the multiplayer mod is well written, it just has some limitations. But yeah I agree thst SP2 will definitely have proper gun functionality.
@Graingy From my understanding, you can't see objects that other players "spawn" in. Guns and Cannons spawn in bullets when you fire them so they aren't replicated in the server. With this new gun, all the bomb bullets are part of the plane when you load in so they are able to be replicated on the server
@SuperSuperTheSylph Honestly I have no idea how SP multiplayer works. I assumed it was essentially just feeding player inputs to AI craft, no?
Can't see why it wouldn't be able to use guns when AI does it fine.
@Graingy prolly cuz of some weird spaghetti code the MP servers use
i feel guns should be fine to use in SP2 multiplayer
SP multiplayer doesn't support guns?
Well, that stinks.