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[RETIRED] Whip's Missile Launch Script

This code has officially been retired and replaced by LAMP: https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2108744940

"Shooter Ship Setup" in the missile code instructions covers it. And relatively soon

how to that.
its is easy to use turret to steer the missile then move the ship.
how long to the new script is up??
tnx for the help. :D

This script does not lock on, but the direction of a specified turret can be used to steer the missile.

I have a new script in development that will support actual homing, and this script will be retired.

hei can the script use turret to guide missile???

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3) You need to make an assumption about the missile merge/connector/rotor's position relative to the missile's programmable block to determine how to detach the missile. Most scripts that operate in the way you describe use the one closest to the program. Now what happens if the closest merge/connector/rotor to your programmable block ISN'T the correct one?

4) If I fire the furthest/closest missile, what if I want a specific firing pattern?

I'm not in the business of making code guess a user's intentions, nor do I wish to impose design limitations upon how users build missiles any more than I need to. I'd much rather have the user explicitly state how they want missiles to be handled so that the code simply does what you tell it to.

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"im surprised theres not some function that allows just firing of the nearest missile regardless of name"

The behavior of that is not user intuitive, repeatable, nor easy to troubleshoot. To support this, this would require multiple assumptions/edge case handling that I am not going to make.

1) If 2 missiles are the same distance from the measurement point, which fires first? How do you do it in such a way that it is repeatable and intuitive to the user taking into account floating point errors caused by mounting missiles on subgrids?

2) If missiles don't have any sort of identification of their blocks that means that you need to detach it from the firing ship before fetching blocks, otherwise you grab blocks you don't mean to (what you experienced). How, then, would I ensure all a missile's power blocks are enabled before detaching if there is nothing to identify which power systems belong to which missile?

im surprised theres not some function that allows just firing of the nearest missile regardless of name like in guidance's launch script that i used long ago.

"cant get it to launch ONE AT A TIME. i named each prgram block on each missile custom data 01 02 etc but no luck wasted 6 hours so far"

As stated in the instructions for the missile script, you need to change both the name of the blocks on the missile AND the custom data to match. If all missiles are named the same thing, they will all fire at the same time.

There's a BP on the WS for a missile defense vehicle. Not sure of the name right off but it was a showcase vehicle for this script. I would suggest taking a look at it and see what's different. I don't remember how to do this off hand but it's a place to start.