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Ranakastrasz wrote:

NoriSilverrage wrote:Just wanted to say I love this mod. The changes are all pretty great.

One thing I was wondering though. Can the laser defense be tied to tech upgrades? The 20 damage upgrade is certainly good, but it it still kind of meh late game.

Thats something I am trying to figure out. I haven't figured out how to hook tech upgrades with damage from anything other than turrets, Guns, and Drones. I think I know how to increase damage from grenades, but I am not certain, and haven't tested it yet. Laser equipment will benefit if I can figure out how.

If you were talking about higher tiers of lasers turrets, that is coming, but It will be a while. I am currently taking a break, due to frustration diversions, and work.

NoriSilverrage wrote:Heya, small feedback. When I updated to this the first solar panel equipment research didn't show up. I had to force research it from the console. Shows up fine in a new game, so I suspect some migration file magic needs doing.

NoriSilverrage wrote:Heya Ranakastrasz,

So I was bored today and on a whim decided to try and see if the personal laser defense could indeed have the laser turret upgrades apply to it. I believe I have succeeded.. Actually was really simple.

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You just gotta trick the game into thinking it's a laser turret.

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data.raw["active-defense-equipment"]["basic-laser-defense-equipment"].attack_parameters.ammo_type.category = "laser-turret"

You could add upgrade tech to it as well. Just copy the laser turret's tech and put in electric instead of laser-turret for upgrade ammo type.

Now onto my wee bit of testing. In that picture I just threw a really quick set of armor together with two stacks of fuel. After taking out just a few small bases (3ish spawners and I force set 100% evolution so some behemoths) it burned thru almost a full stack of fuel. Granted the item is now a lower range laser turret (so actually useful), but with your fusion changes it's actually a pretty expensive option. Not sure how I feel about where it's at. I think it's terrible vanilla, still bad with the 20 damage and is pretty good with upgrades.

Anyway hope that helps you.

NoriSilverrage wrote:Heya, small feedback. When I updated to this the first solar panel equipment research didn't show up. I had to force research it from the console. Shows up fine in a new game, so I suspect some migration file magic needs doing.

for i, player in ipairs(game.players) do
    player.force.reset_recipes()
    player.force.reset_technologies()
    if player.force.technologies["alien-technology"].researched then 
        player.force.recipes["alien-cable"].enabled = true
    end
    if player.force.technologies["fusion-reactor-equipment"].researched then
        player.force.recipes["alien-fuel"].enabled = true
    end
    player.force.technologies["solar-panel-equipment"].enabled = true

end

Ranakastrasz wrote:V1.2
Added Laser upgrade integration.
Fixed Solar migration.
Fixed Prefusion. Should work even if both are installed.

Sedar wrote:

Ranakastrasz wrote:V1.2
Added Laser upgrade integration.
Fixed Solar migration.
Fixed Prefusion. Should work even if both are installed.

Still no Bobs Compatability?

Ranakastrasz wrote:V1.2
Added Laser upgrade integration.

Peter34 wrote:

Ranakastrasz wrote:V1.2
Added Laser upgrade integration.

Awesome! But what exactly does this mean? Does the Personal Laser Defense Module now get the bonuses from Laser Turret Damage/RoF tech upgrades? Or does it mean something else?

And did you read the part about how in alpha 0.13 Armours will increase inventory space? I imagine Modular Armor gives +10, and Power Armor I and II gives respectively +20/+30.

NoriSilverrage wrote:

Peter34 wrote:

Ranakastrasz wrote:V1.2
Added Laser upgrade integration.

Awesome! But what exactly does this mean? Does the Personal Laser Defense Module now get the bonuses from Laser Turret Damage/RoF tech upgrades? Or does it mean something else?

And did you read the part about how in alpha 0.13 Armours will increase inventory space? I imagine Modular Armor gives +10, and Power Armor I and II gives respectively +20/+30.

Yes. The personal laser defense module will get laser turret upgrades. It will now do pretty reasonable damage.

Armor giving inventory makes a lot of sense and will be a great change.

NoriSilverrage wrote:Sounds like good changes. Can I make a suggestion though? Either increase the alien fuel's MJ rating, or increase stack size. I already gotta carry a lot of stuff around and with just 2 fusion engines I can run through 100 alien fuel in a single excursion with some light-medium fighting.

I wouldn't mind seeing the recipe change to something like 12 solid fuels, 1 artifact makes 2 alien fuels which are worth 200MJ each.