CMcD Cannon/Main Gun Tweaks

[CameronMcDonald]

G'day all,

Here is a little addon I've been tinkering away with for a while. It isn't perfect, but it is good fun.

Essentially, this is a weapon replacement for all vehicles using cannons / main guns, which let the AI use the correct ammo on the correct target. For example, the 40mm CTWS on the Warrior 2 will now use HEIT on infantry, and switch to AP to knock out marauding APCs or piss off tanks.

This is done via a complex muzzle system devised by [ASA]Oden, bless his cotton socks. Oden - cheers for giving people access to your source files.

It also fixes a bug or two, and adds ATGM ability to the Russian T72 and T90.

...there are some bugs/limitations - read the readme.

Consider this a public test version. I'm not seeing any game-breaking arseups, or RPT errors, but I expect a few. This is also MP untested. As it is a replacement, it would definitely cause trouble on machines not using it.

There is a little example mission included, see the readme for details.

Summary:

- 1.59 CO + BAF + PMC required. Works fine (seemingly) on 1.60 betas.
- MP untested.
- Example mission included (use the latest 1.60 beta).
- Extreme credits to [ASA]Oden for his work in this field, kyu for help with the example mission and also Mr. Burns earlier on.

Linky: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GWYM81MO

[FLv*VeNoM*]

Yeahaw!

many thanks for this little yet important thingie, will test it right away

[.kju [PvPscene]]

Cheers mate to you and Oden!

This is an excellent improvement.

[zGuba]

This looks very interesting. I'm giving it a try now.

[Hellfire257]

Excellent... *rubs hands together*

Can't wait to see the BMP3 of death!

[Binkowski]

oh, why thank you for this kind sir.

[Sabre]

Does it come in UCP?

Sounds interesting and long overdue.

[Alex Rowe]

pmc and baf required??

[.kju [PvPscene]]

everyone at least has the DLC as lite. what arma version do you have Alex?

[CameronMcDonald]

Thankyou for the kind words. If I get time/motivation, I may also apply a fix to that pesky SPG9... now even MOAR deadly/annoying.

pmc and baf required??

The Warrior requires BAF, PMC is mostly just to ensure people are using 1.59. But I agree with kyu above - the DLC should be available as lite?

This looks very interesting. I'm giving it a try now.

It is very good that an ACE dev is giving this a look... please consider incorporating a similar system in your future releases.