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Jump back to quoted post9 Feb 2021, 17:34 PMOlekman

Sure, it's quite easy.

First you want to clone Sturmtiger's projectile and change firing_angle_type from "low_angle" to "high_angle" like so:
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Then clone Sturmtiger's weapon and set its range into something more artillery-like:
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Finally, clone Sturmtiger's rocket attack ability and set the range to the weapon's max range:
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It's quick-and-dirty implementation, so it has no scatter and the aiming reticule doesn't change its radius according to distance from target, but it works like an SPG.

Note that the projectile's animator - armies\common\projectiles\rocket_heavy\rocket_heavy - seems to disappear after about a second of travel time. I assume it's because the devs didn't plan for it to be used in such way. The flaming "tail" is still there, so it's not like the shot is completely invisible, buuut it does look a bit off.

Jump back to quoted post8 Feb 2021, 07:43 AMOlekman

I fully understand what too much work means, but finally I've had some free time, so I use CoH2 modding to unwind. Looking what can be done with the limited tools we have is quite fun (if sometimes infuriating).

1. I'm not quite sure how it was achieved, but if you say that the rocket was coming out of the ground when fired up the slope, then I'm almost certain it involved turning the projectile from arced artillery to straight shot, as I explained in undershot fix #1. For it to not be blocked by minor world objects, it definitely had a different collision type back then, though I don't know which one.

2."high_angle" setting makes it use highest possible angle to hit a target. So for example, if the target can be hit with either 30 degree angle or 60 degree angle, it will always choose 60. On case there's only one angle (like perfect 45 degrees) then that one will be used. To be exact, the game checks every angle from the highest (which is 89 I think, but I think there's no way to check) and if projectile will hit while shot from that angle, then it goes with that. In general it's used for weapons like mortars and Walking Stuka, as the final angle is usually very high.

If you have any other questions then I'll be happy to answer if it's within my knowledge.

Jump back to quoted post7 Feb 2021, 09:25 AMOlekman

Sadly, the most relevant post in this thread and all involved.

Jump back to quoted post7 Jun 2019, 12:44 PMSander93

Yes, one of the problems was that there was no way to make the rocket fly any faster. We managed to give it a really high arc (the arc can be either low or very high, there is no in between), but it took 3-6 seconds for the rocket to reach its target which imo made it both useless and weird to replace the current arc as the primary/only firing mode (that hits in 1-2 seconds).

We thought of giving it a secondary firing mode with this high arc, so the player has a choice to use the flat arc for direct fire or use the high arc (with long travel time) for indirect fire. With the high arc it could fire over buildings, forests and when firing from elevation it didn't have the undershooting issue, etc. But we never found the time for it. We may be able to look into this after the New Commanders Patch is done.

Jump back to quoted post5 Feb 2021, 19:03 PMSander93

B4 design is terrible, that is my point. All or nothing designs are never balanced because they are either OP or shit depending on whether they hit or miss and there's nothing in between. That is why it would be a bad idea to copy the B4's design and turn the ST into a mobile RNG catapult. At least the current version offers some counterplay because it needs to get up close.