Beam weapon variants

is it possible for a beam to fire directly from the side of a ship? kinda like a 'blade' type thing
Im not sure if this is possible though, if it was, it would ipen a few new opptrunities in terms of weapons

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sadly, no

could be faked though.
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the red dot is the projectile weapons center, the blue is the graphic. small weapon life, vary fast reload. side beam.
Never tried it, but it should work fine.
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(This message has been edited by ArcAngel Counterstrike (edited 10-14-2003).)

Ohhhh.... Ahh..... I likee. Nice idea AAC! Hats off to you. I think that one will definately need to find it's way into SS- maybe the plasma lances (swords, in other words).

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animate it(fade to black), make it last a little longer, and you have a glow trail when you move!

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I gotta try that...

...pity I have yet to figure out how to make a projectile go to to the side instead of the direction the ship is going...

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