How does designing custom turrets work?

[Itharus]

I don't mean the turret factories in the game - I mean making the model for it in the ship designer. I couldn't find any decent guides, so... how's it work? There seems to be the turret itself and the turret base but beyond that I'm clueless.

[Scrotumfiddler Phil]

bump for knowledge

[Itharus]

Beep boop?

[lightningdragon10065]

Select a turret base, then push T to enter turret design mode.
From there it's a lot like designing a ship, though obviously smaller and with only basic hull blocks (of various shapes).

[Itharus]

Does appearance and number of barrels have any impact at all? Like if you make a quad barrelled gun, do you have to use a quad turret?

[Amalgamachinist]

Originally posted by Itharus:

Does appearance and number of barrels have any impact at all? Like if you make a quad barrelled gun, do you have to use a quad turret?

No. Any turret will do. Just like with standard turrets, number of barrels is purely cosmetic.
Also, side note, though this might be already fixed, projectile color does not change the color of lasers and only lasers.