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Mod category: Block
Tags: NoScripts
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Oct 7, 2023 @ 6:12am
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Torpedo Turret

Description
The Torpedo Turret

The Torpedo Turret is a vanilla-based, high-explosive missile turret with a low rate of fire. I balanced it against the vanilla Rocket Turret, as well as the warfare turrets, and gave it a niche in the 600-1000m range as a heavy explosive weapon. I've combat-tested the weapon extensively, and in my experience, it can beat artillery turrets most of the time while within its effective range. However, when at long ranges, torpedoes are defeated by the warfare turrets, and the base game turrets put up a fair fight at short ranges.

The theoretical DPS of the Torpedo Turret is about the same as the Rocket Turret, assuming each turret can land all of their shots. Torpedoes fire at about 1/6th the speed of Rockets, but they hypothetically do 6x more damage each. The Torpedo Turret also has aiming arcs and tracking speed as bad as the Artillery Turret's. To make up for the downsides, Torpedoes are bigger, longer-ranged projectiles, with larger explosion radii.

This mod is ready for use in survival. It contains build stages and all LODs, balanced material costs, and has been certified as fun to use by my friends.

Note: Not for WeaponCore. Might behave unexpectedly if used with WeaponCore. This is a vanilla weapon.

Statistics

Comparison
Rocket
Torpedo
Damage
500
3000
Projectile speed
200 m/s
300 m/s
Rate of fire
6 over 3.4s
4 over 9.0s
Reload time
4 seconds
20 seconds
Rounds per minute
49.16
8.28
Range
800 m
1400 m


* Explosive damage isn't straightforward. The 500 damage of a vanilla Rocket is actually more like 3900 damage when it hits a component such as a large hydrogen tank. In that test, a Torpedo only deals about 7600 damage per shot - a mere double damage! In this situation, the vanilla Rocket Turret deals about 3200 DPS, and the Torpedo Turret deals about 1050 DPS. It took me a lot of combat testing to find out that the turret is a lot more effective in combat than on paper - it is definitely able to keep up with Rocket Turrets in terms of DPS in an actual fight.


Static weapon version: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3056537192


These models took me a long time to make! Please don't reupload or redistribute my assets without permission.
Popular Discussions View All (1)
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Aug 15, 2024 @ 1:43pm
Quick & dirty walkthrough on how to add Vanilla+ homing
andersenman
82 Comments
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Blossa Sep 14, 2024 @ 8:28am 
OP
Elindis  [author] Sep 8, 2024 @ 5:48pm 
@AresWalker You know, I actually thought about doing that exact thing when I started this project :)
AresWalker Aug 25, 2024 @ 9:09pm 
Could nickname it the Hurricane Torpedo Launcher. Fits with the storm naming convention. Tsunami might be a good name too.
andersenman Aug 16, 2024 @ 4:39am 
Eh, I'm just whinging, though I'm sure Hailstorm would also appreciate having a name to call his buddy by, heh.
Elindis  [author] Aug 16, 2024 @ 3:56am 
@andersenman I hope it hasn't been too annoying :) I chose the name to match vanilla's naming convention, but I understand that not everyone will find that convenient!
andersenman Aug 16, 2024 @ 3:53am 
The torpedo definitely needs a nickname. Having to keep calling it "the torpedo" got old really quickly writing the quick guide on adding V+ homing.
halo_fun12 Jul 27, 2024 @ 11:32am 
is there a Weaponcore version?
Monk Jun 14, 2024 @ 1:54pm 
I too request the optionality of the Vanilla+ version. be a dream come true!
Thank you too for creating such a wonderful mod already!

-WOLOLO
alex_sun Mar 3, 2024 @ 12:11am 
great job. I'll also ask for the vanilla+ version.
In general, the rockets in the game must be either guided or very cheap, otherwise there is no point in them in comparison with projectiles.
KitsuneKas Feb 18, 2024 @ 3:43pm 
I too would like to ask about a potential vanilla+ version of these weapons. Homing capability would be perfect for these torpedoes, and I feel like converting the hailstorm rockets to flak detonation would fit with the theme of the weapon as an anti-small-ship weapon.

I've cracked open the vanilla+ files to try and understand how to make mods using it myself but couldn't figure out what was actually necessary to make mods with it.