Can't steal my mods, I give them away :D

But it seems like someone tried to add translation to it, should have let me know I could add it here :)

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3258179822 looks like someone tried to clone/copy/steal this mod into another language and fuzzed it up

3258179822 is a different mod, it seems :)

Workshop ids are chronological, so the later one is newer.
Strange thing tho.

Update: Deleting the contents of (what appears to be) the older mod folder (3258179822) seems to fix the issue.

This appears to be creating two identical mod folders with different IDs, causing a crash. The mod file numbers are:
[Workshop ID 2887754416] - evans.point_defense_turrets (1.0.0)
[Workshop ID 3258179822] - evans.point_defense_turrets (1.0.0)
They're both trying to create the same multiplayer key and causing a conflict. I've tried un/resubscribing to the mod, but that only recreates both folders.

I have not followed No Mans Sky at all
Thankyou for the flash reductions :)

Btw Rusty, have you seen recent changes in No Man's Sky? :D
I just wish I had some time to immerse myself in it right now.

Uploaded, it is kind of better, I am not sure of longer glow lifetime tho. It should help with disco effect, I just hope it won't be trailing behind when turret moves.

Really? I found it anticlimatic. Just emission was nice, it made it different.
Anyway, I'll restore old sounds for pd turrets for now.

I wouldn't say gunshot.. I think it's more like a power-up-zap .. but yeah, I actually like the ion one

yeah, ion crystals are even worse. They have a gunshot when they start firing.

Having just listened to them now.. they do seem very... uzi-like?
Like it's the type of sound effect you expect from a standard b-rate movie firing a minigun

Well, that is one way of dealing with it :D

I.. um.. for the most part normally play with the game on mute and listening to Spotify/Other music.. so...

Sure thing :)

Btw, what do you think about new sounds? I find new pd sounds toylike, and I am thinking about restoring the old ones for the mod.

Cool, No pressure...
I just wanted to know if I can delete the sharer-mod from my workshop :)

Hey Rusy,
I got them. Life happened and I am in the middle of hardcore time at work.

let me have a look now, maybe it won't take long to add and upload.

Just wondering if you grabbed those new/changed files yet?

Thanks, I'll look into it today.

Also I am thinking about restoring old sounds to pd turrets, as new ones are... not as good.

@SirEvans
Certainly an unorthodox method for file sharing, but...
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3566555037

unsub and resub. Game was updated with changes to sounds.
If it crashes still, I'll try to fix it tomorrow :)

No idea why, but something in the last 24 hours changed and this mod is currently crashing my game. I am playing on the previous version of Cosmoteer, admittedly (for mod compatibility). Working fine yesterday, today it crashes.
First line is that it can't find a .wav file in the terran ships for one of the PD's. A few other errors about rule failing to load.
Odd.

sounds very nice!
How about just posting a temp mod here in workshop, I could get it from there :)

oh! the heavy turret has its own \shots glowSprite values that I reduced as well ... and again in overclock

I'd be happy to share my files with you if there is a method to do so that is convenient for you

I've had the time to look into and there were several things I had to do to get the effect to lower in intensity/brightness.

I halved the actual sprites brightness and saturation in GiMP

in point_defense_shoot_flash.rules ... I increased the Updaters Lifetime to 0.16, and then in the valueCurve changed the min to 0.5, max to 0.75 .. Lerp fromValue Af to 0.75 and then in the Material _litReflectiveStrength to 8 and _litAdditiveStrength to 0.02 .... and lastly the EmitterDef ScaleFromIntensity ScaleFactor to 1

in shots\pd_turret_shot.rules ... glowSprite .. _litReflectiveStrength to 8 and _litAdditiveStrength to 0.02, _unlit to 0.1

I also then made the fire effect media effect of all 3 turrets point to the files in the single turret instead of the base game one (first lines were still looking at vanilla)

and lastly on the heavy changed its fire effect ChainedTo to the BulletEmitter and location updated to [0.22,0.06] to affix the effects to the gun barrel correctly.

So I have changed something. Not sure if it is better now, but this glow effect visual transformation is mysterious to me atm, not sure when I'll be able to dig into it.

Rusty, if you have some time to figure it out. There is this color transformation from one to another in rules files, that goes from very bight yellow to transparent. Or something like that. I think setting starting transparency at 50% would be best.

I think tunning down the glow a little will be better. Muzzle flash graphics is less visible than these disco lights.

I will try, if I don't forget, in few hours when I'll be fixing weapon turrets :)

The heavy isn't so bad, maybe because of its lower firing rate? (and I haven't used normal PD front-mounted in ages, lol)

Either would work I think. The ones causing issues is the PD Turret and Dual Turret.

on which turret?
I belive there is a thing that could help, if just a little.
I could increase alpha on muzzle flash, making it less prominent. Or perhaps reduce glow that accompanies the animation.

Is there something you can do to maybe lower the intensity of the muzzle-flash ?
It's almost seizure inducing with how much it flashes due to the firing speeds.

Check rules files. They probably have autotarget set to crew somewhere there.

messing around with the HDEB cannons and ive noticed they will shoot at crew that abandoned an enemy ship. any reason why other than the operators being canadian? (edit: spelling)

Awesome!
Link added to description :)

@sir Evans https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3552804832 released, cheers dude.

Yup, this was it.
Uploading fix in a sec.

Nah, thats probably some minor issue with stats formula.
Probably missing *2 somewhere in DamagePerSecond.

Why is it, that the single and dual PD have identical stats, the only benefit from a 1x2 to a 2x2 (Twice the size) is 8 power cap instead of 4. Is it stating that each barrel has these stats, or the entire turret?. If so why would anyone not just build 2 singles for literally double firepower?

aesthetically I really like the Dual, but if it's half the firepower, that is a lot to ask for mere cool factor.

Go ahead guys! :)

When you do, I'll link your mod here for other folks who may be interested :)

with appropriate credit given ofcourse

@sir Evans I'm thinking standalone, don't need more than 1 turret pd for that mode. I've got some balance ideas I want to try out if you don't mind me using your HPD as a base and making a spinoff mod

A stand alone HPD or whole set? :)

Essentially a 'tall' PD turret so it blocks high los would work for B&B

@sir Evans Would you be able to (or mind me or RustyDios) make a variant of the HPD which is better balanced for Build & Battle? These are fantastic for the bigger ship modes but B&BB tends towards the smaller scale and being able to spam build pd turrets makes missile builds pointless.

HPD does more damage and bullets move faster. Maybe I should decrease spread a little?

I rather use the dual turret not HPD cause they shoot faster and are more accurate.

I've toned down HPD a little, let me know what you think :)

Also increased overall performance for PD turrets.
Did you know that firing effect was HUGE, even tho nobody ever paid attention? I cut graphics down 4x.

@RustyDios & @MrCloista I think we have a massive potential for performance increase mod right here. I did the same for Weapon Turrets mod and it seems like cutting graphics down makes very little visual difference but works well for improving performance.

I know, I'll add techs everywhere at once, once I'm done updating and fixing :)