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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block, Other
Tags: NoScripts
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18 Dec, 2020 @ 1:47pm
27 Oct @ 6:10pm
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Advanced Designator Turret

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Description
Basic turret emplacements may be sufficient for protecting cargo shipments, but when war is on the horizon, proper weapons are often in short supply. Many brave engineers resort to improvised alternatives, strapping guns meant for fighter craft onto unstable assemblies. These improvised batteries are effective, but difficult to coordinate. That is, unless you have a target painter...

Enter Advanced Designator Turret! With a maximum effective tracking range of 5 kilometers, this long-range designator will laze any targets for assembled weapons systems. This designator is compatible with all scripted targeting systems, and will also paint targets for improvised guided munitions.

The Advanced Designator Turret is designed for rotor turret scripts such as Whip's Turret AI Slaving, Rdav's Easy Auto Turret, and Diamond Dome. Any script using a turret to direct player-made missiles, such as WHAM, can also take advantage of the Advanced Designator Turret's range.

Features & Notes:
  • No mod scripts used! Unless Keen changes how weapons work, this mod will never break!
  • Small & Large grid variants.
  • Custom ammunition: Designator Battery
  • Full build stage models.
  • Full LOD models.
  • Full block skin support.
  • Now with upside-down variant!

Known issues:
  • Designator will fire one harmless bullet every minute while active.
    • Required for turret functionality; does not affect intended use.
  • Designator has no ammo loading port.
    • Use terminal on Designator to load ammo.
  • Incompatible with WeaponCore.
    • Caused by WeaponCore.

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91 Comments
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LeoBlackburne 29 Oct @ 12:05pm 
Do you have any plans to make a weaponcore compatible version of this mod?
Harbinger Ace  [author] 3 Mar @ 7:18pm 
@Xythlord
Vanilla+ does not conflict with vanilla weapons.
Xythlord 11 Feb @ 11:13am 
does this work with Vanilla+?
Leozingameplays 8 Nov, 2024 @ 4:30pm 
Thanks. I tried it out and it sorta do, but the range became messed up and sometimes it can work, sometimes it simply set itself to 4 meters range. I gave up on WC unfortunately, lots of things don't work with it. A shame, since I really wanted to use the energy shields mod too
Kittamaru 4 Nov, 2024 @ 4:57am 
@Leozingameplays - unfortunately, WCs turret mechanics are fundamentally incompatible with vanilla turret mechanics, which is why WHAM/LAMP don't work with WC turrets. If you load this alongside WC, I'd be very surprised if this turret is able to function at all.
Leozingameplays 2 Nov, 2024 @ 5:41pm 
I have a question. This is clearly stated as non wc, but it breaks if wc is loaded? Cause I very much like wc, but I really want to shoot missiles at longer ranges with LAMP and, while a wc mod that I use add a RADAR like turret, it doesn't work for LAMP. My hope is that yours will work sisnce is non wc, but I'm afraid wc will mess with it anyways.
BooseOG 15 Oct, 2024 @ 5:12am 
What ammo gies in designator
Emiricol4Rl 4 Feb, 2024 @ 6:27am 
Can each turret have its own designator? I'd like to merge my player-made turrets with these for redundancy.
TigersFangs 5 Sep, 2023 @ 1:53pm 
@Polski_Sebek1 In a word, no. This doesn't alter vanilla weapons or their ranges as far as I know.

Think of it like a radar dish or a set of eyes. All it does is see things. The designator turret itself can see things up to 5km away. But that doesn't mean that turrets or weapons can reach that target.

It is up to the player to do something with that information through the use of the programmable block and in-game scripts as mentioned in the description like Whip's Turret AI Slaving, Rdav's Easy Auto Turret, Diamond Dome Defense, WHAM, Rdav's Guided Missile, or various radar scripts like Whip's Turret Based Radar and LiDAR Mapping.
Polski_Sebek1 5 Sep, 2023 @ 10:25am 
So in very simple way of putting it, with this advanced designator turret any assembled weapon (like gatling turret) range can go up to 5 km ?