Making countermeasure Flares

[Steeveeo]

As the title says, Im making some countermeasure flares that should deflect incoming missiles when deployed.

However, Faf missiles only redirect toward it if they're pointed within 15 degrees of it.

But, I have seen my fafs, when fired with nothing else around, turn toward my base which was BEHIND me.

So can someone explain to me, how, even though I can set the heat, radar, and image signatures to 1e6 (though I now have it at 4, which is more than an extractor in which it constantly targets), it veers off in some other direction.

Heres the header of my CM Flare, did I miss any values?

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[GameObjectClass]
geometryName = "ioartl00.xsi"
classLabel = "spraymine"
scrapCost = 0
scrapValue = 0
maxHealth = 150
maxHeat = 1
maxAmmo = 100
unitName = "Flare"
effectHard1 = "Flare"
effectName1 = "cmflare.render"
lifespan = 45
heatSignature = 4.0
imageSignature = 4.0
radarSignature = 4.0
canInteract = 1
candetect = 1
canselect = 0
cancollide = 1


Thanks in advance!

[Nielk1]

heatSignature seems a bit low, but you told me you tried 1e6 or something. Maybe too high defaults to zero?

I have to check, but there is a weapon in BZTron that somehow makes other weapons fire follow it, for no apparent reason (I mean ordinance follows it, not even only gameobjects). Maybe spraying a weapon derived from the BZTRON wep I speak of might be better.

[Avatar]

MCurtain with negative ordnance values and zero for vehicle values?

MITS with high ordnance values and zero vehicle values?

Teamfiltered, of course...

-Av-

[Nielk1]

I still wish we got some sort of master damper class with 1.3 that could be set to toggle or hold or timed and have settings in the image, thermal, and radar area with optional VIR effect.

You can see how that feature request wasn't done, its a bit nutty and would only likely be done by Ken. That and many of Kens changes get partially reversed cause its a faster way of fixing major bugs.

I really wanted to be able to hold a button for ECM and just move and watch the missiles go by.

[mrtwosheds]

Even that would probably not work on tag or laser guided missiles.
I have made a repulsor weapon, magnet gun, team filtered enemy ordinance, but it only works if you are facing whatever you want to deflect.

[Nielk1]

Set a shot angle thing.

Look at jax.
Just know the number it wants is radians, with pi already factored in.

[Steeveeo]

the puller mine technique will not work, I dont want non-homing ordnance (At-Stabbers and such) being pulled toward it.

N1, did you look into the BZtron thingy?

[Nielk1]

Not yet, I've been studying for a final.

[mrtwosheds]

Set a shot angle thing.

Look at jax.
Just know the number it wants is radians, with pi already factored in.

I could, but I think it can really only be used effectively if you can see what's about to hit you.

[Steeveeo]

If only BZ2 had a "Missile Lock" warning, you'd think at least the ISDF would be sensible enough to put that in.

[bigbadbogie]

Is this the same ISDF who use a huge bomber that goes at like 50 kmph and can be shot down with almost any weapon??

[Steeveeo]

True

[Steeveeo]

OK, I revamped the system, now it deflects non-locked seeker missiles well enough (faf, swarmer, and the like), and also redirects Hornets quite well, but it doesnt distract the image-locked missiles like the Shadower.

The question is, should I leave it like that or figure out a way to distract image-locked missile too?

If its the latter, how would I go about doing that exactly?

[TheJamsh]

you cant distract an image locked missile, thats supposed to be the beauty of it...

[Red Devil]

I put an image mine in the 1.3 pak awhile back.