Naval Warfare

[Sidestrafe2462]

yeah im participating in the Great Kerbal Konflict, 60's era

[Piatzin]

New ground-attack plane. Much better than the Berzerkers/Ordnance drones, in my opinion, though they have a higher part count....

https://kerbalx.com/Earthlinger/Lancer-Strafe

Spoiler

 

[Guest]

On 12/20/2017 at 10:43 PM, Earthlinger said:

Lol. I've seen sidewinders intercept other missiles from BDA, but never from other mods...

Yep, sidewinders have a nasty tendency to lock on each other...

[MiffedStarfish]

I made a ship @Earthlinger might be able to load!

The MES-7 Analecta. With a focus on AA, its a light, 80k escort ship. 170 parts.

[Piatzin]

1 minute ago, MiffedStarfish said:

The MES-7 Analecta. With a focus on AA, its a light, 80k escort ship. 170 parts.

Oooooh....

I wonder how it'll handle a couple of the Lancers. I can test it out er.....maybe during Christmas, but no promises. Might be able to make a cinematic

Download?

[Piatzin]

Right, so camera tools keeps crashing KSP for some reason (endless black screen when reverting after having set up a scene) so the cinematic will have to be without those cool sweeping shots lol

EDIT: @MiffedStarfish so mebbe no cinematic. Despite there being like -15 degrees outside (Celsius) my computer somehow still decided to overheat and shut itself down. About three times. With only 283 parts loaded.

Hem.

-__-

Edited December 23, 2017 by Earthlinger

[MiffedStarfish]

R.I.P. I could make a video if you want?

[Piatzin]

Just now, MiffedStarfish said:

R.I.P. I could make a video if you want?

Sure

I'll try again tomorrow with only one aircraft loaded. It would cut off 50 parts, which should help...

[Sidestrafe2462]

yay!

[Sidestrafe2462]

Sorry its taking so long @Spartwo My comp broke, im doing this on a chromebook

[Sidestrafe2462]

yey! I can post saturday

[Piatzin]

Yay!

I should probably make a patrol boat...

Edited January 9, 2018 by Earthlinger

[Sidestrafe2462]

realizes all my ships are heavy gunships 

[Piatzin]

2 minutes ago, Sidestrafe2462 said:

realizes all my ships are heavy gunships 

......yay.....?

[Sidestrafe2462]

that simply do not have any missiles

[Piatzin]

Just now, Sidestrafe2462 said:

that simply do not have any missiles

Neither do mine

Except for the Renegade-class corvettes, but those are short range and anti-air. Your ships are good on armor though

[Sidestrafe2462]

that they are

[Piatzin]

Inspiration:

I'm going to try to build something like this....With cruise missiles on the back.

Edited January 13, 2018 by Earthlinger

[DevinFirestone]

Are submarines allowed? I made BDarmory torpedoes work on them.

[NotAnAimbot]

Made a less part-heavy craft if someone wants to fight it. Around 330 parts, 200k cost

[Piatzin]

5 minutes ago, NotAnAimbot said:

Made a less part-heavy craft if someone wants to fight it. Around 330 parts, 200k cost

Seems like it could be effective against aircraft, what with all those 50 cals

[NotAnAimbot]

1 minute ago, Earthlinger said:

what with all those 50 cals

ciws

[Piatzin]

1 hour ago, NotAnAimbot said:

ciws

Yes, I know..

@DevinFirestone Literally just say your post But yes, submarines are allowed. I daresay any underwater craft you enter will have an easy time with the current ships. None of them have anti-sub weaponry. Also, welcome to the forums!

Edited January 13, 2018 by Earthlinger

[DevinFirestone]

Thank you!

I am still working on the submarine, however it is mainly done. After doing 3-4 test fights with sub to sub combat, I found that conventional weapons work well underwater, and a good hit will cause the sub to go for a dive straight to Davy Jones locker. 

Sadly, I could not bring it to another save and have it AI controlled, the AI pilot tends to surface, negative the entire advantage of it being able to dive.

[NotAnAimbot]

2 hours ago, DevinFirestone said:

I found that conventional weapons work well underwater

I'm not using conventional weapons underwater for realism reasons. irl, even supercavitating ammo has a range of barely 60 meters underwater, and that's for a 50 cal round. It works in bda, but it shouldn't.

Coupled with the ai never using torpedoes, underwater combat is pretty broken atm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_firearm#Supercavitating_ammunition