Thank you, but you should definitely take a look at the updated model! https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2981002135

what a cool ship. Very nice!!

I understand that, but what I've created here is a model to reflect what's in the show, as closely as I could possibly make it given the footage in the show.

Kittenpants the force recon space dock videos are as cannon as the show just letting you know

yeah fair enough, and yeah i was thinking about that actually, theyd just fall off under thrust so doesnt really make sense, just one of those inconsistencies ig, im a huge huge fan of this btw, i've recently started on making a morrigan thats as close to the lore as possible, with a torpedo system thats supposed to be as expanse like as possible in terms of targeting and stuff, also making an autoloader cus dont like the idea of just using a welder cus im a snob that likes to overcomplicate things lol :))

LSG123 Ah I know the Spacedock video you're talking about. I think the Donnager page on The Expanse wiki shows a diagram of the same thing. However, ceiling pads are not present in the show. Furthermore, from a physics standpoint, ceiling pads wouldn't make sense. Instead of the mass of the docked ships resting on the solid deck of the hangar, they would be constantly pulling down from the ceiling. Maybe there are some clamps up there that just weren't really visible in the hangar scene, but docking pads up there would be pointless.

yeah those, i said that cus of the space dock videos of the donnager, corvette class frigate and PTB, e.g in the PTB video he says that 2 PTB's can be taken in the place of 1 CCF and shows an image of 2 PTB's face to face, one on the floor one on the ceiling.. idk

LSG123 Are you talking about these? https://imgur.com/47pfQ4T
I've combed through pretty much every frame of footage from the hangar interior and I'm pretty sure there are only six docking pads. Thank you for the comment, though!

fwi theres actually 12 docking things, not 6 (this is beautiful though)

may i suggest the mcrn weapons and more mod for the vx-12

There's a fixed designator on the bow of the ship for just that purpose.

That sounds cool. Currently you can control the railguns manually by taking control of the designator but because the designator is on the turret when the turret rotates your aim point rotates with it. It is manageable but its awkward

Hresvelgr - I know there's a way, but I haven't gotten around to implementing it yet. It's definitely something I'd like to do. Right now I'm working on a major update, replacing all of the mod plates with the new vanilla plates, and loading updated LAMP and WHAM scripts into the torpedoes and program blocks. The turret-slaved aiming control on the railguns also needs to be tightened up a bit. I suppose while I'm at it, I'll figure out how to set up manual control for the railguns and designate a couple of chairs in the command center for gunners.

also is there a way for the railguns the be manually aimed and fired? I've tried controlling the fire control designation but it feels awkward

It's working now. Must have made some mistake on my end

Hresvelgr - Also, while the torpedoes themselves do guide themselves using cameras, your LAMP firing mode should be set to "TURRET" because the designator laser is actually a turret, and that's what's painting the targets for torpedoes.

Hresvelgr, just to clarify, did you sit in one of the control seats and 1: unlock the railgun rotors 2: power on the railguns 3: activate the volley fire timer block?

Absolutely awesome ship however I seem to be having some problems with the torpedoes and railguns. Despite my target having been set to Space Pirates, the targeting mode having been set to camera in the lamp programmable block and the designator laser having been pointed at the target and in range both the railguns and torpedoes are not firing.

If you'd like to see her in action, please check out this short weapons demo video that I put together: https://youtu.be/LO82_37upQw

Great, Thanks for fixing it!

@Crazed Dragon - Oops! I'd changed the configuration of the script that fires missiles and forgot to change it back. I've updated the world file and it should be fixed now, but it's also easy to fix manually. Just go into the custom data of the LAMP Programmable Block and change the preferred guidance mode from "CAMERA" to "TURRET". Your torpedoes should then fire at anything your designators are painting. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

So I am having a different problem with the torpedoes. When I try to fire them they just don't fire. The designators are firing at the target but the torpedoes just don't release.

Thank you very much!

This looks amazing!

Thank you! I just replaced all of the static PDCs with retractable PDCs, which I think look really cool, so be sure to get the updated blueprint if you haven't already!

This is fucking amazing, I love the detailwork

Ah okay, yeah, I think the max range on the forward designators is 3.5km because they're small grid. There's a designator on each railgun as well with a max range of 6km. They're all part of the "fire control" group, though, so any one of them with a lock will work for the guided torpedoes.

I found my problem, the designation lasers were not in firing range

Do both of the designation lasers have to have to have a target or does it work with just one of them

Well, as I said, there's a brief delay of about a second or two before you'll see the torpedoes fire. Additionally, they must actually have a target - part of the script relies upon the designator lasers "painting" a hostile target.

to answer your first question I am sitting in the main seat in the bridge and I am pressing button 3. I have checked if in game scrips are on and they are.

You've probably already done this, but make sure that scripts are enabled in your world. Also, the torpedoes won't instantly fire when you initiate the volley fire command (button 3 on most chair consoles); it will wait about 1 second and then release the first two torpedoes, another second for the next pair, and another second for the third.

Crazed Dragon, what button are you using when you try to fire the forward torpedoes? Which chair are you sitting in?

For some reason the frontal torpedoes wont fire, I looked at the timer and programming blocks and it looks like a programming block issue but I am not good with this area so I could be wrong

The flight seat is not a DLC block, so there's no reason you shouldn't be able to use it. Have you tried cutting and re-loading the ship?

whenever i press F on the flight seats it does not work

I don't understand what you mean.

i cant use the flight sit... help

No, you don't really need them. As I understand it, you can still load the ship even if it contains DLC blocks/textures. You just won't be able to build further with those blocks.

do we really need the dlc's?

Also.. the donnager railgun ATF_Coldblooded Carebear mentioned below is absolutely amazing with weapon core, it rips some of the pirate ship in survival in half with a single round, which is good seeing as it takes a long while to reload.

@Kittenpants These are a few of the mods i was talking about, good mods that really should be owned by everyone XD. The okim weapons here are only the fixed ones atm with weapon core, the author was planning to release the rest soon. Hope these help :)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1581994759&searchtext=armor+ramps+compendium

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1124114101&searchtext=Conveyors

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1592304459&searchtext=Conveyors

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2036872575&searchtext=MCRN

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2057772714&searchtext=OKI+Weapons

and

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691529112&searchtext=LWTS

@Hansen No problem, I hope you'll check it out.

@Kittenpants

That's my bad. I'm an idiot. I didn't read the description...

Night Raider - I am working to de-clutter the mod list, but I don't plan to make a strictly vanilla version. The lack of options for vanilla armor blocks would just require too many compromises in the geometry of the model for what I'm interested in doing.

Coldblooded Carebear Yeah I've seen that one. Unfortunately, it's about 1/5th the size of what I need for 1:1 scale, and I just don't think it looks as accurate to the actual Foehammer as featured in the show.

quick side note did you see or heard that heavy Rail gun that belong to the Donnager made his way into the workshop ?
if not it's right here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1824058403 hope that help you

if you can,can you make it vanilla version or something as close as you can

If you could please post a link, I'd like to check them out, especially if they consolidate or improve upon what I'm currently using.

Sorry i meant the mods that add similar blocks like Armor compendium instead of AQD Armor Expansion, and a conveyor mod that is a bit more comprehensive don't remember the name atm