not sure if this is an issue with this mod or the re texture I'm using but when i fire the beams it destroys any and all substructure of the ship firing the beams that is in the path of the beams

can anyone tell me which values to change to turn down the combined beam effect. It's super bright and causing lag on the video card. Thank you.

i crashed the game and my brain :D

I wasn't complaining, after explaining how the math can be a bit broken I said it looks like a fun mod for beam power enjoyers.

Still thanks for the link.
Though my point was about a 3rd+ beam to remain true to binary combination.

Still looking fun, might break the game later

@dimanari
If you have any dissatisfaction with the numerical design of this mod, you can take a look at this:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2881872234/3714936444637384558/

I would say that those scalings are sort of broken
DMG(LV1)=1 + 1.25 + 1.25^2 + ... + 1.25^n-1
meaning merging 8 beams gets you:
sum x->[1:n](1.25^(x-1)) which is
1 + 1.25 + 1.953125 + 2.44140625 + 3.0517578125 + 3.814697265625 + 4.76837158203125 + 5.9604644775390625
resulting in a force multiplier of 24.2398..
and it gets worse the more beams you add.
a single merge with diminishing returns for multi merge to encorage the same binary merging system of the game would be more sensible.

but it's not my mod so who cares what I say, this looks like a fun mod for enjoying the power of beams.

What I mean is, I will try to check for any possible errors

@shephjr15
I will try to fix this problem

Will this mod be updated to accommodate the late June update that added crew construction? As it stands, like many mods, it just crashes the game when trying to use it now. One of the issues seems to be that several base-game assets were renamed, resulting in failed calls from mods.

@Devients
Because this is just a visual effect

Why doesn't a wider beam have a wider attack aoe?

I'm sitting over here with a beam larger than my ship, and it's still hitting only one block at a time

it appears to me that it migth was a little too much to aim 64 lazer beams into the blue one

(it kinda caused a bluescreen) the last image i saw was the whole screen being a lazer beam, it was glorious

As long as you're having fun

now causes immense lag, but hey, thats a small price to pay for a ray of doom

yep fixed it

i suppose

@<#80f>N <#00f>o <#f00>v <#000>a
Maybe it's because you're using too many prisms and putting them together. You might want to look at what I said in the mod description "It is not recommended to shoot too many beams into the same prism, this can cause the prism to become unusable". This problem is likely from the game's security mechanics, which are not allowed to be changed by the mod author.You can try to reduce the number of prisms to solve this problem, or use some low-level prisms

for some reason when i made a huge ship with a bunch of these they worked for a sec then the lasers just stop touching the prism itself https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906889646

@kurokami[fr]
Can you please add a link to the original mod in the description of your mod? Just add the link in the workshop, not in the mod file.Thank U

i have modified it in https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2896648868
tell me if you disaggree with something

thanks for the info I think I'll try messing around with these values myself and make a death star

@kurokami[fr]
You can check my reply to @nicetomeetya where I have given my suggestions.

there need an other version(more balanced) of this mod where the
lvl 0 (red) is still -25% 300 range
lvl 1 (purple) is -12.5% 450
lvl 2 (orange) is -6.25% 600
lvl 3 (yellow) is -3.125% 750
lvl 4 (blue) is -1.562% 900

that way its still a great upgrade but not absurd

@Uncle 1sstvan
All prisms in this mod do not have ion beam damage reduction. Inside the prism's rules file, there is a variable "ReductionFactorPerBeam". Its original value is 0.75, which also means a 25% damage reduction. By changing it to a number greater than 1, a damage increase can be achieved

wondering how you went about the numbers for the mod, do any of these super prisms carry over the original trait for the ion prism where they lose 25% for each beam added? or do they have no negative initially and instead have the new +25,50,75,100% for their multiplier?

@Blab_Blob
I'm sorry, I've been very busy recently and didn't have time to test this

does the larger damage beam or smaller damage beam receive the bonus first?

@Star_Code000
ho yeah I forgot about overflowing values, thanks for the raw numbers that will come in handy.

@ledocteurseven
It is dangerous behavior for programs not to limit the size of values, which can lead to overflowing values and possibly incorrect values or crashing the program. I tried to find the maximum value cap, but still failed. So I don't think it is possible to modify the upper limit with mods. The actual numerical cap I tested before with SuperPrismLV4. A level 4 prism can accept up to 20 ion beams, which means that a beam from this prism does 250*(2^20-1)=262,143,750 damage (base damage is 250) You can adjust the number of prisms so that the final damage does not exceed this value

"It is not recommended to shoot too many beams into the same prism, as this will make the prism unusable"

does that mean that there is a maximum amount of beam that can be combined before it just stops working ? (whish seems to be the case, since my attempt at combining 518 ion beams did not work, tho it was beautiful.)

if so, how many, and could you remove this limit, or is it due to the game engine ?

Thank you, I'll do just that then.

@nicetomeetya
I have decided that I will not be adding any items to this mod.
If you need a gentler version, I suggest you open this folder
... \steamapps\workshop\content\799600\2881872234
Here you can see the four Super Prism folders where you can find the RULES files. Open these files with Notepad, find the variable ReductionFactorPerBeam and change it to the number you want so that it meets your needs.
You can just make this mod a local mod.This way, when I release some minor updates, you don't need to modify your files again

I think you should release a more toned down version of this. Vanilla prism reduce beam damage by 25% for each added beam. I think you should consider a version where the prism's damage loss is reduced with each tier until the reduction is 0% (for example tier 1 -20%, tier 2 -15%,...), instead of looking to increase it, and make a modded beam emitters with increased damage based on tiers instead. It would also eliminate the error with the loops.

没研究过诶，最近我也很忙没空研究。总之就是和总伤害挂钩，或许在某个shader文件里？

佬，如果我想让光束汇聚后特效不变应该改哪个代码呢。光束多了就有点太亮了

@Star_Code000 Perfect, thanks

nice

@Soccio I guess you used "TheLastTank's Longer Ranges Mod", which functions by doubling the range of vanilla weapons. BUT I'll take your opinion into consideration. I will update this mod later

Range is too low !!!

Vanilla Prism range 900
Mod Prism Range only 450

Pls change to higher values.......

emmm,很不幸，我找了半天，都没找到哪里可以改上限，大概是为了安全考虑所以写死在代码里面了。要改的话可能要问开发者而不是问我，因为我只能改数据文件而不能改游戏源代码。@阿拉花瓜

了解

我会尝试提高一下上限，但是我要指出的是，计算机内没有真正的无限，所有变量都有其范围。常见的int型或者说int32，上限也不过21亿，所以无限制地堆棱镜数量是有极大风险的，可能因为数值溢出导致游戏崩溃。在我不清楚游戏用了哪种类型的变量储存伤害数值前，我会稍微保守一点。还有，给你个建议，把这么多光束汇集起来确实视觉效果爆炸，但是破甲效率却没有你想象的高。建议是多搞几束激光，因为伤害过高的情况下，打什么都是一碰即碎，但是速度不会变快，不如多几束伤害低一点，但依旧能秒破装甲的光束

加油

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2883890122
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2883890185
剛好20個

"希望能解決長時間連結"=稜鏡長時間連結(大約三~四場打海盜)就射不出去了
"和超過20個光束就射不出去的問題"=如連結的圖片 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2883883262
單個或總數20個就射不出去了

能详细说说吗@阿拉花瓜

希望能解決長時間連結
和超過20個光束就射不出去的問題

enjoy your game

amazing mod. now i can make teralaser

I have modified the color of the ion beam,can you please test the mod now?But make sure you have updated the mod to the latest version