Is it possible to make a dispenser heat based rather than ammo/shot delay? I'm trying to put a limit on how my dispenser can release turrets, but I want to be able to have infinite ammo for it. Reload and Shot Delays won't work since it's a secondary, and long Shot Delay/reloads prevent use of the primary weapon.
I tried adding heat myself, but couldn't get it too work, but I want to verify here just to make sure I'm not making a mistake. If you can't add heat to a dispenser, is there a possible workaround?
Dispensers and Heat
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Dispensers and Heat
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Re: Dispensers and Heat
I think I remember seeing an overheated dispenser that the Geth Juggernaught had in ME:U. You could also use shotdelay too instead of heat, it does basically the same thing.
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Re: Dispensers and Heat
Shot Delay doesn't work for my purposes, since shot delay on a secondary prevents use of the primary weapon.MileHighGuy wrote:I think I remember seeing an overheated dispenser that the Geth Juggernaught had in ME:U. You could also use shotdelay too instead of heat, it does basically the same thing.
If heat works can someone tell me why this ODF isn't doing that?
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Re: Dispensers and Heat
Yeah, I've found that using that method (heat per shot = desired cooldown time in secs & heat recover rate = 1) doesn't seem to work properly with dispenser weapons for whatever strange, Pandemic-y reason. Here's an example section of what I did for the Geth Turret Dispenser:ZoomV wrote:so the dispenser is overheating now. But despite generating 10.0 heat @ 1.0 heat dissipation it somehow manages to be ready to fire in about 2 seconds.
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HeatPerShot = "1.01" // don't touch this, mofo!
HeatRecoverRate = "0.065" // equates to a 6.5 second cooldown time
HeatThreshold = "0.01" // don't touch this one either, mofo!-
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Re: Dispensers and Heat
Doesn't make any sense. If 0.065 recover rate equals 6.5 second CD, wouldn't increasing that to 0.075 reduce the cooldown time, rather than increasing it to 7.5 seconds?Marth8880 wrote:Yeah, I've found that using that method (heat per shot = desired cooldown time in secs & heat recover rate = 1) doesn't seem to work properly with dispenser weapons for whatever strange, Pandemic-y reason. Here's an example section of what I did for the Geth Turret Dispenser:ZoomV wrote:so the dispenser is overheating now. But despite generating 10.0 heat @ 1.0 heat dissipation it somehow manages to be ready to fire in about 2 seconds.
Basically, you set your HeatPerShot to 1.01 and your HeatRecoverRate to the quotient of desiredCooldownTime / 100.Code: Select all
HeatPerShot = "1.01" // don't touch this, mofo! HeatRecoverRate = "0.065" // equates to a 6.5 second cooldown time HeatThreshold = "0.01" // don't touch this one either, mofo!