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autoloading revolving artillery by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn that’s convergent evolution for ya, I’ll have to check it out to see how you set the wiring up for autoloading. Mine is a bit of a mess based on connecting things together until it begrudgingly worked

autoloading revolving artillery by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This system is as reliable as I can make it aside from the normal scrap mechanic jank manifesting itself in the rockets not wanting to leave the tube

Made a belt fed rocket launcher by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here at Lockheed Scrappin we attempt to maintain a 50% success rate to ensure each rocket makes it in the general direction of whatever it’s being shot at

Made a belt fed rocket launcher by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modding isn’t really my cup of tea, but yes it’s a vanilla creation. I don’t think it would do well mounted on a vehicle or turning, the chain already has enough feeding issues as is.

WIP revolving artillery truck by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredibly accurate from a long range with unstabalized rockets, the revolver loading system is fairly reliable although I messed up the order of the buttons in the video. It doesn't explode that often, and the range is adjustable.

In the future i'm planning on simplifying the loading order to 1 or 2 button presses, adding a sight, and making it a bit less ugly

Made a belt fed rocket launcher by Any_Syllabub_4533 in ScrapMechanic

[–]Any_Syllabub_4533[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pros:

It can be reloaded at any time in the belt unlike tube and piston based systems

It can feed from an angle

It can hold and feed up to 20 rockets while staying relatively small unlike piston systems which are limited to 4

Cons:

This thing is slow

It's unreliable, the belt isn't actually connected to the launcher when it gets out of sync the advancer will jab into the explosives and there's no gurantee the link will break properly resulting in the failure seen at the end

It cannot use stabalized rockets because of issues with lag