Make railgun shells work similar to canister shells, leaving an empty shell after shooting it

[young hedge]

I wouldn’t say it’s really necessary but I think it would be cool if railgun shells after they were fired would leave an empty shell casing like canister shells do. It could just be the same as the empty can used shell and then you could refill it with either a railgun shot or a cannister shot.

[whole frost]

That's not how railguns work

Cannisters shells are unrealistic

So making the railgun less realistic feels not smart

[broken jacinth]

We also don't immeaditely iimplode when the sub breaches

I think realism can be sacrificed to make a weapon type better

[tired hollow]

The railgun shells are shot with a payload in them

This gimmick is for the canister shells

If anything this change would make railguns somehow more tedious to use

As you now have loads of empties you have to keep running back

[whole frost]

Because they are not moving with mach 9

They are not even mach 1

This type does not work with Kinetik energy

It's with a paiload

Also why would you do this?

What does it add to put a casing around your metal beam filled with c4

[broken jacinth]

I think the main complaint people have is the overall resource cost of using the railgun

[indigo geyser]

Railguns need some movement to begin with

[vocal pilot]

Then they would need to include propellant charges for the shells and that would drive up fabrication costs making it unappealing for most players

However, there is a mod like that being worked on

[inner heart]

This would be annoying to deal with, why should it be added?

[broken jacinth]

I think a nice buff to railgun is further boosts to what explosive you decide to add to the shell

especially in terms of aoe

if you put an acid grenade into a railgun shell it should at least have a double-triple aoe size and 1.5x damage

Right now the railgun is only mostly useful with nuclear shells ... and that makes sense

but it really should be rewarding players with that preemptive strike via it's built in explosive add-on too

[daring axle]

I was looking for a mod that makes railgun shells leave a casing so it's cheaper to run.

Haven't found one, so I'm thinking to just make one myself.

[daring axle]

Submarine weapons feel like they're fired with gunpowder instead of being magnetically accelerated because of the sounds and effects.
The "railgun shell" looks like a normal cannon shell, and the canister shot leaving an empty casing further proves its more realistic with gunpowder.

[weak fog]

I think this mechanic would be acceptable if railguns got the massive damage boost they have needed for a while now to justify the extra work

[young hedge]

I don’t know, I just like things while on the sub 🤷‍♂️

[young hedge]

I mean, you don’t have to go that far, just make it similar to the canister shot currently

[grim zodiac]

the way i canonized it in my head is the shot is held on a sort of "sled" that releases once the shell leaves the railgun, leaving the back of the shell behind

[grim zodiac]

we need a mod to remedy this

[broken jacinth]

I feel the liberties is that people generally assume "railgun" to be high damage low fire rate weapon - which is immeaditely understood by the majority of players

functionally in-game and sfx wise the railgun is likely not working in a way we would relate to IRL existing technologies

[rotund plaza]

It's this way because 1: artists for the game see "shell" in the name and sprite a typical shell (I'm pretty sure it was confirmed by someone dev-connected sometime ago), and 2: because it's a game, so fun and cool-factor typically take priority over realism

[indigo geyser]

New theory

The railgun shells use a rocket

And the fabs can make the fuel using water

[daring axle]

I know it's a game, just pointing it out.
It's not that hard to suspend my disbelief for things like that.
That being said, even a fiction has to follow rules for things to make sense.
For example, if a gun can't be physically loaded but still fires, it doesn't make sense, so there's that.

[whole frost]

Lol

[weak fog]

Comes with the mag pre-installed, so thoughtful

[whole frost]

as a reply to @daring axle , becouse he said he dont like guns you cant reload

[daring axle]

Meme gun, though I believe making a gun which its parts can only handle as much as its magazine can hold is possible.

[wispy snow]

Well no

Have you seen a real life railgun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QqOvFMG_A

They have muzzle flash

And recoil

What part feels more like gunpowder propelled weapons

?

[vocal pilot]

The muzzle flash is just bits of the rails being shredded and burning up in the air. Underwater it would look like bubbles or an implosion bubble thing but without much flash because no air for the metal bits to burn, although the heat would still cause some small steam bubble explosions. I don't know what to call those really

[wispy snow]

Ah ok

Welp i guess i was wrong

[wispy snow]

However

If the barrel were to be made of magnesium then that might happen

Idk why they would ever do that but still

[vocal pilot]

Yeah magnesium is soft

[wispy snow]

Also burns underwater

[vocal pilot]

For the rails you need something very strong

Actually molten aluminium reacts with water too

[wispy snow]

Yeah as i said idk why they would ever do that

[wispy snow]

Ah

So if the barrel is made of aluminium

Then muzzle flash

[vocal pilot]

Eh maybe

Make that a yes

It gets oxidised but only at high temperatures

Anyway even if there was no fiery explosion bubble, there's still be a non fiery bubble from the friction and what not

It's all too complicated for my brain

[wispy snow]

Yeah same

[grim zodiac]

yea railguns are weird af

[daring axle]

That makes sense. I think it'd still be called muzzle flash.