ballistic calculator.

[stable sundial]

ballistic calculator block.

insert target location (xyz) + current location (xyz) and it spits out the elevation (2 numbers, low+high arc) + angle (relative to north) to manually aim at.
maybe/opotionally could be synced to a radar to give fireing solution for entity targets (speed not taken into account if that would be too hard)

makes arty fire easier for those who can't do computer craft stuff. and prevents the need for external stuff

[dusk nova]

You can already do that with radars

[random pond]

Depends on cannon length and charge count

But yes this would be a neat tool

[wispy tree]

Radars already do ballistics calcs so this would be easy to implement

Arty mode hasnt been finished yet but its on the planning block

[stable sundial]

not for cords targeting. and can't do a 1000 blocks range

radar doesn't allow u to fire at places. Only entities in rage.
AND can't do high arc like a mortar

so thru the ballistic calculator. if it had connection to a radar with enough range. it could show you how to hit entities that are behind walls or hills. rather than hitting the obstacle

[random pond]

This would actually be a nice balance

Cus rn we got radio planned

Binos

Radio is where u put coords and it aims there

But has limited range

With this calculator u have unlimited range but need to aim manually, making it balanced

However binos and radio isn’t perfectly balanced, cuz they both do the same job at same range

And with radio sure u can hit things u cant see but u need to know their coords and write them down, very slow and inaccurate

Not related to ur suggestion tho

[stable sundial]

actually, not unlimited range. Ur range is only as far as the gun can go. and aiming precizely in degrees is currently impossible due to the canon mounts not being 1:1 with input angle

[random pond]

Its details, doesnt matter

[stable sundial]

yea but yk... makes actually precise strikes near impossible

[random pond]

its the balance

u wont nail the angles

[stable sundial]

yea but you do realize that being off by a single degree can mean you miss by like 50blocks.
Which makes ur target move and now you need to recalculate and fire again. and pray to god you got it corect

[random pond]

are u getting at something?

or just yappin?

[stable sundial]

I don't know

[random pond]

btw why arent u tester, did u resign?

[stable sundial]

I don't have time to play

also I forgor about the server

for a whiel

[wispy tree]

actually some of these things you talked about have already been implemented

Last night

LOS needs tweaked a bit tho to allow for shooting over objects, I could have it calculate ballistics to fix it but idk what that implicates in terms of performance

And autocannon projectiles have a max range they can shoot calculated in Ticks so thats not going to change, just the big cannons

But the problem with big cannons is the more you calculate the more performance can tank so thats the balance currently