How to: Turret Range Upgrades

[BlacKcuD]

Hi,

I am trying to create a technology which increases the range of Laser Turrets. Can anyone help me out with finding the correct types which I need to modify for gun turrets and laser turrets? I was searching through the wiki, but didn't find what I was looking for.

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 {
  type = "technology",
  name = "laser-turret-range-1",
  icon = "__base__/graphics/technology/laser-turret-damage.png",
  effects =
  {
    {
      type = "???",
      What goes here?

    }
  }

[orzelek]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

[BlacKcuD]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

OK, thank you. Why is that exactly? Are the values read only?

[orzelek]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

OK, thank you. Why is that exactly? Are the values read only?

All the entity prototypes are read-only.

Current upgrades like firing speed are specifically implemented as separate modifiers so we are only limited to whats available in terms of upgrades.

[Peter34]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

There was a mod for alpha 0.11, by ThaPear, that allowed research to improve the range of Gun Turrets. So has something changed in alpha 0.12 to make that impossible which was possible in alpha 0.11?

[orzelek]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

There was a mod for alpha 0.11, by ThaPear, that allowed research to improve the range of Gun Turrets. So has something changed in alpha 0.12 to make that impossible which was possible in alpha 0.11?

I didn't see the mod in question but it was most likely done through turret variants and scripting - there is no official upgrade state for range.

[Peter34]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

There was a mod for alpha 0.11, by ThaPear, that allowed research to improve the range of Gun Turrets. So has something changed in alpha 0.12 to make that impossible which was possible in alpha 0.11?

I didn't see the mod in question but it was most likely done through turret variants and scripting - there is no official upgrade state for range.

No. The mod offered Techs that could be researched to upgrade the Range, Armour and Hit Points of existing turrets. I don't know how, but that's what the mod did.

And you did in fact see this mod, since you posted to the thread about it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=13020

[orzelek]

There is no possibility currently to create a technology modifying turret range (Among other things like armor, hp etc.).

Only way for now is to add more versions of the turret with better stats.

There was a mod for alpha 0.11, by ThaPear, that allowed research to improve the range of Gun Turrets. So has something changed in alpha 0.12 to make that impossible which was possible in alpha 0.11?

I didn't see the mod in question but it was most likely done through turret variants and scripting - there is no official upgrade state for range.

No. The mod offered Techs that could be researched to upgrade the Range, Armour and Hit Points of existing turrets. I don't know how, but that's what the mod did.

And you did in fact see this mod, since you posted to the thread about it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=13020

You are correct
And mod in question is playing around with entity replacements to make the upgrades work.
There are no modifiers for those attributes implemented so thats the one of ways (other is having different turret Mk versions).

[Peter34]

You are correct
And mod in question is playing around with entity replacements to make the upgrades work.
There are no modifiers for those attributes implemented so thats the one of ways (other is having different turret Mk versions).

So even in alpha 0.13, it's still not possible to mod in Gun Turret range upgrades (in a clean and simple way)?