Crossbow with a Different Loadout?

frostytheplebe

frostytheplebe

Seventh Part of the Seal
I know this will sound crazy, but I just completed the mission in SO1 where you pick up Thrakath... it was a shock to see Hobbes' Crossbow firing Neutron guns and Particle cannons instead of Mass drivers! No mistake, I followed his fighter to make sure i wasn't seeing things, and sure enough the damn thing blasted three ships with those guns!
 
Yes, it's one of those strange alternative ship data used in some Special Operations missions. I'm not sure what drove the mission designers to do this kind of thing...

Also notice if you fire on Hobbes' particle-cannon crossbow, nothing happens, and that nobody attacks him, ever. This is due to the in-game shield values set to the type used in capital ships...
 
So now the question is...

What's the secret code that I type to get a particle-cannon equipped, phase-shielded Crossbow?!!! :D
 
Dyret said:
Gameplay and storyline.
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I can understand the decision to make Hobbes' crossbow invulnerable for storyline reasons, but the change to particle cannons were unnecessary (and in my opinion) should have been caught during QA.

A similar gripe I have with Special Operations 2 is the appearance of mandarin sabres with three particle cannons. (This is distinct from the "standard" mandarin sabres with two guns) They appear in only one mission, guarding a Fralthra if I remember correctly. Playing around with the altships file, I see that they have perfect morningstar stats. Ouch.
 
I would assume that Q&A knew about a bug like this but didn't bother because it doesn't really affect the game in the least - check out the Wing Commander IV buglist in the post-mortem in our archive... every single bug fans have ever discovered plus a lot that we would never have thought about are listed, alongside explanations as to why they didn't have time or weren't able to fix them.
 
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