P0-P-172: Part 46: Debugging, Armed Shuttle

I discovered, and fixed, a few bugs that must have in my project since the introduction of the multiplayer code. These were quite tricky to solve, but I have everything working correctly now.

I have also added guided missiles to my shuttle object.

All of the target selection is done automatically for now, the player just fires by pressing enter. Each missile is guided and independently targeted, and has it’s own exhaust trail, explosion effect, etc. Each missile can also be seen firing, ie, the missile objects mounted to the players ship are not decorative. Some games will simply have a missile launcher where it is not possible to see any missiles inside it, and then create a missile at the point of firing. This is easier, but less accurate. I am trying to make my project as realistic as possible. You can see four missiles mounted to the shuttle, and you can fire each one.

I have a few features to add to the missile system, and I want to incorporate defensive systems, such as decoys, jamming, etc, to allow the player to defend against missiles fired against them.

I have also added some simple animations to the shuttle, and finished most of the textures for it. I am quite satisfied with my recent textures, but I think I will need to do the shuttle hull texture again, my skills with substance painter were very poor when I made it, and the inside, especially, could be a lot better.