Lasers

Below is an example laser which has the most basic features.

{ 17000
    features=LASER
    laser={
        damage=100      -- ...per second of contact.
        range=1000
        power=10        -- ...per second firing.
        width=2         -- ...of laser.
        color=0xFFFFFFFF  -- AARRGGBB color value.
        decay=0.1       -- Seconds after firing ceases for laser to fade away.
    }
}

Firing in Bursts

If you want a laser to fire in bursts, you need to define its burstyness, pulsesPerBurst, and pulsesPerSec.

Burst firing lasers work similarly to burst firing cannons (see Cannons: Firing in Bursts), but roundsPerSec and roundsPerBurst are replaced by pulsesPerSec and pulsesPerBurst respectively.

{ 17000
    features=LASER
    laser={
        burstyness=0.5
        pulsesPerBurst=5
        pulsesPerSec=5
        -- Other laser fields here.
    }
}

Lasers that Exert Force

There are two types of force a laser can exert: an immobilization force and a linear force.

Imobilization Force

When a target is continuously hit by an imobilization laser, the immobilizeForce is exerted on the target to keep them in the same location as when they were initially hit.

{ 17000
    features=LASER
    laser={
        immobilizeForce=100000
        -- Other laser fields here.
    }
}

Linear Force

Force exerted in the direction of the laser. Positive linearForce drives targets away, negative linearForce draws them in.

{ 17000
    features=LASER
    laser={
        linearForce=100000
        -- Other laser fields here.
    }
}

Explosive Lasers

If you want a laser to be explosive, you need to define its explosive and explodeRadius.

The explosive field has three flags for lasers:

• ENABLED: todo.
• FINAL: todo.
• PROXIMITY: todo.

{ 17000
    features=LASER
    cannon={
        -- This laser will explode on hitting a block.
        -- It will deal its damage to all blocks in a radius of 50.
        explosive=ENABLED
        explodeRadius=50
        -- Other laser fields here.
    }
}