[#bugs] I did some testing with point defense laser vs point defense drone on a truekin ...

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<Darkflagrance (Dark Sourcerer)> I did some testing with point defense laser vs point defense drone on a truekin with the biodynamic power plant. The PD laser never activates, whereas the PD drone happily shoots down slugs and missiles alike, giving plentiful messages and visual/sound effects when it does so. It doesn't seem like there is a way for the player to use the PD laser except as scrap.

PD laser doing nothing https://discord.com/channels/214532333900922882/728265224414822481/743221197021642792

[exsanguination microtubules]

Based on glancing at the code, it seems like this should work if the player has a Biodynamic Power Plant, since the PD Laser has IntegratedPowerSystems built in (so it shouldn’t need to be jacked). But apparently that’s not the case. It also feels like maybe it could have a better description to make clear to players what is required to use it. I’ve seen several discussions on discord already about players trying to figure this thing out.

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[chaos]

yeah uh point-defense lasers are presently just scrappable junk because they don't have tracking systems (the PointDefense part itself)

they're, like, the severed laser from a robot that uses its onboard systems for the tracking

it's not impossible that in the future there may be some kind of situation where you'd be putting together a tracking system with a weapon system and this would be one of the weapon systems you could choose from, but that's how it is at the moment

[Dij]

Maybe the point-defense lasers should be renamed to prevent this sort of confusion?

[Corey Frang]

Maybe just adding a line like:

[Error: No Tracking System Available]

in the description would better mark it’s current uselessness?

[chaos]

reopening this as at least a reminder that there's something that looks like a puzzle with no solution here

[chaos]

We no longer let point defense lasers show up.