MOD idea - "sun gun"

no expert on modding, don't know if it can be done, but i had this idea :-

something like the novalith cannon for stars!! (for multi-star games)

not suggesting it wipe out all planets or anything, but a drop to overall economics around that star would be reasonable, maybe changing planet types to something else, i.e. terran - desert.
 possibly it would even change/remove extranious phase lanes(all planets would still be connected to the star system, but 'loops' would end up as 'strings' if you get my meaning) this would be random though, so while it drops the enemy economy it may be a damn sight easier to defend for them(or maybe not ;))

only good for BIG games obviously, it should be almost too expensive though, maybe set your own economy back(less than the enemies after its used) to build it/ destroys the planet its built in when fired
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Reply #1 Top
What, sort of like a anti-star weapon that absolutely screws up it's orbiting planets? Sounds menacing but also sounds like a programming nightmare...
Reply #2 Top
I nice idea, but until the Final Mod Tools are released, there is no way of doing this, as far as i know anyway.
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pretty much, when you re-take a planet you have to upgrade it all again to get taxes etc, like that! but star-wide!(the planet changing was a by-product of the star attack, solar flares et-all, maybe a pipe dream but would be cool)

ships would be unaffected due to shielding, planetary shields work as well

any ship in the stars gravity well would be destroyed though!!
Reply #4 Top
I nice idea, but until the Final Mod Tools are released, there is no way of doing this, as far as i know anyway.
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loving your extra planets though :CONGRAT:
Reply #5 Top
Good to see another fan in the ranks ;)

Yeh, it is a nice idea, that was one thing that Sins lacked; Super High Tech weapons. Planet/Sun destroyers are always good, possibly disabled for Multiplayer, but against the AI, what more fun is there to be had than totally wasting an entire system :D