OVERVIEW

CFA-44 with alternative railgun (EML) types and configuration, applicable to individual skin slots.

DETAILS

This mod allows different railgun shell type and configurations to be installed as modules for CFA-44's second special weapon. Each module can be applied to individual skin slots, allowing multiple railgun type & config available across different skin slots at once.

FEATURES

7 Shell Types/Guidance System. Choose from 7 available shell type / guidance systems:

• Bullet (basic): Normal EML shell. Affected by EML parts
• Explosive: Shell with blast radius on impact. Not affected by EML parts
• Homing-One: Guidance-capable shell. Firing system locks on to one target within 6000m. Not affected by EML parts
• Homing-Multi: Guidance-capable shell. Firing system locks to multiple targets within 6000m. Not affected by EML parts
• Homing-Stack: Guidance-capable shell. Firing system locks to multiple targets within 6000m and can stack all locks on one. Not affected by EML parts
• Airburst: Mini-helios shell with proximity detonation. Firing system locks to one target within 6000m, but shell will not turn. Not affected by EML parts
• Piercing: Slower-flying shell that pierces anything it passes, even terrain. Not affected by EML parts
  

7 EML Unit Configurations. Choose from 7 available EML unit configurations consisting of 3 EML types (Arclight seen on X-02S, Dual-Purgatorio belonging to CFA-44, and standard-issue EMLs of F/A-18F and Su-33) to be installed:

• 1EML - Arclight: Installs one slightly smaller Arclight EML unit in the bottom weapon bay
• 2EML- Purgatorio: Installs two Purgatorio EML units in the two top weapon bays. (Normal CFA-44 EML configuration)
• 2EML- Standard-issue: Installs two standard-issue EML units under the wings.
• 3EML- Arclight & Purgatorio: Combination of 1EML-Arclight and 2EML-Purgatorio.
• 3EML- Arclight & Standard: Combination of 1EML-Arclight and 2EML-Standard-issue.
• 4EML- Purgatorio & Standard: Combination of 2EML-Purgatorio and 2EML-Standard-issue.
• 5EML- All: Combination of 1EML-Arclight, 2EML-Purgatorio, and 2EML-Standard-issue.
  

Separate Install Per Skin Slot. Each module are installed individually on each skin slot, allowing different skin slots to possess different loadout, EML configuration & shell type.

COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER MODS:

• UAV-45 Malebolge for CFA-44: Compatible
• UAV-45 Overhaul: Not compatible
  

INSTALLATION

This mod only has one install option - Full Custom - where each module can be applied individually on each skin slot. The mod archive file is structured per-skin-slot and then per-module-group in each skin folder.

1. In the Files section of the mod page, download the mod archive file.

2. Extract the Base file CFA-44 Modular Railgun (Base)_<version>_P.pak to your game's ~mods folder

3. For each skin slot you want to have the modules installed Install only one from each module group (one shell type, one EML unit config)

*Skin 1 is unavailable as choice due to technicalities of the game
**Skin slots 9-18 requires Additional Skin Slots mod by sincerity2103

INSTALLATION FOR MALEBOLGE COMPATIBILITY

In the mod archive file, files for compatibility with UAV-45 Malebolge Mod is inluded. To use them, UAV-45 Malebolge mod is required. Otherwise, the mod will crash the game.

• Install CFA-44 Modular Railgun - Malebolge Compatibility (Base)_<version>_P.pak to your game's ~mods folder
• As with the Basic Loadout module, install the UAV-45 Loadout module file for the specific skin slot if you wish.
  The loadout files must have higher priority than UAV-45 mod file.
  

FURTHER NOTES & KNOWN ISSUES

• Not compatible with weapon swap or model mods for CFA-44 that are applied to the same skin slot unless specifically made compatible and confirmed
• Can be installed alongside other weapon swap mods that are installed on different skin slot(s)
• Compatible with skin mods
• When using 3EML or 5EML config with Homing-Multi/Stack and firing with max number of enemies locked, one of the enemies locked may not be targeted by the shells while one of the other enemies gets targeted twice. Cause and fix currently unknown.
  

If you find any issues, please report them to me through this mod page

CREDITS

• Project Aces, for making the game
• All parties involved in the making of tools and resources used: UnrealEngine 4.18.3, UAssetGUI v1.0.0.7, UnrealPakEnhanced, UModelAC7, Nimbus template project and additions, and more.
• Get Home, Be Home, Stay Home, a Discord server lead by xBlazededge as a place for modding and hanging out, for all knowledge shared and assistance given (come join us and help us grow Ace Combat modding!)
• You, for reading and giving this mod a chance.
  

AUTHOR NOTES

Truth to be told, the main reason this mod exists is so that I have a place to release Piercing EML and Arclight EML on CFA-44 that had been sitting in my backlog for some time. I could've uploaded them as their own, but I didn't feel that it's my style and I saw an opportunity to make multiple railgun config for CFA, so I thought "might as well".

Unfortunately one of the issues I ran to and unable to fix was "having an odd-numbered max salvo count and multilock, the firing system does not properly assign each projectile to each locked target" noted in "Known Issues".

This mod is also uploaded without "Simple / Advanced Install" I have been doing for the last few mods, and instead only one "Full Custom" install. This is because I intend this to be a mod that users can choose for themselves what-goes-where (which skin slot has which EML config and what shell type it has). Making it "Simple" would defeat the point, and "Advanced" doesn't feel custom enough. This also serves as test for my old Super/Enhanced Special Weapons mod, to decide if I should make Full-Custom version of them as well (selecting which special weapons to upgrade on each skin slot, as opposed to affecting all selected skin slots at once)

Because of the popularity of UAV-45 Malebolge SpW mod by MegalithAce (and that it is also one of my favorite mods for CFA-44), this mod is now compatible with that mod. As for the Overhaul Patch by Naruto607, I have not made this mod compatible with it yet, as more look-intos are needed.