Stuff I felt should exist....

[ArmoredThirteen]

If anyone is interested, THIS is a site me and a friend made in highschool to keep track of all of our custom rules. There's around 100 new weapons, components, vehicle types, and more. We were using Carwars Deluxe, not sure what edition.

[ElLoboGordo]

There's a huge load of backpost on this thread, so I'll just ask:

Has anybody fiddled around with some flavor of plowblade/cowcatcher/chainroll to try and scoop or fling away mines/spikes/debris before the car's tires are damaged? It would be big and ungainly, but invaluable in certain specialized applications.

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by ElLoboGordo

Has anybody fiddled around with some flavor of plowblade/cowcatcher/chainroll to try and scoop or fling away mines/spikes/debris before the car's tires are damaged? It would be big and ungainly, but invaluable in certain specialized applications.

_CW Tanks_ had one, but that was for AFVs only.

When the rules package evolved to where ramplate-and-DW cars became dominant, I worked up a front-armor mod where, when crossing any DW counter, the player rolled 1d6 -- 1-4, the counter went away with no effect; 5, the counter hit the car's Front armor; 6, counter hit the car as normal. It had the desired effect -- people actually brought *guns* to a gunfight again.

[ElLoboGordo]

Originally Posted by ArmoredThirteen

If anyone is interested, THIS is a site me and a friend made in highschool to keep track of all of our custom rules. There's around 100 new weapons, components, vehicle types, and more. We were using Carwars Deluxe, not sure what edition.

Your "single-geared" mod is funny. Go-Kart Wars!

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by ElLoboGordo

Your "single-geared" mod is funny. Go-Kart Wars!

Well, since it's now possible to build a three-speed automatic transmission in _CW_....

Overdrive
HTMs
2x Link

The links are between either the HTMs or the O-drive (1 Link ea.), and the car's speedometer (as described under "Body Types: Price" in the construction rules). The links trigger thus:

Car's speed is within HTM-top-speed range: HTMs On. O-drive Off.
Car's speed is between HTM-top-speed and regular top-speed: HTMs Off. O-drive Off.
Car's speed is within O-drive-top-speed range: HTMs Off. O-drive On.

:)

[kabson]

I'm going to post this as evidence that I am a very lazy designer.

Advanced Link Network - $250, no weight or space. Replaces Links between weapons and accessories with a single vehicle-wide network. Any weapon or accessory combination can be activated with a single firing action, without defining each combination during the design process. As with normal Links, only identical weapons in a single facing may be aimed. This accessory does not provide the benefits of a Smart Link. Smart Links must be purchased separately, but include a link to the ALN to trigger un-aimed fire or accessories.

Slightly less lazy alternative:
$200 plus $10 per linked weapon or accessory, no weight or space. Otherwise the same.

I suppose a 'per facing' cost would work too.

Possibly a bit cheap, but once I get past five links I start getting headaches.

[kjamma4]

Originally Posted by 43Supporter

The links are between either the HTMs or the O-drive (1 Link ea.), and the car's speedometer (as described under "Body Types: Price" in the construction rules).

There's nothing in the rules that say you can link to the speedometer and this would DIRECTLY contradict the rules for Overdrive which states that activation and deactivation is a firing action.

However, common sense would tell you that the car would be set to do that as a default.

[swordtart]

Smeete:

I like the idea of a master controller to allow on the fly selection of combinations of firing actions, but suggest the unit be connected to each component by a standard link. It still represents a cost saving over multiple links between components but is a bit more consistent with the base rules.

43:
You can link HTM and overdrive if you want (since both require firing actions)but you can't operate them without spending a firing action (we have voice command computers and the like for that).

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by kjamma4

There's nothing in the rules that say you can link to the speedometer and this would DIRECTLY contradict the rules for Overdrive which states that activation and deactivation is a firing action.

However, common sense would tell you that the car would be set to do that as a default.

Funny -- the six-speed autobox in my truck doesn't need my involvement, unless I set to "manual". :)

That's what the links are for -- as the speedo passes the appropriate speed, the link toggles the system it's linked to. For lack of a better way to represent the system, the links will suffice.

[Parody]

I tend to just leave HTMs on until I get to what will be my top speed (taking some plant damage along the way) and then turn them off, possibly via a link that also toggles on Overdrive.