Overheating & ammo - an interesting discovery

[safoolfool]

That sounds really cool, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was modeled in game. That said, your test isn't conclusive. If each ammo had a random range of heat/dirt generation, it could just be that the RNG made the first burst dirtier than the second, not the ammo. If I were you I would do maybe 3 tests with each type of ammo, recording the same info, and see what the results were then. Also, instead of repairing and waiting, you could just reload the game.

[the_Brain]

Actually the M80 is just milspec FMJ- ammonition. The 7,62 NATO- AP is called M993.

[waveform]

Actually, I did the above test twice, with identical results. I should've mentioned that. However, I got curious about various ammo types, and decided to do some more testing.
This time, I picked up Minimi SPW and fired a 100-round bursts with the Ball, 885 and 995 ammo types.

Ball: Overheat at 90-100 round mark, Condition: 2%, Dirt: 11%
885: No overheat, Condition: 0%, Dirt: 4%
995: No overheat, Condition: 1%, Dirt: 7%

2 bursts with each type, and quickload between bursts. I have no doubt that the ammo type matters in the game as far as dirt build-up is concerned. However, I'm not sure if:
A) Ammo type directly determines how much heat is generated during firing, or
B) Dirtier guns produce more heat when fired

What a nice work you have there waveform... Thanks for your discovery.. I may now overheat ammunitions. I commend you for a job well done!!!

[R@S]

Originally Posted by waveform

A) Ammo type directly determines how much heat is generated during firing, or
B) Dirtier guns produce more heat when fired

Each ammo type has a value for how much resource damage on the weapon the ammo does. This resource damage value of the ammo is then thrown against the weapons Resource, DirtResource and HeatCapacity values in the Weaponinfo file and the result is what waveform has stumbled upon. I'm not sure if the dirt/condition does anything else than increase the chances of a jammed weapon, but an overheated weapon gets damaged and dirtier faster I think.

This is a small example of how complex the whole weapon and battle system of Apeiron games. We'll be lucky if we ever see anything remotely similar in complexity in the future, which makes me very, very sad. But then again, it might be a reason for the BSM team to continue working on the game.