Changing type of weapon

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Is there a way after research to disable a weapon and replace it with another one after a research instead of adding a new weapon.

Example

Tech starbase currently has missile weapons, is there a way to create a update in which after I do this upgrade, the missles weapons will disappear and its place, a projectile weapon?

ok lets make it more concrete.

Ok let say the excelsior class of the star trek mod. Let say I use the research excelsior upgrade, instead of giving bonus, it changes the disruptor weapon to the phaser

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

No, this isn't possible. You can, for example, start with one weapon and unlock use of another through research, but all the ships' weapons are coded into its entity file and you can't change one kind of weapon to another in-game.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

There is one possibility, but it is kind of a workaround. Instead of giving unlucking a weapon it unlocks an ability that removes the old starbase and deploys a new one without the missile weapons and with the projectile instead. One of the drawbacks is that it can't "save" the previus purchased upgrades so you will have to reupgrade it again.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

It would be nice if they added this ability though