X277 Viper Rail Gun Request

Post by **paragonskeep** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:47 pm

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone would like to take a stab at making the X277 Viper Rail Gun from the Museum of Technology.

I was thinking it would be a cross between the Gauss and Plasma Caster. It would be heavy since it was a prototype and not very efficient. Possibly multiple MFC per shot. I think it would also be cool to have the "Tesla" effect on the barrel to show the electromagnets in operation. Since this is a very powerful weapon would there be a way to script a 1% chance on a critical hit to be an instant kill to reflect the projectile going through the target?

Would be a single shot, scoped, very loud, degrades on line with Gauss very limited repair (although can use alien epoxy to repair). Hi-tech yet lore friendly (if that makes sense)

I've tried to model/texture but can not as of yet (still in learning curve, and not very quickly progressing).

Thanks for looking.

This is from the wiki

The X277 "Viper" magnetic rail cannon was a weapon that was displayed in the Museum of Technology sometime before the events of Fallout 3.

BackgroundEdit

The X277 "Viper" magnetic rail cannon was developed for the U.S. Military by West-Tek. Also commonly referred to as a "railgun", the weapon uses energy cells to propel a depleted uranium round across a series of magnets discharging it at extremely high velocity. Deemed too costly to produce on a mass scale, the project was abandoned in 2044. The only known prototype was displayed in the Washington, D.C. Museum of Technology in 2077. As of 2277 it is unknown where this weapon has gone to.

Post by **Richie5572** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:59 am

I thought someone has made a railgun before. I could be wrong but I thought there was one.

EDIT

actually never mind they are Vanilla in FNV

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Railgun

Post by **Risewild** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:16 pm

[quote=Richie5572]

I thought someone has made a railgun before. I could be wrong but I thought there was one.

EDIT

actually never mind they are Vanilla in FNV

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Railgun

[/quote]

Actually they do not exist in vanilla Fallout New Vegas, what does exist is only a reference to them that was commented out in a script, there is no mesh, no texture, no animation, no stats or anything else created in the game files that relates to it.

So really the only way to make it happen is someone has to make it and mod it in .

Post by **Richie5572** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:18 pm

really?? hmm when I saw rail cannon I thought I remembered one maybe another game I have played. my bad! Then a rail gun would be awesome! I love a selection of weapons lol

Pavel · Post by **Pavel** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:13 pm

I could sketch some designs if someone can model it

If it adds to my credibility I was a concept artist for several projects in Halo CE

Post by **paragonskeep** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:32 pm

@Richie, It's thought that the Viper was the predecessor to the Gauss but is only mentioned at the Museum of Technology on the right when you enter the building. The Tesla Cannon and Gauss are close but not the same.

@Pavel, That would be awesome and one step closer.

Post by **Richie5572** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:37 pm

My load order is bogged down with weapons and armors I love looking at different ones even if I never use them! I just hope if its made maybe a couple weapon mods could be made with it to make it actually combat viable. I like your idea of it not being efficient however maybe something to help with that? and something to make it lighter?

Pavel · Post by **Pavel** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:58 pm

I was thinking about a shoulder mounted rail gun with the same reload anim as the 10mm Gatling gun from LR

The gun would start as "broken viper rail gun" and would essentially be a reskinned rebar club in very poor condition, which starts a quest to find the viper schematics to make repairs (maybe in ravenrock?)

then you can use a bench to combine the broken rail gun with various parts to create a functional rail gun.

it would have 1 shot per clip, that can be expanded to 2 with a reload time of 3-4 seconds to charge the capacitors, it would use custom rail gun rounds that can be created with 8 MFCs and 5 scrap metal

the gun would have smart sights (adds boone's spotter perk when equipped) and can be upgraded to include a smart sniper scope

the third modification would be super conductive terminals which would halve the reload time

how does that sound?

Post by **Gribbleshnibit8** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:40 pm

[quote=Richie5572]really?? hmm when I saw rail cannon I thought I remembered one maybe another game I have played. my bad! Then a rail gun would be awesome! I love a selection of weapons lol[/quote]

Project Nevada Equipment adds in a rail cannon.

Post by **paragonskeep** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:38 am

@Grib,

Sorry man, I never knew that. I've used PN in the past (but never the equipment part).

@Pavel, I think those are very solid ideas. The only thing I wonder about is 1) the Viper was thought to be the predecessor to the Gauss why would you move from shoulder mount to rifle in the design progression?

2) With Gribs shining light on the one in PN equipment and the Tesla being shoulder mount, does TTW have room for another energy shoulder mount weapon? (Don't get me wrong I like the idea, just wondering how many others will)

I do however think the PN one is a little too "high tech" compared to "50's futurism". (no offense Grib) One day can you post how to pronounce your name?