I've done some minor mods already, mostly dealing with adding new items to the game. But I got an idea (See title)
I'm curious as to how this would be done. It would be a siege weapon and it would use batteries.
The batteries of course would be made from zinc and copper (I'm pretty sure this can be done with a new reaction, correct?)
The coil for it should have different effectiveness based on what it's made of. But not like metal works. Copper would probably be the standard 100 that iron is. While gold (naturally a better conductor) would work more like steel does.
I would imagine this would stun and even possible paralyze people.
Also it would be nice if every shot wasn't 1 battery. It'd be more realistic I think. To off set that each battery would be like 3-5 cooper and 3-5 zinc bars.
Let me hear some ideas as to how this would be done. I know I'm going to need a new reaction (for batteries) and probably have to add to the siege ammo (again for batteries). I'm not sure where to add the telsa coil and how to change it's effectiveness based on metal type (cuz the effectiveness for electricity in metals if different than that of standard weaponry)
If any of this is unclear just quote and say "Uh what?" and I'll try to clarify. Let me know. Thanks!
Edit: I was wrong on the metals conductivity
Here's an order for them
Silver - best
Copper - 9% less conductive than silver
Aluminium - 10% less conductive than copper
Gold - 24% less conductive than copper
Brass - maybe like 50%
Platinum - 84% less conductive than copper
EDIT DUEX: Also, is there a way to make it so that it doesn't 'throw' the battery, just simply uses it, flings bolt of electricity, and turns it into and empty battery?