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PBarrelLength

How far out along the first weapon's barrel its muzzle sits.

Specification
Applies to
AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType
File
art.ini
Section
[<Image ID>]Image ID: Image= value; ObjectType ID when omitted
Value
integer
When omitted
0

The muzzle sits this many leptons, 256 to a cell, along the barrel from the mounting point that PrimaryFireFLH sets. The distance follows the barrel’s pitch, so the muzzle rises and falls as the barrel elevates while the mounting point stays put.

art.ini
[MYTANK] ; the Image ID of a UnitType
PrimaryFireFLH=100,0,60
PBarrelLength=80 ; the muzzle sits 80 leptons further out along the barrel

The weapon’s fire animation, laser beam, sonic wave and attached particle systems start at the muzzle. A structure that sets PrimaryFirePixelOffset or BarrelAnimIsVoxel=yes takes its firing point from that setting instead, and ignores this one. The projectile starts at the muzzle only for infantry. An aircraft, structure or vehicle creates it at the mounting point that PrimaryFireFLH and TurretOffset set.

A value above 0 also advances the weapon’s projectile up to two steps along its flight as soon as it is fired. The second step is skipped if the first ends the projectile. Laser weapons and Inviso=yes projectiles are not advanced.

The Elite weapon slot uses this same setting, so an elite weapon fires from the end of the same barrel as the weapon it replaces.

See also — PrimaryFireFLH, PBarrelThickness, Elite, SBarrelLength