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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 distance is in leptons, 256 to a cell, and is applied after the barrel has been pitched, so the muzzle swings up and down with the gun 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

Only the muzzle position moves — the fire animation, laser beam, sonic wave, and attached particle systems. The projectile itself is created at the mounting point that PrimaryFireFLH and TurretOffset fix. An AircraftType, BuildingType or UnitType creates its projectile at the mounting point, which the barrel does not move; an InfantryType creates it at the muzzle instead.

The elite weapon slot is filled from 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