van HellSing on 7/2/2008 at 07:46
And what is the magrail? It's a railgun, duh. :rolleyes:
TheNightTerror on 7/2/2008 at 07:54
I don't know about any other railguns, but the SS1 railgun and magrail are two very different things. The magrail in DX:IW is an energy weapon that shoots through walls supposedly; the railgun in SS1 fires explosive charges. Pray tell, how are these two guns the same thing?
Matthew on 7/2/2008 at 10:37
'Railgun' is more a descriptor of how the weapon's payload is delivered than it is a descriptor the the type of payload.
Edit: well, not in real world physics I suppose, but you know what I mean.
ZylonBane on 7/2/2008 at 16:59
Neither one of them are anything like actual railguns, which work by magnetically accelerating a payload (usually some kind of ferromagnetic slug) to extremely high velocities.
Nameless Voice on 7/2/2008 at 21:29
I think a lot of people, when they hear the term 'railgun', are put in mind either of the gun in Eraser (which was, apparently, completely physically impossible), which the magrail is similar to.
There's was also a 'railgun' in Quake 2 that shot a spiralling energy bolt.
Still, just because those weapons were called 'railguns' doesn't mean there's any scientific backing to giving them such a name.
Also, I notice ZB never explained what he thought clay pidgeon shooting was?
Matthew on 7/2/2008 at 21:35
Indeed, ZB and NV have said what I was trying (and failing) to do.
van HellSing on 7/2/2008 at 21:57
Seeing how ZB's name is Clay, I can see some interesting puns coming.
scglass on 8/2/2008 at 03:42
Are you saying ZBs a bit of a bird-brain?
driver on 8/2/2008 at 13:57
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
There's was also a 'railgun' in Quake 2 that shot a spiralling energy bolt.
Q2's railgun fired metal slugs using magnets, the spiral was just the vapour trail left behind from the slug spinning out of the barrel.
