This guy won't fire his laser

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Okay, this looks to be the correct forum. Anyway, I tried my hand at adding a new creature into the game. It works, spawns as expected and seems to be all around functional but will not fire the laser. I just get the message that the barrel spins but nothing happens. Any ideas and/or did I forget to add something? Thanks in advance

The Raws:
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mod_umbra_trooper”,
“name”: “Umbra Trooper”,
“species”:“MAMMAL”,
“symbol”:"@",
“color”:“dkgray”,
“size”:“MEDIUM”,
“material”:“flesh”,
“diff”:3,
“aggression”:100,
“morale”:100,
“speed”:90,
“melee_skill”:0,
“melee_dice”:0,
“melee_dice_sides”:0,
“melee_cut”:0,
“dodge”:1,
“armor_bash”:8,
“armor_cut”:4,
“item_chance”:20,
“luminance”:0,
“hp”:100,
“special_freq”:2,
“death_function”:[“NORMAL”, “ZOMBIE”],
“special_attack”:“LASER”,
“description”:“A trooper working for the umbra corporation, tasked with sterilizing the area. He thinks you’re infected.”,
“flags”:[“SEES”, “HEARS”, “WARM”, “BLEED”, “VIS40”],
“categories”:[“CLASSIC”]
},

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First issue is whether the trooper’s out in the sunlight: that’s the call to the solar-powered laser turret.

After that, we’d have to check monattack.cpp and see if there’s some other problem.

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Yep, debugged some sunny weather and it worked. Didn’t realize it was solar powered. Thanks a bunch, I feel so smurt lol