Carrier - Special attack?

[Sandalpocalypse]

I've been attempting to create a research technology that would modify the Carrier to use Pulsar Weaponry. I spent a long time fiddling with this.

Additional "hgn_pulsarside2" weapons defined to the Carrier's weapons slots.
"hgn_MSHullDefense" guns are changed to "Normal Only" fire.
I copied & modified the Torpedo Frigate's research item to the Carrier, so researching that item would cause the carrier to use special attacks.

The "hgn_pulsarside2" weapon is set as "Special Attack".

No go. I also tried modifying the angles and such on "hgn_pulsarside2." "Hgn_Pulsarside2" is also set as a Gimble weapon, and I've been able to get them to fire when defined as the "normal" weapon.

I also tried "hgn_hyperdg", a copy of the "hgn_mshulldefense" gun, but set as "special" and with twice the refire rate.

I've tried lots of other stuff too.

As far as I can tell, the Carrier seems unable to use special attacks.

Anyone got any ideas?

*EDIT*
With the MShulldefense guns set as Normal Only, the carrier guns cease firing at all when the tech is researched, so it's swapping over to special mode properly.

[FrankDark]

thats easy.

make a research like torpedo fregat.

it change normal weapon use to speacial attack

make 2 weapons for the slot.

1 normal weapon
and 2 special attack weapon youre pulsars

[Sandalpocalypse]

I think I just said I did exactly that.

I got it working with the HyperDG, but not pulsars, still. Not on secondary.

[mecha]

it needs to have an attack ability....