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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Killfrenzy on August 01, 2002, 04:58:07 pm

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: Killfrenzy on August 01, 2002, 04:58:07 pm

Okay, I've managed to get turrets to work, and whilst the saucers work fine, the barreled ones don't. According to Rampage's tutorial I've done everything right - setting axes in the right positions, etc etc. BUT the turrets, although they fire, won't rotate and track their targets.

How do you do that?

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: karajorma on August 02, 2002, 04:35:30 am

In PCS what have you set the rotation to?

Try this, Go to the subobjects menu and set this


 Turret01  - Movement type - rotation around axis
                   Movement axis - Y axis

 Turretarm01 - Movement type - rotation around axis
                        Movement axis - X axis

While I`m here I`m having a problem with my multibarrels. They track the enemy but occassionally fire through the ship. Any ideas what I`m doing wrong?

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: IPAndrews on August 02, 2002, 05:28:19 am

All turrets fire through the ship you put them on if you give them a firing arc wide enough to do so. Tis the way of things. Tis the way of the force.

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: Killfrenzy on August 10, 2002, 03:34:18 pm

I'm back from Holiday, and yes, I did try the rotations in MV32, but I need re-assuring. The turret rotates on the right axis, but with the barrels, if all parts are rotated, they seem to detatch themselves from the turret....

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: aldo_14 on August 10, 2002, 04:03:00 pm

Check your axes - you need to set the axis in Ts (the point where the object rotates around).  If it's in the centre of the barrel - i.e. rotates above the base object - move it. :nod:

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: Killfrenzy on August 10, 2002, 04:06:31 pm

The axes are as follows:

Turret: Central

Barrels: at the base

:)

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: StratComm on August 10, 2002, 05:56:12 pm

Did you remember to set the barrel piece as rotational submodel for the turret?  That sounds like your problem.

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: Killfrenzy on August 11, 2002, 02:23:42 am

I dunno if I did or not - I followed Rampage's tutorial, so it's all his fault!:D:D

In case I didn't, how do you do it?

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: StratComm on August 13, 2002, 10:07:36 am

Use Modview, go to POF Editor, and select the turrets tab.  In a drop-down menu for "rotational submodel," change the entry to the name of the barrel sub object.  It should turn the box around the turret base orange and place a blue box around the barrels.

Title: Barrelled Turrets: Nasty little things!
Post by: Killfrenzy on August 14, 2002, 03:35:31 am

I'll try that. Thanks!

If it doesn't work, I'll be knocking on your door with a BFRed! :D:D