Author Topic: Stay still, turn the front?  (Read 1357 times)

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Stay still, turn the front?
I have been fooling around with FRED and have become comfortable with it, yet I can't seem to make an event for this type of scenario.

I'm creating a simple blockade mission, where a corvette guards a jump node and destroys any Shivan ship coming in. The ships move quite faster than expected (It takes 2 minutes for a cruiser to go from 80+ down to -35) and so I wanted the corvette to turn towards a Shivan cruiser that jumps in so it can get a direct shot without the ship moving from it's current spot, but I can't seem to wrap my head around which command to use. Any help?

Dear god, I've just realised how "noobish" I made this question sound.   :nono:

 
Re: Stay still, turn the front?
Set-object-facing-object, found under change>coordinate manipulation. You'll want to use the optional third parameter so that the corvette spends time pivoting instead of instantaneously changing orientation.

 

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Re: Stay still, turn the front?
Alternatively, ship-maneuver, which will make it turn at the specified % of its top turning rate (tabled), thus ensuring a "realistic" looking turn.
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Re: Stay still, turn the front?
^^^^^^

Yeah, do it that way.

  

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Re: Stay still, turn the front?
Its a bit harder though...you have to give it a time, and account for damp/acceleration while turning.
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