[Joey_21]

Any tutorials out there on how to do them? I could have a model soon that I want to use one on...

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[Jabu]

No tutorials AFAIK. Pretty much just a box thingy inside the model, and an invisible wall on the front.

Take a look at a FS POF if you want to know the POF editing bit  

[Joey_21]

Well, I have taken looks at them but it seems that the paths to the fighter bay are started in a new subobject... I need a little tutorial on what kind of an object to make the invisible wall out of...

[Bobboau]

you don't need the invisable wall,
all a fighter bay is is a serese of paths named $bay01 bay02 ect..., generaly it is made child of a fighter bay subsystem

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[Sushi]

I think the fighterbays are better without that wall anyway. Flying inside is a blast, and a great way to avoid enemy fire...until the capship decides to turn and you get slammed against the wall.  



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[Joey_21]

Thanks Bobboau. I'll try that sometime.  

[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by Bobboau:
you don't need the invisable wall,
all a fighter bay is is a serese of paths named $bay01 bay02 ect..., generaly it is made child of a fighter bay subsystem

Or with the parent as hull object (check name).  Other thing is that you need to have at least 4 paths - one for each ship exiting - or you get collisions upon exiting.




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[Joey_21]

1 last question... when adding a fighter bay, do I make the first point of the path the closests to the bay or the farthest from the bay?

[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by Joey_21:
1 last question... when adding a fighter bay, do I make the first point of the path the closests to the bay or the farthest from the bay?

Off the top of my head - point 4 is in the bay.  I think in the V models - the ships actually start off inside the hull model before exiting (not sure).  I think collision detection between the fighter and cpaship is disabled for this.

There's nothing quite as amusing as forgetting to set more than 1 exit path and watching 3 wings of Herc (literally) stuck to each other.

[Joey_21]

I only make 2 vertices per path... I find no need to put gobs of them in. It just makes the path more work.  

[DragonClaw]

   the invisible walls are there on the FS ships for a reason.. so the player doesn't go camping inside the bay and blow the cap ship up heh....


   Just make a wall on the outside of the bay and texture it with invisible.pcx

    The file is non-existant anywhere in FS2 VPs, but FS will recongnize it as invisible... you can shoot through it and all.

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[Joey_21]

How will the FS2 engine recognize which part of the wall is non-collidable and which part is collidable then?

[DragonClaw]

  You can fire through it but your ship can't... don't ask me how [V] made this possible lol

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[Joey_21]

I mean, you have to get out... and once you're out, there's no way you can get back in on the original models... what do I do to make the FS2 engine recognize what side of the wall is non-collidable and which side is collidable?

[DragonClaw]

   I thought FS ships came out of the bay on the outside of the wall.. hmm

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[Joey_21]

 

Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
  I thought FS ships came out of the bay on the outside of the wall.. hmm

Nope. For a test, make yourself arrive in a dockpoint in an FS mission..

[DragonClaw]

  maybe it bases it off of the faces.... the back face you can fly through.. oh hell I dunno.... ur gonna have to look at the Typhon and see what it uses.

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[Joey_21]

...or just get Bobboau's help.  

[DragonClaw]

  He doesn't know about invisible walls... at least I hope he doesn't muahahahha  

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[Joey_21]

Ok. Then I'll leave the invisible wall off. Even if they do destroy the cap ship, they'll die in the explosion...