[Silent_Killa]

Hey, I just added a Overlord style machine gun turret to my Black Eagle tank and it seems to work except for one thing... the turret doesn't turn! now the weapon can still fire in a 360 degree radius, but the turret doesn't turn... which is odd since it's basically a copy and paste job of the overlord gattling cannon... any ideas?

Object RussiaBlackEagleMGun

  ; *** ART Parameters ***
  SelectPortrait         = SNGatTower_L
  ButtonImage            = SNGatTower
  
  ;UpgradeCameo1 = Upgrade_Nationalism
  ;UpgradeCameo1 = Upgrade_ChinaUraniumShells
  ;UpgradeCameo2 = Upgrade_ChinaNuclearTanks
  ;UpgradeCameo4 = NONE
  ;UpgradeCameo5 = Upgrade_ChinaOverlordGattlingCannon
  
  
  Draw                    = W3DDependencyModelDraw ModuleTag_01
    OkToChangeModelColor  = Yes
    AttachToBoneInContainer = FIREPOINT01

    DefaultConditionState
      Model               = RVBlackEagle_G
      Turret              = TURRET01
      TurretPitch         = TURRET01
      WeaponFireFXBone    = PRIMARY GunMuzzle
    End

    ConditionState        = REALLYDAMAGED 
      Model               = RVBlackEagle_G
      Turret              = TURRET01
      TurretPitch         = TURRET01
      WeaponFireFXBone    = PRIMARY GunMuzzle
    End
  End

  ; ***DESIGN parameters ***
  Side             = Russia
  EditorSorting    = SYSTEM
  TransportSlotCount = 1
  WeaponSet
    Conditions          = None 
    Weapon              = PRIMARY   HumveeGun 
  End
  
  ArmorSet
    Conditions     = None
    Armor          = InvulnerableAllArmor ; We can't be hurt on the field.  We share damage from the Overlord with his damage module
  End
  VisionRange     = 200

  ; *** AUDIO Parameters ***
  UnitSpecificSounds
    TurretMoveStart = NoSound
    TurretMoveLoop  = NoSound ;TurretMoveLoop
    VoiceRapidFire  = NoSound
  End

  ; *** ENGINEERING Parameters ***
  KindOf            = PRELOAD PORTABLE_STRUCTURE CAN_ATTACK ATTACK_NEEDS_LINE_OF_SIGHT CLICK_THROUGH IGNORED_IN_GUI
    Body            = StructureBody ModuleTag_02
    MaxHealth       = 100.0
    InitialHealth   = 100.0
  End

  Behavior = AIUpdateInterface ModuleTag_03
    Turret
      ControlledWeaponSlots = PRIMARY
      TurretTurnRate      = 60   // turn rate, in degrees per sec
      TurretPitchRate     = 60
      AllowsPitch         = Yes
    End
    AutoAcquireEnemiesWhenIdle = Yes 
  End

  Behavior             = DestroyDie ModuleTag_04
    ;nothing
  End

  Geometry            = BOX
  GeometryMajorRadius = 8.0
  GeometryMinorRadius = 8.0
  GeometryHeight      = 9.0
  GeometryIsSmall     = No      
  Shadow              = SHADOW_VOLUME
  ShadowSizeX = 45  ; minimum elevation angle above horizon. Used to limit shadow length

End

[CommieDog]

Did you use the W3DOverlordTankDraw module to define the model of the tank to which this turret is attached?

[Cedar]

There is suppose to be a bone that is named Turret01 and the engine looks at that bone and makes the object turn at that point only... so make sure that your object has that... because I can see that you made a new object in place of the gattling cannon. Other then that I do not believe there are any problems with it.

[Silent_Killa]

there's a problem with it somewhere... the Turret is named TURRET01 just as it should be... I'm sure the problem isn't with the Black Eagle code itself because I replaced the object with the Overlord's gattling cannon... I'm gonna go back over the model to see if I missed somethin there though...

[CodeCat]

Try making an invisible bone called TURRETEL01, and attach it to the TURRET01 bone. Then attach all the stuff that was attached to TURRET01 to TURRETEL01 instead. I'm suspecting that the game can't handle using a single bone for both rotation and pitch.

[Silent_Killa]

hmmmm... your probably right immo man... since there's not much else it could be... I'll have to test that out...

EDIT: thanks immo, that was it... why did i even include a pitch factor? it's a .50 cal machine gun :tard:

[Cedar]

You have to make a secondary weapon (make it a dummy weapon like the overlord's or the troopcrawler's) and make the turret be secondary. I think that'll solve it, I'll test it and tell you Monday by 4pm est.
And I'll post the coding for it because I'm getting tired of this post (no offense, but I'm sure you are too) :lol:

[Silent_Killa]

nah bro, read my post, it was the fact that i used the same object for both turret rotation and pitch... The dummy weapon has something to do with a problem with targeting... I don't remember exactly... but thanks anyways

[RedLeader]

dummy weapon allows u to target the machine gun outside the overlords range...or somethin clost to that...

[Cedar]

I don't think you can have the same bone for Turret and TurretPitch, I think the engine might get confused about that. (as far as I can remember the game has always had a different name for each bone - of the turret and turretpitch)