[AntiSocialKindaGuy]

Right,I have a tank as shown in the below diagran:



That, as you can see, is an expertly drawn diagram. At the front is a turret, and this works fine. What I need is the four machine guns at the sides of the tank to fire independently.

I would assume this is done by spawning invisible OCL's that fire from those positions - however, I do not know how to specify in the code where the OCLs will spawn. I assume it is either points on the model, or coordinates given in the code.

How do I go about doing this?

[Hostile]

Actually look to the infamous Overlord code. Than you're not limited to 2 turrets. Make them a standard upgrade like the overlord but grant the upgrade right away like the USA Command Center radar. That should do it.

[CodeCat]

Well what he needs is 5 turrets, and AFAIK you can only have 4 - 2 on the main unit and 2 on an overlord-style upgrade.

[Hostile]

Why not add more than one upgrade? One for each turret. I see no limit on that as I've seen Overlords built on top of each other using this method. Four FIREPOINTS, four upgrades, and four grant upgrades.

[AntiSocialKindaGuy]

But what dictates where they spawn - firepoints? The overlord code ( if i remember rightly ) just tells them to spawn, but does not specify the location. What dictates the location? If it spawns at a set bone, then surely there is a command when spawning the OCL to specify which bone it spawns on.

[Silent_Killa]

the bone that it is attached to is determined in the code of the overlord style turret... you need this piece of code

  Draw                    = W3DDependencyModelDraw ModuleTag_01
    OkToChangeModelColor  = Yes
    AttachToBoneInContainer = X

also, you don't really need an upgrade to do this, just this

  Behavior = OverlordContain ModuleTag_Gunner 
    Slots                      = X
    DamagePercentToUnits       = 100%
    AllowInsideKindOf          = PORTABLE_STRUCTURE
    PassengersAllowedToFire    = Yes
    PassengersInTurret         = Yes 
    ExperienceSinkForRider     = Yes 
    PayloadTemplateName        = X
  End

[Hostile]

The FIREPOINT bone on the overlord model, can be FIREPOINT01, FIREPOINT02, and so on...

[AntiSocialKindaGuy]

ah right. I'll have to get the modeller to add the bones O_o

Cheers for your help guys ^_^