[HorseAss]

I was thinking that a nice addition to my mod would be if I could make it so that you could see your soldiers on the side of your helicopter when they board them. Now I don't want a simple model change for the garrisoned condition state, that's what I would use if the thing I really want to try won't work.

Now what I really wanna try is to make it so that each soldier that boards the helo is represented, like in a firebase. I could use the firebase logic but there's a problem: no anims. You can't use a custom anim for it. My second option would be that you could somehow make it so you have something like a technical but more soldiers on it, but I don't know how to make them appear when one boards and so on.

Here's a pic of what I want:
http://vc.cnc-source.com/sshot063.jpg

I would like to hear your ideas and if anybody has ever tried this and if it's even possible.


Thanks in advance.

[willdud]

make a seperate condition state that its garisoned and in that one make the same model but actualy put a guy in it... in gmax. Then configure the conditionstate to display the model with the guy when garrisoned and a normal one without the guy when its not.

[HorseAss]

Did you read my post? I don't want that, that's my last resort.

P.S. That pic was made with the technical code, but there's the problem that it stays there forever.

[key0p]

The only thing I can think of in gen/zh that comes close to what you want is combat bike logic.I doubt it can be rigged to accept more than one rider at a time, but I dont know the ins and outs of it.

[willdud]

yes i did read your post but the only 2 options as i see it, the one i mentioned earlier or make the helo like the firebase and give all the unit types capable of sitting in the helo a new animation of sitting down on the condition that they are garrisoned inside the helo.

[full_circle]

I seem to recall a thread about the firebase logic a while ago... I think the outcome was that the garrisoned units couldn't be lifted from the ground.

Don't quote me on that, it's just from memory...

[HorseAss]

Bah, that sucks. I really do hope that I won't have to use the garrisoned condition state, 'cos it will suck to see a full chopper with only one soldier.

[Vger]

The fire base code may work if you link the the bones to the main model.
You would have to do this before exporting to W3D.

[AntiSocialKindaGuy]

I recall a thread like this ( I think it was for Halogen ) putting people on tanks, and the problem was that the people would stand on the tanks as opposed to sit. You could ask them if they found a fix for it.

[Vger]

Could make a new condition state and another model for the infantry so that they will be sitting.