[EvilTiki100]

Does anyone have a unit that has 3+ turrets that they could send to me so that I can figure out how to do it? I have tried a couple times before but I don't really know what to do. I have read about people who have done it before but I learn best through examples.

[Waraddict]

The trick is, you can't ACTUALLY give a unit more then one turret, instead, you do it like the Overlord does it with the gattling turret upgrade, you simply spawn a seperate object inside the unit placed at a certain bone, its relatively simple, all it is, is an OCL upgrade (like the USA drone upgrades) except the OCL is set to spawn inside the unit (see the overlord upgrade OCLs), your unit must have the OverlordContain module though and you have to specify the bones for where you want the 'turrets' to be.

There are some problems with this though, you can't really control these turrets very well....

[EvilTiki100]

Ya I know that you have to do it by that method, I just want an example with more than 3 turrets.

[Mere_Mortal]

This might be of interest...

http://www.derelictstudios.net/forum...ST&f=6&t=12857

[Thinimus]

The battleship coding has pretty much most of what you are looking for.

[Dibelius]

yup. The battleship can use 2 (controllable) turrets with an alternative turret. Try this and for some more turrets you want to add use the Overlord logic. It's quite simple, just look at the avenger code: it uses the OverlordContain module tag, but don't need any upgrade. But keep in mind that u cant force-fire (control) these turrets. They always auto-choose targets.

NB: for the vehicle you MUST use the "W3DOverlordTankDraw" and for the extra turret object(s) the "W3DDependencyModelDraw" ModuleTags. If it's a flaying unit take a look at the Helix helicopter for more info.

[Mere_Mortal]

Is it possible to use a CommandSet to switch between the turrets? So when selecting a WeaponSlot it would use the relevant turret, so I'd have thought?

Something like this...

  Behavior = AIUpdateInterface ModuleTag_Turrets
    Turret
      ControlledWeaponSlots = PRIMARY ; SECONDARY TERTIARY ; valid?
    End
    AltTurret
      ControlledWeaponSlots = SECONDARY
    End
  ; Can any more be used? Or is this where you ask about 3+ turrets?
  End

  CommandSet CommandSet_SomeUnit
    1  = Command_SwitchToPrimary
    2  = Command_SwitchToSecondary
  End

  CommandButton Command_SwitchToPrimary
    Command                = SWITCH_WEAPON
    WeaponSlot              = PRIMARY
  End

  CommandButton Command_SwitchToSecondary
    Command                = SWITCH_WEAPON
    WeaponSlot              = SECONDARY
  End

[CodeCat]

If you use a weapon switch like that, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Did you try it?

[Mere_Mortal]

I haven't got anything to test it on, but I could look into it.

[Mere_Mortal]

It works alright

The BattleShip provides a perfect example. All that needs doing is giving it a Locomotor (consider BasicAmphibiousLocomotor), changing the KindOf and building it. A working Naval Factory would be a nice addition, it really doesn't make sense that thing coming out of a ConYard, it's huge!

Just for flavour, I made it a Hero :lol:

Oh, I think this is valid, so that you could have a specific weapon for one turret and another for both...

  Behavior = AIUpdateInterface ModuleTag_03
    Turret
      ControlledWeaponSlots = PRIMARY TERTIARY
    End
    AltTurret
      ControlledWeaponSlots = SECONDARY TERTIARY
    End
  End