[DarkSentinel]

I made these base defences that have a turret and a turretEL for elevation
when targeting aircraft the barrels move up to the right position to target the craft, when targeting ground units they move to a horizontal (flat) angle, but strangly when constructed on elevated ground like a hill or so and they target ground units the barrels dont pitch "down" (to a negative angle) but remain horizontal (flat) and the bullets leave the barrels at a angular position! This is particular annouying with my railgun turret! :dead: It fires horizontaly over the target missing it by an inch or so but still "hitting" it!

1 My question is what is the best way to fix this little bug??
2 What do MinPhysicalPitch =
GroundUnitPitch =
do?
3 Declaring minpitch and maxpitch in the weapon.ini wont help i think
right, because normaly it handles the the patch between barrel mouth
and target??

Tx in advance

[CodeCat]

Start by setting TurretPitch = TurretEL (or whatever the bone is) in the default ConditionState in your model's draw module.

[Dibelius]

Originally Posted by DarkSentinel";p=&quot

1 My question is what is the best way to fix this little bug??
2 What do MinPhysicalPitch =
GroundUnitPitch =
do?
3 Declaring minpitch and maxpitch in the weapon.ini wont help i think
right, because normaly it handles the the patch between barrel mouth
and target??

1. what CodeCat posted of course, and check also that these important bones like the Turret, TurretPitch, WeaponLaunchBone etc. have the default angle set in the 3d model (rotation: x:0 y:0 z:0). You get this default rotation automatically when you place an object in the "Top" view of the 3d program.

2. Afaik MinPhysicalPitch defines how much the TurretPitch bone can pitch down (in degrees). I guess it's more an art tag so that you prevent ugly pitches.
Not really sure what GroundUnitPitch defines exactly...

3. Min and/or MaxPitch in weapon.ini can be used e.g. instead of using the AttackRange tag, as far as they can only shoot against aircrafts in this weapon. Again, you can use it to prevent ugly pitches. Imagine an aircraft is to near to your turret and depending from the 3d model you have it could look ugly if the TurretPitch bone rotates nearly 90 degrees to face the aircraft.
That means the turret only shoots (and the TurretPitch bone only lifts) when units are within default pitch + MaxPitch OR MinPitch + MaxPitch.

[DarkSentinel]

tx guys gonna check on it and will post what i got later!

Edit:
Ok, i doublechecked my bones in gmax --> my turret01 and turretel01 are correctly aligned and so are all pivot points. Turning and elevation work normaly in game except down elevation then!

turret and turretel are correctly named in ini file so thats ok too!

Only thing thats remains is the aiupdateinterface module tag I think and maybe the weapon it self.

But i kinda checked the gattling cannon of china to see what it would do on a hill ->>> it doesnt pitch down either!!!!! try a map like alpine assault and see for yourself if u like!

So i gotta ask is possible to even let the barrel of a turret pitch down to compensate for terrain???

Anyway here is the code for my defense:


Behavior = AIUpdateInterface ModuleTag_20
Turret
ControlledWeaponSlots = PRIMARY
TurretTurnRate = 180 // turn rate, in degrees per sec
TurretPitchRate = 180
AllowsPitch = Yes
FiresWhileTurning = Yes
;NaturalTurretPitch = 45 ; this keeps it aimed half way between land
and sky
;MinIdleScanInterval = 250 ; in milliseconds
;MaxIdleScanInterval = 250 ; in milliseconds
;MinIdleScanAngle = 0 ; in degrees off the natural turret angle
;MaxIdleScanAngle = 360 ; in degrees off the natural turret
angle
End
AutoAcquireEnemiesWhenIdle = Yes ;ATTACK_BUILDINGS; defensive
weapon
MoodAttackCheckRate = 250
End

<<<<<<<<pretty strait forward i thought???>>>>>>>>>


the weapon code!!!!


Weapon TowerRailgun
PrimaryDamage = 250.0
PrimaryDamageRadius = 10
AttackRange = 400.0
ScatterRadius = 2
DamageType = ARMOR_PIERCING
DeathType = EXPLODED
WeaponSpeed = 1850.0
ProjectileObject = RailGunShell
ProjectileStreamName = RailGunStreamJet
FireSound = LaserCrusaderWeapon
FireFX = WeaponFX_GenericTankGunNoTracer
RadiusDamageAffects = ENEMIES NEUTRALS
DelayBetweenShots = 500
ClipSize = 4
ClipReloadTime = 5000
AntiAirborneVehicle = No
AntiAirborneInfantry = No
AntiSmallMissile = No
AntiBallisticMissile = No
AntiGround = Yes
DamageDealtAtSelfPosition = Yes
End

<<<<<<do i need to add max and min pitch here??>>>>>





tx in advance

[Dibelius]

uh why do you have 2 projectile things?

ProjectileObject = RailGunShell
ProjectileStreamName = RailGunStreamJet

I guess this can cause problems, maybe it's not the main problem but you should only have 1 type; ProjectileObject OR ProjectileStreamName

And no, you don't need to add Min or MaxPitch there. It definetly must work without this.

[CommieDog]

ProjectileStreamName doesn't specify a projectile, but rather a separate object that links two (or more) projectiles together to produce a solid stream, as seen in the Toxin Tractor's weapon.

[DarkSentinel]

True, but i guess i dont need it because my "railgun trail" is added in the code for the object it fires (the railgunshell). Will remove it and see what it gives then!

[DarkSentinel]

Cant get my turret to shoot at a negative pitch! I dont think that it isnt possible at all with out using the firepitch command and setting it to a negative angle. But then it will always fire at this angle and it want i to just compensate for elevation of terrain!

[DarkSentinel]

Got my tuurets to pitch correctly according to terrain. I had to set the minphysicalpitch line in the aiupdate section on the object and add the minpitch in the weapon. ini.