Turret - player relations

[Rookie One.pl]

Hi,

I'm just wondering, is it possible to make the turret weapon rotate around the player instead of the player turning around them?

Rookie One

[wacko]

I think u could try to set the mg's origin to where the player is. But then, how could this be done? New model?

[Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D]

local.blah = spawn mgwherever.tik
local.blah glue player
?
am i being stupid again?

[Rookie One.pl]

Well, Fungus, probably yes. Even if that worked, which I doubt, the animations wouldn't match.

What I'm trying to do is to spawn an usable MG42 at the top of a tank turret and I want it to be 360-degrees-usable, preserving some realism.

[Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D]

well then 360 degrees isnt realistic because the gun cant be mounted inside the hatch... therwed have to be a lazy susan that the mg was mounted on forthe mg to be 360 degrees the tank turret would have to spin...
couldnt you look at the breakthru example?

[Rookie One.pl]

Have you played Enemy Territory? The MG's... hmm... singlepod (is that a word? ) is bound to the hatch, and it spins around 360 degrees, while the player sits still at the same origin, just the angles change. That's the effect I want to get.

[Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D]

i still cant see wht you mean as the MOH series is all ive boufght into in the lat year

[Rookie One.pl]

Well, download Enemy Territory then - it's free!

Anyone?

[Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D]

YAY! where? enemyterritorygame.com (like all the other new game webbys )

[Rookie One.pl]

You can get it here. Welcome to Enemy Territory, soldier...

Can anyone answer my question?

[lizardkid]

tried ET a long time ago, thought it sucked pretty bad. but thats imo.

why not do something like this...

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while(1)
{
$mg42.angles = $player.angles
$player.angles = ( 0 0 0 )
waitframe
}

it'd be pretty glitchy and it's a hack for sure but it's all i can think of.

[Rookie One.pl]

I'm pretty sure this wouldn't work as changing a turret weapon's angles while it's being used does absolutely nothing and takes effect after the player drops it.

[lizardkid]

well how do they do it? do they glue turret and player. do they echo angles? hwo do they do it? obviously the turret turns wit hthe palyer.

[Master-Of-Fungus-Foo-D]

this is exactly like (wacko, mj,)'s problem with the spinning platform....

i just played the game (and i played an obj version and won all by my self.. seriosly, i just spent 30 minutes on a server alone, and i win )
and i think the guy was sorta just CARRYING the mg42, not having it attatched to a turret i you can find a way for the player to posess an MG42 is the only way youre gonna get it done easily (or, thats what i think)

[Rookie One.pl]

It took you 30 minutes to win an objective on an empty server??? I take about 5 mins to do that, depending on the map...

Well, Fungus, watch the intro and take a look at the player who mans the tank's MG. The MG rotates around him. That's exactly the effect I want to get.

@Lizard - it's another game engine, I don't know... I'll take a look at the game source and see if I can find anything...