Rotate buildings script?

udm · Post by **udm** » 24 Mar 2007, 16:52

Hi, I wonder if it's possible to rotate buildings using LUA? Or is anyone currently making it possible? Thanks

Blah64 · Post by **Blah64** » 24 Mar 2007, 17:52

it is possible to rotate buildings, press '[' or ']' buttons

anterak · Post by **anterak** » 28 Aug 2007, 11:42

do you know the bind command to do this ?

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 28 Aug 2007, 12:30

I rotate factories with COB. But the yardmap doesn't follow

As for the bind commands:

From default uikeys.txt

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bind                  [  buildfacing inc
bind            Shift+[  buildfacing inc
bind                  ]  buildfacing dec
bind            Shift+]  buildfacing dec

From some mysterious hidden secret:

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bind            numpad2  buildfacing  south
bind            numpad4  buildfacing  west
bind            numpad6  buildfacing  east
bind            numpad8  buildfacing  north

Uhm, none of this is Lua, I'm irrelevant again.

anterak · Post by **anterak** » 28 Aug 2007, 12:45

thanks

Post by **trepan** » 28 Aug 2007, 13:01

Let the secret be revealed:
https://taspring.clan-sy.com/svn/spring ... n/cmds.txt

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 28 Aug 2007, 19:29

zwzsg wrote:I rotate factories with COB. But the yardmap doesn't follow

Even with set HEADING?

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 29 Aug 2007, 01:07

Yes, even with set HEADING, in 75b2.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 29 Aug 2007, 08:16

Can't Lua do something? If you could just tell Lineage mode to reparent the lineage to a new unit you could replace the com with one that faces wherever you want...

REVENGE · Post by **REVENGE** » 29 Aug 2007, 08:29

Just curious, why can't rotated yardmaps be autogen from the default one facing south?

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 29 Aug 2007, 12:26

They are if you turn the thing before placing it but Zw is talking about the Kernel Panic commanders which are placed automatically by the engine.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 29 Aug 2007, 21:54

Currently in Kernel Panic they do the "set HEADING", it doesn't turn the yardmap, but it turns the default exit waypoint (I prefer that to assigning a waypoint in a LUA widget). Strangely, the model turned, but not the buildpad. Had to make the script turn the buildpad piece again. Since the yardmap doesn't turn, the hole only turn 180├é┬░, while the kernel turns each 90├é┬░.

Last time we talked about turning building in Lua, Trepan seemed to say turning yardmaps in Lua wouldn't be that easy, so I didn't even try.

But, at least for Kernel Panic, turning the yardmap isn't as a priority as writing a better script to determine which cardinal point to turn, as currently it only takes into account the position relatively to other units, and it would be more helpful if it took into account the nearby slopes (which I can with just bos, I just need to decide which way do I do it and start typing it).

REVENGE · Post by **REVENGE** » 30 Aug 2007, 01:22

Wasn't there a time when each directional yardmap had to be premade and placed in the map file?

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 30 Aug 2007, 11:59

Perhaps you could just lua a rotate button so when a user is unhappy with the rotation he ended up with he can change it?

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Rotate buildings script?

Rotate buildings script?