Gun Direction

[SanadaUjiosan]

So I'm aware of and have used the whole Weapon Direction thing, how you can control which direction an attack cone is. But I've run into another problem.

Basically, my turret that I want to be able to swivel 360 degrees is pointing behind the unit when in default mode. But when I tell it to shoot, it turns the opposite direction, barrels pointing away from target. How can I get this to aim properly and keep my turret pointing backwards by default?

[Guessmyname]

Invert the heading in the aiming script (in the 'turn' command that aims the turn, tell it turn to (0 - heading) instead of just heading)

[SanadaUjiosan]

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	function script.AimWeapon1( heading, pitch )
		Signal(SIG_AIM)
		SetSignalMask(SIG_AIM)
        	Turn(flakturret, y_axis, (0 - heading), math.rad(90))
        	Turn(barrel, x_axis, -pitch, math.rad(50))
        	WaitForTurn(flakturret, y_axis)
        	WaitForTurn(barrel, x_axis)
		StartThread(RestoreAfterDelay)
		return true
	end

All that got me was my turret stopping at a 90 degree angle from it's target, and shooting from the side.

[Guessmyname]

Well, it's getting closer at least. Try 90 - heading or 90 + heading (if one fails, try the other), depends whether it's off 90 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise.

[SanadaUjiosan]

Hmm, okay. This won't create any wonky side-effects will it?

[Evil4Zerggin]

I would turn the barrel forward on the model, and turn it backwards in Create() and RestoreAfterDelay().

[Forboding Angel]

The wonky side effect was created when you did it rong in upspring.

[SanadaUjiosan]

I don't see any problem with wanting a turret to be pointing backwards.

That sounds like a pretty good fix Zerggin, I'll give that a try.

[Forboding Angel]

It would be the y orientation of your turret.

If you rotated the base and then neglected to hit "Apply Transform" that would explain a lot. If you wanna post up your model, I'll maek fixie.

It's not really good to have to fix a model with scripting. It's better that the model is right in the first place.

[SanadaUjiosan]

It's not really good to have to fix a model with scripting. It's better that the model is right in the first place.

I agree. Here's the model and texture, just so it's easier to see what's going on. The turret now is pointing to the back of the unit.