Units do not turn to fire their Arc-ed weapons

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 26 Jun 2006, 07:51

how is this going btw lmtitan?

Post by **ILMTitan** » 26 Jun 2006, 16:07

I think I have everything working, but it is difficult to test. I can tell that units will close to be able to attack with their primaries, but the mods I have (AA, XTA, SWTA) do not have any units with a limited arc primary and a secondary weapon. I would like to be able to test the rotation part before I submit it for approval.

Sean Mirrsen · Post by **Sean Mirrsen** » 26 Jun 2006, 16:10

Wouldn't it be a lot easier and more flexible to just have the "optimal attack vector" be defined by the modder? Auto-calculated stuff always limits the modder, look at the code that calculates missiles' TTL based on range and speed for proof.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:11

ILMTitan wrote:I think I have everything working, but it is difficult to test. I can tell that units will close to be able to attack with their primaries, but the mods I have (AA, XTA, SWTA) do not have any units with a limited arc primary and a secondary weapon. I would like to be able to test the rotation part before I submit it for approval.

try it with gundam, many units have only a 180 degree front arc. Actually the magella tank built in the zeon airport has a 20 degree fron arc.

http://cs.selu.edu/~ssmith/suprise/

Post by **ILMTitan** » 27 Jun 2006, 03:49

ok, but which ones also have a secondary weapon that have a larger (or different) fire arc? That is what I really need to be able to test. AA has some limited arced weapons, but they don't have secondary weapons (mobile annihilator).

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 27 Jun 2006, 03:57

the whitebase(fedcom) front and side arcs... also the Gallop transport has a weapon that fires out of it's rear arc.

Otherwise name what you need and I can make a test unit for you.

Post by **ILMTitan** » 27 Jun 2006, 06:35

The guncannon is exactly what I want. The laser (weapon 2) can fire behind it while the rocket only has a frontish arc.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 27 Jun 2006, 15:10

ILMTitan wrote:The guncannon is exactly what I want. The laser (weapon 2) can fire behind it while the rocket only has a frontish arc.

Got MSN? I can set up a test with GEM easily enough.

Post by **ILMTitan** » 28 Jun 2006, 00:50

Ok, I've kill all of the dumb little mistakes and the patch has been submitted here.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 28 Jun 2006, 05:48

You lucky SOB.

Post by **ILMTitan** » 28 Jun 2006, 06:52

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 28 Jun 2006, 15:09

Is there any way I could get an EXE compiled with this fix for testing?

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 28 Jun 2006, 17:23

ILMTitan wrote:???

You got a chance to try GEM there...

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 28 Jun 2006, 18:00

Comp1337 wrote:
ILMTitan wrote:???
You got a chance to try GEM there...

Uh, no, I think I'd be the one doing the testing

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 29 Jun 2006, 06:00

ILMTitan wrote:???

Caydr wrote:
ILMTitan wrote:The guncannon is exactly what I want. The laser (weapon 2) can fire behind it while the rocket only has a frontish arc.
Got MSN? I can set up a test with GEM easily enough.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 06 Jul 2006, 02:11

How is this going Ilmtitan? I am really eager to see it.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 06 Jul 2006, 02:58

I, too, would like to see this, if you have a patched Spring.exe for us to beta-test. It would have a pretty profound effect on NanoBlobs's gameplay balance, among other things.

Spring RTS Engine

Units do not turn to fire their Arc-ed weapons