heres a challenge for you TRIGGER

[anarchianbedlam]

I need a trigger for a moving turret.
In the game Halo for example, there is a jeep with a gun on top, the gun swivels and fires at the enemy as the jeep continues to (for example) circle the opponent. you can use this model for the map (or reference) Puma - The Hive Workshop - A Warcraft III Modding Site or if you need two models for the trigger, you can use the steam tank and cannon tower to test it, and i will replace them with proper units later on. i will appreciate any help in the matter, and of course REP and thanks will be gladly given

 

[Airandius]

Just every x second move 'turret' to position of 'jeep'?
And then just give the jeep phoenix fire attack? xD

 

[anarchianbedlam]

oooo, wow, your a smart one. I already tried that, but the turret will not FACE the enemy it is attacking, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE POINT TO THE DAMN THING.

Now it looks like YOU lose

 

[Ghost765]

u cant without modifying the model.
so mmm... i think you would need to take off the guy and the machinegun, making it a seperate model.
the machinegun/gunner is attached ingame as a seperate unit. using unit moves to position of blah blah every x seconds or some shit like that. then he'll be able to rotate me thinks. Illidan(evil)x made this with tanks. it looked so pro.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

i will contact illidan(evil)X and ask him about it, but the way you are describing it, was what ariandius said, and that i said it did not work.

 

[ike_ike]

Hmm. Towers swivel to face the units they're attacking, right? Maybe you could do something with that?

 

[anarchianbedlam]

tower models such as the cannon tower in game swivels to face an opponent because it has no movement speed, no turn speed and the model itself has a bone called "Bone_Turret" which the game recognizes should be facing an enemy it is attacking. Good eyes on that one ike_ike, but it does not really help me here, but if you are someone else could figure it out by using that i would be eternally grateful

 

[Zypher]

Just every x second move 'turret' to position of 'jeep'?
And then just give the jeep phoenix fire attack? xD

Almost just do Move turren to position of jeep and face angle between jeep and closest enemy unit. For closest enemy unit use this jass script
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f413/getclosestunit-s-59254/

 

[anarchianbedlam]

a full trigger would be more helpful, im not very good at triggering, but thank you very much for the input I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Here you go.

Things to note:

This system can handle any unit being considered a tank, and any unit being considered a "turret".

• Add Tank
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 0.01 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 Siege Engine
    • Set TankCount = (TankCount + 1)
    • Set Tanks[TankCount] = (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Create 1 Gargoyle
    • Set Turrets[TankCount] = (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Turn Collision Off For (Last created unit)

Thiis isnt the full trigger.. but you MUST, where those Create things are.. you must set those variables to the last created unit, or if you make the trigger trigger when a building creates a unit, to the built unit... you must do the last 2 lines, with the 1 Gargoyle being your 1 Turret.

Dont forget any of those parts! Except for the first line if you are making it trigger when a tank is built.

ALso a thing to note: If you are just copying the triggers over, make sure you take a look in the Tank.wc3x at the top. Like, click on it as if it were a trigger. It contains code youll have to copy over to your map as well.

Also: your turret must have 1 move speed.It can have more, but 1 is what I recommend. 0 bugs it (the unit moves with it, but it doesnt show its model).

I recommend adding Locust to your Turret as well.

Enjoy! Oh, and test the map to see what it does.

Any complaints? Eh.. I might not check this thread.. Ill try to.

P.S. dont forget to create the variables I have in my map in yours as well if your copying it over!


To anyone else reading this, this is in normal JASS, and is usable by GUI triggering. it uses JASS triggers though. See above for what your trigger should be if using GUI!

For JASS people.. I hope if you know how JASS works you can figure it out yourself Just Custom Text that GUI above.

 

[Ghost765]

when the tank holds position, the gargoyle messes up and decides to try to run towards the target. wont attack anything else.
future problems: when you manually order the tank to attack an enemy unit.
making seperate models for tank and turret
the tank's own attack being used against another unit, while the turret attacks something else. could be useful like machine guns on the top of the turret though.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Alright, here is the bug fixed.

Enjoy.

(By the way, the bug wasnt ONLY with just hold position. Oh, and if you wanted to know, the bug fix is checking the units current order and issuing a stop order the instant it becomes "move".)

 

[Ghost765]

bloody good job. i think i'll use this...i can always edit the models myself. anyways, i tinkered around with it, and i cant seem to make it work when a unit is trained.

 

[wugiboy]

very nice
my mumakil is officially done because of this

 

[Ghost765]

only problem is that the turret doesnt directly face the target sometimes, but other than that...