Need help making a morphing Tank

[anarchianbedlam]

I'm working on a map set in warcraft III's future and I want to make a custom model for it. I want to make a tank similar to the siege tank in starcraft in that it can morph into a turret and attack enemy units. I already have a general idea for it but I have no clue on how to make the turret part of the tank follow the unit it is targeting. Im currently using Magos editor but I dont see a setting for it anywhere on some models that already have such a feature. Can anyone help me.

Either what is the setting for magos, Do I need a different program, or is there some way I can do this in Notepad?

Any help would be appreciated

 

[TDR]

You must name the bone of the turret Bone_Turret. That's about it I think, the game engine will do the rest.

 

[ike_ike]

There IS a tank that morphs into a turret somewhere. I think it is at Warcraft 3 Campaigns.

 

[General Frank]

There IS a tank that morphs into a turret somewhere. I think it is at Warcraft 3 Campaigns.

You mean that one ? http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=78858

 

[TDR]

so what maybe he wants to do it himself.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Awesome thanks you guys, I made the model using the "bone_turret" idea, thanks everyone, the model is called the Rhyno and is now available for download

 

[anarchianbedlam]

WAIT nevermind im gonna wait a bit before i release, last minute changes sorry

 

[Mechanical Man]

Bone_Turret works only for buildings. You can rename it to Bone_Head instead and rotate it via triggers.

 

[TDR]

it works with everything static as far as I know (and I think it works with units too, but you wouldn't notice it since the units face their target when attacking anyway), and since he wants to make a turret I think it'll work.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Ah yes, now I see. I thought he wanted to have the tank a rotating turret (and possibly shooting while moving).

 

[TDR]

ah, no. Indeed, to make something like a tank shoot while moving you'll need some scripting.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

nah itl just be a tank like in Starcraft, itl be a normalk tank, then morph into a turret, expect to see it soon though, or at least as soon as someone explains what to do with Hermite and Bezier rotation... I wanna make the treads rotate, if anyone can help please respond on my other thread i would really appreciate any and all of your help

 

[TDR]

wouldn't it be easier to just animate the texture on the treads?

 

[anarchianbedlam]

No you mistake me mr. TDR, im going to animate the treads (texture animation) for it's walk animation but i want to make the entire tread piece (geoset) rotate so itl look like it is pushing the tank up on a quadraped. so itl almost be like the treads turn into legs to stand on. the tank, like in star craft, will turn into a turret. but i dont know how to rotate bones in magos, because i dont know how Hermite, Bezier, or Linear coorespond to the rotation

 

[TDR]

ooh...I got it now. But unfortunately I can't help you there, I don't use magos.