Siege Tank - Independant Turret Movement

[Ardnived]

I am trying to make the turret on the siege tank move independently via triggers. Specifically, I am trying to get a Third Person Mouselook working for it.

I am pretty sure it can be done but I have hit a snag.

I am using the function;
"Actor - Make Actor Face Angle" (Yes there is a separate actor for the turret)

So this is what I have;
"Actor - Make (Actor connected to (Actor for Tank[1]) via reference "SiegeTankTurret") face (Camera Yaw of Player(1))"

Now my problem is I'm not sure what to put in for the reference ("SiegeTankTurret"), I tried a couple things, but to no avail.

Here is what the editor says about the function that I used for that (Actor from Actor):
"Returns an actor that is connected to the specified actor. The Name Parameter ("SiegeTankTurret") can be either an actor ID or an actor reference, but is typically an actor reference."


So if anyone has any ideas on what needs to go in there, I would really appreciate it

 

[Dr Super Good]

The turret is not an actor. The turret is part of the unit's actor and is specifically goverened by a turret object. As far as I know nothing can be entered there to get it to work. You will have to try something else.

 

[Ardnived]

The turret does have an actor. Go to the turret object in the Data Editor, it has an actor under the related section. It is called "Si Ta Turret".

 

[Dr Super Good]

Well the turrent is part of the siege tank model, maybe the turrent actor is no more than a reference to the turrent on the model of the actor it extends.

Ill post in detail when I can.

So far all I can say is makesure your tank is in the right mode, as siege tanks and siege mode siege tanks use different turrents. Also make sure if your units a copy that you copied all the data.

 

[Ardnived]

Yes it is a reference to that turret part of the model, that is the point, to turn the turret part of the model.

I did not copy, and the siege tank is in normal mode, it would be easy to turn in siege mode.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try and see if you can turn siege mode turrent via triggers. If you can then it is clearly the fact that the non sieged version is mobile that is the problem. In that case try changing the animation events so that it does not rotate the turrent to match the unit.

 

[Sublimity]

I have no idea if this would work, but try adding an alias to the siege tank turret actor (like "_TankTurret") and using that as a reference.

 

[Ardnived]

Try and see if you can turn siege mode turrent via triggers.

It would just be a simple matter of setting the unit's facing :/

 

[Dr Super Good]

Ardnived, are you sure? I thought it used a turrent on a stationary unturnable unit.

 

[Ardnived]

No, I am not sure. I read that in another topic, plus it just seems to make sense.