Sentry Turret

ArsoNArsoN Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17177Members
in NS Customization
<div class="IPBDescription">"Lets Twist Again"</div> Ok, i've finished making a new, uber low poly (222) sentry turret, a few hours ago.

Anyway, enough with that, i have a problem, and have lost about 80% of my hair trying to figure it out. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> I noticed ingame that, when a sentry fires, it will not turn to face what's it's firing at (see screenshot; plane B), the top just stays static, however it elevates (see screenshot; plane A) perfectly fine.

In addition, the skeleton is ripped straight from the original, and the same sections are attacked to the bones on my model, as on the original.

I've tried searching, but got bombarded with 469,217,609 threads on people releasing sentry models. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

Any help would be appreciate. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

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  • ObstObst Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14436Members, Constellation
    Did you edit the qc? Perhaps you messed with the bone controllers.
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  • ArsoNArsoN Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17177Members
    The .QC is identical to the existing sentries one, only thing i changed was the path for the SMD's etc.

    Here's my .QC as it is now:

    <!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->$modelname "H:\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation\b_sentry.mdl"
    $cd "\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation"
    $cdtexture "\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation"
    $cliptotextures
    $externaltextures

    $scale 1.0

    // 2 attachments
    $attachment 0 "Dummy04" 0.000000 0.000000 12.000000
    $attachment 1 "Dummy04" 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000

    // 2 bone controllers
    $controller 0 "Dummy02"  0 360
    $controller 1 "Dummy04" XR -60 60

    // 11 hit boxes
    $hbox 0 "Dummy01" -8.840000 -14.610001 0.000000  8.860000 8.330000 42.061226
    $hbox 0 "Dummy02" -9.470000 -0.940000 -9.470000  9.530000 16.219999 3.090000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain01" -1.880000 -1.308814 -3.829270  1.940000 0.750000 0.160000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain02" -1.880000 -0.490000 -4.247740  1.940000 0.550000 0.180000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain03" -1.880000 -0.560000 -2.938813  1.940000 2.914068 0.090000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain04" -1.880000 -0.240000 -1.182028  1.940000 4.369955 0.490000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain05" -1.880000 -0.240000 -0.500000  1.940000 4.397474 1.540223
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain06" -1.880000 -0.490000 -0.370000  1.940000 2.199258 3.237689
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain07" -1.880000 -0.480000 -0.020000  1.940000 0.650000 4.508045
    $hbox 0 "Dummy04" -5.470000 -5.110000 -8.930000  4.940000 6.790000 11.963336
    $hbox 0 "D_sentry_barrel" -3.060000 -3.140000 -4.400000  3.230000 3.140000 0.000000

    $bodygroup studio
    {
    studio "sentry01_reference"
    }

    // 6 sequences
    $sequence idle_off "idle_off" fps 1
    $sequence fire "fire" loop fps 20 { event 5001 0 "21" } { event 5001 2 "21" } { event 5001 4 "31" } { event 5001 6 "21" } { event 5001 8 "21" } { event 5001 10 "31" } { event 5001 12 "21" } { event 5001 14 "21" }
    $sequence spin "spin" loop fps 10
    $sequence deploy "deploy" fps 20
    $sequence retire "retire" fps 10
    $sequence die "die" fps 15
    <!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    edited July 2003
    what abour the YR (or ZR) ?


    as you can see theres no controller assignet on the axis that goes 360 degrees around...


    it just says.. 0-360 degrees.. but not on wich axis.. just add YR (or ZR) in front
    this is a common decompile error on turrets..
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  • ArsoNArsoN Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17177Members
    edited July 2003
    /me reopens the HalfLife Modelling Manual, and looks for the QC commands section, again.

    I will understand what you just said!

    [edit]YAY it's fixed, i just knew it would be something simple, atleast now i know for future reference, thanks sheena. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> [/edit]
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    this was the line
    // 2 bone controllers
    $controller 0 "Dummy02" 0 360 <<<<<<<<<--------------MEEEEP! NO AXIS!!!
    $controller 1 "Dummy04" XR -60 60


    change it to that

    // 2 bone controllers
    $controller 0 "Dummy02" YR 0 360
    $controller 1 "Dummy04" XR -60 60



    or that

    // 2 bone controllers
    $controller 0 "Dummy02" ZR 0 360
    $controller 1 "Dummy04" XR -60 60




    try that


    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->$modelname "H:\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation\b_sentry.mdl"
    $cd "\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation"
    $cdtexture "\Modelling\LowPolySentry\Compilation"
    $cliptotextures
    $externaltextures

    $scale 1.0

    // 2 attachments
    $attachment 0 "Dummy04" 0.000000 0.000000 12.000000
    $attachment 1 "Dummy04" 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000

    // 2 bone controllers
    $controller 0 "Dummy02" YR 0 360
    $controller 1 "Dummy04" XR -60 60

    // 11 hit boxes
    $hbox 0 "Dummy01" -8.840000 -14.610001 0.000000  8.860000 8.330000 42.061226
    $hbox 0 "Dummy02" -9.470000 -0.940000 -9.470000  9.530000 16.219999 3.090000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain01" -1.880000 -1.308814 -3.829270  1.940000 0.750000 0.160000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain02" -1.880000 -0.490000 -4.247740  1.940000 0.550000 0.180000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain03" -1.880000 -0.560000 -2.938813  1.940000 2.914068 0.090000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain04" -1.880000 -0.240000 -1.182028  1.940000 4.369955 0.490000
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain05" -1.880000 -0.240000 -0.500000  1.940000 4.397474 1.540223
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain06" -1.880000 -0.490000 -0.370000  1.940000 2.199258 3.237689
    $hbox 0 "D_ammochain07" -1.880000 -0.480000 -0.020000  1.940000 0.650000 4.508045
    $hbox 0 "Dummy04" -5.470000 -5.110000 -8.930000  4.940000 6.790000 11.963336
    $hbox 0 "D_sentry_barrel" -3.060000 -3.140000 -4.400000  3.230000 3.140000 0.000000

    $bodygroup studio
    {
    studio "sentry01_reference"
    }

    // 6 sequences
    $sequence idle_off "idle_off" fps 1
    $sequence fire "fire" loop fps 20 { event 5001 0 "21" } { event 5001 2 "21" } { event 5001 4 "31" } { event 5001 6 "21" } { event 5001 8 "21" } { event 5001 10 "31" } { event 5001 12 "21" } { event 5001 14 "21" }
    $sequence spin "spin" loop fps 10
    $sequence deploy "deploy" fps 20
    $sequence retire "retire" fps 10
    $sequence die "die" fps 15 <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    edited July 2003
    i think it was ZR <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->


    its not very helpfull when you give the turret a bonecontroller with 360 degree freedom without a axis where it can spin around on..
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  • ArsoNArsoN Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17177Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--sheena yanai+Jul 4 2003, 11:48 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sheena yanai @ Jul 4 2003, 11:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i think it was ZR <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It is ZR, i tried YR first, and my turret "head" was rotation round into the legs, lmao. Thanks again. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    youre welcome.. i got the same long time ago... just read the qc file carefully.. its almost self explaintory.. very logic stuff
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  • ArsoNArsoN Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17177Members
    Indeed, i don't know why i over looked it, probably because i'd been dealing with dodgy animations all day, they just wouldn't work with a slighty (by slightly, i mean about about 1/8 of the height of my sentry barrel) altered skeleton, so after 5 hours trying to fix them, and only managed 4 animations, i gave up and moved the model section, instead of the skeleton, and reloaded the original.

    I feel like such a dope. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    Z
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    Y----------X

    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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