Targetting Weapon Turrets

posted on June 30th, 2010, 8:41 pm

Ok while thinking about how to make weapons on ships like battlestar galactica more realistic i was thinking if making the host a mobile research station but with the weapons being a seperate model (like a pod) and then being built automatically like the 1st yard on the klingon field yard but that can only fire forward so it rotates to face its target. my question is is this possible

posted on June 30th, 2010, 8:48 pm

A rotating turret-style? Probably easy to do, but not really worth it since a weapon with a single hardpoint in the centre with no obstructions would work just as well.

Star Trek has it's own way of getting 360 degree arcs.

posted on June 30th, 2010, 8:53 pm

it was mainly for mods that are not trek like battlestar galactica or for races that are not very avanced in that feild (only really seams to be feds that have firing arcs other races tend to be fix point

posted on July 2nd, 2010, 9:27 pm

I don't think so.  I believe if something is built as a pod onto a ship, both the ship, and that object freeze.  I tried to get a ship to build a small fighter facility onto it once, and that didn't work either.  It had the same effect.

I don't believe you can build turrets onto a ship, nor a station, and have them move at the same time.

posted on July 2nd, 2010, 9:31 pm

You can do similar things using "areacannon".

  It allows you to determine whether a weapon fires independently of hte target or whether it's linked to the "right-click" .  If you set those areacannon weapons on limited fire arcs you can create independent "batteries".

posted on July 3rd, 2010, 9:01 am

i know u can restrict the firearch just thought it would be cool if you could soo the weapon turn and face the target aswell (as i know pods can be animated just want sure if they could be set to turn

posted on July 4th, 2010, 2:56 pm

Yeah, you can make turrets that will turn to face their enemy, but I don't think you can build them off a station and still have them move, nor could they be built off a ship, because I believe the ship would stay still.

I tried a similar concept with my BSG mod for the turrets on ships and stations, but alas, no avail.

posted on July 4th, 2010, 3:59 pm

lol thats wot made me think about the ida (bsg)