Laser Turret in TSR

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 12:37 am Post subject: Laser Turret in TSR

Incase any of you havent seen it already, here is the new and hugely improved Nod Laser turret in Tiberian Sun Retro

Its based off of the laser turret in the Tiberian Sun movie clips

Take a look at this Very Happy

Just the turret

Buildup of laser turret also showing shadow and base
This is actually going to be changed to show a hatch opening and the laser turret poping out (like in the TS Movies)

Showing the laser turret in the TS Movies.

Full credit goes to spider-man_2099 for making the turret, and applause to his superb work

oh and heres a laughable screenshot of Westwoods official laser turret with the stupid turret detachment fault that often happens

Some ingame screenshots comming soon

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Guest · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 12:45 am Post subject:

*applause* for spiderman

Banshee · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 1:14 am Post subject:

spidy rulez! But, Westwood really sucked when they converted that cool turret into .SHP :S...

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Merophage · Grenadier **Joined**: 26 Mar 2003

thnx guys, I'm really happy you liked it Smile

I hope the hatch thing turns out good though, I'll try it out now Smile

FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

my goodness... great job... talk abt the laser turret fault in TS, anyway to fix it??

The DvD · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 1:02 pm Post subject:

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my goodness... great job... talk abt the laser turret fault in TS, anyway to fix it??

I'm afraid not... the turret is a vxl just like the mammoth tank turret for example... capable of aiming and moving just as the firing direction desires...

edit- Oh, and Spidey... you did a GREAT job!

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject:

the reason for this stupid fault is Westwoods decision to strangely change the laser turret from the pretty cool looking .SHP one you see in Beta screenshots. To the current .vxl turret that (if u look closely) isnt actually made properly as the end peice of the turret is half invisible thus having floating remap rings around it.
Why change something like this, its another mystery

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SeaMan · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 4:10 pm Post subject:

Let's hope that the rest buildings will turn out good like this (SAM,Silo,Service Depot). Very Happy

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Merophage · Grenadier **Joined**: 26 Mar 2003

here it is, nothing new, I've laso decided to make it in SE direction, that way it looks the best, if it caused any trouble ingame though I Can change that for ya Smile

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TerroR · General **Joined**: 25 Aug 2002 **Location**: UK

That ownes, can we c a screenshot of it in game please?

Merophage · Grenadier **Joined**: 26 Mar 2003

here it is seaman, dark enough?

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Merophage · Grenadier **Joined**: 26 Mar 2003

here are all frames in SE direction, and the lighting does fit

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FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

wow, nice job dude,

btw I think I know how to fix the turret error, giving it an Invisible Barrel image will fix the fault i think....just create and invisible vxl and name it lasbarl, put it Sun directory and of course the .hva too...

Just a thought...

FinalMoon · Cyborg Cannon **Joined**: 21 Apr 2003

Very good idea FS! That might just work!

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

the new laser turret as deservingly got a news item at tiberium studios

next step putting it ingame Very Happy

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awrethien · Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject:

Nice job Spider_Man I think it looks good. Is this going to be replacing the hole structer or will it still use the old base(wich I think looks fine ecept for the turrent)?

FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

I think they are replacing the whole structure Rolling Eyes

...should be

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 12:36 pm Post subject:

the first intention was just to replace the awful looking turret, but when spiderman made the base too, which looked just like in the FMV i decided to replace the whole thing

However i will be trying both the new structure ingame and the turret on the old structure
just to see what it looks like

P.S. What are your thoughts on this, do you think I should replace the whole thing or keep exsisting base ?

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Tratos · General **Joined**: 01 Jan 2003

Replace the whole thing, since it looks like your gonna replace everything eventually, you might as well. And it looks much better than the current one.

awrethien · Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 8:29 pm Post subject:

Maybe you could show us a ingame pic of both ways.

FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

yeah ingame pics of both would be nice, but obviously changing the whole thing is good idea, ah abt the Turret fix I was talking abt, giving an invisible LASERBARL.vxl doesnt work Sad

but it i was thinking maybe renaming the LASER.vxl to LASTUR.vxl, that ought to work coz the TUR tells the game it's a turret bit... maybe...

The DvD · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

FireStorm wrote:

yeah ingame pics of both would be nice, but obviously changing the whole thing is good idea, ah abt the Turret fix I was talking abt, giving an invisible LASERBARL.vxl doesnt work Sad

but it i was thinking maybe renaming the LASER.vxl to LASTUR.vxl, that ought to work coz the TUR tells the game it's a turret bit... maybe...

Well that last fix you're talking about won't work for sure... the building turret stuff is al set in rules.ini. This also means Barrels are not possible.

Mike · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 8:40 pm Post subject:

replace the base with the appropiate base

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The DvD · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject:

he was talking about the turret error... you know when a unit gets very close to a laser turret, it aims down too much... looks really stupid.

Mike · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 8:51 pm Post subject:

oops i meant the laughble original ww screenshot

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TerroR · General **Joined**: 25 Aug 2002 **Location**: UK

You could of deleted it yourself by ressign the little 'x' on the right. to late now cos i posted over your post.

Mike · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:13 pm Post subject:

grrrrr could you pm me instead of letting a moderator doing the job?

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Banshee · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:42 pm Post subject:

deleted it and fixed your message... WW screenie is not that bad, but the terrain on it is bad.... clearly a square...

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Mike · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject:

and the turret learned how to fly

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FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

EDIT: OK, they did not work, i really thought i seen it not floating B4 or something like, but when i tried to get the screenies, they give me the laughable bug Confused

LOl..OMG i really thought i seen it worked earlier..bleh..watever...sorry guys

- geno - · Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:34 am Post subject:

That Laser Turret Looks Better than the old one

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TerroR · General **Joined**: 25 Aug 2002 **Location**: UK

Yeah i wanan c it in game

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 12:58 am Post subject:

ok ive tested it ingame but before i post any info or screens i need to get
1.the shadow corrected
2.The turret offset corrected
3.The PrimaryFire offset corrected

this will take a while along with other things, but not ages (if u get what i mean)

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:28 pm Post subject:

The first steps to getting this thing ingame

still need to
1.Correct firing offset
2.Correct the turret offset (which is quite clear)

It looks great, but im looking forward to when i get the offsets correct

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Sk8erkid · INSANE **Joined**: 16 Aug 2002

ya there just a little off Wink

awrethien · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:33 am Post subject:

Yea just a tad bit! Laughing

SeaMan · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 9:00 am Post subject:

SMIFFGIG wrote:

The first steps to getting this thing ingame

still need to
1.Correct firing offset
2.Correct the turret offset (which is quite clear)

It looks great, but im looking forward to when i get the offsets correct

Why the snow version is used in temperate theater?

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:00 am Post subject:

its not ?

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Mike · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:18 am Post subject:

Why is the base missing?

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hellfire · Commander **Joined**: 09 Jan 2003 **Location**: Canada

It's not the turrent offset I beleive it is was not corrected in that screen so the base is up and over a bit.

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Dethro · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject:

Hey Spiderman, I am wondering, is that turret open-source, or for PPM only? It looks excellent. Smile

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SeaMan · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

When it is done, it will be released on Spidey's site.

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Dethro · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject:

Yaay.

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject:

current state

almost there with turret offset

Primary fire offset still needs quite abit of work

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Tratos · General **Joined**: 01 Jan 2003

Very very impressive.

FireStorm · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 30 Dec 2002

my gawd... shocking!!

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Merophage · Grenadier **Joined**: 26 Mar 2003

seaman's right, this IS the snow version of the base

The DvD · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject:

Yeah really cool screenshot Smile

The Turrets look awesome.... but the light posts do not '-(

SeaMan · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject:

The DvD wrote:

but the light posts do not '-(

But isn't Spider going to do it too?

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The DvD · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:02 pm Post subject:

I hope so... if it's open-source