Adding Rotor Animations

Titan10 · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject: Adding Rotor Animations

Yah I was just wondering how you add rotor animations to a voxel that doesn't normally have them.

Banshee · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 2:09 am Post subject:

I know that in the art(md).ini, the image of your aircraft should have CustomRotors=yes

I dont know if it makes the turret becomes the rotor or whatever it makes... and I dont know also any rules(md).ini entry for that.

Titan10 · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:40 am Post subject:

Hey thanx for the input but I think you may have misunderstood me. I mean a voxel image that doesn't have any rotor animations in it. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, but as an example the nighthawk transport voxel: shad.vxl, it has two seperate rotor anim sections and then a seperate aircraft body section. What I want to know is can I add a seperate rotor anim section to a voxel that doesn't have any rotor anim sections to start with? If so how? Now if you have answered that in the earlier reply and i have just brain farted, then my deepest apologies.

Thanx: Titan10

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

I think so, try this. Make the rotor a turret (e.g. xxxxtur.vxl) then give the vehicle (im assuming it will be an air unit and if not Confused

) the lines -

Code:

Turret=yes

and i think this is it you might have to double check,

Code:

TurretRotate=yes

then align it correctly and the 'turret' should spin around like a rotor. Also it will require the jumpjet locomotor as (reffering to another topic somewhere else on this board, cant find it as there's just too many) this is the only way to allow an aircraft to have a turret.

Banshee · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 7:35 pm Post subject:

Almost there, Tratos, except that the code is

Code:

TurretSpins=yes

You can also give a sound to the rotors by adding the TurretRotateSound= to the unit.

Titan10 · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 4:36 am Post subject:

Hey thanks a lot guys, all have to try that out.

SMIFFGIG · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject:

SeaMan tried adding rotor animation to the apache II in Tiberian Sun using the .hva so it would only rotate when it moves (like Mammoth MkII only moves its legs when it moves) but for some reason it just didnt work ?

I havent looked at it yet but i dont doubt him on the matter

simply giving it a turret and turretspin that will make it spin all the time (which isnt too bad) but does it work fine or look odd ?

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject:

ah didnt see this
TurretRotateSound=

does that work in TS banshee (i doubt Sad

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject:

no

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devin11590 · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 23 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

i did one, you need to open JUST the rotor section in the hva editor and click "add new framwe after this one" or whatever comes close to that, then click the 'rotate around center' toolbar button. rotate the blades a little (in the NEXT frame) then repeat it until its all the way around. it looks better if there are more frames, but it will also be a bigger file. hope this helps. Wink

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SMIFFGIG · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:15 am Post subject:

erm as far as I knew, you couldnt do it on flying units, however i could be wrong

and that is why devin I post this apache for you to do.

If you can successfully make this Rotor spin on this apache, when it is moving and it all works correctly

you will get credit in the TSR credits
and a big thankyou from me Wink

I hope its worth your while, and successful

-SMIFFGIG

EDIT: i didnt realise this was RA2 forum.... this makes me think this post is pointless as it works in RA2 but not TS
however could you try anyway devin but do your testing in TS instead please, thankyou

apache.zip

Description:

Harpy with Rotors = Apache II

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apache.zip

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devin11590 · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 23 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

i could try to makre it... i am really only have done that in RA2, and i forgot to bring my TS disk to my dad's houise, so you wilkl have to test it yourself. i will post it in a few minutes, but i seriously dont know if it will work.

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devin11590 · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 23 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

OK, im doing EXACTLY what i said about 3 posts up, making an HVA with rotating rotors. i cant really do TS ini coding, so ill leave it up to someone else to test out. let me know if it works.(hope it does, cuz im wanting to start making voxels and hvas)

apache.zip

Description:

this is the earlier .zip with a new HVA animation. hope it works!

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apache.zip

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SeaMan · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject:

SMIFFGIG wrote:

EDIT: i didnt realise this was RA2 forum.... this makes me think this post is pointless as it works in RA2 but not TS
however could you try anyway devin but do your testing in TS instead please, thankyou

It won't work.. you know.. I have made several Harpy HVAs and none of them worked right.

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devin11590 · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 23 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

ahh, damn, after all that work... actually, it took less than a minute.

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