Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Location: Somewhere in rulesmd.ini
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:
Almost a perfect Dropship (**)
Subject description: There's only one bug.
I know almost everyone knows how to create a dropship style vehicle with the jumpjet locomotor that carries infantry & vehicles at the same time. But only a very few people know how to create a working Dropship like in TS with the Fly locomotor.
Forget about getting working this with an AircraftType unit, it's impossible to load units inside the dropship if it has the fly or jumpjet locomotor. You should use another , like the hover, subterrain, etc. And there are still some major bugs.
This tutorial is very simple.
First you will need a VehicleType unit. It must be VehicleType...
You can use tags that only applies to AircraftTypes!
And give it the transport's characteristics.
There's only one little problem. And this is known.
When you build it from a Factory that has WeaponsFactory=yes the Dropship will get stuck in the BIB.To avoid this i suggest using NPatch and another Factory style.
Or if you want to keep trying hard, give the unit a Dock=any building on your side and you will have to force move several times into a building or any surface to unstuck it .
Here is how i coded my Dropship, i will only show the important tags:
Code:
Category=AirLift ;So its cameo appears together with all you aircraft units!
ConsideredAircraft=yes
JumpJet=yes ; <1>
Landable=yes ;necessary
IsTilter=yes
IsDropship=yes ;<2>
PipScale=Passengers
AirportBound=no ;So it can land without troubles
Passengers=14
Dock=GDIHELIPAD ;GAAIRC ;<3>
Locomotor={4A582746-9839-11d1-B709-00A024DDAFD1} ;fly
MovementZone=Fly
SizeLimit=12
Size=20
<1>If you still want that your dropship comes out of a Weapons Factory, this will tell the War Factory to use the alternate production animation for air units. It does not affect the Units flight movement at all
<2>I dont know if this tag affects anything in the Dropship load out really but i will add it here. This flag is a true SFX miracle for the Airplanes in C&C. Adding this will not only allow the unit to use a specific landing animation... but it will also change the way that the plane moves. Making it like a real helicopter does, an almost diagonal movement. And when it lands it return to a full horizontal position. You can add this tag to any unit with the Fly locomotor to make it more realistic. Im sure this will work too in TS
<3> Adding a Dock will make easier to unstuck it from the War Factory. The unit will not really dock in this building since its a VehicleType. Maybe forcemoving a lot into it may work, but this hasnt been tested yet.
I havent found how to solve the stuckment yet. Even if you add the fly locomotor to the Nighthawk transport it will still get stuck.
such a big unit could be build with a dummy building and then undeployed into the unit. This would solve the stuck problem. _________________ SHP Artist of Twisted Insurrection: Nod buildings
cool didnt think that dropship=yes could do that animation might put it on my helicopters
If this can work right though the pitch and turn angle tags can work for helicopters! Last edited by SSTG on Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:10 am; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
I am more familiar with Yr myself, but can a vehicle deploy into another vehicle? and if so can't you have an aircraft that deploys into a ground unit to pick up units, and then deploys back into an aircraft to fly around. In YR it seems alot easier to do this. _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Location: Somewhere in rulesmd.ini
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:16 am Post subject:
It's impossible to deploy a vehicle into another.
The only way to "achieve" that appearence is to use the Seige Chopper's tweak. That deploys into the ground using a different image to fire its cannon. But it's basically a clone of the Seige chopper that cant move or etc.. And i think that the DeployToLand will only work for units with the jumpjet's characterisitcs. im not sure.
SSTG wrote:
cool didnt think that dropship=yes could do that animation might put it on my helicopters
If this can work right though the pitch and turn angle tags can work for helicopters!
Yes. i didnt know that IsDropship could do that until i tested it. Im sure it will look nice. It is one of my favorite tags. _________________
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