Help adding a gun turret

ObsydianShade · Civilian **Joined**: 03 Sep 2011

I've been modding YR for years, mostly it's a matter of finding what you want, and then finding what is closest to it, and cloning that under the new name. To date, I have had very few problems with this, but I recently went to add a gun turret, and ran into unfamiliar territory.

The files that came with the turret are as follows: gagun.shp, gaguntur.shp, gagunmk.shp, gggun.shp, ggguntur.shp, gggunmk.shp, and gunturreticon.

I've tried different combinations of code, including the one used by Atomic Noodles below, and the same result is I get the base, but no turret mounted on top of it.

I can only presume this has something to do with animations, since the rest of the code is working, the unit still engages targets and otherwise functions correctly.

my guess is the animation entry, which I've added, should look like:

[gaguntur]
Start=0
LoopStart=0
LoopEnd=31
LoopCount=-1
Rate=0
Layer=top
Shadow=no

Still, however, I'm getting no turret--what am I doing wrong?

kenosis · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:15 am Post subject:

add it in animations list

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

LoopEnd=32

NewTheater=yes ;it has the ga (arctic) /gg (general) prefix

check if the SHP really has on frame 0 the first frame (turret facing north). Else adjust the Start key.

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ObsydianShade · Civilian **Joined**: 03 Sep 2011

I made the changes you suggested, but no dice. The animation stuff is in the artmd.ini with the rest of those--do I need information somewhere else as well?

I confess, I never really bothered with anything in the past that required delving into animations, so that is one area I'm lacking in.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

put your .shp files into a .mix, make sure gaguntur and ggguntur are listed in [Animations] with all Caps on= GAGUNTUR, then use this code here:

[GAGUNTUR]
NewTheater=yes
Start=0
LoopStart=0
LoopEnd=32
LoopCount=-1
Rate=0
Layer=top
Shadow=no

Make sure the building using this turret has these,

Turret=yes
TurretAnim=GAGUNTUR
TurretAnimIsVoxel=false
;TurretAnimX=0
;TurretAnimY=0
TurretAnimZAdjust=-132

should make it work for ya

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