Add Weapon on model in THN animations…

com

Hi,

In my thn intro…i call object and FX like this:

{
 entity_name="myShip",
 type=COMPOUND,
 template_name="li_dreadnought",
 lt_grp=0,
 srt_grp=0,
 usr_flg=0,
 flags=LIT_DYNAMIC,
 spatialprops={
 pos={ -2235.39209, -1000.318268, 8620.611328000001 },
 orient={ { 0.7064470000000001, 0, 0.707766 },
 { 0, 1, 0 },
 { -0.707766, 0, 0.7064470000000001 } } },
 userprops={
 category="Spaceship"
 } }

the type and the category define the object can be…

Typelist:

SCENE
CAMERA
LIGHT
MARKER
MONITOR
PSYS // Fx
COMPOUND // Obj

for COMPOUND…category can be:

Spaceship
Solar
Prop

My question is wot is the Type and wot is the category for adding weapons ? i hav try, gun, weapon(s), etc but nothing happen…

Thanks.

Peace!

Gisteron

“Equipment” it is (yes, with capital letter). in the events section you can attach it to the ship’s hardpoint, just like any other attachment of two entities.

com

Damn!..i hav try everything…except “Equipment”…thanks!

btw i hav found another way to load all weapons of a model…there is a “loadout” property for COMPOUND…and can be used like this…

Liberty cruiser + loadout profil

{
 entity_name="Dreadnought",
 type=COMPOUND,
 template_name="li_dreadnought",
 lt_grp=0,
 srt_grp=0,
 usr_flg=0,
 flags=LIT_DYNAMIC,
 spatialprops={ 
pos={0,0,0}, 
orient={ { 1, 0, 0 }, { 0, 1, 0 }, { 0, 0, 1\. } } },
 userprops={
 category="Spaceship",
 loadout="li_n_li_dreadnought" 
} }

But i dont kno if i there is a way to change orientation with this method…coz…there is no attached entity…so i cant make canons animation…

There is a ligth parameter too…but animated ligth on the model hav some display bug…dont kno how to fix it…the fx engine probably dont start for the model (PSYS)…

With Equipement method…i can change orientation but requierd lot of entry for 1 ship…and i hav a fleet in my intro…ahaha…

Thanks.

Peace!

Gisteron

youre welcome
heh, well, a fleet requires work, if you want it to render every detail, yes. but look out for the LODs, many weaps of farer ships you wouldn’t see anyway, so…

Stormblast

com wrote:

But i dont kno if i there is a way to change orientation with this method…coz…there is no attached entity…so i cant make canons animation…

There is a ligth parameter too…but animated ligth on the model hav some display bug…dont kno how to fix it…the fx engine probably dont start for the model (PSYS)…

With Equipement method…i can change orientation but requierd lot of entry for 1 ship…and i hav a fleet in my intro…ahaha…

You can make an custom loadout for the ship you wish to animate guns. You can make the loadout entry without the animated light hardpoints and that way eliminate the lights problem. You can also put some non animated guns into the entry, but leave place for the “big gun” you wish to animate in .thn.

Do this on your whole flotilla and you’ll get an nice touch to your animation.