Engines with Models
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Hey folks!
I was thinking about adding Models to Engines. So one could see them in space on your ship and show as a own target on the wireframe, maybe also make them destructable.Has anyone knowledge about it or is this a “new” idea?
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Kinda like the sub-targeting system in StarLancer.
It is possible to make the part of the mesh where the engine hardpoint is attached a collision group that has less HP than the whole ship. This was, if you shoot this part of the ship enough, it will explode and vanish with the engine hardpoints. I did such a thing myself.
But showing the engine model? I don’t think I fully understand what you mean… Like having the engine models appearing inside the ship itself when it shows the ship on wireframe? Because I don’t think it’s possible via mounting an engine, unless you change some stuff in the game’s core… -
You mean this: http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8369/lielitedmg.png ?
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Bejaymac did something like this with an old Starlancer ship which he put into FL. Only issue was you were stranded if the engine got shot off, thought it was a great idea personally. IIRC it was attached to a destructible engine part which isn’t that hard to do tbh
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all of the original ships have collision groups for their engines, so it is quite easy to make destructible engine (exhausts), although there are a couple of issues with ships that have other parts attached to the engines, e.g. the Valkyrie and the Hammerhead.
I think what he wanted to know was if it was possible to shoot and destroy the internal equipment item - engine/powerplant. it might be possible, but the equipment item would have to be mounted externally, you cant shoot anything exclusively inside the root of the sur without the ship blowing up first.
