If you've seen the "arbitrary turret" thread, then I plan on using the same concept. Rotate the offset of the target, than ang_rotate() to face it... We'll see

About that thread, I've talked about it with Fenriswolf and it basically not works when he moved the turret. It only worked if he predefined the angles
Thus, I think you might need to change to concept abit like I did on my version but as you probably know, it has some restrictions ^^

Cheers

Frazzle

Works fine with my version. I have a turret (one model using bones) that I can move or rotate at any angle, and it will slowly rotate to face the target.

Could you post a little demo of that
Btw, does it still work after shifting the normals ??

Thanks in progress

Frazzle

I was actually just going to tune it up a bit and start a "xXxContributions" thread, including a "terrible" turret model I made for it

...Shifting normals? What exactly do you mean?

Ok. Yes, it works with any angle, even changing. You could place it on the back of an airplane if you wanted

I added the feature of rotating to face the target instead of always facing. Now I'm addind a system that uses trigger_range to detect threats and then shoot. It's already working, I just want to cleen it up a bit

Oke, I'll be waiting for your little 'demo' to test it out then

Cheers

Frazzle

Yeah, xXxGuitar is right; with bones it works without any problems.

I am using the code for the rotatable turrets of some space battleships.
The turrets are rotated by two bones, whereby one bone handles pan rotation and the other tilt rotation.

However, as frazzle said, this rotation stuff doesnt work properly when the models pan and tilt angles are altered directly.

Well, I'm not much of a mathematician, so I dont know whats going on there. ;-)

As soon asthis level finishes compiling, I'll try and get my code finished up and get that thread started...

After this turret, I'm going to post some code for walking around on a circular level (planet), including physics. Nothing special, but it's fun to figure out