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Imperial Civil War [Empire at War] => Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback => Empire at War and Forces of Corruption => Topic started by: Darth Kade on May 15, 2017, 11:49:11 AM

Title: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Darth Kade on May 15, 2017, 11:49:11 AM
How can I change the direction of where a hardpoint fires. I am trying to get a hardpoint that fires backwards with a coverage angle of 130 width
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Slornie on May 15, 2017, 01:11:06 PM
I believe the direction a hardpoint fires is down to the orientation of the bone on the model itself, and then you use the hardpoint coding to control the size/angle of the cone.
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Lord Xizer on May 15, 2017, 02:57:16 PM
I believe the direction a hardpoint fires is down to the orientation of the bone on the model itself, and then you use the hardpoint coding to control the size/angle of the cone.


Meh it's all wibbly wobbly hardpointy wointy magicy science...
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: DarthRevansRevenge on May 15, 2017, 02:57:53 PM

Meh it's all wibbly wobbly hardpointy wointy magicy science...

lol yeah
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: kucsidave on May 15, 2017, 04:23:26 PM

Meh it's all wibbly wobbly hardpointy wointy magicy science...
And after the wibbly I just had a flash of Matt Smith as The Doctor telling wibbly wobbly timey whimey(or however it should be written) and when I saw wobbly right after I was literally laughing out so hard that my mother said she clearly heard it from 3 rooms away...
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: DarthRevansRevenge on May 15, 2017, 04:51:35 PM
that's hysterical
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: tlmiller on May 15, 2017, 05:05:21 PM
is there anyone other than matt smith that the words wibbley wobbley would conjure?  Not only did he say it, his doctor WAS rather wibbley wobbley...
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Kad_Venku on May 15, 2017, 06:46:22 PM
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Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Darth Kade on May 15, 2017, 08:51:08 PM
So I would need to import the model into 3DS max and check there
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Corey on May 15, 2017, 09:01:42 PM
You would need to import them to reverse the bones to face where you want, yeah. I've never tried this before, but you could always try giving a negative value to the firing arc. Doubt that would work, though.
Title: Re: Hardpoint directions.
Post by: Darth Kade on May 16, 2017, 07:09:18 AM
A firing arc of 1 would fire in one direction, right?