idea 4 bomber

[MOC_XIII]

Anyone here an expert addon maker?

I have an idea. Someone could make a B-17 FLying Fortress and have multiple MG's (pod gun, right gun, left gun, dorsal gun] with the use of scripts. Anyone wanna try it?
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Fire at will.

[oyman]

http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=22304

[greg147]

Hang on there, don't shoot this down too quickly.  

Look at this

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?showthis=3923

The project got cancelled, (cos AiA broke up), but it does say they were experimenting with turrets on a bomber.  

[MOC_XIII]

I HAVE AN IDEA I HAVE AN IDEA

I have a hunch.
What if we made the turrets SEPERATE models from the bomber frame and used an advanced MGCARRY script and put them in place. So instead of "Get in B-17 as Gunner" it will be "Get in Pod Gun as Gunner".
Anyone know how to do this?

[oyman]

I HAVE AN IDEA I HAVE AN IDEA

I have a hunch.
What if we made the turrets SEPERATE models from the bomber frame and used an advanced MGCARRY script and put them in place. So instead of "Get in B-17 as Gunner" it will be "Get in Pod Gun as Gunner".
Anyone know how to do this?

thats still impossible

[Dubieman]

Can't be done...well enough. You cannot set the pitch and bank of multiple turrets, only the rotation. So once your plane dives, turns, or anything you'll get some nasty clipping and pushy objects.

[greg147]

I remember having a topic like this before, about MG's on tanks. Everyone was saying it was impossible because of pitch etc (which I thought it was)

BUT, physic productions came up with this somehow.

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/sa8gecko/M1A1_turret.rar

Now I realise the pitch and bank etc are much higher on a plane than they are on a boat or tank, but a tank has more 'movement' than a boat, and this one looks real good. Try it and see.  

[oyman]

the trick used on the tank would not work on airplanes

[greg147]

Buger.

So the problem is that when the main vehicle went up and down, the secondry guns would stay in the same place?
What if the guns were invisible? So the plane was AI use only? Could anyone tell the difference?
Or would the guns constantly stay at the same height, and not follow the plane down after a while?  

I'm just shooting at flys here.  

The truth is, I would want to see a B-17 in flashpoint alot. If the plane was put in safe mode, and it was on 'flyinheight 1000' or whatever, would the problem be so bad?

As I said, just shooting at flys  

[Kyle Sarnik]

Pitch on tank MG turrets is only possible due to the pitch of the ground, (tanks follow the pitch of the ground, so do the turrets), for planes its not possible, even the tank MG turrets don't work too well (especialy if the tank gets airborn for a bit). Planes will never have multiple turrets in OFP 1, sorry.

[greg147]

Ah well. Just an idea. ;D