unmanned turrets maintaining absolute world bearing.

[dmarkwick 261]

I notice that when you're the turret operator, when the vehicle turns, the turret maintains it's absolute world orientation (as opposed to maintaining it's vehicle orientation).

Fair enough, it's a game saver.

However, while playing about swapping between the driver & turret position on my own, I find that it still does this somehow. For example I set up the turret to point forward of the vehicle, then drive the vehicle somewhere. If the vehicle was pointing north when I set up the turret, and I then park up the vehicle pointing east, I find that the turret still points north. The turret has been unmanned for the journey.

Design, or bug?

Edited August 10, 2011 by DMarkwick

[Hud Dorph 22]

I can confirm this behaviour its been like this for quite a while, hardly a feature.

[dmarkwick 261]

Observing the vehicle from a 3rd person perspective seems to show the turret maintaining a vehicle-relative orientation, but when you use the turret, it changes to world orientation.

[soul_assassin 1723]

horizontal stabilization maybe? What vehicle?

[dmarkwick 261]

horizontal stabilization maybe?

When the position is manned, yes, but unmanned? There is strange activity when swapping between driver & gunner positions, I just did a test where my barrel prevented me from entering a hangar, and yet when I switched to gunner position the barrel was pointing another direction.

What vehicle?

Any of the MBTs, try the M1A1.

[tonygrunt 10]

Must be horizontal stabilization even when unmanned.

If you try it with the t34 or t55 that don't have stabilization the turret always stays relative to the tank.

[-)rStrangelove 0]

Must be horizontal stabilization even when unmanned.

This can't be a realistic feature, imagine driving around in a tank on a crowded street full of trucks and then suddenly your turret points north.

[tonygrunt 10]

Never said it's realistic or even desirable, just why it might happen in the game.

[Hud Dorph 22]

Same bug on t34 and t55 (ill call it a bug).

Edited August 10, 2011 by [HUD]Dorph

[dmarkwick 261]

I tried a T55 and did not see the behaviour.

[Hud Dorph 22]

I tried both T55 and T34 with same result. Go in empty vehicle as gunner and turn turret 90deg, switch to driver and drive/turn 180deg (any deg) and switch back to gunner and turret will be in totally other pos than it was when you were in the driver pos.

[ryguy 10]

Wow, is there a ticket for this?

And dorph your avatar is scaring the sh** out of me.

[Bee8190 10]

I can confirm this too for most if not all armored vehicles, sometimes the turret turns as much as 180degrees. Although i always balmed it for desync or lag.

What bugs me bit more though is if you select HE rounds and and move the vehicle ( basicaly once u leave the main gun) the ammunition loaded changes to default SP, same for any other vehicles

[-=seany=- 5]

I created a ticket about this not long After OA's release

http://dev-heaven.net/issues/13110

It does my head in.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I really would like more of these kinds of bugs fixed than AI tweaks. And I happen to play vs AI every time I play.

These kind of direct player interaction bugs are far more important (and annoying) than any AI "problems"..in my opinion of course. :)

Edited August 11, 2011 by -=seany=-

[dmarkwick 261]

And dorph your avatar is scaring the sh** out of me.

Looks like Hoggle to me :)

[-)rStrangelove 0]

Some kind of War-dwarf who has been in the sun too long. :D

[-=seany=- 5]

Looks like Hoggle to me :)

Your right, I have been wondering that for ages. I asked him (Dorph), but the bugger wouldn't say. :p

[dmarkwick 261]

Your right, I have been wondering that for ages. I asked him (Dorph), but the bugger wouldn't say. :p

Typical gnome.