Scripted rotations... getting there...

[Prospero 1]

Hi all,

I've been trying to create objects whose pitch and roll can be set via script. As we all know, you can set the yaw (or direction) via a setDir, but you can't do the same for pitch and roll.

Well, I'm halfway there! To explain...

I was messing around with Zwadar's openable gate model, as he uses one axis of rotation animation to raise and lower the gate arm. I modified the config.cpp to look like this:

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class CfgPatches

{

class kkb_gate

{

units[] = {"kkb_gate"};

weapons[] = {};

requiredVersion = 1.75;

};

};

class CfgModels

{

class Default { };

class kkb_gate: Default

{

sections[]={"arm"};

sectionsInherit="";

};

};

class CfgVehicles

{

class All {};

class Static: All {};

class Building: Static {};

class NonStrategic: Building {};

class Fence: NonStrategic {};

class kkb_gate_dummy: Fence

{

accuracy=1.000;

scope=0;

vehicleClass="Objects";

model="\kkb_gate\kkb_gate.p3d";

displayName="Gate";

destrType=destructtree;

cost=100;

icon="\kkb_gate\kkb_gate.paa";

};

class kkb_gate:kkb_gate_dummy

{

Scope=2;

accuracy=1000;

displayName="KKB Gate";

animated=1;

class Animations

{

class roll

{

type="rotation";

animPeriod=0.0000001;

selection="arm";

axis="osa_roll";

angle0=0;

angle1=6.284;

};

class pitch

{

type="rotation";

animPeriod=0.0000001;

selection="arm";

axis="osa_pitch";

angle0=0;

angle1=6.284;

};

};

};

};

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I then modified the .p3d by adding a second axis of rotation (by adding two vertices to form the axis in the appropriate place), and as you can see, I've called these axes "osa_roll" and "osa_pitch". Both are set to operate on the selection "arm".

Now, in my script, I can use the following commands to set the roll and pitch of the gate arm:

mygate animate ["pitch", _a]

mygate animate ["roll", _b]

...where mygate is the name I've assigned to the gate, and _a and _b are values between 0 and 1. Going from 0 to 1 gives you one full 360 rotation.

Well, it half works. If I use the config .cpp exactly as quoted above, the pitch will work but the roll won't. If I simply then swap the order in which the animations are written in the config.cpp, the roll will work but the pitch won't!

Any ideas chaps?

Prospero

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