Crew member help

[smokedribs 0]

I made a jeepmg class vehicle with a remote control turret, that works great.  My problem is for this to work I had to put a gunner sort of floating on top of the vehicle.  Is there anyway to make the gunner invisible, since I can only have 1 lod in the jeep, I cant put him into a seperate LOD.  

If I cant make the gunner invisible, is there a way to have a different crew member per position.  Like I use a soldier model for driver, and say another model for the gunner?

Thanks!

[.granQ. 0]

hmm,not sure what you doing, but "hasgunner=false" maybe works?

[smokedribs 0]

Its an interesting idea, but I need a gunner to man that gun.  It works good but I need a way to make the gunner invisible.  

I made a infantry Stryker, as you know the gun turret is remote controlled from inside the cabin.  I found a good way to simulate it, but when you are a passanger inside the cabin, you see whats in the cargo view and thus you see the gunner kind of floating on the roof, even though nobody can see the gunner from outside of the vehicle.  This could all be solved if JeepMg class would have a gunner lod, but of course it doesent work.  

So any ideas on how to make a gunner invisible?

[smokedribs 0]

Anyone know if you can make a crew member invisible or make a gunner a different model then say the driver?

[Footmunch 0]

Smoke - You could try:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">viewGunnerInExternal = false;

[philcommando 0]

"but when you are a passanger inside the cabin, you see whats in the cargo view and thus you see the gunner kind of floating on the roof, even though nobody can see the gunner from outside of the vehicle"

- There is a 'view cargo' LOD whereby u can allow what the cargo sees. Just remove the driver proxy in view cargo LOD, but keep the proxy in view gunner lod if u want.

"My problem is for this to work I had to put a gunner sort of floating on top of the vehicle. Is there anyway to make the gunner invisible"

- JeepMG has a visible gunner but if u create a box type jeep with the gunner, usually ur gunner can be place lower or anywhere inside the box. That way, no one can see the gunner ingame. The proxy does nothing, its the memory point gunnerview thats doing the viewing when the 'V' is press ingame.

"If I cant make the gunner invisible, is there a way to have a different crew member per position. "

- yes. in the config look for crew = "whatever" and replace whatever with SoldierWB or any soldier types u want...even unofficial ones if u have it in your addons folder and do the proxycrew correctly.

hope it helps.

[smokedribs 0]

Thanks for some replies but if I made my vehicle Jeepmg, there is only one LOD, if I make a viewcargo and put all my proxies into the cargo, I still sit in the pilot view in the middle of it, because the jeepmg class only supports one LOD.

As far as crew replacement. I was asking if I can change the crew per position. Such as the gunner crewmember is a different model then the driver crewmember.

Viewgunnerinexternal doesent work, seems like its only for tank class vehicles.

Wish they would just let tank class vehicles have wheels grrr.