Wanted known !

[Wanted known !]

ok here is how you add an incoming missile warning to an

addon through it's .cpp.

1. Put the missile warning sound in the same directory

as your mod.

Just for an example, the missile warning sound will be called

"missilewarn.wav" and the mod directory will be "axeplane1"

2. In the cpp add:

class CfgSounds

{

class missilewarning

{

name="missilewarning";

sound[]={"\axeplane1\missilewarn.wav",1.00000,1.000000};

titles[]={};

};

};

make sure the cfgsounds section is not in another section,

as it is a primary section like cfgammo or cfgvehicles

3. Ok. The sound should work in OFP. Now add this in the

cfgvehicles section of the .cpp:

class EventHandlers

{

IncomingMissile = "(_this select 0) say ""missilewarning""";

};

4. Now just pbo the directory and try it ingame. The sound

should play when there is a launched missile targeting you.

[Simulation="shotshell"]

How far does the grenade fly BTW?

[Osprey]

Also, there is no way to tell the plane to start inverted,

so if you put it in the mission editor it would be nose

down with the wings facing forward. Even if you got it

inverted, the plane would have to be rotated (not an

animation but it's position in game) by 90 degrees at takeoff

so the body would appear to remain in the same position

with the wings rotating: this is, of course, impossibe

Here is what I would do:

1. Have the wings rotate on the body.

2. Have two sets of rotors : one set facing forward and

   one set facing up. This is great because OFP supports

   4 engines.

3. Using hiddenselections, start the Osprey with the wings

   inverted and the forward facing rotors hidden, and have

   the inverted rotors unhidden.

4. Using a script simular to Col. Klinks VTOL script make

   the plane take off vertically.

4. Using a script, just rotate the wings 90 degrees and

   make the inverted rotors hidden. Once the wing animation

   is done, make the forward facing rotors unhidden.

5. So far this would work, but there would be no rotors visible

   during the wing animation. So what you could do is add

   the blurred rotor object to the wings (I sure hope you

   know about all this vrtule and vrtule blur stuff, otherwise

   this will sound stupid) So when you rotate the wings, the

   blurred rotor image will rotate with the wings, but will NOT

   rotate.

6. Ok, now i'm not sure if this will work, but if it does then

   this will create a nice effect. Using the rotor blur texture,

   make a set of animated textures (can you even make

   custom animated textures?) And in each frame of the

   animation just have the image rotated a little more. So

   if you have 8 frames in the animation each frame would

   have the image rotated 45 degrees.

7. Apply the animated texture to the blurred rotor object

   that ROTATES with the wing, do not apply it anywhere

   else. make it so the animated texture rotors are only

   visible when the wing is begin animated, so when the

   wings move you will have the effect of multiple animations!

8. Ok, so if this all worked, you should have a fully functional

   Osprey will animated wings and rotors, plus all the good

   stuff like rudders and landing gear. Only two downsides:

   1. No animated ailerons or flaps (unless you use hidden

       selections to make them appear only when the wings

       are in the forward position - OMG you could still have

       ailerons and flaps!!!

   2. It would be funny to watch the AI take off!!!

      You would have to disable AI, run the VTOL script,

      then the tilt rotor script, and then reactivate the

      AI (is it possible to reactivate AI?)

Ok there is my Osprey idea!

[Osprey]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Matthijs @ Jan. 30 2003,16:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Did anyone ever try to solve it the other way around? Make the aircraft rotate around  the engines. The result should be roughly the same. Better still: maybe the aircraft could be given enough power to lift  itself up in a real VTOL takeoff, with minimal scripting.<span id='postcolor'>

I like the idea of rotating the body, but that would mean

that you couldn't have ANY animations like rudders or

landing gear. Also, it is impossible for a plane to fly straight

upwards on its own like a helicopter, no matter how powerful

you make the engine it won't work

[Simulation="shotshell"]

ok make sure that "initspeed" is defined in the

cfgweapon section only. In the cfgammo section,

i think you should redefine the maxspeed variable,

because initspeed won't exceed maxspeed (I think)

so add something like

maxSpeed=240;

and see if that makes any difference

[The final word on resolution lod distance?]

Thanks!

[Simulation="shotshell"]

in your cfgammo section of the cpp,

make sure you have:

ThrustTime=0;

for the grenade. Missiles and rockets only smoke when

their engines are in use, and grenades don't have engines

so this should solve your problem

[Timesaver tip]

are you talking about how the camera sometimes targets

the top of plane instead of the center? I found that if

you have a point in the memory lod named "zamerny",

the camera will target it. From what i have learned this

point is for the AI to know the center of the plane so it

can shoot accurately.

[Multiple animations]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (TYsiEK @ Jan. 29 2003,07:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I can't explain how it is works. But there is no way to make new RTM for other vehicle. RTM's wont work with aircraft, cars, tanks and boats. It work only with human animations.<span id='postcolor'>

The scud launcher uses RTM's and I think the DKM

Comanche uses RTMs for the landing gear.

[Black barons ufo]

Apparently you don't have a sense of humour. He was

obviously kidding around.

[The final word on resolution lod distance?]

Ok, I've got a mod, and it has 4 resolution lods.

However, I don't know how the distance definitions

work for them. for example

lod 1.00

lod 0.10

WTF does this stuff do?

If they are percentages of the OFP view distance, what

number would be maximum? any help would be great.

BTW i did do a search

[Simulation="shotshell"]

try "shotmissile", it doesn't shake vechicles.

[Deployable light sources ? plse advise...]

Here is an idea:

Make the glowstick model in oxygen, and have it glowing.

In the cpp, define it as a time bomb. If you can

change the countdown time (its 30 seconds currently)

to something like a few hours, and set the damage it

would do to zero, I think it would work. In your mine detecting

script, once the minesweeper finds a mine, just have

unit fire "glowstick"

then he would put the glowstick on the mine and it would

be glowing. If you could disable the explosion altogether,

then after a few hours it would just disappear, simulating

the glowing effect wearing off. Might be worth a try

[Bell47 released!]

Awsome!!! Beautiful model, perfect sounds, very fun to fly.

A very professional mod. Great job martin!

[Request]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (leec @ Jan. 22 2003,15:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Koolkid101 @ Jan. 22 2003,03:49)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This some sorta scam?<span id='postcolor'>

No it aint scam, unless you scam me which if that happens you will get sued<span id='postcolor'>

LOL crappiest court case ever!

"yes your Honour I paid this guy $200 to rename some

files. He scammed me somehow, i'm not quite sure how

exactly, but anyways I want my money back."

Wouldn't even be worth the price of a lawyer. (unless

this guy is a lawyer, which wouldn't be too suprising)

LOL

[Bell 47g]

Ack!!! no zip file?

[Shaky aircraft? wtf is this!]

Is there any way to reduce the shaking that occurs in

all planes (mods and originals)? go fly the a10 to see

what I mean. in the cockpit view the player is shaking

around in his seat!!! Some help please?

[Problem with proxy models. 16 stingers too much!]

By guided I mean they will track and intercept their target.

The only thing that controls whether a missile is guided

or not it the "maxControlRange" value in the config.cpp.

maxControlRange=5000; would mean guided,

maxControlRange=0; would mean unguided.

[Problem with proxy models. 16 stingers too much!]

After doing many expirements with proxies, this is what I have

found:

1. You can only have one proxied weapon.

2. If there is a proxy on your model, all guided weapons will

fire from it.

3. If you don't have proxies, you must define points "L strela"

and "P strela". All guided missiles will fire from these two

points unless there is a proxy on the model.

4. Unguided rockets will fire from proxies or the points

"L raketa" and "P raketa".

That seems to be the rules as far as i can tell. If you find

something to the contrary PLEASE POST IT!!! It almost

drove me insane trying to get two guided missile systems

on a plane, but eventally I gave up.

[Inside view?]

in o2, make a new lod and define it as View Pilot for

driver, View Cargo for any cargo positions or View

Gunner for the gunner. Also make sure you have a

view geometry lod!

[Multiple horizon balls?]

I was doing a forum search for a different topic, and I

found an old post that said multiple artificial horizons

were limited to helicopters because the

chinook has two and all the original planes have one.

Its no big deal I quess, I only really need one

[Multiple horizon balls?]

Thank you very much!

*edit*

It isn't working. are you sure I don't have to add anything

to the cpp? I searched the commented configs and there

are no references to 'horizont' or 'horizont2', which is odd.

[?! build ur own ammunition !?]

the proxy is supposed to be loaded in the cfg ammo

section, not the cfgweapons section. Also, you need

to remove the // from the line:

// model = "\Tie_Fighter\laser_ammo";

because this defines the FIRED ammunition. Proxies aren't

the fired ammuntion, they actually just disappear and are

replaced with the fired ammunition model when the weapon

is fired. Hope this helps

[Multiple horizon balls?]

I need at least 2 (preferably 3) horizon balls for the

cockpit of my plane. i know how to do the first one,

but i don't know how to add more or if you can add

more. btw this is a horizon ball:

Any help would be appreciated

[Take-off distance]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BratZ @ Jan. 14 2003,22:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Isn't 800kph beyond what OFP will do?<span id='postcolor'>

I've flown planes at over 15000mph and OFP handled it

just fine Its almost impossible to control though: you

put the nose down for a second and you are in the water!