VC2 !MWP

[ando]

Good job.

VC2:
Mortar causes editor crash when press fire. (I will test it more later)
All other weapons is working without problems.

Downloading VC1 version now too.


One other problem is that I cant create spot light in VC2 editor. If I create then it appears as omni light. Can anybody confirm, is it working or not?

[mro]

strange for mortar in VC2 after deep study it is working well in final version
it shouldn't crash
try to restart from C script and compile it again: just cancel the SCR and put the C: of course they must have same name (BES and C)

[mro]

checked again.. the mortar works in editor and in maps

[ando]

recompiled script and mortar works now

[mro]

right
let's try to fix its animation: if you go in ANIM\LINK there are three wanderful stg for mortar gunner, but needs the added function to the script, as I wrote you in email.. for the moment I adapted a normal MWP animation (up center down) but it'd be 1000 times better with the right one, since we already have.. the man throws the ammunition in mortar tube, then moves and closes his ears

[mro]

THINK THIS ONE

typedef struct{
char *stg_filename;
float start_anim_time; // cas v animaci od ktereho se zacne prehravat
float end_anim_time; // cas v animaci do ktereho se prehrava, 0 znamena defaulni cely cas animace
float begin_interpolate_time; // jaky cas na zacatku pusteni se animace "nainterpolovava"
float end_interpolate_time; // jaky cas pred koncem pusteni se animace "odinterpolovava"
float weight; // vaha animace, 1.0f je naplno
BOOL disable_hit_anim;

dword callback_id; // 0 znamena nevolat, vola SC_PLSCR_MSG_ANIM_CALLBACK
float callback_timetoend; // jak dlouho pred koncem animace se ma callback zavolat

}s_SC_P_Play3pvAnim;

extern void SC_PC_SetFpvCameraFrom3pvAnim(BOOL enable); // sets fpv camera for PC player from 3pv animation

[Chavez]

mro, whenever you 'typedef' something, it is to make sure you are not overwriting something else...are you sure you want to typedef a struct?

eg

typedef struct{
//...
}s_SC_P_Play3pvAnim;

[mro]

no I just tried to add this function without typedef
but appears "specify which player" which means I'm lost, because in MWP case player is the gunner.. each one

...

no results.. long long trials to change animation dir for me

[Zybero]

Just tested out your MG's and i must say, they are very cool!
But some things needs to be fixed...
I got a test map with em, i can send it to you if you want?

[mro]

Tks Zybero, I have a test map.. I sent you all a long document in PDF: if you read that you see what needs to be fixed... I know and listed.
If you didn't receive pls tell me

DID YOU ALL RECEIVE THE 11 PAGES IN PDF?

[Zybero]

I got all your pages...
btw. The Mortar don't work in the version you sent me (And since its only *.SCR, i can't recompile them)...
Anyway, i get a strange crash when i test my map, i don't know if it have something to do with your MG's. But the screen freezes and then crash....

[mro]

for Ando all was working properly, only mortar was not working at beginning, but once recompiled script it was okay
so there is no meaning for which it cannot work for you: only explanation is that you're mixing VC1 and VC2 models: note that you cannot:
1) because scripts are different
2) because VC2 is with Pterolayer and in VC1 Pteromaterial (Pterolayer doesn't work in VC1)
or???
about the list of points to be fixed I'll post again it
what is important is that the MWP now work either iun VC1 and VC2 and we can start to fix the few missing points, right?

[mro]

HERE IS THE LIST OF SMALL POINTS TO BE FIXED AS PROMISED
COUNT ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

VC2 MWP
List of points to be fixed

THE MWP'S ARE FOR VC1 AND VC2: THEY WORK EITHER IN VC1 AND VC2, OF COURSE WITH DIFFERENT
SCRIIPTS AND MODELS.
WHILE IN VC1 IS EASIER (AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF SDK) IN VC2 SOMETHING HAS TO BE FIXED.
ANYHOW THE 5 NEW MWP WORK PROPERLY AND ONLY NEED TO BE FIXED IN SOME SMALL DETAILS: ASK
COMMUNITY HELP AND SUPPORT TO SOLVE THE LAST POINTS.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE FOR VC2.. ONLY POINTS 4, 5, AND 6 REGARD ALSO VC1.

LIST OF MWP
- TYPE M1 60 mm MORTAR
- CHINCOM TYPE 53 81 mm MORTAR
- M46 TYPE 59 CANNON
- DShK AA MOUNT HMG
- DShK SINGLE MOUNT HMG

1) ALL VC2 MWP'S PTC
in all VC2 mounted weapons the function "CreatePTC" and "FlyOffCartridge" do not work, even
if they are included in sc_global.h: not only in my new, but in all original MWP
SOLUTIONS
- guess the PTC are coded in definitions: in fact there are some *.txt files on this matter
- some MWP like cannons have their own muzzle smoke and explosion coded, so it'd be possible
- only hand weapons have the FlyOffCart function working, but it is not because of nod names
TO BE STUDIED
- there are a couple of include in INC about particles creation: but they don't work: or I'm
not able to make them work (says "not found")

2) FOR ALL: WEAP.TXT
I created a new WEAP.TXT: it is possible to add weapons, change sound batch, cteate its missile,
and make all the included functions: I've done it only for DShKAA at the moment, because it is
perfectly working only in editor test mode: when you apply to a map it crashes or MWP is not
recognized
SOLUTIONS
- to improve study on why it doesn't work in maps: it seems simple, because just add this *.txt
file in INI folder (like when you add a VC_Coop)
- I didn't develop others because until found the solution to make it working it's wasted time

3) FOR ALL: SOUND
Also made very good sounds, but here no success at all: created XSOUND 5 - WEAPONS, and also a
new one: extra *.txt (e.g. XSOUND 20 - EXTRAMWP), but once you're able to put it in a new SND2
folder, the engiune doesn't play the sound.
Only result is when you overwrite an existing sound with the new one, and put in the new SND2
folder: it is played perfecly.. which means the *wav files work.
SOLUTIONS
any idea?

4) DShKAA SPOT LIGHT
me and Ando are trying to add a light to the spot, but till now no success: the result should be
a directional light starting from spot, with strict ray, arriving very far.. nice result, if we
will be able
SOLUTIONS
- to create a light in 3dsMax and transform it with PteroTools, then add the script function as
Ando explained me

5) DShKAA METAL COLLISION
base, tower and gunsbed "lock" player during exit: he can entry but cannot leave the weapon
SOLUTIONS
- no way to change values in script: "active range" and "active dist": even at minimum value
player is locked
- only solution I found at the moment is to create an ^S (or ^SF) object with collision linked
to its main mesh (base, tower and gunsbed): it is second in hyerarchy, before LOD's of
same mesh.. in this way player doesn't find collision but in the scene there is metal
body
PROBLE: the ^S do not rotate with mesh, so result isn't very good
TO BE STUDIED
- how to make the ^S rotate with rest: e.g. considering it as a LOD
- user defined collisions: might be something ("misshp" or "colshp", etc..) to overcome
- or adding an "exit" in script, applying the vehicle entry (like hey) principle

6) Mortar COLLISION
since the mortar script is adapted on Recoiless script, I had to adapt a straight trajectory
to a "similar curve" one (to make the mortar shoot on ground and not to the sky).. but for this
reason the muzzle direction shoots against the mortar tube collision, and the missile explodes
at first collision it finds: result is that missile explodes on mortar tube
SOLUTIONS
- to overcome this I made the tube without collision, and then adopted the same solution as pt5
but as per DShKAA the "^S" objects do not rotate with weapon: we must find a solution
as in point 5

NOTE (FOR PT5 and PT6)
VC2 developers solved the these problems simply cancelling collision from some weapons: but I'd
like to do better, if possible.

7) Mortar ANIMATION
There is a very good "mortar" folder in ANIMS\LINK: it contains P001.stg, P002.stg and P003.stg.
001 and 003 are stativ positions, while 002 is shhoting with mortar: the gunner actions exactly
made for mortar working.. unluckily they accnot be applied to standard MWP script, because in
"anim_dir" they are accepted only up, center and down.stg (the three shooting positions).
So temporary I used the M2C50.stg to make the mortar work: it is the only one we can adapt since
gunner is cronch.
SOLUTIONS
- I found a function called "Play3PVAnim" in sc_global.h, and / or "VehicleSeat" function: by
these functions (if able to apply to the main MWP script) it could be possible to play
the "mortar" animation: principle should be the same of hand weapons, which don't have
the three shooting position only

[Zybero]

Ahh ffs, thats what i said.... I can't recompile since i do not have a *.C and no i'm not using the VC1's for VC2 (And i know that for sure!)...

[mro]

repeat your email to make sure and send the c

no need: sent PM with megaupload link

now I made a new mortar 81 mm Type 53 Chincom: higher and heavier: 112 cm tube 20 kg