complicated q - tfc and func tanks?

[Darth Divi]

ohkay...
made a tank (panther mk4 to be precise) based on the way the valve tanks work.
so theres a func tank for the turret and a func motar for the barrel, both have same name and same speed and they work fine to give the realistic turret horizontal and gun vertical movement.
the turret can also be "blown up" (dissapears) not sure why this happens...

anyway getting to the point... how do i make it only shoot one team in tfc and there are team flags etc but i cant seem to make them do anything...

oh and even if i did make it work, would the func tank/mortar track the same player? they might not, work fine in testing to track me though

If the above isnt possible i tryed another approach, making them user controlled. Both have same name and the tank control entity thing targets that name, but they do not move right, the turret will rotate correctly but the gun either doesnt move or flys away, some sort of origin confusion?


nasty problem isnt it

oh and its for my d-day tfc level, tank pics:
http://www.hlfusion.com/articles...reens.html

(little dots are shrapnel not fireflys )

[Smellfire~]

Is it player controlled or automatic?

If its automatic then shouldnt you be using monster_turret?

The other way is to just use a trigger_auto and a multi_manager... I went to look at this for TFC and I dont have func_tank or mortar in my entity list?????

Ive been trying to make the guns on a spitfire prefab for FA I made and can get them to work but only when I'm dead :)

Try one of the better mapping forums m8 and if you get it to work send me entities please ...

BTW the link to piccies don't work :wink:

[Darth Divi]

in the first paragraph i was describing an automatic tank (EXACTLY LIKE THE VALVE ONES OK :) )ey dont do they :)

a monster turret wouldnt be suitable, it doesnt really resemble a tank you see :)

func tank etc is a hl entity, but they still work in tfc levels, (unlike monster_hgrunt etc)

then i experimented with it being user controllled, but possibly due to the user contolling 2 tank parts with the same name, it didnt work properly...

oh and i posted this on other forums too :)

ps

didnt you trial for IST once ? :)
insert icq here and ill spam u some real piccies :)

[Smellfire~]

Yes Darth, I did when I left CSC.. but havent pleyed TFC in about 7 months :wink: ISDN is borked, need a new overhead cable to the farm I live in ... and gonna cost a few grand :(

[Leperous]

You can't control 2 func_tank entities at once with the same controls. Not sure why though...

[Darth Divi]

didnt seem like you could...

ok plan c