How do you access turretAxis configFile | ARMA | Page 1

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:10 PM

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Unfortunately I can't seem to find anything in config either. Would only be in model.cfg perhaps https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Turret_Config_Reference#animationSourceBody_.3D_.22mainTurret.22

Turret Config Reference

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_veh selectionPosition "osaveze" does return non-[0,0,0] on all the vanilla and cup arty though. Could just fall back to vehicle center if it fails on a vic.

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:15 PM

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okay so using that command directly on osaveze does return something. i just couldn't get it via configFile

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so the command has a broader range of what it looks for

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selectionPosition

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:19 PM

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autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:23 PM

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olive vigil so the command has a broader range of what it looks for

How do you mean range?

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:24 PM

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meaning it finds things that are not in config viewer

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:24 PM

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Oh yeah. You can also check selectionNames

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:25 PM

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also the value it gives has negative z, so i'm not sure how to convert that to world

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:25 PM

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private _gunPosASL = _vehicle modelToWorldWorld _selectionPos;

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then vector from gun to target, zero the z for horizontal, normalize (set to 1m length), set the z for elevation angle, normalize again, and vectorMultiply to desired distance. probably 1 km is fine?

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:30 PM

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so the negative z is actually upward

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:32 PM

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the selectionPosition result is vehicle-space coordinates.

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:33 PM

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my math is using the distance to target and rotating it down:

    for "_rad" from 88 to 60 step 2 do {
        private _testVec = [
            (cos _rad) * (_tgtVec select 0),
            (cos _rad) * (_tgtVec select 1),
            (sin _rad) * (_tgtVec select 2)

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:39 PM

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autumn leaf the selectionPosition result is vehicle-space coordinates.

er except it should be -2

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:42 PM

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Would not want to rotate vectors in 3D unless I had to xD.
I would do

_vectorDirect = _gunPos vectorFromTo _tgtPos;
_vectorDirect set [2, 0]; // Horizontal
_x = vectorMagnitude _vectorDirect;

for //
private _z = _x * tan _angle;
_vectorDirect set [2, _z];
private _checkPos = _gunPos vectorAdd _vectorDirect;
//check

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:49 PM

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so 1 tan in the loop instead of 3 cos/rad?

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 7:51 PM

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the x and y to the target doesn't change, just the z for elevation.

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your code would only work if target is due east? i think

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 7:59 PM

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autumn leaf your code would only work if target is due east? *i think*

i hadn't tested that yet, but in any case, i assume the tan way will be faster, so it is a good optimization.

btw, are you the dev of the mem allocator?

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gjk ampersand editino

autumn leaf Mar 4, 2023, 8:00 PM

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nope

olive vigil Mar 4, 2023, 8:01 PM

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ok thanks for help

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