hey there GT here is a WIP by Darth D.U.C.K and me.
we decided to improve the Laat/, cause it is one of our favorite vehicles in SW.
there will be a public release with 7 different versions of it
but images says more then thousand words: and here are some xsi screens: and 3 new aims for the troopers: later this day i will post all informations about the weapons and the versions :atatpilot:

EDIT:
as i said, here are the informations about the different versions:
Laat/i Normal: Laat/i Trasport Laat/i Republic Commando Laat/i Republic Commando Transport Laat/i Space Laat/i TCW and one secret

Edit2: i should say, that every postion, which is piloted, have a seeable unit, for example, the gunners, passengers, pilot.
moreover this gunship have a collison, which allows you to walk in the cargo bay; so if landed, you can still easily find cover in it, which makes it easier to capture a command post

Fantastic. Just....Fantastic...

Improved is one way of putting it :) very fine work!

Those turrets/cockpits are awesome!

Great job!

As I've already said, it looks awesome and perfect! Good job! Can't wait to pilot one of those!

wow extremely awesome great job

Very nice Great work on the improvements concerning the balls and the anims.

I noticed the passenger is holding a gun. Does that mean that troopers in the passenger bay can use that DC-15 (so it works like a turret)? It always irked me that a vehicle that never lands has passsengers that just stand in there and wait to go down with the ship.

i dont think we will implement that. the clone then would always sit there and his movement would look rather unnatural when hes bing "piloted".

edit: actually i just foun out how passangers can use their own weapons in vehicles. they can use the first primary and first secondary weapon, even the ammo is calculated correctly!

i dont know if there is any way to make the unit move/aim when shooting though.

Wow, really? How did you do it?

RED51 wrote:Wow, really? How did you do it?

^This.

Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Great work! Out of curiosity, will the transport/space variants still have the ball turrets attached? It seems a little strange to have them there when units will be unable to man them.

RED51 wrote:Wow, really? How did you do it?

ill reveal it soon
here what happens so far: you have a normal turretslot with the usual pitch and yaw and cameraposition. when you enter it the unit stands in one position, like normal gunners/passengers. you controll the turret as usual but no weapons are displayed. when you press the first mousebutton the unit soots with its first primary weapons to where you aim with the turret. there is also a muzzleflash on the gunmuzzle that points to where the unit shoots. when you press the second mousebutton the unit uses the first secondary weapon. ammo is calculated and you also reload with "r". the unit look into the direction in which you aim.
the system seems to be a bit unstable, when i switch from or to the slot to or from a selfcontrolled turretslot, the game crashes.

in the meantime i found out how to get the units upper body animated, it now moves into the direction of the aimer and playes the shootinganim when the primary weapon is shot.

Sweet, you never cease to amaze me D.U.C.K.!

Man, that mechanic would function greatly if strafe was saved...

DarthD.U.C.K. wrote:...actually i just foun out how passangers can use their own weapons in vehicles. they can use the first primary and first secondary weapon, even the ammo is calculated correctly!
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Cool! Are you using the AnimatesUnitAsTurret property by any chance?

no, that one has no effect.
im currently having a bit trouble aligning the unit in the direction of the turret, it currently points 90edrees away, because the unit isnt positioned straight along the z-axis i suppose. when i get that fixed ill post how it works.

edit: i now managed to mke the unit aim into the direction the turret aims. there are two more problems though: the crosshair isnt in the middle of the screen, but lower and when the vehicle flies, the point around which the camera reevolves moves backwards like 2 metres. the ai seems to be unable to exploit the system, they just stand around.
im not sure if its possible to get rid of these issues.

for now, here a screenshot for proof:

Excellent .

wow awesome