I need to add a laser and move the secondary trigger on the assault rifle. I have some questions that need to be answered to complete my edit of the weapon.

1st:
Should I simply move the secondary trigger to test the firing on the weapon, how would I find out the coordinates in which it would appear on halo, in gmax? (To manually place in guerilla) I know there is some sort of listener code for that...

Additionally, when I export the model, what do I do about texturing? Can I just export the blank model that I imported, compile the model, and place it in my tags? I think I did that with the scorpion...

2nd:
I need to add a laser that comes from the assault rifle and goes forward. If I place this on the imported model, texture it, and link it properly, and export, will the textures not be screwed up? I just need to know how to place in a new, textured section of the weapon without screwing it up.

Help appreciated, thanks!

ok

1st. what are you planning on putting as the secondary trigger?

if it is just a modified a.r., use the a.r.'s bitmap or modify that. and all that will be needed to be set in the modeling program (gmax) is the name of the shaders and the locations on the geometry. it is best though to set them in gmax so you will see what it will look like

2nd. is it going to be a laser that always is active?

The secondary trigger is supposed to fire a rocket that falls from the sky, like unevenelefants Rods of God.

Yeah, the laser will always be active.

ok. idk about any rods of god, but here is how i figure it:

set the position of the secondary trigger node significantly higher than the weapon itself, maybe about 40 units or so XD and have it about 10 units in forwards from the barrel horizontally

as far as the laser goes, just make an extremely thin, low-poly (maybe 3 height segments) cylinder with a transparent_chicago_plasma shader or something

and for collision purposes, use the a.r.'s collision model since you are just making an a.r. modification

you could do the rocket falling thing by making the projectile spawn a device machine, or have an animated projectile?

Alright, I'll see...
Edited by Officer egg on Apr 19, 2009 at 08:32 PM

i just realized that i actually meant give it 3 sides, not 3 height segs