I know these indicate what direction the gun can fire, but what do they mean, exactly?

 

 

Scott

All hardpoints and ships have a "Fire cone"....think of a cone, that the sharp point is at the fire bone.

The width is how WIDE the cone is...as in, which directions it can fire, as in can it fire all around. Height is how High and Low the cone is, as in, can it fire directly overhead? Put Height, Width and Max_Fire_Distance and you have its entire firing range.

It's how you make hardpoints limit how far they can shoot, or fire straight........Like the land vehicle hardpoints.

 

The AT-AT has it as this:

            <Fire_Cone_Width>1.0</Fire_Cone_Width>
            <Fire_Cone_Height>10.0</Fire_Cone_Height>

No thats max_fire_range.

The fire cone specifies the radius and height of which the unit can fire. Of couser, if you want it to be able o fire in all directions, use a width of 360 and a height of 180. Its all measured in degrees.

 

In 1upD's example, it would be able to fire in a cone that is 1 degree wide and 10 degrees high from the fire bone (which means it fires dead straight)

So is any numeric value between 1 and 360 a valid value for that then?

 

 

Scott

For width, yes, for height, uhhh don't know. You could, but that'd possibly make it glitch because it can fire in 360 degrees around and 180 up and down, so 360/360 would be the same as 360/180 I would think.

no if i was 360 and 180

 

it could fire 360 around and it could only fire in a up or down angle in the front half of ship so some thing above and behind the ship it cant hit it with out turning

If it can fire all the way around and up and down, what can't it hit?

propblably anything behid it....

 

x. ISD can't trun it's cannons around it would kill it's self...

See that is why we need to put a limit on its fire cone.otherwise, it'd shoot through itself which looks ugly ( it will NEVER hurt itself)

So, where is the fire cone centered? Is there something on the bone that tells the hardpoint which way is "forward", or does it depend on the orientation of the model (the model of the hardpoint or the model of the ship?!! They are not necessarily the same!)

 

Scott

I believe it's bone orientation. I've noticed that 0,0 isn't the same direction for all ships (it's straight forward for some, straight sideways for others, etc.)

Fire bones have a facing...its too bad that the ALO veiwer can't see which way the bones are pointing...

Noted, going on the list

Of course, this would only work for the end-bones.