Author Topic: GV turret idea (Read 1135 times)

Krusty · « **on:** April 19, 2007, 11:29:00 PM »

When the engine is OFF, and you're in the pintle gun, can we get the rudder pedals to traverse the turret for us?

Realistically you didn't have to be IN it to turn it, the commander gave the order and the crew inside made it happen. If he's sitting up top he'd just call down and they'd do it.

I say when the engine is OFF to avoid confusion for when the tank is rolling.

Perhaps when the forward speed is 0?

Or make a new command, turret slew, that can be mapped to an axis! Then I can make my rudder pedals slew the turret in 1 stickset, and make them turn the vehicle in another stickset, and just toggle between the two!

NOT · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:48:41 PM »

thats not a bad idea.

NOT

hubsonfire · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2007, 12:55:21 AM »

If TT is going to be a fixture of the MAs, we might as well start making tanks more realistic.

SKurj · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:42:44 AM »

Another idea I like

CAF001 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:46:08 AM »

me too, that could really work!

Denholm · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2007, 08:32:02 AM »

I like this idea!

frank3 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2007, 02:06:22 PM »

Yeah, I never thought of this! Nice idea

Hornet33 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2007, 02:40:42 PM »

2 thumbs up on this one!!!!

titanic3 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2007, 05:47:43 PM »

i made a post about the same thing about 2 months ago, except that u can move the turret while stil driving.

nobody agreed, now EVERY1 agrees?

SKurj · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:51:48 PM »

Not quite the same titanic though I already can move the turret while driving

Krusty · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2007, 09:16:14 PM »

while driving would be nice. However if you did it from the driver's seat, you couldn't tell where it was aimed. If you did it from the pintle gun, you'd just turn the vehicle.

Maybe it's just the fact that I'm not requiring anything more complex -- we already have the rudder axis, it just does something different when you're not moving!

P.S. Unrelated, I'd like a key to "return turret to forward" while I'm in the hull position.

frank3 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2007, 05:33:41 AM »

All nice ideas, 3 thumbs up for this

Another unrelated thing: a 'compass' which indicates the position of the hull compared to the turret (so you can see in which direction your gun points in relation to the hull)

CAF001 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2007, 07:32:52 AM »

that would be extremely useful.
(the compass idea)

Krusty · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2007, 12:30:33 PM »

The ball turret on the B-17 has one! We need one for the gv turret!

frank3 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2007, 02:32:28 PM »

Sounds nice to me, simple but effective, and shouldn't be too hard to modell (since we already have one

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