Editing Combined Arms .lua

[Jacks]

Last request I promise. I have an issue with a few vehicles in a mod pack I am using, the view seems to be rotated by 90 degrees (please see attached photo).

 

I assume this is used a bug in the vehicles .lua file but I can't find the line of code that sets the angle of the view when behind the weapon system. Can anybody help?

 

I have also attached the .lua file for the vehicle in question.

 

Regards,

 

Jacks

DES_EXA.lua

[NRG-Vampire]

has been remarked here

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2357939&postcount=292

 

probably a wrong connector (wrongly rotated) cause this

[Jacks]

Ok, thanks for your help.

 

Jacks

[Morkva_55]

All of your's point (connector) need to be oriented that way and animated by appropriate axis:

 

Edited September 1, 2015 by Morkva_55

[vicx]

I was able to get the view for this mod oriented properly. I ended up using a LUA unit definition command which isn't used in DCS unit definitions since binding to connectors became the better solution.

 

Proof of concept is attached.

OD_EXA.lua

 

Instead of binding elements to a connector which is not oriented properly you can can bind elements to a set of co-ordinates using a .pos parameter.

 

So instead of 
GT.WS[ws].connector_name = 'CENTER_TOWER''
use 
GT.WS[ws].pos = {x, y, z };

GT.WS[ws].LN[1].BR[1].connector_name = 'POINT_GUN'
GT.WS[ws].LN[1].BR[1].pos = { x, y, z };

then adjust so that it matches up nicely
GT.WS[ws].LN[1].customViewPoint = { "genericAAA", {x,y,z}, };

 

This is not a perfect solution because wonky models are still wonky models. Modding the desired RG31 MRAP was irritating because the gun is not aligned perfectly with the turret - perhaps a a feature of the actual vehicle in real life? I spent a lot of time trying to get a proper ironsight working (trying a lot tricks I won't go into in this post) but I wasn't happy with the results.

 

To get the x,y,z co-ordinates (if you don't have original 3dmax source) use the modelviewer and turn on grid, turn on orthographic, take screenshot of TOP view, take screenshot of LEFT view. Scale in image editor so that 1m = 100 pixels. Count pixels from point to point.

 

Edited September 2, 2015 by vicx