Road Outpost Collision Model

[Highwayman-Ed]

Hey guys, minor request I know, but a lot of missions I build for helicopters use road outposts as checkpoints and as it stands vehicles cannot drive through the road outpost, they have to go around it, which can cause some funky behavior when convoys approach them.

 

I'd like to request a simple change to this 3D object to allow vehicles to drive through the road outpost.

 

 

Edited February 16, 2018 by Highwayman-Ed

[Grimes]

Post images on imgur or with the forums because photobucket isn't displaying. Sorta sounds like a bug from your description though.

[Highwayman-Ed]

Updated.

[Northstar98]

Agreed, though personally I think a rework of all static objects is desirable.

 

So for instance I think that buildings and the like should all reside in the static objects menu and not the ground vehicles menu under fortifications and just have an uncontrolled checkbox. Next is updating all static object 3D models and graphics to take advantage of new assets and provide some division between countries.

 

Then have static objects which are functional, what's most appropriate in this case is to have the road barrier animated for opening and closing to permit access to vehicles - controlled perhaps through triggers.

[Highwayman-Ed]

So for instance I think that buildings and the like should all reside in the static objects menu and not the ground vehicles menu.

 

Whilst I see benefit in that, the problem then crops up with using templates. that road block pictured above for example is a template that I have created in the ME, when I wish to create a checkpoint like the one above, I just have to place one object (the template) and rotate it to the desired heading.

 

I do like the suggestions for triggered animations though, nice idea :)

 

Here is a short video to illustrate the original issue. It doesn't matter if there are other units present or not, the AI convoy behaves in a very similar way

 

Edited February 23, 2018 by Highwayman-Ed

[Northstar98]

Whilst I see benefit in that, the problem then crops up with using templates. that road block pictured above for example is a template that I have created in the ME, when I wish to create a checkpoint like the one above, I just have to place one object (the template) and rotate it to the desired heading.

 

I do like the suggestions for triggered animations though, nice idea :)

 

Here is a short video to illustrate the original issue. It doesn't matter if there are other units present or not, the AI convoy behaves in a very similar way

 

 

Oh yes, what I meant to add was add templates for static objects too, so we have the same system for everything (well, that isn't an aircraft) and I don't have to explode every time I try making an FOB for a different mission :lol: