Pak 43 Emplacement not turning

Jump back to quoted post14 Jun 2020, 10:17 AMGeneral_Starlord

Hi all. I've tried making a Pak 43 emplacement like the brit 17 pounder. I have a gun that fires and the crew are visible, but when the gun turns no amination is played for the crew or the gun. They just glide sideways. If anyone knows what might be wrong I would appreciate it.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jun 2020, 22:32 PMGeneral_Starlord

I will try that. Thing is I've seen it work fine in the all units mod, so there be must something else I'm missing.

Any_in_list:
  All_in_list:
    required_slot_item 'is_in_setup', min: 0 and max: 0
    required_squad_upgrade 'start_moving' is_present: true
  All_in_list:
    required_slot_item 'is_in_setup', min: 0 and max: 0
    required_not:
      required_in_state, not_moving: true

required_squad_upgrade 'start_moving' is_present: true
required_not:
  required_in_state, not_moving: true

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2020, 17:00 PMSneakEye

I think these settings are important:
none_moving_setup: true
none_moving_setup_requires_facing: true
reset_rotation_on_teardown: false

Can you compare it with weapon\british\ballistic_weapon\anti_tank_gun\17_pounder_atg_mp?
(ctrl click the second file to show them both, the changes are bold)

I started with that weapon and only changed damage values and animations for the Pak.

Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2020, 08:55 AMPopsicle

Hello again. I followed your guide to making the 25-pounder emplacement and everything works, EXCEPT, it does not turn toward the target. The rounds will leave the end of the barrel and head towards the target area regardless, but the gun does not turn. I found this thread and followed your directions, EXCEPT for these values quoted here. I can not seem to find them. I checked the gun, the weapon, and even the ability. What am I doing wrong?

Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2020, 09:45 AMPopsicle

Embarrassed to say I found those values in behaviour_ext of the weapon. I made the changes, because they were exactly opposite of what you called for here. I tested and the gun still does NOT rotate.

Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2020, 10:58 AMSneakEye

The Pak43 and 25pdr are supposed to have different settings. They have very different implementations. The Pak43 rotates the entire object, while the 25 pounder does not move and only changes its gun direction variable.

The 25pdr should therefor have the following settings:
non_moving_setup: false
non_moving_setup_requires_facing: false
reset_rotation_on_teardown: true

Can you double check these two steps from the guide,
- In the gun, remove moving_ext
- Set in abilities\action_list\start_target_actions\artillery_attack\face_to_target to true.