seats

sundriedprawn · Post by **sundriedprawn** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:52 am

well i got this cool idea that i want to use from stoner 4 lifes fun mod map pack, in the pack there is a coagulation mod when you move towards one of these 3 Vehicle the ghost, wraith and the banshee it will come up either hold x to enter ----- or hold x to board so and so, and when you hold x to board it you will not board it you will just "sit" and you can board it when no one is on it my question is how do i do this

Snaku · Post by **Snaku** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:29 am

I'm going to make a guess here from my experience messing with seats:
If you open up a vehicle and go to the seat tag in Insolence (under dev mode) you'll see strings that indicate what type of seat it is, such as warthog_d or somesuch, depending on the vehicle and which seat, as well as warthog_d_enter. I believe these are where the markers are referenced: meaning the seat is assigned to where those markers are on the model. I theorize that the reason for warthog_d being repeated is that one is the marker while the other states what type of seat (jmad and whatnot) it is, though I've never experimented with that.
Down toward the bottom you'll see x action, which will say warthog_enter (or whatever--don't feel like checking right now). This is what defines what is displayed onscreen when you're in range of the seat. So, in theory, if you changed this to warthog_board, it would tell you to press x to board warthog, but it would still put you in the driver seat, allowing you to drive. Now, if you went into an actual boarding seat and changed whichever of the strings defines the action from warthog_b (boarding seat) to warthog_p (passenger seat), I believe it would still say hold x to board... and you would still jump onto the same location, but you would be sitting on the spot as though you were sitting in the passenger seat.
But I'm going to guess that all he did was change one of the boarding seats' strings (probably the second one) to warthog_p, which would effectively change it to a passenger seat, but in the same spot you board, and since he didn't change the x action it would still say hold x to board...

dazzajay · Post by **dazzajay** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:30 am

That sounds crazy, i would also love to know how to do this... i can imagine people sitting on the wings of the Raptor, that would be crazy.

Snaku · Post by **Snaku** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:36 am

Shouldn't be hard for you. Given the knowledge available to you, Dazz, you could even move the seat's location to the wings. Just change the two boarding seats on the hog to passenger seats.

dazzajay · Post by **dazzajay** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:21 am

good point, but the main question is, will the spartans be Sitting on the wings OR will they be standing thru them as if thier hanging on to the side of the jeep?

masterpie · Post by **masterpie** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:30 am

I think they would be sitting, but if they werent, you could just change the animation

dazzajay · Post by **dazzajay** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:43 am

Speaking of Animation Changing.... how to make the passenger sit IN the jeep like the driver, and not hang out like a nob.

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:57 am

dazzajay wrote:Speaking of Animation Changing.... how to make the passenger sit IN the jeep like the driver, and not hang out like a nob.

i dont think that would be hard just a string or dependency swap

i like the sitting on the wings idea

dazzajay · Post by **dazzajay** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:06 am

just thinking for a funnie idea for a vid, have a dude sitting on the hood, and run into a wall at top speed.

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:44 am

dazzajay wrote:just thinking for a funnie idea for a vid, have a dude sitting on the hood, and run into a wall at top speed.

yea really funny

SyrinEldarin · Post by **SyrinEldarin** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:39 am

....wow... I'm retarded. Sorry, had to edit out this post.

dazzajay · Post by **dazzajay** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:49 am

xzodia wrote:
dazzajay wrote:just thinking for a funnie idea for a vid, have a dude sitting on the hood, and run into a wall at top speed.
yea really funny

well, it would have to have a funnie story on why hes on there ... and decent timing... and a funnie reason why the wall was there.