Modeling :)

[Diocide]

Hi i was just wondering if anyone can tell me exactly what dummies and stuff is required in "legends" models, i know theres tutorials but i havent seen one exactly for weapons. i made a minigun weapon and got it working in game with a crappy animation but all i added to it was (dummy)Shape, (dummy)detail110, (dummy)start, (dummy)Mountponint, the mesh the bounds and the animation sequence, i linked them all right but...... it looks as if the bullet is shooting out of the players head instead of the barrel so do i need to make mountpoint2 or something near the barrel? please be exact.... also im just now figureing out uv corrdanates, and l only have like 2 textures, how do you guys get textures, do you draw em in paint or something. Im thinking of getting a digital camera, taking pictures of stuff then pixelating it to look cartoonish, but if someone else can tell me a better way id like to hear it :) .

[Chemeleon]

Add muzzlePoint where you want the bullets to come from, and retractionPoint at the front tip of the gun, linked the same as mountPoint.

[Diocide]

hmm thats wierd the model shouldn't have shot if it didnt have a muzzlepoint. what does refractionpoint do by the way?

[TerroX]

hi dio :)
yeah whats retraction point for? is that where it orients for kickback or something?

[Diocide]

woohoo i am so proud of myself :) , i am such a newb at modeling and modding and i got it working in game even the animation wooohooo!!!! :) yayayayayay!!!! All i need now is some good skins :)!!!

[Chemeleon]

if a model is missing a dummy, it'll generally use the pivot point of the bounds box. retraction point is to keep the gun from disappearing into walls, etc...when that touches the wall, the gun stops moving forward

[Diocide]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ok thanx

[TerroX]

ah that thing - I thought it would use a Col-1 box thingo. Heh, ah well.
Would be better if the gun stopped the player moving I reckon, if its gonna look that weird (as it does in T2 )it might as well not happen and just poke through the wall.