Mike Dude's HK-Aerial

[Divran]

I saw the same thread on facepunch, and I wanted to answer to some of it... So I'm going to quote facepunch from here for two reasons:
Facepunch is blocked in school.
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The main problem at the moment is that if I were to make a 1st person view in the cockpit, there are lots of props in the way and the view would be a bit cluttered.

Other than the props being in the way, I was thinking of having the "windows" with an alpha of 255, and all black, then have them fade to like 100 after the pilot starts hops in and turns on the ship's start up process. I am not sure how I will make the chair accessible to anyone though w/o noclip.

So make it 3rd person I'd be happy to help you with that if you have any problems.. I've made 3rd person views with cam controller hundreds of times.
You could perhaps have both the color idea and 3rd person view and have the driver able to toggle between the two.

I am not sure how I will make the chair accessible to anyone though w/o noclip.

Make the chair drop down below the cockpit when the player jumps out?

[Blaylock1988]

I saw the same thread on facepunch, and I wanted to answer to some of it... So I'm going to quote facepunch from here for two reasons:
Facepunch is blocked in school.
Wiremod.com is calmer than facepunch.

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So make it 3rd person I'd be happy to help you with that if you have any problems.. I've made 3rd person views with cam controller hundreds of times.
You could perhaps have both the color idea and 3rd person view and have the driver able to toggle between the two.



Make the chair drop down below the cockpit when the player jumps out?

I was planning making it 3rd person, it was more hypothetical if I were to make it first person, then I would have fading props. But I still want to have a nice detailed interior cockpit

Making the chair drop is an idea, I dont think it will be easy to implement though, I might just make the bottom of the chair stick out the bottom enough for a person to press E on it

ROfl At picture 2s health and Ammo XD

Yeah I am an Uber Admin on the GMF (new UFA) server so the health is automatic.

[Divran]

Making the chair drop is an idea, I dont think it will be easy to implement though, I might just make the bottom of the chair stick out the bottom enough for a person to press E on it

It would be cooler. How about using the weld latch to weld it to the main prop when in flight, then unwelding it and using applyForce to drop it down when not flying?

[ryland]

One Word.WOW!!!

[Blaylock1988]

It would be cooler. How about using the weld latch to weld it to the main prop when in flight, then unwelding it and using applyForce to drop it down when not flying?

Actually I just about finished the cockpit last night. It is a little bit more cramped in there than I thought. Luckly pushing the chair down just enough for the player's head to not be in the cieling worked perfectly, It sticks out the bottom just enough to get in from the outside. I think I am going to try to make some landing gear for the Drone cause otherwise it gets too low to the ground to get in when it is off.

I also got the fading cockpit windows to work nicely, so it should be controllable by 1st and 3rd person. Also, it does not star up as soon as you get in, There is a power button and a cockpit window button at the moment, so you dont have to use the fading windows if you want to do 3rd person, it just looks awesome though.

I also tuned the sounds a little more, It sounds big and heavy but also really quick and agile. This thing looks like a shark flying through the air.

[dad8889]

OMG.I am startet on that project first but as i can see you are almost done! I have to be very fast on mine!

[cyraxis11]

could you possibly do a release of the hk's shell
its understandable if you don't want to release the thing itself now but could you give out just the shell of the hk

[Schilcote]

I made a cheap-o version of this a few days ago. It wasn't that hard at all actually, once I figured out a good plan. I used adv. ballsocket to attatch four plates with thrusters on them, wired the thrusters up to a thruster hovering E2, put a keep upright on all the pods and the main body, and then wrote a control E2. The E2 applys enough torque to break the keep upright, but the ballsocket only lets it rotate 45 degrees in either direction. When I stop applying the torque, the keep upright forces the pods back to 0 degrees. W points all of the pods back, S points them forward, A points the left ones forward and the right ones back, D points the right ones forward and the left ones back. It worked perfectly, although I'm having trouble making it go up and down.

[Maxaxle]

Awesomesauce. But can you put a script in it to change the color using chat messages?

[Caples]

I made a cheap-o version of this a few days ago. It wasn't that hard at all actually, once I figured out a good plan. I used adv. ballsocket to attatch four plates with thrusters on them, wired the thrusters up to a thruster hovering E2, put a keep upright on all the pods and the main body, and then wrote a control E2. The E2 applys enough torque to break the keep upright, but the ballsocket only lets it rotate 45 degrees in either direction. When I stop applying the torque, the keep upright forces the pods back to 0 degrees. W points all of the pods back, S points them forward, A points the left ones forward and the right ones back, D points the right ones forward and the left ones back. It worked perfectly, although I'm having trouble making it go up and down.

Awwwwww... keep-upright? Naawwwww! *Looks again* NAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!