Hey gang,

this is my first post so hopefully I'm not breaking any rules.

I followed the "Placing a usable machinegun" tutorial thinking that if I simply change some values it will work for SP maps as well.

So this is what I have:

I created a misc->turret with the following attributes (entities):

angles: 0 90 0
classname: misc_turret
export: 2
model: weapon_saw_MG_Setup
spawnflags: 0
weaponinfo: saw_bipod_crouch

With that configuration I get the following error:

cannot spawn turret 'saw_bipod_crouch' which has a script, unless one instance placed in map

I tried using other weaponinfos unsuccessfully. Most of the ones I tried told me "the weapClass in weaponinfo for (insert weapon i tried here) needs turret key to have value turret" or something along those lines.

Any ideas on what I am forgetting?

For the zone file (yourlevel.csv in zone_source) you'll need:

xmodel,weapon_saw_mg_setup

And for the in editor I would say your weapon info is correct.

The error doesn't make sense really to me as I'm used to WAW where you'd get that error when trying to setup a bipod, not use a pre-placed one.

If it still doesn't work I've installed the COD4 tools again so I'll try it out.

even with the xmodel,weapon_saw_mg_setup inserted into my csv I'm still getting the error.

The error occurs when I try to compile the reflections.

I'm kind of running out of ideas.

I thought maybe it saying "cannot spawn" means I should change its spawnflags from 0 to 1. But it still gives me the same error.

Ok I just discovered that I can run the map just fine. It is only for the compile reflections that the error occurs. I guess I changed something to get it to work in that regard. Do the reflections compile even though I'm getting this error? And is there a way to test if they are compiled?

Thanks for all your help so far

add this just at the start of the main() function

if ( getdvar( "r_reflectionProbeGenerate" ) == "1" )
return;

and see if it works

The easiest way is to just dump a reflection probe in the map and then compile - if the textures are red then it hasn't worked.

What scripts are you using?

LawBlur writes...

Im getting this problem now...where I can't compile reflections. Everything runs just fine (50 cal spawns, technical driving around) but my world is red and need to compile reflections. Any ideas?

Oh and I also added TomV8 line into my main script.

edited on May. 8, 2011 09:21 am by tunini

did you put a node to target the saw? usually u need that.

voidsource writes...

What do you mean? A path node? In my case, a path node targetting the 50 cal ?

tunini writes...

No luck here.

I had this about a month ago....


you need your turret with all its settings be targeted by a node_turret.

That is all i needed and the errors went away.

took for ever to put that together though :)