Aircraft Class question?

[SkyNET]

I thought the APC turret was going to be made useable in 1.3? It really should be.

[TheJamsh]

i agree. APC's are easy pickings... the turret will have to have its centre point re-done first...

GSH wont be working on BZII for a while, so i dont think well be seeing it soon, i hear hes busied up pretty good...

[GSH]

Why *should* the APC's turret be driveable by the AI? I've added a ton of new things to 1.3. With this qualification: I think the new things will benefit the game. APC turrets just don't meet that cutoff. Sorry, but that's just the way I feel.

-- GSH

[Commando]

There are other classes that would benefit more from having turret support added to them.  For example a service truck.  It isn't rare for STs to get stuck on buildings while they back up to service an item located behind them which is why a turret would be useful.

[General BlackDragon]

That is true.

What happens when you give an assault tank a service truck AI anyway?

[bigbadbogie]

An APC turret may be helpful, but why not just use my dll method instead?

[Tempest Storm]

That is true.

What happens when you give an assault tank a service truck AI anyway?

My guess would be nothing. I think that the repair/rearm ability of the service class in built within the classlabel itself; the player is capable of servicing friendly and allied units/buildings while piloting a service class unit by targeting them with the HUD. It seems that the AI process simply is used to make use of the CMD_SERVICE.

[TheJamsh]

surely it would be better to just reduce the chance of it getting stuck or going beserk...

@ GSH, its not neccesary, i guess 'should' is the wrong word... the wrod is 'it would be nice hehe'. i wonder if the FE guys could make use of it, particularly with the cerberi drone carrier. or similar... it would also be a great modding asset...

not trying to write blank cheques or anything. and not un-grateful for what youve done...