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How do you make a pylon in gmax?

gecko

gecko

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Hi all,

I am trying to make a simple pylon in gmax but the weapons don't show up in game. I assume it must be something with naming conventions or hierarchies but I couldn't find any tutorials that talk about how pylons are set up. Any help? I might add that this is my first foray into modeling something in gmax so it's safe to assume I know next to nothing. Thanks for any help.

Daniel
 
Ted is the maestro at this. He had a file attached to a post some time back which detailed how the pylon dummy object, mount# and weapons were all configured but like a dummy I didn't save it at the time. :blind:

EDIT: This was the post:- Gmax loadouts
 
Thanks for the tips chaps.

Daniel and I have been working on adding new HVAR pylons to the FP P51. This is my first go modelling pylons and having got the rockets to show and line up in the sim, but when fired they jump to a position above the wing and then go. I've tried different links and re-orienting the nodes but nothing seems to work. Any ideas please? :)

Thanks, Clive
 
jaycee said:
Hi D. you have email But too late i see, Sorry.
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No worries, those will be really helpful in figuring out the actual 3d part as I get farther along. The ones I was working on were only nodes with no geometry involved. Thanks a lot!
 
Ideas

Pat Pattle said:
Thanks for the tips chaps.

Daniel and I have been working on adding new HVAR pylons to the FP P51. This is my first go modelling pylons and having got the rockets to show and line up in the sim, but when fired they jump to a position above the wing and then go. I've tried different links and re-orienting the nodes but nothing seems to work. Any ideas please? :)

Thanks, Clive
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Clive - 1) are these new rockets or old ones?
2) when you exported the pylon the main node was at 0,0,0
3) all the nodes (mounts) have the pivot points centered to the mount node and aligned to world
4) I have had bombs mount properly and when dropped face down, sideways etc. Usually it was one of the above.

Let me know, you can send me the pylon if you want.

Ted
 
We have tested with the stock hvars and the new ones Joost made for Rising Sun, same results in both. I don't know about the others item you mention.
 
Thanks Ted, I hadn't considerd the pivot of the top node. Now I have them firing below the wing, but about 2 foot below it! It's a step in the right direction so I'll have another look but if I can't fathom it I'll send them over. Thanks for the offer of help, again! :)
 
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