Attaching an actor to the player

[Fantafaust]

So I was trying to get a turret to attach to the player the same way pilots attach to the vertibird but it seems like that's a no-go on the player(please correct me if I'm wrong), and obviously translating to a node is janky and looks bad.
I tried making furniture to hold the turret, that technically works, but I can't connect the furniture to the player in any way, so that's a bust.

PlaceAtNode created the turret successfully but then it just floats in the air and doesn't actually attach to the player(maybe I did it wrong?).

Is there any way to get an actor to attach to a node, or use BSConnectPoint::Parents, on the Player to have the turret move in tandem/stay in relative position with the player as you walk/crouch/etc?

[Guest]

Try attach points, they can be put on actors

[Fantafaust]

Do you have any examples or a specific way to go about that? I've tried BSConnectPoint::Parents on the Power Armor skeleton but I can't get anything to attach using keywords and SnapIntoInteraction. Which might be the wrong way to go about that but I'm unclear.
Should I also edit the turrets to add a child point? and even if I do, is there a script function that can connect them? or something else?

I tried doing it the same way vertibirds work and that got me nowhere really. And I can't use Object Mods to make npcs or attach furniture to the player.

Thanks for any reply

[Guest]

normal power armor pieces are actually OMODs, but I've never tried it with turrets. Are you trying to make a War Machine type shoulder mounted gun or something? If so, don't bother. People have tried it and it doesn't work.

[Fantafaust]

the OMOD thing didn't pan out, you can't make OMODS spawn anything.
As for the "war machine" thing, conceptually yes, but with tiny auto-turrets. I have 2 new theories on how I can do it, wish me luck lol

[Guest]

On 2/13/2022 at 10:29 AM, Fantafaust said:

the OMOD thing didn't pan out, you can't make OMODS spawn anything.
As for the "war machine" thing, conceptually yes, but with tiny auto-turrets. I have 2 new theories on how I can do it, wish me luck lol

 

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