I thought that the gun barrels of the tanks in WoT were not modeled in 3d and that's why they pass through everthing. Now guys on the forum are saying that they are modeled and you can shoot them and damage them. Do you guys know if that's true?
Are tank gun barrels modeled or not?
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I would think they have to be. When you aim at a tank's body, for instance, the red outline includes the barrel, even if it's in motion. That can't happen unless it's modeled.
I've made 3d models plenty of times before, but mostly guitar parts. I don't know how you would make one part of a model solid in the game and another without substance to pass through objects. But when I model a humbucker pickup, for instance, the magnets are a completely separate construct than the bobbins or copper wire or retainers are.
I would think though that it would have to be a relatively routine thing to place different properties on each part within a gaming world. Otherwise, how do you have a shell pass through a virtual sheet of armor to hit an internal module or crew member?
I don't know how it all works, but I'm sure that the entire tank is fully modeled. It would have to be for everything to work the way it does.
I've made 3d models plenty of times before, but mostly guitar parts. I don't know how you would make one part of a model solid in the game and another without substance to pass through objects. But when I model a humbucker pickup, for instance, the magnets are a completely separate construct than the bobbins or copper wire or retainers are.
I would think though that it would have to be a relatively routine thing to place different properties on each part within a gaming world. Otherwise, how do you have a shell pass through a virtual sheet of armor to hit an internal module or crew member?
I don't know how it all works, but I'm sure that the entire tank is fully modeled. It would have to be for everything to work the way it does.
That makes sense. See they were saying you can shoot gun barrels and damage them but I have never seen that or had that happen. They were talking about the idea to break gun barrels off when you ram a tank. Well since they pass through everhthing they can't be a part of the 3d model right? Because if they were they'd hit everything. That was my point.
I don't think I've ever heard of shooting a gun barrel either. I could be wrong, but I don't recall ever doing it, seeing it, or even hearing about it.
My curiosity got the better of me, so I conducted a test to see if you could in fact damage the gun and/or tank by shooting the barrel.
I used the T7 Tiger P as the target since it has a nice long barrel and used the Scorpion off my Gomez account as the shooter as it has a really good gun.
I pull up and shoot the barrel in three places. No damage at all is done.
When I pull up to the other side and shoot the barrel as close as I can to the turret, it does damage the gun but does no hit points of damage to the tank. No other shots damage the gun at all and none do any hit points of damage.
So, basically, you can not damage the gun by shooting the barrel, or at least 99% of it. You have to hit right where it joins the turret to hurt it at all.
I used the T7 Tiger P as the target since it has a nice long barrel and used the Scorpion off my Gomez account as the shooter as it has a really good gun.
I pull up and shoot the barrel in three places. No damage at all is done.
When I pull up to the other side and shoot the barrel as close as I can to the turret, it does damage the gun but does no hit points of damage to the tank. No other shots damage the gun at all and none do any hit points of damage.
So, basically, you can not damage the gun by shooting the barrel, or at least 99% of it. You have to hit right where it joins the turret to hurt it at all.
So my only question would be, although it showed no HP damage, did you try to fire the damaged-looking gun to see if the accuaracy/damage was affected in any way which may not show as HP damage.
It wasn't damaged at all. It lights up when it is and your aiming circle gets a lot bigger. You have to repair it if you want any chance of hitting what you're aiming at.
The only shot that did any damage was the first one on the second side that was right up next to the turret. None of the other shots had any effect at all.
The only shot that did any damage was the first one on the second side that was right up next to the turret. None of the other shots had any effect at all.