Myriad Lite Turret

Turret Concepts

To test the new Resilience module, I hacked together an automatic turrent for Myriad which automatically aims and fires at the nearest target.

An automatic turret is useful for NPC's, defensive emplacements and such as well.

This turret is incomplete, since it is currently indestructible.

Future updates may include Myriad damage so you can shoot and knock them out temporarily.

A small change was required to the Myriad bullets in order for the turret to work so regular Myriad Bullets cannot be used.

Example Ranged Weapon Damages (Myriad PDF p64, Myriad Special Edition p98)

Turret Setup

1. Create a weapon model.
2. Since this weapon uses llLookAt, switch your edit tool to Local ruler and make sure the root prim of the weapon follows these rules:
   1. Forward Axis: The +Z (blue) arrows point in the direction you want the weapon to shoot.
   2. Down Axis: The +Y (green) arrows point in the direction you want the weapon's "down" direction to be.
3. Note: the weapon pivot point will be the center point of the model
4. Edit the Turret script to:
   1. Change the GUNSOUND variable to the name of your shooting sound effect
   2. Change the AMMO variable to the name of your bullet
   3. Change the ATTSKILL variable to how accurate you want the turret's attack skill
   4. Change the DAMAGEDICE to a bullet damage class from the table above, example: 3 = automatic pistol shots
   5. Change the ANTIDELAY to true or false depending on whether you want to use Anti Delay node scripts
5. Drop in a Myriad Turret Bullet
6. Drop in a sound effect for the turret shooting
7. (optional) Drop in Anti-Delay node controller and one or more anti-delay scripts
8. Drop in the Myriad Lite Turret script

To use the turret, wear a Myriad HUD and click the turret to activate it.

If you are in range it should face you and begin shooting.

Click again to deactivate the turret.

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Community

Feature Requests

If you have a feature you would like to see added to Myriad Lite Turret, write a new feature request on the talk page for this article.

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Bug Reports

If you find a bug or something that just doesn't seem right in how the Myriad Lite Turret script works, file a bug report on the talk page for this article.

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Contributing to Myriad Lite

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 * that you are the original creator of the contribution or are legally empowered to contribute it
 * that you acknowledge this contribution can be released under the Creative Commons BY 3.0 Unported and Modified BSD (3-clause) licenses

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