Quote from Jishdefish on April 2, 2012, 1:20 pm

Functioning...? It's not going to actually shoot is it? 0_0

Quote from Pipeline on April 2, 2012, 1:27 pm

Jishdefish wrote:

Functioning...? It's not going to actually shoot is it? 0_0

No, no.
It'll play a random line corresponding to what it's doing ("target acquired" when it sees you) and will play a bullet firing sound until you go out of sight. If possible I'll make the muzzles move like in the game.

Would infrared work as a good person sensor? Motion sensing wouldn't work because if someone stops moving...

Quote from Brainstatic on April 2, 2012, 2:23 pm

Pipeline wrote:

Would infrared work as a good person sensor? Motion sensing wouldn't work because if someone stops moving...

You may be able to model the tracking system after that of an automated paintball turret. Heck, you could even make it actually shoot paintballs if you wanted it to. But I would advise making it look and sound like a turret before you worry about it functioning like a turret.

Quote from Pipeline on April 2, 2012, 3:02 pm

BOB74j wrote:

Pipeline wrote:

Would infrared work as a good person sensor? Motion sensing wouldn't work because if someone stops moving...

You may be able to model the tracking system after that of an automated paintball turret. Heck, you could even make it actually shoot paintballs if you wanted it to. But I would advise making it look and sound like a turret before you worry about it functioning like a turret.

Thanks.

Does anyone know how tall the turret is? And what about the antenna?

Quote from Lpfreaky90 on April 2, 2012, 3:10 pm

Pipeline wrote:

BOB74j wrote:

Pipeline wrote:

Would infrared work as a good person sensor? Motion sensing wouldn't work because if someone stops moving...

You may be able to model the tracking system after that of an automated paintball turret. Heck, you could even make it actually shoot paintballs if you wanted it to. But I would advise making it look and sound like a turret before you worry about it functioning like a turret.

Thanks.

Does anyone know how tall the turret is? And what about the antenna?

I estimate it to be around 1.20 meters/ 4 feet

Quote from Pipeline on April 2, 2012, 3:12 pm

Thanks. How would I go about making a realistic looking casing? I want to build the gun holder part (the bits that come out) separately from the main body and legs.

Quote from Lpfreaky90 on April 2, 2012, 3:19 pm

Pipeline wrote:

Thanks. How would I go about making a realistic looking casing? I want to build the gun holder part (the bits that come out) separately from the main body and legs.

/I think that's the part where you'll need your own creativity

Quote from Brainstatic on April 2, 2012, 3:21 pm

Pipeline wrote:

Does anyone know how tall the turret is? And what about the antenna?

The turret itself is about 43.5 inches tall. With the tip of the antenna, that's an additional 7.5 inches.

Quote from Pipeline on April 2, 2012, 3:33 pm

Thanks again. Now, onto lasers:
What type of laser pointer could I use? I want it to be visible, like in the game.

--EDIT--
Also, how could I make the turret scan back and forth when it loses a target?

--EDIT AGAIN--
Also, how can I make my turret ONLY say a "picked up" line when it's first picked up? Can anyone help me code the basic tracking and targeting?