Trouble with the tank turret and flyingVehicle datablock.

[Cap]

For a while now I've been working on and off on a ship. this is the third time I've remade the thing and I'd like to release this version some time. Currently I added the tank turret onto it and I'm trying to get rid of the recoil it gives to the vehicle before I make the model I'll use in place of the turret. I've messed around with the function that I believe adds the impulse but it either add to the recoil or stops it from working flat out. I don't want the recoil because it knocks the vehicle around.

I think this is the section.

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            %theVector = %mount.getEyeVector();
            %theVector = vectorAdd(%theVector,"0 0 1");
            %theVector = vectorScale(%theVector,%mount.getObjectMount().dataBlock.mass*5);
            %theVector = vectorSub(%theVector,vectorScale(%thevector,2));
            %mount.getObjectMount().applyImpulse(getWords(%mount.getEyeTransform(),0,2),%theVector);
            MissionCleanup.add(%p);
            %obj.playThread(0,activate);
My second problem is more of a gripe I have with the vehicle type. I'm making a larger then usual ship "...to go where no man has gone before..." (hint) and then it gets knocked around by a hammer, so I'd like to know how I can make it resistant to getting pushed around when the code is based off of the magic carpet.

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[Space Guy]

You'll probably need to make your own "tank turret" datablock and use edited code from the Tank packages to make your one treated differently to the Tank's turret - otherwise you'll eliminate recoil for both vehicles.

[Cap]

You'll probably need to make your own "tank turret" datablock and use edited code from the Tank packages to make your one treated differently to the Tank's turret - otherwise you'll eliminate recoil for both vehicles.

The .cs for my vehicle has it's own turret package separate from the tank, I just want to know how to get rid of the recoil when it fires without disabling the firing all together, or adding to it.

[Space Guy]

Comment out the "applyImpulse" line.

[Cap]

Thanks, that worked. Now the only thing left to fix is stability.