Thanks for any help.

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...

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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

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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?

I recommend starting here in your search for the laser pointer. Once you find a model you like, you may be able to find it cheaper sold somewhere else online like Amazon.

msleeper wrote:
Another winning thread by Pipeline.

What?
Please explain.

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BOB74j wrote:
I recommend starting here in your search for the laser pointer. Once you find a model you like, you may be able to find it cheaper sold somewhere else online like Amazon.

Thanks for the link. I found this but it's too high powered. I need a lower powered one that you can still see it's entire beam. Also, I live in the UK, so is it still possible to get them here?

Spam Nugget wrote:
FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.

...Dude

I more or less agree with Sleeper and Spam Nugget, you ask a lot of questions that can either easily answered by google: "Buying laser in the UK" or are questions that aren't really easily answered by mappers or people who enjoy playing portal, which is the audience for this website. If you're really going to built a turret I think you'd be better of asking these question on a website with a lot of technical people interested in electrical/mechanical engineering.

once you've finished your turret we'd love to see the end result of course

Pipeline wrote:
msleeper wrote:

Another winning thread by Pipeline.

What?
Please explain.

Come on!! This is basically a mapping help forum... What is all this about, dude:

• Making a life-size funtioning turret?
• Portal gun into other games?
• Your nose sounding like a portal noise?
• Your theory on turrets?
• You pre-ordered a portalgun replica?
• Reactions to Portal2 ending?
• .........

You have to admit that they're kinda of out of place threads you posted there! Please do not simply post every single thought that crosses your mind, man.

No offense

Thanks!

josepezdj wrote:
Pipeline wrote:

msleeper wrote:

Another winning thread by Pipeline.

What?
Please explain.

Come on!! This is basically a mapping help forum... What is all this about, dude:

• Making a life-size funtioning turret?
• Portal gun into other games?
• Your nose sounding like a portal noise?
• Your theory on turrets?
• You pre-ordered a portalgun replica?
• Reactions to Portal2 ending?
• .........

You have to admit that they're kinda of out of place threads you posted there! Please do not simply post every single thought that crosses your mind, man.

No offense

Thanks!

...
"Portal 2 Single Player / Coop
Talk about the game, theories, how to get the achievements and beat the challenge maps, and anything related to Portal 2 Single Player / Coop.
Caution: Spoilers abound!"

"General Off Topic Discussion
Introduce yourself or discuss happenings here at ThinkingWithPortals. Open discussion for all non-related topics."

They are not out of place.
Also, why not hate on THIS THREAD, too, if you think this?

general-discussion/thinkgeek-inflatable-turret-deters-real-burglar-t5906.html
...Oh right, because it was posted by the owner. They can post WHATEVER they want, and I can't?

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lpfreaky90 wrote:
once you've finished your turret we'd love to see the end result of course

I'll put it up as a video on YouTube and place it in this thread on the original post.

Pipeline wrote:
They are not out of place.
Also, why not hate on THIS THREAD, too, if you think this?
general-discussion/thinkgeek-inflatable-turret-deters-real-burglar-t5906.html
...Oh right, because it was posted by the owner. They can post WHATEVER they want, and I can't?

Man, one thread about whatever, to simply get out of the ordinnary mapping day, is good, wether if it's written by one of the administrators or not. But I'm only pointing out thast you've opened all these threads in a short period of time and only said that it seemed to me like if you just post every reflexion you have about something related to Portal. That also shows that you really like the game though, same as the rest of us... so again, I'm speaking with no offense at all, and I NEVER said I hated your threads either.