Conveyor Belt Turrets

[Brandy1123]

Is there a way to get turrets to travel around a conveyor belt?

 

They just sit in place on the moving belt (at least for me)

 

An arsenal of mobile conveyor turrets would be an interesting add. For that matter, a mobile guard "mat" that can be placed on the belt that moves along the belt path with your guard would be nice too.

 

If there is already a MOD that does this, can a kind person point me in the direction?

[Wolfbane771]

This is an interesting concept, but I imagine it would be difficult to pull off. It may require an all new turret and conveyor belt system. Also, I'm not sure if the mobile guard post idea is even possible. But again, these are intriguing, so I hope a talented modder picks up these ideas and runs with them! :laugh:

[bloodcontract]

I tried something similar not long ago with both, conveyor belts and elevators. Failed miserably and gave up; as usual. :P
What I tried to do was make the turret snap to the elevator or belt for example, and I did it right actually, but it still didn't move the turret at all. In the elevator's case, it was a disaster, the elevator's platform going through the turret. :|

If I had to take a guess, I'd say you have to either somehow combine the two, or make turrets work as deployable items/objects you can move/push around (kind of like what this mod does, except without "planting" them on the ground the same way the settlement build menu does), so that the conveyor belt would carry them around the same way it carries other objects. But I'm not sure if they could work as settlement defenses in that case/remain in place/be repaired/etc. Way too complicated case, I didn't bother, as much as I love the idea of turrets "patrolling" around my settlement or being "deployed" at the enemy.

I hope somebody with the knowledge and enough patience does it for us eventually. I lack both currently, so I'll just support the idea.