the most ideal setup is to have a static main body and have the attached units themselves be floaty imo.

You mentioned the original gunbots had 2 skeletons; 1 each for the base and the turret. Why not let your invisible unit stay on bind, then use the Alch's sentry crystal .SKELETON for the gun? It has a floaty animation...

does that come with animations?

Not yet. Now it's just a concept. But I have a plan to finish it.

Twinkle, tomorrow I'll try to make a test flybot for you. We need to find out what the skeleton/bones and animations you need.

Twinkle, tomorrow I'll try to make a test flybot for you. We need to find out what the skeleton/bones and animations you need.

ooo, thanks
all i need is a bind, idle and attack animation

but... if you really want to, you can give the model extra weapons (side mounted rocket launchers and a cannon)
since my skill has the bot use 3 attacks
i put up the example on my other post. but ill put it here for convenience

Twinkle, what is the duration of the minimum automatic firing?

Do you need special animations for the gun and rockets?
I think the cannon is not needed. We can use gatling gun for a special "burst attack".

Twinkle, tomorrow I'll try to make a test flybot for you.

It's ready: https://yadi.sk/d/ZDnWZrlS3H5pDe

i just tested it, is it possible to "center" the model and make it be on the ground instead?

Yeah, I can do it. In addition, I am a bit remade skeleton and animations.

Version for pets and monsters(flying bot): https://yadi.sk/d/l8EBoLvo3H7iVU

Version specifically for Twinkle tasks(ground slider): https://yadi.sk/d/0iAYPRtb3H7hhp

what i mean by this is that the root bone is away from the rest of the model, which offsets the model upward miss aligning the whole thing.

the green thing is a unit theme i attached to what i was using before to enhance the look.
but basically i want the gunbots to be where the green is.

Well, the root-bone is always in zero coordinates. You need to attach your unit themes to other bones. I think in this case you need a body-bone - bone02. This will allow the particles to move in concert with the model body.

In the hierarchy, it looks like this:

        <boneparent bone="bone01" parent="root" />
        <boneparent bone="bone02" parent="bone01" />
        <boneparent bone="bone03" parent="bone02" />
        <boneparent bone="bone04" parent="bone02" />

which means:
root - zero-point bone
bone01 - base bone. Technically used to adjust the position/rotation of the model during animation.
bone02 - body bone. The main body bone.
bone03 - prop bone.
bone04 - gun bone.