Pitch/Roll dummy model

Im just wondering if it is even possible:

A dummy model that has animations for all combinations of roll and pitch. this would be 360 * 360 = 129600. Seeing as how I don't know much about modelling, I was wondering how big the filesize would be.

If that is too much, I guess 180 * 180 would be decent enough (32400).

Please note, this is not a model request. This is to see if something like this is even possible. If not, is there any other known way to do so?

~8mb (in 360x360) case
~2mb (in 180x180) case
i think... i have calculated it earlyer.

damn, that sucks... I guess there would be no other way to do it then, or am I missing something?

Maybe you could do it by having a dummy model with a "head" bone that you could attach effects to, and then change what point it faces using SetUnitLookAt(...), as that takes X, Y, and Z values.

it maybe bugged by huge ammount of usage cause it's a dynamical model control. + it works will delays... (cause of the orientation interpolation)

A function to turn bones to different angles(not recommended as it had some bugs):
http://www.wc3jass.com/viewtopic.php?t=55
And a model that is used for changing the z axis facing. Simply attach the unit to the model using attachment point origin and set the animation index:
http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=83640

I created a model once (practically by hand) with an animation for every few degrees of pitch and roll. The finished file was 40KB, and I only used 6 vertices. I wouldn't suggest doing this. I would attach it, but I've lost the function I used to convert (pitch, roll) -> animation index.

If you're going to use the bone turning method, I suggest using it ONCE to force the unit to look at some other unit, then move that other unit around accordingly. If you keep redirecting the bone, you get a lot of flickering (try it and you will see).

Ya, I did a bunch of testing with the facing. It seems using a second dummy unit to circle around is the best approach. The only thing I cannot do is invert the unit since it attempts to keep the top part up, no matter the direction.

Unless I can devise something that would work effectively, im going to scrap the idea.

Bone facing is annoying for multiple reasons.

It only works for chest and head bones, it can only work for one bone at a time, when turning it to a new point it will always reset first to 0 facing before turning to the new point, if you lock it to a unit forever and then move that unit instead, the facing doesn't update smoothly.