Mission Script Tutorials?

[SimonDenton]

Any links to useful mission script tutorials? For things like when a flag is set a specific object or person who is in a different map?

[Hassat Hunter]

Not that I know off, but you can view the actual code used for a level in the editor, so it shouldn't be hard to figure it out (copy+paste and modify is my favorite tactic).

[DDL]

For things like when a flag is set a specific object or person who is in a different map?

...That's not a sentence. :p

You could always flick through the missionscripting tutorials over at DXE (which I wrote, incidentally), but really: there's very little you CAN'T do with an MS, given that they're pretty much just a base framework you can add context-specific code to.

Can you give an example of something you'd like to do?

[chris the cynic]

but really: there's very little you CAN'T do with an MS

...

Can you give an example of something you'd like to do?

Take over the world? Get rich? Restart Firefly?

[Jonas]

Invest in Off Topic Productions LLC!

[chris the cynic]

I had considered something along those lines, but couldn't come up with a satisfactory way to phrase it.

[SimonDenton]

Heres one thing in terms of A,B and C:

A class named A with the event tag of B enters the world when flag C is set.

[DDL]

Well, enterworld() only works for scriptedpawns and vehicles, so are we assuming it's a scriptedpawn/vehicle? If it's not you'll probably want to use bHidden instead.

Assuming a scriptedpawn, place it in your map, set bInWorld to false, and give them a tag of "Guy".

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function timer()
{
    local scriptedpawn P;

    super.timer();

    if(flags.getbool('YourFlagHere') && !flags.getbool('GuyAdded'))
    {
        foreach allactors(Class'scriptedpawn',P,'Guy')
        {
            P.enterworld();
        }
        flags.setbool('GuyAdded',true);
    }
}

And there you go. In fact, something basically EXACTLY like that is in the DXE thread (and that one includes a check for which map it's in, even! ZOMG).

http://www.dxediting.com/forums/showpos ... stcount=23

[SimonDenton]

Thanks! So if it is an information device I just change the bHidden to true right?

Thanks again DDL

[DDL]

Ayup. And then instead of

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P.enterworld();

you have

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I.bhidden=false;

(where I is the locally declared information device)

On the offchance you're having collision issues, you can also set the deco/infodevice/whatever to bCollideActors=false, and then use (again with our information device as above)

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I.setcollision(true,I.bBlockActors,I.bBlockPlayers); //sets bcollideactors to true, leaves blockactors/players as they were