Xx_jet_xX - 8-26-2004 at 06:17 PM
Murphy brought this to my attention on a map i recently uploaded to the dflw map database. When you have a helo insertion on a co-op map its a long
walk from your respawn if you get shot. So i made the helo go back to where it started from. This is what the events look like:
event 1
group 1 is within area 1
redirect group 3 to waypoint list 2
set group 3 to 30 kph
reset after (seconds) 15
event 2
group 3 is within area 2
redirect group 3 to waypoint list 3
set group 3 to 30 kph
reset (seconds) 30
delay (seconds) 15
The first area trigger is where the helo is at originaly. and the second is where the helo lands at your insertion point. group 3 is the helo,
waypoint list 2 is the one that goes to the insertion point. and waypoint 3 is the waypoint that brings the helo back to where it started.
If you start out in the helo then you need to line up the last 2 waypoints (list 3)with the helo and put the last one right at the nose of the helo.
I found it works best if the helo is going 25 kph.
the same will work for trucks or zodiacs.
Hope that gives some ideas. :P
front-liner - 8-27-2004 at 02:57 PM
that gave me an idea straight away
Would you have to put a wait timer thing so that the helo dosent fly off as soon as it comes back to pick you up?
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 8-27-2004 at 07:17 PM
not if youre outside the area trigger, put something to mark where the trigger is at so you know your standing outside of it.
and have the respawns outside of the trigger too. the helo has about a one second delay on its own. so if you plan on loading more than one person you
might want a couple more seconds.
front-liner - 8-30-2004 at 11:45 AM
ok sounds good. You can do this helo trick with ais, can you not? I made maps where the ai leap out of the helo or attempt to get in, but half the
time they get stuck or run off somehwhere else.
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 8-31-2004 at 04:09 PM
getting an ai out of a helo is easy but ive never had much luck getting them in one. yeah itl work with ai's just add their group to the first event.
front-liner - 9-1-2004 at 09:25 AM
ok no worries. Thanks for all the help youve been giving me.
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 9-3-2004 at 04:49 PM
The map i posted today called Desert Dogs has these events except i did it a little differently. The helo slows down and goes low enough for you too
jump off of it before it returns to base. To do that dont delay the second event and make sure theres a hill or something in front of the door.
Otherwise you fall down and go boom! lol and add another event after the helo moves out of the insertion to speed up. and one before insertion to slow
it down.
Enjoy!
front-liner - 9-6-2004 at 02:49 PM
hmmm. I find it strange for the helo to blow up for no reason. I made this map ages ago (played it last night) where your in a helo going up stream
(its the grass map 10 i think) and you gun down some bg patrols, but you come to this bridge with a couple of RPGs and some gunmen. Cut em down. Then
you fly off again, destroy a small outpost and some more bgs before you land at the LZ where a squad of 12 are awaiting you. Each have different
weapons (snipers, gunners, riflemen) and then you begin to move into position that is watching over a columbian encampment. But you have to get by
some patrols before then. Once you reach overwatch, the biggest battle breaks out. Only 3 of my teammates survived, two riflemen and a sniper!:o its
like one of my fave missions ive made.
and i hope to make more good ones)
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 9-7-2004 at 12:19 PM
I think thats the way its designed. so you cant rely on the helo to kill all your enemies for you. maybe Eagle Eye could explain the helos behavior
settings since hes been working on stuff like that.
That sounds like a good map, is it in the map database?
front-liner - 9-8-2004 at 09:07 AM
unfortuanatly, the map isnt in the databse. I'd like it to be there, I'll try all i can to get it here. But my pc at home hasnt got internet, and it
will be a while before it does. Maybe I could get it on disc and send it via a friends computer?
also, your teamates in that mission have their own waypoints, so no bunching up and everything:D
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 9-8-2004 at 05:34 PM
The computer i make maps on doesnt have internet either i just throw it on a floppy and upload from the computer that does. so i can relate to your
aggravation!
front-liner - 9-9-2004 at 02:30 PM
hmmm...thats interesting. I thought that cos my DFmaps were so BIG that they wouldnt be able to be uploaded onto a floppy!
front-liner
Xx_jet_xX - 9-9-2004 at 02:55 PM
I put the bms, mis, screenshot and a readme in a zip file and lately ive been doing multiple versions of my maps, one as a single player and anther as
a co-op or a harder version lol. so thats 2, mis 2 bms, a screenshot, and a readme. if its zipped it doesnt realy take up that much room. ofcourse
when i make my screenshot i use paintshop pro 7 and save with the export jpeg feature. all in all the largest zip file ive had is 250 kb and the max
for the database is 300 kb. and thats not much space on a 1.44 mb floppy
Xx_jet_xX - 9-9-2004 at 04:05 PM
http://www.dfbarracks.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=25106 This thread is the same stuff I was thinking about and EE has a map you can download on
it.
front-liner - 9-15-2004 at 09:12 AM
really? Well then, I might just do that! Expect my maps of DOOM to be in the barracks soon. hey that rimes...
BTW Jet, I like your sig. Very cool.:D
front-liner