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hi, i am trying to make a map of the droid factory in ep2, but i cant get any of the coveyer belt objects kill people when they come down. is it possible to do that? can you attach a death region to a prop, or can you add animation to the death region? please help

maybe you can do it like the airstrike? when the Object come down you start a airstrike with hiden laser and smaler range.

Sure, you just need a timer.
Add something like this to your lua:


function ScriptPostLoad()
[...]
YOURTIMER()
conquest:Start()
[...]
end



function YOURTIMER()
conveyer_timer = CreateTimer("conveyer_timer")
SetTimerValue(conveyer_timer, 30.0)
StartTimer(conveyer_timer)
OnTimerElapse(
function(timer)
PlayAnimation("YOURANIM")
AddDeathRegion("YOURDEATHREGION")
DestroyTimer(timer)
end,
conveyer_timer
)
end

--use this to remove your region
--RemoveRegion("YOURDEATHREGION")

[...]
function ScriptInit()
[...]



Edit: I just realize that sth. like this is set up in the Death Star script:

what exactly would i put for "your timer"

A name for your timer. :s

What Marth means is that anything can go in that blank, as long as it's consistent. That blank is simply what you call the timer. It could be anything from "timer1" to "chickenwings" to "slartibartfast." It really doesn't matter. What really matters is that you can recognize quickly by looking at the LUA to see what it does, and that you use the same spelling and capitalization throughout the code.

got it, thanks

EDIT
one more thing, how can i make it so the cis can play as a geonosian. thanks

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sniper9191413 wrote:one more thing, how can i make it so the cis can play as a geonosian. thanks

You would need to create a side mod for that.
http://swbf-custom.forumactif.com/t164- ... -refresher

Everything you need for your side can be found in the geo side folder.

He doesn't need to create a custom side, unless he wants a custom Geonosian. You can load the stock Geonosian as shown in the following stock lua:

geo1c_con.lua wrote:

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    ReadDataFile("SIDE\\geo.lvl",
                             "gen_inf_geonosian")

To make it then playable on the CIS, you can simply replace one of the existing CIS classes in the SetupTeams section, or you can use the following method:

[b][color=#FF8000]The FAQ / Everything You Need Thread Version 2.0[/color][/b] wrote:...
LUA
...

• How to add more than 6 unit classes

...

Also, please start searching for the answers to any questions you may have first, especially for these basic kind. If nothing turns up (unlikely, if you actually try, given the nearly eight years' worth of extensive resources dedicated to modding SWBF2 that exist on Gametoast), then ask for help.

thanks, thats all i needed

EDIT
lua crashed, whats wrong?
lua: Double posting is against the RULES; please EDIT your post instead -Staff

Can you please stop with the constant double posting? I sent you a PM earlier about it. Maybe you should read it.

If there is something wrong with your lua, then it should have appeared as an error(s) in the munge log. Please post it if you cannot interpret and solve the errors for yourself.

One thing is for sure. You have:

sniper9191413 wrote:ReadDataFile("SIDE\\cis.lvl",
"cis_inf_rifleman",
"cis_inf_rocketeer",
"gen_inf_geonosian",
"cis_inf_sniper",
"cis_inf_officer",
"cis_inf_droideka",
"cis_hero_jangofett",
"cis_hover_aat")

The unit gen_inf_geonosian does not exist in the stock cis.lvl file. How can you load something from the .lvl file that does not contain it? It's not even what I showed you. Also, you have:

sniper9191413 wrote:engineer = { "geo_inf_geonosian",1, 4},

That should be gen_inf_geonosian; it should match what you are actually loading.

Yes to piggyback on what AQT said, there is no "gen_inf_geonosian" in the cis .lvl.

You would have to do it like this.

ReadDataFile("SIDE\\cis.lvl",
"cis_inf_rifleman",
"cis_inf_rocketeer",
"cis_inf_sniper",
"cis_inf_officer",
"cis_inf_droideka",
"cis_hero_jangofett",
"cis_hover_aat")

ReadDataFile("SIDE\\geo.lvl",
"gen_inf_geonosian")

Just copy exactly what I have above into your lua, it should work then.

can someone who knows what they are doing help becasue ARCTroopaNate obviously has no idea. None of your comments help. it just made the game crash



EDIT
here are all my lua now whats wrong?

1

2

3


and 4

sniper9191413 wrote:engineer = { "gen_inf_geonosian",1,4},

Change that to:

engineer = { "geo_inf_geonosian",1,4},

Now it should work.

EDIT:

Also, in the ReadDataFile, unless you changed the stock ODF name of the geonodian, it should also be geo_inf_geonosian.

First of all, I wouldn't insult people who try to help you. Arctroopa Nate is a competent modder, he knows what he is doing. Just look at the LUA for stock geonosis. Copy how it was set up there, and it should work. Also, are your death regions set up correctly? Is there the correct amount of spacing everywhere? I'm not saying you're stupid, even the best modders make stupid mistakes.

willinator wrote:First of all, I wouldn't insult people who try to help you. Arctroopa Nate is a competent modder, he knows what he is doing. Just look at the LUA for stock geonosis. Copy how it was set up there, and it should work. Also, are your death regions set up correctly? Is there the correct amount of spacing everywhere? I'm not saying you're stupid, even the best modders make stupid mistakes.

he started it. , but i just got irritated it kept crashing. sorry arctroopanate


it doesnt crash anymore, but the geonosian still is not listed as a troop when i play

Cleb wrote:

sniper9191413 wrote:engineer = { "gen_inf_geonosian",1,4},

Change that to:

engineer = { "geo_inf_geonosian",1,4},

Now it should work.

Um, why are you telling him to change it back to the wrong name? It should be gen, not geo.

Cleb wrote:Also, in the ReadDataFile, unless you changed the stock ODF name of the geonodian, it should also be geo_inf_geonosian.

He is using the stock geonosian, which is call gen_inf_geonosian... Yeesh!

AQT wrote:He is using the stock geonosian, which is call gen_inf_geonosian... Yeesh!

Whoops. Sorry. I'm not even home right now, so I couldn't look it but I seem to have recalled it being geo_inf_geonosian, but I know that you know more than me, so listen to you, not me.

Thank you for insulting me sniper9191413, you have really done a great job of ensuring that people will help you in the future. And what did I start? I never said anything to insult you, I simply tried to help you prevent your map from crashing.

Sarcasm aside, I'm not entirely sure what mistake I made and what made the game crash? I've set up a fair amount of lua's and I'm positive what I did was correct.

Do you know how to generate an error log? I would suggest doing that so we can have some more information.

Cleb wrote:

AQT wrote:He is using the stock geonosian, which is call gen_inf_geonosian... Yeesh!

Whoops. Sorry. I'm not even home right now, so I couldn't look it but I seem to have recalled it being geo_inf_geonosian, but I know that you know more than me, so listen to you, not me.

Don't worry. I know about this just as much as you do. I just happen to have my reference. But this isn't the problem here. You made a suggestion that caused sniper9191413 to undo the fix I mentioned earlier, causing him to go one step back in progression. It was just unnecessary and based off of cloudy recollection. So in the future, if you aren't sure about something, then double check the information before you decide to post it. It'll make things less chaotic.

@sniper9191413:

AQT wrote:If there is something wrong with your lua, then it should have appeared as an error(s) in the munge log. Please post it if you cannot interpret and solve the errors for yourself.

Please do this.