Objects appearing in a certain era only? [Solved]

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:36 pm

Is it possible to make destructable command posts appear only in a certain era and not the other era? Would this be possible even if the eras had the same mode(conquest)? Would it also be possible to have the regular command posts from one era not show up in another era that also has the same mode(conquest)? If this can be done, then how? Thanks in advanced.

computergeek · Post by **computergeek** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:41 pm

Make a new layer in ZE for the special era that you want the objects to appear in. You will then need to make it's .mrqs and update the word's req. Look at adding a ctf era to see what files need to be changed for the new layer. You then change the era's lua to read that layer

Master_Ben · Post by **Master_Ben** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:59 pm

You could also do something along the same lines: creating a new world (aka world2) w/out the cp's and reference that in the era's lua. This would take up a lot of space though, I think.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:02 pm

computergeek wrote:Make a new layer in ZE for the special era that you want the objects to appear in. You will then need to make it's .mrqs and update the word's req. Look at adding a ctf era to see what files need to be changed for the new layer. You then change the era's lua to read that layer

Okay, got the first part with the .mrqs and I updated the .req, but what do I do to make the lua read the layer?

computergeek · Post by **computergeek** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:07 pm

Look for

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    ReadDataFile("dc:***\\***.lvl", "***_eli")

under the memory pools
The "***_eli" part is your layer's name

Follow this tutorial to get your new layer working
Although it is for a hunt mode, you can use it for what you need
I am testing this right now. If it works I'll tell you exactly what I did

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:20 pm

Yeah, I did what you said and followed the tutorials, computergeek, but for some reason the game mode loads, but there are no AI! I am the only person spawning on the map. That seems to happen a lot when I change that line in the lua. Also, I got this error in my munge log which I don't have a clue what it means:

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ERROR[configmunge ]:Input file option $copy: recursive ! must be followed by wildcard. [continuing]
ERROR[configmunge of]:Input file of does not exist. [continuing]
   2 Errors    0 Warnings

computergeek · Post by **computergeek** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:06 pm

I don't understand that munge log error, but can you post your BFront2.log?
Make sure that line is referencing the .mrq for your layer
And you saved your .wld after doing the stuff in ZE right?

Eggman · Post by **Eggman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:04 pm

What did you name the layer in ZE, and could you post the section of the .lua you changed? You may have just made a typo in one of them.

As an example, I have a map with different objects in the GCW era. The layer name is "gcwconquest," and in the .lua I have this line:

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    ReadDataFile("dc:MAP\\MAP.lvl", "MAP_gcwconquest")

Sky_216 · Post by **Sky_216** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:54 am

Can't you just use the 'KillObject' function in your luas to remove certain objects from that era?

Aman/Pinguin · Post by **Aman/Pinguin** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:15 am

Skyhammer_216 wrote:Can't you just use the 'KillObject' function in your luas to remove certain objects from that era?

Yes you can, I prefer that way and use it alot.

Silas · Post by **Silas** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:44 am

Dagobah i think does that. There's a crashed clone ship i believe as well as the x-wing in the map. You could try looking for soemthing in the luas maybe. Just another option

Post by **Teancum** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:36 am

Silas wrote:Dagobah i think does that. There's a crashed clone ship i believe as well as the x-wing in the map. You could try looking for soemthing in the luas maybe. Just another option

Good call, Silas -- for anyone wanting to learn how, he just pointed out the perfect example of how Pandemic did it.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:58 pm

Teancum wrote:
Silas wrote:Dagobah i think does that. There's a crashed clone ship i believe as well as the x-wing in the map. You could try looking for soemthing in the luas maybe. Just another option
Good call, Silas -- for anyone wanting to learn how, he just pointed out the perfect example of how Pandemic did it.

That way might be easier. The layer thing seems to be creating problems. I don't believe it is a typo, but I will show you my lua:

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  SetSpawnDelay(10.0, 0.25)
    ReadDataFile("dc:TEL\\TEL.lvl", "TEL_headquarters")
    SetDenseEnvironment("true")

Frisbeetarian · Post by **Frisbeetarian** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:12 pm

Is that the only layer that the mode needs? You said that you have different layers for different modes, does this mean that you only set up a layer for each mode, or did you include a common layer for the modes as well? If so, that layer needs to be loaded also.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:56 pm

Frisbeetarian wrote:Is that the only layer that the mode needs? You said that you have different layers for different modes, does this mean that you only set up a layer for each mode, or did you include a common layer for the modes as well? If so, that layer needs to be loaded also.

Oh, that is interesting, that might be it. Would this be how I load two layers in one script:

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    SetSpawnDelay(10.0, 0.25)
    ReadDataFile("dc:TEL\\TEL.lvl", "TEL_headquarters")
    ReadDataFile("dc:TEL\\TEL.lvl", "TEL_conquest")
    SetDenseEnvironment("true")

Also guys, I know for sure it is not a typo, because I copy and pasted the layer name directly from Zeroeditor. If this doesn't work than I will try that Dagobah lua function. I will test this out now...

EDIT:
Hmm, now it loads with all the AI, but the CPs are still there because in order for it to work I needed conquest. Is there a way I can keep the conquest mode loaded but simply remove the cps just from that one game mode without needing yet another layer?

Frisbeetarian · Post by **Frisbeetarian** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:17 am

You'd need to use the KillObject function as stated above if you don't want another layer.

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:29 pm

Frisbeetarian wrote:You'd need to use the KillObject function as stated above if you don't want another layer.

What is the code for that though? Btw thanks for all the help guys

Post by **Maveritchell** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:45 pm

elfie wrote:What is the code for that though?

They already told you. KillObject. Use the Dagobah .lua as a guide (or basically any stock .lua).

elfie · Post by **elfie** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:49 pm

Maveritchell wrote:
elfie wrote:What is the code for that though?
They already told you. KillObject. Use the Dagobah .lua as a guide (or basically any stock .lua).

I tried searching for "killobject", "kill", and "object" in the dagobah lua already and there was nothing there. Is it something simple like "function killobject com_bldg_controlzone"? I'm just not sure what it is really, because I know luas are fairly complex with codes and such.

Post by **AceMastermind** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:08 pm

Have a look at the Hoth scripts:
KillObject("objectname")
goes inside:
function ScriptPostLoad()

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