hmm, i seem to have a weird problem here...

i have been working on a fort mod. i have made a box dispenser and have wanted to test it out but it can't test it until i figure out what is wrong with my mod. i have set up the weapon right so far and have spell checked and checked my error log. i also made a turret and want to use it but i can't yet. i really want to get this map working but i can't figure it out. i hope someone can.

the mod crashes about 75% through the load, unlike the odf crashes at 25%. here is my error log WITH NO LEVEL 3 ERRORS!!!

Think you meant no level 3 errors

Anyway, the odfs would be nice.

Turret Box Dispenser? and the 2 is fixed to 3 now

can someone please help i really want to get this mod working and so do my friends, we want to make a giant fort.

I looked at your odfs, and, I dont even know where to begin There are so many issues, and you need to more odfs, and they are set up wrong

As a note, before I try to get your odfs working, you should know that trying to stack the models will be nigh impossible.

well it can be done with auto turrets so thats where my idea came from. also i know its wrong, i did what i thought would have the best chance. how do you suppose i fix (or redo) this. the turret was just going to be the chaingun turret (the ones like on hoth but with my custom guns) and the box was going to be a kamino crate. i would have different versions of the box dispenser each with scaled (up or down) mshes for differernt sized bricks (i already know how to scale). i just need help getting these odfs right, i wasn't ever really good with dispensers.

Dakota wrote:also i know its wrong, i did what i thought would have the best chance.

thats is a not very effective attitude in scripting. if you work like this you wont get anywhere without making a new topic about everything new you are trying.
you have to do it like that:
1. take a shipped odf that is as similiar to the one you want to make as possible
2. search for topics discussing similliar concepts/errors you have
3. modify the odf a bit
4. test it. if it works, go to step 6, if not, go to step 5
5. undo the changes, return to step 2
6. make more changes, if you got everything to work, go to step 7
7. congratulations, you did it! now you can move on to the next thing you can implement.

DarthD.U.C.K. wrote:

Dakota wrote:also i know its wrong, i did what i thought would have the best chance.

thats is a not very effective attitude in scripting. if you work like this you wont get anywhere without making a new topic about everything new you are trying.
you have to do it like that:
1. take a shipped odf that is as similiar to the one you want to make as possible
2. search for topics discussing similliar concepts/errors you have
3. modify the odf a bit
4. test it. if it works, go to step 6, if not, go to step 5
5. undo the changes, return to step 2
6. make more changes, if you got everything to work, go to step 7
7. congratulations, you did it! now you can move on to the next thing you can implement.

hmm now that i see a list i actually do some of these
1. i used the auto turret shiped odf because i thought that since they are both dispensers it would work if i just changed the lifetime, msh and a few minor things.
2. i didn't do because i didn't think that anyone else would have a prop/box dispenser...
3. i did modify it
4. i tested it and it didn't work, the turret worked alittle but when u get in it and try to move it crashed so i then found out what was wrong and added the aimers that i needed but never got to test that part because of this crashing error
5. i didn't undo the changes so that is something i didn't follow
6. i didn't make more changes because it didn't work yet
7. i didn't do it.

uh, i m afraid i accidentally switched step 2 with one
anyway, i dont think your post is rude and its indeed good to have an idea of the process
so about the steps: step 2 that should be 1 is about the most important one, 95% of all things people try out have been done/experimentd with a few time in the past. you cant search for too specific things but you will often find what you are looking for when you rephrase or make the term shorter
here are two topics about dispensing boxes/props/barriers/covers i found by searching for "dispense" and "dispenser":
click me! and me!

ok i was testing out the things some more (i also tryed the odf in the other topic) but the thing i found is that my problem is that the sides won't read that the msh is there. it says that it can't find it in the error log


Message Severity: 3
.\Source\EntityGeometry.cpp(619)
Entity "boxdispenser_ord" missing geometry "kam_prop_crate"

that is the error for those who want to see it. do i need a req for the msh or something else because it seemingly won't get read? do i have to rename it and set it up again? or is there something that i have no idea about?

do you have the model "kam_prop_crate" in your sides mshfolder?

yes thats why i have no idea whats going on.

do you have it in your worlds mshfolder or your sides mshfolder? im not sure if it will work if its in the world's.

it is in my side's msh folder, should i also add it to the world's one?

EDIT: oh, wait, it was already in both of the folders...

i wonder if i should have tryed using a different prop. maybe i can go download a box prop that someone else made and then incorperate it. something like the box in battle arena or maybe the one in "Taris, SkyHigh" that u can also destroy would work (same box also in the "Earth: Town" map too)