Spawn timer?

nobody3 · Post by **nobody3** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:09 pm

Hi, first of all, I know that you do not support online cheating but let me explain. I'd like to decrease re-spawn timer for multiplayer (15 second one). I know this is possible because there is a server already that has it(its called cemetry or something like that).

This wouldn't be cheating because you can obviously only use this in your own dedicated server and it gives no advantage. It's more like re-balancing the gameplay a bit.

I'm not sure if anyone ever stumbled on this yet so I'm just asking for suggestions in which .lvl file would this information be stored(I'm thinking ingame.lvl but not too sure)?Thanks as always

Post by **AQT** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:13 pm

http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 00#p483200

Sorry.

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:17 pm

It's stored in BattlefrontII.exe, so no, it is not legally possible. It has been done before, though, by I believe the guys over at SWGO.

Nedarb7 · Post by **Nedarb7** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:50 pm

I know this is off-topic but does this line in the LUA set the spawn delay for offline:

SetSpawnDelay(10.0, 0.25)

nobody3 · Post by **nobody3** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:29 pm

AQT wrote:http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 00#p483200

Sorry.

No prob. You actually helped me indirectly didnt you xD
topic may be closed

Post by **[RDH]Zerted** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:41 am

You can setup a repeating timer to respawn all dead units every ## seconds. Another way would be to add an death event listener and respawn a unit as soon as it dies. The problems for human players is that they might not have enough time to switch units and they won't be able to control where they respawn. I always called this "force spawn". I'm sure the code is hiding somewhere in these forums.

If you want this on a server, you'll need to create a custom user script so that your code gets loaded on the maps you want. If you run the code when not the host, your game will respawn you but the server won't respawn you. Your unit gets 'disconnected' and can't do anything because it doesn't actually exist.

nobody3 · Post by **nobody3** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:26 am

that sounds good because forcing players to spawn is what i was looking for, the thing is, would the script also work on ps2 dedicated server? I think it would but not sure

Post by **[RDH]Zerted** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:38 pm

I've never tested it on a PS2, but I would expect it to work.

nobody3 · Post by **nobody3** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:40 pm

im not sure how to do it though, what would I need to do? does the"force spawn" code have to be ran through fake console? because there is none on ps2, oh well there is but I dont know how to turn it on but its possible because another person has done it before

Post by **[RDH]Zerted** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:07 pm

Long way using a timer (adapted from the spawn as locals script). This is a custom user script requiring v1.3 and following v1.3's tutorials on munging custom user scripts. Untested code:

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[code]print("always_respawn_script: Entered")

--attempt to take control of (or listen to the calls of) the ScriptPostLoad function

if ScriptPostLoad then

	print("always_respawn_script: Taking control of ScriptPostLoad()...")

	--check for possible loading errors

	if always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad then

		print("always_respawn_script: Warning: Someone else is using our always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad variable!")

		print("always_respawn_script: Exited")

		return

	end

	--backup the current ScriptPostLoad function

	always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad = ScriptPostLoad

	--this is our new ScriptPostLoad function

	ScriptPostLoad = function()

	    print("always_respawn_script: ScriptPostLoad(): Entered")

	    --Checking Map name and Mode name to see which map we're on

		if __thisMapsMode__ == "end1_conquest" then

			print("user_script_1: Map is Endor")

			--Team1SpawnUnit = "ewk_inf_trooper"

			--Team2SpawnUnit = "ewk_inf_trooper"

			Team1SpawnPath = "CP10SpawnPath"

			Team2SpawnPath = "Path6"

		elseif __thisMapsMode__ == "geo1_conquest" then

			Team1SpawnPath = "cp3_spawn"

			Team2SpawnPath = "cp8_spawn"

		elseif __thisMapsMode__ == "tat2_con" then

			print("user_script_1: Map is Mos Eisley")

			Team1SpawnPath = "CP1_SpawnPath"

			Team2SpawnPath = "CP3_SpawnPath"

		elseif __thisMapsMode__ == "tat3_con" then

			print("user_script_1: Map is Jabba's Palace")

			Team1SpawnPath = "CP1SPAWN"

			Team2SpawnPath = "CP4Spawn"

		else

			print("always_respawn_script: Disabling this script on unknown map: ", __thisMapsMode__)

			print("always_respawn_script: Exiting after always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad()")

		    return always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad() --make sure to forward the method call to the real ScriptPostLoad, so the game can function normally

		end

		--------------------------------------------------

		-- Functions to help process the ingame players --

		--kills the player with the given index

		function KillPlayer( index )

			--if the player is already dead, do nothing

			local unit = GetCharacterUnit(index)

			if not unit then return end

			--make sure this kill doesn't count towards ending the map

			local team = GetCharacterTeam(index)

			AddReinforcements(team, 1)

			--kill the player	

			KillObject(unit)

		end	

		--respawns the player with the given index

		function ReSpawnUnit( index )

			--TODO may have to kill the player twice to make sure the camera locks in on the new unit

			KillPlayer(index)

			--team 1 players

			if GetCharacterTeam(index) == 1 then

				--attempt to select which unit type to spawn as

				if Team1SpawnUnit != nil then

					SelectCharacterClass(index, Team1SpawnUnit)

				end

				--attempt the actual unit spawning

				SpawnCharacter(index, GetPathPoint(Team1SpawnPath, 0))

			--team 2 players

			elseif GetCharacterTeam(index) == 2 and Team2SpawnPath != nil then

				--attempt to select which unit type to spawn as

				if Team2SpawnUnit != nil then

					SelectCharacterClass(index, Team2SpawnUnit)

				end

				--attempt the actual unit spawning

				SpawnCharacter(index, GetPathPoint(Team2SpawnPath, 0))

			end

		end

		--called when we generated the ingame player list

		function OnSpawnFunctions(players)

			--if no v1.3 patch r117+, then can't do anything

			if not uf_processPlayers then

				print("always_respawn_script: WARNING: The uf_processPlayers function is missing.  Please update your game to the latest UnOfficial v1.3 patch")

				return

			end

			--if no players table, then can't do anything

			if not players then

				print("always_respawn_script: WARNING: The players table is missing")

			end

			--for each ingame player, 

			local n

			local i

			for i=1,table.getn(players) do

				--if the player is dead respawn him/her

				if not GetCharacterUnit(players.indexstr) then

					ReSpawnUnit(players.indexstr)

				end

			end --ends 'for i=1'

		end --ends 'OnSpawnFunctions'

		--------------------------------------------------

		------------------------------------------------------

		-- every 15 seconds, process all the ingame players --

		if SpawnUnit ~= nil then

		local waitTime = 15

		local charSpawnTimerDone = function(timer)

			uf_processPlayers( OnSpawnFunctions )

			SetTimerValue("CharacterSpawn_timer", waitTime)

			StartTimer("CharacterSpawn_timer")

		end

		--configure the timer

		CreateTimer("CharacterSpawn_timer")

		SetTimerValue("CharacterSpawn_timer", waitTime)

		OnTimerElapse(charSpawnTimerDone,"CharacterSpawn_timer")

		StartTimer("CharacterSpawn_timer")

		end

		------------------------------------------------------

		print("always_respawn_script: ScriptPostLoad(): Exiting after always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad()")

	    return always_respawn_script_ScriptPostLoad() --make sure to forward the method call to the real ScriptPostLoad, so the game can function normally

	end

	print("always_respawn_script: Have control of ScriptPostLoad()")

else

	print("always_respawn_script: Warning: No ScriptPostLoad() to take over")

	print("always_respawn_script: Exited")

	return

end

print("always respawn script: Exited")[/code]

The shorter way would be to use OnCharacterDeath (or whatever it is). Inside that use SelectCharacterClass() and SpawnCharacter(). Ambushing does a similar thing so look at the ambush code for another example. You'll still need to make a custom user script to get your code injected into the server. The documentation include with v1.3 has the steps to do that. I don't rmember if it's safe to install v1.3 ontop of the PS2 dedicated server software. Run the v1.3 r129 installer normally but be sure to select the proper path for the server software instead of the actual PC game.

If you go the OnCharacterDeath route, I recommend creating a basic map and trying your code on that. Then convert your working script changes into a custom user script.

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