MY GOAL:
I want to setup a new gamemode where both teams have to capture the middle command post which is an ion cannon. If one team holds it for 60 seconds, the ion cannon is ready to fire and shoots at the enemy ship dropping its shields. Then the succeeding team has 30 seconds to attack the enemy ship until its shields are back up and the battle for the ion cannon (middle command post) begins anew.
EXECUTION:
I'm quite confident in setting up the mechanics and I thought everything through. But I'm still a newby at Lua scripting. So here's what I've got so far:
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-- create the timer for the cap time for team 1
CreateTimer("Team1CapControl")
SetTimerValue("Team1CapControl",60)
-- create the timer for the cap time for team 2
CreateTimer("Team2CapControl")
SetTimerValue("Team2CapControl",60)
OnFinishCaptureTeam( --TEAM 1 CAPTURE TIMER START
function(cp3)
local pName = GetEntityName(cp3)
-- start the timer
ShowTimer(nil)
ShowTimer("Team1CapControl")
StartTimer("Team1CapControl")
-- update AI goals
ClearAIGoals(1)
ClearAIGoals(2)
AddAIGoal(1, "Deathmatch", 50)
AddAIGoal(1, "Defend", 50, "cp_control")
AddAIGoal(2, "Conquest", 100)
end,
1
)
OnTimerElapse( --TEAM 1 CAPTURE TIMER FUNCTION
function(timer)
-- make cp_control non capturable during that time
SetProperty (cp3, "CaptureRegion", "")
-- start the timer
ShowTimer(nil)
CreateTimer("Team1Attack")
SetTimerValue("Team1Attack",5)
ShowTimer("Team1Attack")
StartTimer("Team1Attack")
-- destroy the capControl timer for both teams
DestroyTimer("Team1CapControl")
DestroyTimer("Team2CapControl")
end,
"Team1CapControl"
)
OnTimerElapse( --TEAM 1 ATTACK TIMER FUNCTION
function(timer)
-- make cp_control neutral and capturable again
SetProperty (cp3, "Team", 0)
SetProperty (cp3, "CaptureRegion", "cp3_capture")
-- reset the capControl timers for both teams
ShowTimer(nil)
CreateTimer("Team1CapControl")
SetTimerValue("Team1CapControl",60)
CreateTimer("Team2CapControl")
SetTimerValue("Team2CapControl",60)
-- destroy the Attack timer for both teams
DestroyTimer("Team1Attack")
DestroyTimer("Team2Attack")
end,
"Team1Attack"
)
OnFinishNeutralizeTeam( --TEAM 1 NEUTRALIZE CAPTURE FUNCTION
function(cp3)
local pName = GetEntityName(cp3) -- Gets the name of the post that was captured
-- stop the capControl timer for both teams and destroy Attack timers
ShowTimer(nil)
StopTimer("Team1CapControl")
StopTimer("Team2CapControl")
-- update AI goals
ClearAIGoals(1)
ClearAIGoals(2)
AddAIGoal(1, "Conquest", 100)
AddAIGoal(2, "Conquest", 100)
end,
1
)
The above code sets up a timer for each team. Once the middle CP is captured by team 1, the timer Team1CapControl starts. If the enemy team manages to neutralize the CP, the timer stops and when the enemy captures the point, the timer Team2CapControl starts. Once the CapControl timer runs out, it's starting a new timer Team1Attack in which time the shield of the enemy ship is down. During this time the command post is not capturable anymore SetProperty (cp3, "CaptureRegion", "") and the succeeding team can attack the enemy ship. When Team1Attack runs out, the middle command post is being set to neutral SetProperty (cp3, "Team", 0) and can be captured again. The CapControl timers will be created new. I will use the same code for the other team. All the above code is in the ScriptPostLoad() function.
PROBLEM:
When I test the code ingame, everything works fine upon the point when the Team1Attack timer runs out. It does neither hide nor trigger the middle command post to be neutral again. It just stops at '0:00' at the clock. The middle CP remains captured by the succeeding team and the process can not begin from new. Is there something wrong in my code that doesn't make the OnTimerElapse(Team1Attack) trigger? Or is there something completely different wrong with my logic?
Thanks i advance for your feedback and help.