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- deployable turrets [message #485159] Mon, 06 January 2014 22:07 Go to next message
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Now that I have level editor working again, I was wondering if anyone remembers how to make the deployable turrets (through level editor) or if there is an active* link to the tutorial.

If anyone knows, please help as it would save me a shit load of time trying to figure it out again after all these years...

Also, links to any other working tutorials would help refresh me on some of what I've forgotten.

Thanks!

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485174 is a reply to message #485159] Tue, 07 January 2014 12:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If anyone knows of a map that has deployable items in it I could reverse engineer it and get what I need from that.

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485175 is a reply to message #485159] Tue, 07 January 2014 14:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do you mean deployable turrets as in a vehicle you drive around, press a key and have it deploy into a turret?
Or do you mean deployable turrets as in special terminals you can activate that will make turrets appear on specific locations in your base?

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485178 is a reply to message #485159] Tue, 07 January 2014 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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actually a deployable turret that you plant like a beacon as a soldier where ever you want to.

I want to make a mod where there are many deployable defenses and buildings.


Though I do like those versions as well and would be glad to know how to do those too.

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485179 is a reply to message #485159] Wed, 08 January 2014 02:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Using level edit only to do this stuff is very old-school.
Essentially though I think it used to be acheived by makking a special terminal that peopel could "poke" and there was a poke and buy script attached to it.
You poke the terminal and it allowed you to purchase the ten second nuke/ion.
You attacked scripts to the ten second nuke/ion so that on death or on create or something it made a turret.
There was a script that allowed you to do something like that.

I know the above is very wooly, but that's how it was first achieved, I think.

Seriously though, it's a shitty way to do it.


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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485181 is a reply to message #485159] Wed, 08 January 2014 04:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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what you could do is attach a create object script to the beacon so once the beacon is created it spawns a turret or brings in a turret using cinametics depends on what you want.

another option would be is to make a beacon with the model of the turret and deploy that this might need some testing as in how it looks etc. once the turret has eben placed the best thing to do then is destroy the "beacon turret" and create a new turret with the basedefence script.

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485185 is a reply to message #485159] Wed, 08 January 2014 09:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have to do it this way because I'm making (or editing) a map and not doing it server side.

So far I've gotten 3 of the 4 scripts that were used in place (or ones that seem to do the same thing), and I'm missing 1 script and some settings.

The 3 scripts I remembered are:
Jfw_disable_physical_collision
jfw_health_regen
tfx_replace_when_repaired

edit: now that I think about it, the turret should probably have the script to disable collisions and not the beacon...

It was set up so that you drop the health of the object just below max then it uses the regen to instantly repair to full health, then once at full health it would use the replace when repaired script to change it to the turret and use the script disable physical collisions so you didn't get stuck in it.

I'm still missing a few settings and a script, but if anyone can assist with the rest it would be greatly appreciated.

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485187 is a reply to message #485159] Wed, 08 January 2014 10:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If you disable physical collision vehicles will be able to drive through the turret. Or infantry could stand inside it and shoot it from inside. Just FYI Smile You probably want some sort of timer to trigger it to actually make the turret after a delay, giving the beacon placer time to get away. Then make a kabloom zone after the timer which murders anyone unwise enough to stay under the turret as it was being placed and then spawn the turret itself.

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I was going to figure that out after I figured out how to get it working first Razz

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- Re: deployable turrets [message #485205 is a reply to message #485187] Fri, 10 January 2014 14:37 Go to previous message
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danpaul88 wrote on Wed, 08 January 2014 10:38

If you disable physical collision vehicles will be able to drive through the turret. Or infantry could stand inside it and shoot it from inside. Just FYI Smile You probably want some sort of timer to trigger it to actually make the turret after a delay, giving the beacon placer time to get away. Then make a kabloom zone after the timer which murders anyone unwise enough to stay under the turret as it was being placed and then spawn the turret itself.



I just got the basic deployable setup situated, so yeah, if I can figure out how to make this happen I will. If you have any tips on what scripts/how to, it would be appreciated.

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