Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
Note: this document assumes that you are familiar with using
EFRadiant (or the Quake equivalent) and have BehavED and have read the ICARUS Manual.
“How
Do I…”
Modify game content:
Create all the stuff you want to
replace in the proper subdirectories in the baseEF
directory.
(for instance: models/players/munro/munro_face.jpg)
Now, zip all this up and be sure to recurse subdirectories.
Now you should have a .zip file in
your baseEF directory that contains all the files you
made. Simply rename the .zip to
.pk3. Now Elite Force will load your new
stuff over the stuff in the pak0.pk3.
This is because EF will only override the pak0.pk3 data with data it
finds in other .pk3's.
However, if you're playing online,
you may not want extra pak files in your baseEF (because EF will always load these extra modded pk3's and if these .pk3 files overwrite any data in
the pak0.pk3, this will potentially render your game "impure" and you
wouldn't be able to join any servers that didn't have the same exact pk3 files
you did). So, in this case, you want to
make another directory in your Elite Force directory- call it, for example,
"mymod".
Now in your Elite Force directory, you should have a baseEF
directory containing the game's original pak0.pk3 and a separate directory
called "mymod" containing your new,
modified pk3 file. See
Start the game using a mod:
Ideally, a modder
should provide proper installation instructions or an installation
program/batch file. If they didn’t (or
if you’re a modder and want to know how to make a
good installation readme or program/batch file), read
this section.
Where do mods go?
Any mod you’ve downloaded should be a .pk3 file. Every mod should have its own directory in
the directory in which you installed Elite Force. In your Elite
Force directory, you should have a baseEF directory
containing the game's original pak0.pk3 and separate directories containing
your modified pk3 files. (The only
possible exception to this are .pk3 files that don’t replace anything in the
original game, just add things- like new maps.
These .pk3 files can just be dropped in the baseEF
directory, but it’s hard to know if a .pk3 file replaces something in the
original game- it may be safer to keep all your extra downloaded maps in their
own directory.)
There are two ways to use these mods:
From in the game:
Go to the “mods”
menu and select the directory name of the mod you want to load. The game will quit and restart with the
selected mod loaded. (NOTE: the initial release of Elite Force single player
did not have a “mods” menu, that has been fixed in
the patch- if you don’t have a “mods” menu in your
single player game, use the next method below to load a mod.)
From a shortcut or batch file or
command line:
To start the game using your pk3
file to override what the game uses by default, start the game with the command
line parameter +set fs_game modname
(“modname” should be the directory the modded .pk3 file is in).
So the command to start the game
would look like:
Stvoy.exe +set fs_game
modname
You can put this in a shortcut or
batch file or whatever you want. This
way, when you run the single player game, you can use whatever mods you want, but when you start the multiplayer game,
your game will be pure (unmodified) and you will be able to join any server.
Note that you can only load one mod
at a time. If you want to combine
multiple mods/.pk3 files, put the multiple .pk3 files in one directory. For example, say you downloaded three new
maps and want to be able to have them all loaded at once. Say they’re named “ctf_lava.pk3”,
“ctf_arugula.pk3” and “ctf_skippy.pk3”.
Instead of having a separate directory for each of these, just make a directory
called “newmaps” and put all three .pk3 files in
there. Then just load the “newmaps” mod and all three maps will be available. Note, though, that if any of these maps
overwrite some data that the other is using, it might look a bit weird.
See all the console
commands in Elite Force
Type cmdlist
at the console to see all the console commands.
Make a brush entity move:
Anything that rotates or moves
through scripting has to have an origin. To give a brush entity an
origin, make a brush with the origin texture on it and make that part of the
brush entity. The center of that origin brush will be the origin of the
brush entity.
The
trick is to keep moving and hit him with everything you’ve got. If that just isn’t working for you, use the
invincibility cheat.
Be invincible:
Bring
down the console.
Type
“sv_cheats 1”
Then
type “god”.
You’re
now invincible.
Replace a skin that is in
the game:
The best
way is to extract what you want to replace from the pak0.pk3 file, modify it,
then zip it back up (using WinZip) and rename the .zip as a .pk3 file.
Then the game will automatically read it from the .pk3 file and replace the
skin that was in the pak0.pk3. However, since you are replacing data that
came in the pak0.pk3 file, your game is now "impure" and you won't be
able to join any servers that aren't using the same exact set of .pk3 files as
you (to prevent cheating).
Make it so the player can go back and forth between
levels:
Well... kind of, but not
really. All or our previous games had this kind of "hub" system
where you could go back and forth between levels, but for Elite Force it was
decided that we would never need this capability. It can be done,
however- if, when the player leaves a level, you save the game, then, when
returning to the level, you load the savegame...
that's what we do with the holodeck. Problem
is, the player is reset to however he was when he saved the game. So, the
short answer is: no, not really.
Script it so that I can disable all
the Borg in an area:
The Borg deactivation is done a lot
on Borg1. Basically, all we did is this:
Target the disnode
at a target_scriptrunner. When the disnode is
destroyed, it will use the scriptrunner. The scriptrunner
will affect each borg in the area (by NPC_targetname) and run the "borg1/disable"
script on it (we released all our scripts- take a look at this one in BehavEd to see what it did to the borg). That's all!
Convert a 3ds MAX environment to an Elite Force map
in EFRadiant
i think i have seen some plugins for MAX
to export in a quake style .map file.
that is the
only way to get max geometry into the game, convert it to the map format and
then use our normal map editing and compiling.
What’s the purpose of the caulk texture?
It's basically a wall that is not
only invisible, but stops anything behind it from being drawn. You'll get the HOMM effect if you look at
it. I think its purpose was to be put
behind curves (which don't block visibility).
How do you do the tracking camera
shot?
Did you read the ICARUS Manual? If not, I strongly recommend it.
Essentially, to set up a scene, you
have to first script your NPCs to do what you
want. If it's walk down a hallway and
talk, then do that. Give them navgoals and lines to say and run it a few times until
you've got what you like.
Next, you place ref_tags
in the world where you want the cameras to be.
In your script, you enable the
camera and set it's origin at whatever ref_tag you
want it to be at. Set the angle to
whatever you want (or use the FOLLOW command to make the camera stay pointed at
a specific group of NPCs- those NPCs
all have to have the same "cameraGroup"
value).
Now, to make it track, you set up a
linked path of path_corners in the map and issue a
TRACK command to the camera, specifying the first path_corner. Then, to make it follow at a fixed distance,
you set a DISTANCE command- this will make the camera stay on that TRACK at a
given DISTANCE from the group of entities you told it to FOLLOW.
It may sound complicated, but that's
because you're trying to take it all in at once. Start simple, just get the NPCs to do stuff first.
Then play around with just placing cameras and enabling and disabling
the camera, etc. Take it one step at a
time and you should be able to pick it up pretty well.
Make an NPC respond to me when I use
him:
First, of course, I suggest reading
the ICARUS Manual.
Okay, place the NPC in the map. Set his spawnscript
to something like "neelix_spawn".
In his (Neelix's)
spawnscript ("neelix_spawn")
you need to do two things:
1) set SET_PLAYER_USABLE to
true. This means that when the player
hits his use button while looking at this NPC, the NPC will run his "usescript".
2) set SET_USESCRIPT to whatever the
name of the script is that Neelix has to run when you
use him (for example, name it "neelix_use").
Then, create another script called "neelix_use" and have it do this:
1) sound( CHAN_VOICE,
"sound/voice/neelix/misc/intro.wav" ) -
This will tell neelix to play the specified sound on
his voice channel (which means he'll move his lips, etc, to match the sound).
That's essentially it. To make him wait for the sound to complete
before continuing with the script, just put the sound command in a task and dowait for the task to complete before continuing. You can also, at this point, change Neelix's usescript to some other
script so that the next time you use him, he does something different (tells
you to bug off, for instance).
Make an NPC say something without using a sound file:
You can't. The only way to get an NPC to say something
is to use the sound command in a script.
The sound command must use the CHAN_VOICE or CHAN_VOICE_ATTEN (meaning
it attenuates much faster) and it must point at a valid .wav or .mp3 file.
NPCs will also use generic responses
that are coded into the game itself when you use them or sometimes when you
block or shoot them. But these are still
sound files (you will find them in each character's "misc"
sound directory.
Use MD3View to see how I’m changing
a model/skin?
Simply make a copy of all the data
in the directory of the model you want to use. Replace the .tga/.jpg files. You can modify the .skin files to
point to whatever new directories you want (some of the .skin files will pull .tga/.jpg files from several different directories since we
reuse textures often). Then just open the lower.mdr
in MD3View. It will automatically open and attach the torso and head
models. You can then use the mouse to rotate and move the model. I
believe there is some documentation with MD3View that indicates how to use it?
Make an NPC walk back and forth
between two points
First, read
the ICARUS Manual.
Now: to get an NPC to run a
specific script- set his usescript to the name of the
script you want him to run (for example: "common/backandforth").
Then, have something use the NPC (either have a trigger whose target value is the
same as the NPC's NPC_targetname,
or set the NPC to be directly usable by the player and just walk up to him and
hit use or even just use the NPC from another script). When an NPC is used, it
will run whatever script it's usescript is set to.
Place and point a camera:
First, read the ICARUS
Manual.
Now:
Place a ref_tag
in the map where you want the camera to be and give it a targetname
(say, for example, "cam1").
Then put a info_null in the map where you want the camera to
point. Target the ref_tag
at the info_null.
Now, in a script that gets
run (either off a trigger or by a target_scriptrunner
that gets use by some event), do this:
Enable the camera with this
command:
camera ( DISABLE )
Move the camera to the ref_tag like so:
camera ( MOVE, tag(
"cam1", ORIGIN) )
You need to know how to use
BehavEd to do these things- for example, in the
above:
Double-click on the
"camera" command to put it in the script window
Double-click on in in the script window to change which camera command you want
to use (in this case, choose "MOVE")
Then hit the re-evaluate
button- two new boxes will appear (for a total of 3), the first is where the
camera goes and the second is how many milliseconds it takes to get there.
Click on the second box's
"Helper" button and you get more choices
By the "Tag" box,
make sure "ORIGIN" is selected and click on "Tag". It will fill in the proper command format for
using a ref_tag to place a camera.
Now, in the that second box
(where it now says "tag( "targetname",
ORIGIN)", replace "targetname" with
the targetname of your ref_tag
(in our example, this is "cam1").
There you go! You've now moved the camera to a ref_tag.
NOW. To point it at the right angle, the proceedure is similar.
Use this command:
camera ( PAN, tag(
"cam1", ANGLE) )
Just make sure that when
you hit the "Tag" button in the second box that the "ANGLE"
option is chosen (otherwise, it will try to use the origin as an angle and that
would be bad).
Now you can do whatever you
want- zoom in/out, pan, fade, shake, etc.
When you're done with the camera, turn it off by using this command:
camera ( DISABLE )
what can cause a character NOT to
turn? its purly random and disrupts the whole
cinematic
If the
character has an enemy, he will face the enemy and ignore turn commands. Safest bet:
set ignoreenemies to true for him.
.)is it possible to assign textures with different or
user made "step-sounds" ? for example: snow,grass,fabric,......
yes I believe it's one through the shader files
.)is it possible to assign different areas/nodes with
different looped environment sounds(atten.-1 but looped) ? for example: indoor-machinehall & indoor-office & outdoor-streetsound & ......
yes
you can do this with trigger_multiples that have a soundSet on them (and are player only triggers), then place
them to transition sounds as you move from one area to the next
.)textures/faces where players dont
get fallingdamage, no matter from how high he jumps
at? (avaliable on "SIN")
it's
called "cushion", just place it as an invisible brush a couple of
pixels above the floor
.)is it possible to assign different areas/nodes with
different gravity-values in one map ?
again
trigger multiples targeting gravity entities (forget what they're called right
now), this is what I did in External Stimuli
.)snow and rain in multiplayermaps
no matter of gfx system ?
no
.)real,movable dynamic light´s & spots ?
nope,
not in this engine (except for misc_dlight)
.)is it possible to limitate the
distance how far the engine can see (like "distcull"
in one of raven´s masterpieces SoF)
no?
Make the NPC run the
script I wrote?
Right, the
script will not magically run itself. It has to run from an NPC or a target_scriptrunner. Make the script Tuvok's
usescript then use him or make it a target_scriptrunner's usescript
and use that script (from, say a trigger the player walks through)
Otherwise,
the script looks fine (though I wouldn't pack more than one command into a
task- it should still work)
Also,
obviously, make sure you have waypoint_navgoals in your
map with the correct names.
Jesus!
Okay, here we go...
First of
all, I'm going to expect that you have read the ICARUS Manual and a tutorial on
using EFRadiant (go to www.q3radiant.com
for some very good ones).
Secondly,
I recommend looking at some of the uncompiled maps
and scripts we released to see how we did some of this stuff.
Now, that
said, I'll give a brief response to each question on how to do what you want-
assuming you've got some basis of knowledge from the steps above:
1 - How
can i make elevators that start when you press a
console
Most of our elevators are simply func_doors with the
toggle spawnflag turned on. That means, each time the
func_door is used/triggered, it will go to it's other
position. So, here's what you do:
Make a func_door.
Make a console.
Make a trigger_multiple in front of the console.
Target the trigger_multiple at the func_door. Turn on the "usebutton"
spawnflag on the trigger (this means that the playe rmust not only be standing
in the trigger to fire it, but also holding down the "use" button).
That's it, basically. Every time you hit the use button while in the trigger,
it will use the func_door and make it move. When you
get more into this kind of thing, you can start to add sound effects, delays,
waits, console screen changes, etc.
2 - How
do i make a console that makes sound when you push it
or...activate a elevator
Easy, same as above, just target the trigger at a target_speaker
as well (or instead). The target_speaker simply has
to have a sound key that points to the desired sound.
3 - How
can i let the character say something (in text an/or
speech) when you walk on a certain spot ?
Put an NPC where you want them to be.
Give them an NPC_targetname (for this example, it's
"Neelix").
Give them a usescript (for this example, it's
"test/neelix_talk").
Now, Make a trigger_once at the spot where you want
the player to trigger the NPC to talk. Set the target of the trigger to the NPC's NPC_targetname (again,
"Neelix")
Now, make the neelix_talk script in the
"test" subdirectory of the real_scripts
directory (under baseEF).
In that script, simply use the sound command like so:
sound (
CHAN_VOICE, "sound/voice/neelix/intro.wav"
)
That's it.
If you want to wait for him to finish the sound before continuing with the
script, just put the sound in a task and dowait the
task.
4 - How
can i make npc's say
something when you talk to them, or maybe walk away or something
Same as
above. When the player hits the "use" button on someone, he'll say
their name (if he knows it- that's all hardcoded into
the game itself). If you set the NPC to be usable by the player, the NPC will
run it's usescript when the player "uses"
him. You can then run the same "talking" script I described above,
except append at the end a couple commands to make the NPC walk away. This
would be something like this:
task("walktoconsole")
{
set ( SET_NAVGOAL, "console" )
}
set ( SET_BSTATE, BS_WALK )
dowait ( "walktoconsole"
)
That's it!
5 - How
do i make a npc walk to
random directions
"Random"
is not really random. You can Have 4 or 5 different navgoals
and use the "if" and "else" and "random" features
of the ICARUS command set to do this... or you could lay down a waypoint
network and put the NPC into a BSTATE of BS_WANDER (this actually works very
well).
6 - How
can it be that i was planning to ask 3 questions and
ask 6 ?
Standard
rule of programming- every estimate should be doubled.
Map your own face into
the game?
Yes, this
is doable. First, open up the pak0.pk3 and extract the files (keeping directory
info) you need to replace- say, for instance, munro's
head and face .jpg's.
Now, scan
in your picture, and cut and paste it into the .jpg's
you extracted according to your artistic ability.
Now, just
.zip the files back up (retaining the directory structure), then rename the
.zip as a .pk3 (pk3's are really just .zip files).
Now you
can distribute your .pk3 with your face on Munro as a "mod
Make an
NPC appear/disappear?
When you want to get rid
of an NPC, use the remove( "<name>" ) script command. The
<name> part is the NPC_targetname of the NPC
you want to get rid of (or "self" if you want to get rid of the NPC
running the script).
Now, for a
cinematic Munro, do this:
give the NPC_munro a spawnscript that
makes him invisible and nonsolid (the script common/invis_cinematic
does this- look at it). Note that the NPC_munro can't
have an NPC_targetname of "Munro"- that is
*always* the player- name him "MunroCin" or
something like that.
Then, when
you want to start the cinematic (say, when the player hits a trigger), just
affect the NPC_munro and make him visible (and solid,
if you want) and do your cinematic as normal.
When
you're done with the cinematic, just use the remove command on him.
eg:
remove( "MunroCin" )
That's it,
he's gone for good!
I tried
what you said and got my scripts set up, character in Radient
set up etc but as soon as the map loads the NPC just dies.
Okay, step by step:
Place the info_player_start somewhere else.
Place a ref_tag 24 units above the ground (3 lines in the z-checker
bar). Give it a targetname of, for example, "playerhere". This is where you want to place the
player once your cinematic is done.
Now, in
your script, at the end of the cinematic, affect "Munro" (the player)
and do this command:
set (
SET_ORIGIN, tag( VECTOR, "playerhere" ) )
To access
a tag, hit the helper button next to the edit box in the set_origin
window. Then hit the tag button.
Another,
(maybe easier) way to do this is this:
Set the cinematic
munro (say his name is "MunroCin")
to invisible and not solid, then affect "Munro" and do this:
set (
SET_COPY_ORIGIN, "MunroCin" )
This will
move the player to where the Munro NPC is, now you can remove the Munro NPC.
once i have a npc in a map, and a
script build, how do i get the npc
to read the script? what should i put in the entry
info box?
Depends
when you want him to run it. If you want him to runit
when he spawns (which, btw, is before the player spawns), you make it his spawn
script, like so:
key:
spawnscript
value:
test/myscript
(assuming
your script is called "myscript" and is in
a subdirectory of real_scripts called
"test")
If you
want him to run it when he's "used" (triggered), make it his usescript. If you want him to run it when he gets shot,
make it his painscript, etc.
be sure to
read the ICARUS Manual
ok, i have a nice script made all up, but how do i get nav points set up so the
person will walk them? I saw way points in there
First, create a system of
waypoints, linked to each other. It's
important to remember that no two waypoints can have the same targetname and that you can have a waypoint point to up to
4 other waypoints (target, target2, etc.) and have up to 4 other waypoints
point at one waypoint- but 8 total links is the max.
They should be set up so
that you don't use a whole lot of them, but each one has a clear path to the
next one (with certain exceptions, like through doors that open automatically,
etc.)
Now, place waypoint_navgoal's where you want your NPC to get to. Give them distinct targetnames
(like "nav_console" for a navgoal by a console).
In your script, set the NPC
into a BSTATE of BS_WALK (or whatever you prefer) and set the NAVGOAL to "nav_console".
Putting that in a task and dowaiting it will make
the NPC use the waypoint network to find the navgoal
then head straight for it. Having it in
a task means that the NPC will not continue with the rest of his script until
he reaches the navgoal.
save
stuff as a prefab?
just save
it into your prefab directory, that's really all it is.
Make my
own .pre? The set_precache
command is disabled!
Just make a behaved.pre in a directory under real_scripts
that has the same name as your map.
For example, if your map is
called "argyle", put a behaved.pre in the
directory baseEF/real_scripts/argyle. The game will load it automatically.
Make Md3view work? I get an error about GL when I start it!
make sure you have the newest
version from:
http://www.3ddownloads.com/index.php3?directory=/eliteforce/
obviously,
you need good OpenGL drivers, just like the game does.
I have
a script that makes an NPC walk around to navgoals-
how do I set up the map to make it do this?
I replied to this one already, didn't I?
Read the ICARUS Manual first.
In that case of that script, do as I said:
place waypoints in the map- as many as you need, but don't be
excessive.
*each* waypoint can only have a max of 8 waypoints connected
to it (you'll never need that many).
The waypoints are used internally by the nav
system completely automatically - you cannot refer to them by name via a script
or anything.
The waypoint_navgoals are the
objects that you can tell someone to go to with a set( NAVGOAL,
"navpoint1" ) command. They
key is "targetname" (did you read the
entity's comments?) and the value would be "navpoint1"- that's its
name.
Just place the waypoints and navgoals
as directed, then set up a trigger or whatever that fires off a target_scriptrunner.
That scriptrunner should have a (key) usescript of (value) whatever the path to that script is
(for example, walktest/walkies).
Note that the NPC must have a (key) NPC_targetname
of (value) Tuvok for that script since it
"affects" an NPC named Tuvok.
Also, you should make a subdir in baseEF/real_scripts that is the same as the name of your
map (for my example, it's walktest). All your .pre's and
scripts should go in there.
I would like to replace some of the wav. files in
windows with those form elite force. I
was looking on disc and folders but I could not locate them, can you help find them?
Use winzip to open the pak0.pk3 in your baseEF
directory. However, almost all of our
voice and music sounds are mp3's, so if you plan on using those (not just sound
effects), you'll need an mp3->wav converter.
But as the prechache command seems to be disabled, I wasn't able to
(or was to stupid to) do such a simple thing as to have my own script print a
text on the screen. Please, Raven guys, there has to be a way, help me!
Just make
a behaved.pre in a directory under real_scripts that has the same name as your map.
For
example, if your map is called "argyle", put a behaved.pre
in the directory baseEF/real_scripts/argyle. The game
will load it automatically
I tried
what you said and got my scripts set up, character in Radient
set up etc but as soon as the map loads the NPC just dies.
Did you
put him on the player start? That may not be a good idea. Better to start the
player somewhere else then move him to where he has to be at the end of the cin. You can move
the player with the set_origin command. Use a ref_tag.
I want
the team I'm assembling to wear helmets and pattern enhancers on their backs. I
can get my NPCs to wear these boltOns,
but how do you do stuff to the player?
I tried
using AFFECT, but I don't know who to affect nor who to assign a spawnscript to. Please help?
use affect
on munro (default player name) but run it off
something that is triggered AFTER the player is spawned (which is fairly late
in the process), otherwise it is trying to affect someone who does not exist
yet. I recommend putting a player-only trigger just around the spawnspot and have it target a scriptrunner
which runs the script that affects the player (that burned down the house that
Jack built 
)
MRJ
1) When
I ran my map with stvoyhm.exe, my NPCs
were no where to be found, therefore their spawn scripts didn't happen. Does
ICARUS work in HM and can I have NPCs in HM?
ICARUS and NPCs are not in multiplayer.
2) I've been able to do
lots of stuff to OTHER characters. I can get stuff to happen by either
specifying a spawnscript setting to their entity or
using the AFFECT command. How do I do stuff to ME, the current player? I tried
setting a spawn script to the info_player_start
entity and that didn't work the way I wanted it to. My only other idea is to
specify a scripttarget (or what ever that setting
is), but I wouldn't know who/what to set the entity on.
The
player's name is Munro- to do something to them- affect "munro" (make sure you don't make an NPC with an NPC_targetname of "munro").
Note also
that in cinematics, the player becomes invisible and
nonsolid. In all the cinematics in which you see
"the player", it's really an NPC_Munro
once you
have the JPG that you want to use for a level shot, and put it in your levelshots folder, how do you get it to show up? is it in
the worldspown entite?
And
does anyone know where i can get a program to edit or
somehow convert MP3s to Wavs... i
got a program to do wav to MP3, just not the other way around.
That's
correct, just take a screenshot, resize it to an appropriate size (I usually
use a 512x512 JPG), then name it mapname.jpg and put
it in the levelshots folder.
If your
problem is getting the map to show up in the 'create server' listing, that's
another problem. For that you need to create a .arena file and put it in the
scripts directory. For an example of this take a look in the pk3 file for CTF_Geothermal, or for the Raven level pack released today.
They're just text files so upen one up in Notepad and
take a look.
Could
someone send me an example of the force fields avaible
like one that you have to shoot down(and regenerate after cos
it's for MP), one that you press button to deactivate and activate, one that
you shoot a disnode to deactivate(regenerate as well)
and one that only certain people can walk through and some mixed ones in .map
format PLEASE. Or can you tell me how to do it cos it
just doesn't work for me. THAnkz
Basically
you can specify different types of 'clipping' in the shader
files. If you look at the shader entries for some of
the forcefields you'll see listings like 'shotclip' 'playerclip' 'NPCclip' etc. This tells it what will and won't collide
with a forcefield.
In the
case of some of the fields in the borg maps and
Forge3, etc, they're set to playerclip (so the player
collides) and shotclip (so gunfire collides). This
leaves NPCs free to walk through them.
The
problem is if you have teammates along, well, they're NPCs
and can walk through it too. Usually you have to mess with how far ahead/behond you they try to walk to make sure that doesn't
happen.
Ok, I'm
making map in EFRadiant, and whenever I test it, the
room is almost WHITE because it's so bright, but the thing is, I haven't even
put one light in the room!... ANybody know why?
If you
don't have any lights in the map it'll default to fullbright,
I believe. This will also happen if you don't run the light stage when
compiling the map, the BSP menu should tell you which of those don't light
though.
I made a
script (it should work) and compiled it, putted it in the star trek elite
force\GDK\Tools\sourchsomething\mygame
dir.
But i need to know how i
can make a npc do the script.
I made a script that will first go to cam mode and then there is a converstaion between you and chakotay
and then it returns to normal mode.
I want it to be ativated when you press the use
button at chakotay.
And i need to know how to make it run only once too.
So this
are the questions:
1 - How
to make the script run when u use chakotay
2 - How to make it run only once
Thanx already !
First, read
the ICARUS Manual. That will help explain a lot.
Now,
assuming you read that, here's a step-by step example:
For this
example, we assume your mapname is chaktest. This means your scripts for this map should be in
in the folder: baseEF\real_scripts\chaktest\.
Put an NPC_Chakotay in your map. Set his (key) spawnscript
to (value) chakotay_spawn.
Now make a
script in chaktest called chakotay_spawn
(you can use any name you want, but descriptive ones like this make it easier
to remember what a script was for). As his spawnscript,
it will be run when Chakotay spawns into the map.
In that
script, set SET_PLAYER_USABLE to true. Now, set SET_USESCRIPT to "chaktest/chakotay_use". (Again, name it whatever you
want).
Now, make
a script named "chakotay_use" in the chaktest directory- this is whatever you want chakotay to do when you use him (sounds like you already
have this written). The first command in this script should be to set
SET_PLAYER_USABLE to false so that you can't use chakotay
again. Would also be a good idea to set SET_USESCRIPT to NULL just to be sure.
There you
go.
And be
sure to read the ICARUS Manual!
lets say i wanted to
make a SP "movie" that needs to have the npcs
jump around a lot. Can this be done? I dont mean jump
up and down with joy. I am going to ask the makker of
the CTF map "forge debre" (spelling?) if i can use that map to make a 'movie' with a very long
script.
So can
this be done? i have yet to see npcs
jump in SP, i have seen them fall down long stairs a
such, but jumping...
you can
set them to behavior_state BS_JUMP and give them navgoals to jump to, switch them back to a walk or run behavior_state long enough to get the next jump point, then
back to BS_JUMP etc. etc.. almost forgot- make sure it's an NPC that has jump
animations, or it may not work right!
make
transporters
You should
be able to use a trigger_teleport for this. Simply
target it at a target_location, and it'll send anyone
who runs into the trigger to that point.
I just
bought the game and was wondering where to go for skin tools and help. I would
love to make my own skins. I have photoshop and photopaint already. Would appreciate the help.
Open the
pak0.pk3 file with winzip.
In that pakfile, you'll find some tga or jpg's in the directory models/player/model_name/...
Those are
the skin files. You need to unzip all the files from one model (the one you are
making the skin for) to a directory on your harddisk.
After
that, you can modify the jpg's or tga's
If that is
done, zip them again in a new zipfile, and make sure
that the directory info remains the same : for instance models/player/seven
should stay seven.
After
that, rename the zipfile .zip to .pk3,
so you'll get something like skins.pk3, and copy that pk3 into your baseEF directory. After that, launch it, and choose your
model.
[LC]Shadow
Hi! I
have tried to alter existing NPCs (e.g. give someone
a different uniform). Therefor I extracted the NPCs.cfg into the BASEEF\ext_data
folder and changed some vaiables. Should have worked,
but didn't. What did I make wrong/forget?
Put it in
a new directory and use fs_game.
How can
I use NPCs that are not in the list in EFradiant. I added an NPC to the SP_Entities,
so I could use him in EFradiant. Then I added the NPC
to the NPCs.cfg. But what then?
Use an NPC_spawner
and set the NPC_type to the new NPCs.cfg
entry you made. All the other NPC's in the entity list are just NPC_spawners
with a hard-coded NPC_type.
Ok, I
made a basic map, compiled it in the bsp format and
when I went to run it from HM it boots back to the start up screen half way
through loading! ahh!
it sounds
as though you need to drop the console by pressing the ` key
then type sv_pure 0 then load your map. This lets the game load non-standard maps
(this is for the purpose of avoiding multiplayer cheating).
how do
you add 'decals' such as the No Escape scrawl or the Beta Station sign
There are
a couple different ways you can do it. You can create a rectangular brush with
common/caulk on all sides, put the decal on one side, then sink the brush into
the wall so that the decal side shares the same plane as the wall's surface.
Or, you can use a rectangular patch mesh, put the decal texture on it, and move
it so the mesh shares the same plane as the wall's surface.
Now,
it's that "sharing the same plane" that gets me, because if I try
that with any other two brushes, they... erm... fuzzify
Won't
this happen with a brush setup like that?
Nope,
because the decal textures are entirely transparent except for the design
part. Decals basically just tint
whatever's behind them with whatever's on the decal. Place them on a patch mesh
('fit' them to the mesh) right flush with the surface and there you go.
Using EFRadient, how does one place a different texture one face
of a brush? I made a small brush that is supposed to be a light. This brush is
connected to a ceiling of a room. On the side facing down, I have a light
texture, but on the four other sides perpendicular to the ceiling, I want a
different texture, like a grey texture. How is this
done? Can I just select a surface, like in the UnrealED
editor?
The
only alternative I know is to make special thin brushes that acts as
"texture" brushes.
The middle
mouse button has functions specifically for texturing in the camera view.
Middle-clicking on a face will select the texture currently on that case.
Ctrl-middle will assign the selected texture to the brush you click on, and
ctrl-shift-middle will assign the texture to the face you click on.
Using these
will let you very quickly texture an object once the initial brushwork is done.
Selecting a texture by middle clicking will also maintain any offsets, scales,
etc so you can align one part of a multi-brush object, then use this function
to apply that to the rest of the surfaces.
after
compiling my map I lunch holomatch load a level then
posh ~ on my key board and type in /map test and it says could not find maps/test.bsp what does this mean? I have it in my baseef folder if you could help it would be nice thanks :)
It has to
be in baseEF/maps/. Make a "maps"
dir, drop the bsp in there and try loading it exactly
as you did before. Note that if you're trying to load your own map, you
will need to set "sv_pure" to "0"
on the console. The game should remember that setting after the first
time and keep it.
Firstly, what programs will I need
to model? Secondly, teaching me how to fit a box on someone head will
do. Anything, just as long as it applies to offer modelling
things.
I don't
know how to model, myself... the process for creating new models (from the
program to use, how to skin it, how to convert it to an md3) can best be
explained by James Monroe (gone till Monday) and Les Dorscheid.
But the boltOn I can explain. Look at the file in the pak0.pk3
(use WinZip) for the file boltOns.cfg (in the ext_data dir). Therein is listed every boltOn available to ICARUS. The setup of the boltOn in here is the most crucial aspect of the
process. For sunglasses you'd want something like this:
sunglasses
{
modelName models/boltOns/sunglasses.md3
targetModel 2
targetTag tag_head
}
Here's the
explanation:
"sunglasses"
is the name of this boltOn, it's the name you use in
a script to tell an NPC which boltOn to turn on.
The modelName is simply the path (under baseEF)
to the model to use.
The targetModel tells the NPC which part of the body to try to
bolt the model on to. NPC are split into 3 models, 0 = legs, 1 = torso, 2
= head.
The targetTag tells the NPC which "tag" to look for
in the targetModel- this is simply an invisible poly
named tag_(whatever). This is where the game will position the origin of
your boltOn model. In this case, the only tag
you're guaranteed to find in every head model is tag_head-
but this is at the base of the neck, so you'll have to tweak the offset of your
sunglasses from it's origin until it looks right.
Now, in a
script you simply tell an NPC to set SET_BOLTON_ON to "sunglasses".
That should
do it!
That didn`t work, it just keeps putting me at the info_player_start point in the map.
Is
there something I`m doing wrong?
I`ve got a Ref Tag called "munrostart" in EFRadient,
and in BahavEd I have the line SET_ORIGIN, tag("munrostart", ORIGIN) and It still won`t
put me at the RefTag called munrostart.
When are you running the
script? The player will not be in the map at the very beginning- it is the last
thing to spawn in.
Best way
to make sure a script that has to do something to the player at the beginning
of the map is this:
target the
info_player_start at a target_scriptrunner.
That target_scriptrunner will run its usescript as soon as the player spawns.
That
script should look something like this:
affect (
"Munro", FLUSH )
{
set ( SET_ORIGIN, $tag( "munrohere", ORIGIN
)$ )
}
That's it.
Make sure you have a ref_tag in map with a targetname of "munrohere"
(for this example) and that it is 24 off the ground (25 to be safe).
Make sure
that you don't just type in the $tag( "munrohere",
ORIGIN )$ part- you have to do it through the buttons on the SET_ORIGIN box. Hit
the "helper" button, then the "tag" button and you'll see
$tag( "targetname", ORIGIN )$ appear in the
box- just replace "targetname" with "munrohere".
Can
somebody please give me a step by step tutorial on how to make chakotay do a script (that i allready programmed).
Did you
read the Radiant tutorials and the ICARUS Manual? it's really very easy. If you
know how to give something a targetname, you know how
to make something run a script. If you haven't read these, I can't help you,
you have to know the basics of creating entities, setting key values, etc.
For this
example, we assume your map is called "test" and you're trying to get
an NPC named "Chakotay" to run a script.
Set an
entity's (key) "spawnscript" to
(value) "test/chakotay_spawn".
"test" is the subdirectory under baseEF/real_scripts
in which the game will look for scripts for a map named "test".
"chakotay_spawn" is the name I chose for
this script for this example because it just makes sense and makes it easy to
tell what a script is used for by looking at its name.
Now write
the script- have it do whatever chakotay should do
when he spawns (keep in mind that he spawns into the map before the player
does).
There are
several kinds of scripts you can assign, for example:
spawnscripts - run when the NPC spawns
painscript - run when the NPC takes pain
usescript - run when the NPC is used (by a trigger or
player or whatever)
deathscript - run when the NPC dies.
etc.
To make an
NPC be usable by something- just set that something's (for example, a trigger_once) target to the NPC's
NPC_targetname. When you hit the trigger, it makes
the NPC run its usescript. If you want the player to
go up to an NPC and use it (with the use key), the NPC has to be set up to be
player-usable. In a spawnscript, set the NPC's SET_USABLE to true and give the NPC a usescript. Now the NPC will run that script when used by
the player.
Make sure
you don't give and NPC a targetname- that will make
the NPC not spawn until it's used- give it an NPC_targetname
if you want to use it from a trigger or affect it in a script.
Also keep
in mind that when an NPC (or any entity) runs a script, it is essentially
affecting itself- so if an NPC called "Chakotay"
runs a script, you don't want to put an "affect ( Chakotay
)" command at the beginning of the script- that is inferred.
Does this
help?
convert Quake 3 multiplayer models into Elite Force
multiplayer models?
1) drop
the quake models, skins and .tgas in a directory in
our players2 directory
2) convert
all the icon .tga's to .jpg's
since ours won't load tga icons.
3) move
all the .skin files to a directory with the same name in our players directory
As you know, the script
file Guard.ibi controls spawned characters in the
single player game. If I wanted spawned members of different teams to act
differently (e.g. starfleet officers don't act like
drones and vise versa), how would I do this?
Give them separate spawn scripts and
write them.
So you could have a guard_rom.ibi, a guard_klg.ibi,
etc.
put Subtitles on screen?
In each real_script directory, you will find a behaved.pre.
In that, every line of dialogue has a path to a sound file and it's associated
text. That text will appear when an NPC plays that sound on their
CHAN_VOICE via a script (assuming you have subtitles turned on in the menu).
I have
been trying to create an effect so an NPC appears to change into
another NPC type, however
I have had absolutely no success. First of all is this possible and if it is
how would I go about it I have already tried moving unspawned
NPC's around using the SET_COPY_ORIGIN command and
targeting them at other NPC's but this never works.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
First, if you haven't already, read
the ICARUS Manual.
Now, what you probably want to do is
have a ref_tag in the map where you want the NPCs to be (eventually).
Put the first NPC at that ref_tag- either via
a script with a
set( SET_ORIGIN, tag( "targetname", ORIGIN ) )
or just put them there in the map.
Now, when you want to swap them out,
move the first NPC somewhere - or just remove him like so:
remove( "NPC_targetname"
)
Then, immediately afterwards, move
the other NPC to the first spot:
set( SET_ORIGIN, tag( "targetname", ORIGIN ) )
It may be possibly that you have
written your commands correctly and you just haven't set up the NPCs correctly. Make
sure that the NPCs have an NPC_targetname
or else you won't be able to "affect" them in a script.
Make sure in your script that you
"affect" the proper NPC when moving them.
If that doesn't help at all, send me
your script (and perhaps the .map file) and I'll take a look at it and see
what's wrong.
I have made an awesome map but I dont
know how to play it in my voyager game what do I have to do to load up my map?
Put the
map in a directory called "maps" in your "BaseEF"
subdirectory of your game. If there isn't a "maps" directory,
make one. Then, when you run the game, bring down the console with the
"~" key and type "map mymap"
(assuming your map's filename is "mymap.bsp").
That's it!
I have a major problem with the scripting. The screen is to
big so I cant see the whole thing I can only see up to the treehouse
options.I cant reduce the size, so how do I fix this
problem?
Unfortunately,
the only solution is to up your resolution. Multiple resolution support
was not built in to BehavEd.
display NPC dialogue with the head and mouth sync at the top?
Just have
them play the sound on their voice channel. As long as that sound is in
one of that level's .pre files, the dialogue will show up. Look at the
other level's .pre files as an example, it's pretty simple to set up.
Just remember that a .pre file must be called behaved.pre
or extra.pre and must be in a script directory that
is the same as the map's name (this is also where all scripts for that map
should be). So if the map is called "mymap.bsp",
the .pre's and scripts should be in real_scripts/mymap.
I was
wondering if it is possible to use your own lines of text for mission
objectives. I know how to make them appear, dissappear
and appear completed, but the objectives that you can choose from in BehavED are all from the normal game and don`t apply to my MOD, can I make my own?
Not
without changing code. However, you can replace the already existing ones
by simply editing the file baseEF/ext_data/objectives.dat.
Question #1: .dat, .cfg, and .bat files; for objectives.dat
what dir do you have to use to have a mod recognize objective paths? What
are npcs.cfg files and what dir do they need to be in
to be recognized by a mod. How do you make .bat files (in baseEF dir) that launch mods from
a folder in baseEF and then load the map right
away?
That was actually more like 5
questions :)...
1: "for objectives.dat what dir do you have to use to have a mod
recognize objective paths?"
Objectives.dat has to be in the ext_data directory. Remember that all this stuff has
to be zipped up into a .pak file and that .pak file has to either be in baseEF
or be loaded as a mod (see below).
2: "What are npcs.cfg files?"
The NPCs.cfg
file contains all the settings for every possible NPC in the game. There
is an explanation of the fields in the comments at the top of the file.
Essentially, when an NPC spawns, it reads its entry in here that corresponds to
it's NPC_type (for certain preset NPC's,
these are hardcoded in, for example, the NPC_tuvok automatically sets his NPC_type
to "tuvok"). This entry will set all
the unique properties of the NPC, what team it's on (which determines a lot of
AI behavior), what head, torso and legs models and skins it uses, which sounds
it will use, how big its bounding box is, etc. If you want to add a new
NPC, just make a new entry at the bottom of the file and put an NPC_spawner on your map with an NPC_type
that matches the name of your new entry.
3: "and what dir do they need
to be in to be recognized by a mod."
Same thing, in ext_data,
but in a .pak file.
4: "How do you make .bat files
(in baseEF dir) that launch mods
from a folder in baseEF"
The .bat file should read
"../stvoy.exe -game mymod". "mymod" is the name of the directory you put your .pak file in. This directory should be in your root
Elite Force directory, at the same level as baseEF.
Note that the "../" is necessary because you said this .bat file
would be in baseEF. If the .bat file is one
level up, in the same dir as the stvoy.exe, you can
leave that bit off.
5: "and then load the map right
away?"
Add this to the command: "-map mymap" where "mymap"
is the name of the map you want it to load. So your complete command
would look like this:
"../stvoy.exe -game mymod -map mymap"
Question#2: How do you add a title
to a levelshot, do you edit it in a graphics app. or
use a script?
The text actually
is read from a file and displayed on the screen as you're loading, regardless
of the level shot. There is a file called infostrings.dat
in ext_data. This file was made so that
our maps could have text messages in them that were properly translated
for whatever country they're in. So the map will use the name of an infostring (like II_DECK_04) and the game will look that up
in the appropriate infostrings.dat file for the
current language and use the text in there. Unfortunately, you cannot add
more infostrings without changing game code and
recompiling. But you can replace other infostrings
and use them. Just set the worldspawn's
"message" field to II_DECK_04 (or whatever you want to use).
Question#3: How do you
"un-spawn" NPC's as if their beaming out to
somewhere else?
Affect them (unlesss
they're the ones running the script), set the event "beam down" and
they'll do the teleport effect and sound and remove themselves.
affect( "bob", FLUSH )
{
set( SET_EVENT,
"EV_BEAM_DOWN" );
}
Question#4: Can NPC's fight hand to hand (melee combat) and do damage to
each other?
Only the Klingons
and Imperials have this ability. Set their weapon to one of the blades.
affect( "klingon",
INSERT )
{
set( SET_WEAPON,
WP_IMPERIAL_BLADE )
or:
set( SET_WEAPON,
WP_KLINGON_BLADE )
}
Question#5: How do use triggers in
scripts, for example when an NPC enters a certain trigger it loads a new map,
etc? Or for example (like in the actual game) when you come close enough to a
pair of NPC's then they start talking.
That's easy, just set up a trigger,
target it at the target_scriptrunner whose usescript is the script you want to run. If it's a
trigger you only want the player to be able to trip, be sure to set the "playeronly" flag on the trigger. You can also
target the trigger at NPC's themselves by setting the
trigger's target to the NPC's NPC_targetname.
This will make that NPC run its usescript when you
hit the trigger.
Question#6: How do you get the
dialogue and the animated head of the player to appear at the top when an NPC
is talking?
If you look in the directory in real_scripts that corresponds with the mapname
(for example, voy3.bsp has a script directory of real_scripts/voy3), you'll
find a behaved.pre. This file is loaded when
the map loads and lets the game know what dialogue sounds to load, what the
subtitle text is and whether or not to show the dialogue at the top of the screen.
An example:
sound/voice/chakotay/voy3/intruderalert.mp3
"Intruder alert- all Security and Hazard Team personnel to the Loading
Dock!" CHAKOTAY
The first part is the path to the
sound file you're planning on using in a script. The second part is the corresponding
text of the line of dialogue. The last part is a keyword- if present, it
will make the head of the specified NPC appear at the top of the screen with
the text.
Note that you cannot add more of
these without modifying cgame code and recompiling.
Question#7: At the beginning of a
map if a spawnscript is loaded in the worldspawn, how do you create a black background, use pics, etc...while showing scrolling text?
Make a small room somewhere that has
the background you want. Put a camera in there and point it at the
wall. Start the map, turn on the camera and start the scrolling text.
Here is an example of borg1's
intro... note that any script with camerawork in it should be run from a target_scriptrunner that is fired off by the info_player_start- this ensures that the player will be
spawned and in the game when the camera scene begins.
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ ENABLE
);
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ FADE, < 0.000 0.000 0.000 >, 0, < 0.000 0.000 0.000 >, 1, 0 );
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ MOVE, $TAG("stars", ORIGIN)$, 0 );
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ PAN, $TAG("stars", ANGLES)$, < 0.000
0.000 0.000 >, 0 );
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ ZOOM, 60.000, 0 );
camera ( /*@CAMERA_COMMANDS*/ FADE, < 0.000 0.000 0.000 >, 1, < 0.000 0.000 0.000 >, 0, 1000 );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_SCROLLTEXTCOLOR", "WHITE" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_SCROLLTEXT", "@scrolling1" );
The
"@scrolling1" is, again, a reference to a text field in an external
file that needs to be translated for different countries. In this case,
you'll find the text in the extra.pre in the same dir
as the behaved.pre. In that file, you just make
a "@scrolling#" (where "#" is any number) and refer to that
in your script and it will display the appropriate text.
In
the actual game, for example, when you watch the briefing, the screen changes
textures to correspond with what Tuvok is saying, or
when you press a control panel and the texture changes to show it, can anyone
tell me how this done?
Is
it through scripts or through some Radient feature?
It's done
through func_usables.
A func_useable is a brush entity (like, say, a
door or func_breakable) that will turn itself on and
off when used. So, in the briefings,
there are several func_usables in the same spot on
the viewscreen, each with a different texture. The script in which Tuvok
talks, it uses the proper brusher at the proper time which turns off one func_usable and turns on another. This gives the illusion that the screen
graphic is changing.
How do I make enemies shoot
me and friendlies follow me? I'm pretty sure it has something to do with
the "playerteam & enemyteam"
values ... but I tried all sorts of key's and values, just not the right one I
think.
Making enemies shoot you is
easy. The enemy NPCs
(scavengers, hirogen, borg,
etc.) are already automatically set up to get angry at the player when they see
him. You should be able to just drop
them in a map and they'll attack you when they see you.
Getting allies to follow you is a
bit more complex. The friendly NPCs are already set up to not consider you an enemy. They do not have an enemy team assigned by
default though, so they won't attack unless attacked first. You can set their enemy_team
to the enemies you have on the map and they'll shoot on sight.
There are two ways to get them to
follow you:
1) Put them in behavior state
BS_FOLLOW_LEADER and set their leader to "Munro" (the player) or the NPC_targetname of another NPC if you want to chain them
along (but at least one of them must be following the player).
2) Make squadpaths. As an example of this, open up any of our
.map files we released that has teammates following you on it. Basically what you do is this:
Make a squadpath
for each NPC. It must start with a squadpoint that has an "ownername"
that matches the NPC's NPC_targetname. Target that squadpoint
at the next one, etc, along a path throughout the map along the route the
player is likely to take (you can branch using target2, target3, etc.) This is the path the NPC will stick to while
following the player.
When the map starts, you
must make sure to set the NPC's squadname
to "Munro" (the player). Once
everyone is assigned the proper squadname, you call
SET_MAKEFORMATION. This will grab
everyone in Munro's squad and make them find their squadpath
and they'll stick to it. As you move
through the map, they stay as close as they can to you while staying on their
path- they'll also do the random chatter and shoot enemies. You can override how far ahead/behind the
player they follow by setting a leadDist on each squadPoint. Positive
numbers make them walk ahead of the player, negative numbers make them trail
him.
Once in
formation, they will stay in formation until you change their behavior state.
If you change it (to, say, BS_WAIT), they return to normal AI and will not
follow you. You can easily put them
*back* in formation by setting their behavior state back to BS_FORMATION. Once you do this, they remember their squadpath and get back on it.
First of all I'd like to
tell you that my NPC's are following me through my
level. Thanx for the help. But now, how do I get the enemies to run
through my level chasing me instead of staying in one place to shoot me.? With
Scavengers this is not much of a problem, but the BORG or Species 8472 will
only run at me when the can see me. But once they encounter a small object they
won't even walk around it.
It sounds like you don't have a
waypoint network in your map? This is
needed to make the enemies get around obstacles and chase you around
corners. Look at one of our released
maps for an example. It's simply a
network of waypoint entities, all with a unique targetname
and all targeted by or at another waypoint.
Each one must be in line of sight of the waypoint(s) it's connected
to. You can refer to one of our maps
and/or read the entity comments in Radiant for more. Also, you can load up one of our maps and
bring down the console and type "nav show
all" to turn on debug-drawing of the waypoint network.
Also, How do I get an NPC
to be dead en stay dead in my level... It's for the storyline, I want to
encounter a dead member of Starfleet.
To make someone "dead", it
depends on if you want to do anything with them after their dead. NPCs will not
respond to scripts once dead. If this
isn't a problem, just place them in a map with an NPC_targetname
(for this example, we'll use "Fred") and, in a script, use the
"kill" command like so:
kill( "Fred" )
If you don't want them to *actually*
be dead, you can just set their upper and lower anims
to one of the death anims and set theit
anim_holdtime_both to -1 to make sure they keep this anim. Then set them
to be invincible and not react to pain.
The script would look something like this:
set( SET_ANIM_BOTH, BOTH_DEATH1 )
set( SET_ANIM_HOLDTIME_BOTH, -1 )
set( SET_IGNORE_PAIN, true )
set( SET_INVINCIBLE, true )
Also, there are other anims we used for people leaning up against walls- these
are called BOTH_INJURED1, 2, etc. Use
Md3view to browse through a model's animations (you need to extract them from
the .pk3 file to do this)
Hi, I've just read through
the icarus manual and am eager to design my own one
player mission, however I do have two questions for you if you don't mind:
1. It says the commands in grey are not yet implemented, however in another question
on the site you told someone to use one of these. Are they implemented now?
Some of the commands are and some
aren't... we don't have a totally up to date version of the scripting manual...
I haven't had time to write one. If something is questionable, you can
ask me.
2. I want to use some
holographic characters, particularly the Docter
(EMH). However, I don't believe he's authentic enough. For example (I can't be
sure of this, maybe you did it), when Munro is about to have the firefight in
the cargo bay with the Klingons the Doctor is out
side and offers help. Was he wearing his mobile emitter? Is there another skin
for the Doctor with the Mobile Emitter somewhere? Also, the forcefeild
sounds will probably do for the sound effect, but I need a more proper hologram
activate/deactivate animation. Is this possible? The way he shrinks an inch and
goes transparent leaving only an outine that shimmers
into thin air. Also, personally I think the transporter animation is WAY off.
Can this be fixed/has it been fixed in the add-on pack?
2. The Doctor has his mobile emitter
on. All it is is a bolt on and you can turn it
on in ICARUS - set ( SET_BOLTON_ON, "holoemitter"
). Making an effect for him to appear and disappear will require
programming.
3. Can you make the NPC's react when the player character draws a
weapon?
3. Yes, do
a loop that contains a wait (of, say, 500ms) that constantly checks the
player's weapon. Something like this:
declare ( STRING, "playerWeap" )
loop(-1)
{
affect ( "Munro", INSERT )
{
set ( "playerWeap", get( STRING, "SET_WEAPON") )
}
wait ( 100 )
if ( get( STRING, "playerWeap") = "WP_COMPRESSION_RIFLE" )
{
run ( "mymap/getangry" )
}
wait ( 500 )
}
So... you affect the player, get him to store his weapon name in a variable, wait 100ms (so that the player has a chance to execute that command before you check it). Check the name of the playerWeap and run the script. Remember that running a script is basically like including it, so unless the script you run has a "flush" command in it, it will just insert that script into your loop here. Also, if you have the player run it, *he* will be executing the commands, not the NPC. This is fine if the script you run affects another entity because then, essentially, they would run the commands. So you could do this:
(for this example, let's say the NPC running this script has an NPC_targetname of "smitty" )
declare ( STRING, "playerWeap" )
loop(-1)
{
affect ( "Munro", INSERT )
{
if ( get( STRING, "playerWeap") = "WP_COMPRESSION_RIFLE" )
{
run ( "mymap/getangry" )
}
}
wait ( 500 )
}
And the "mymap/getangry" script would look like this (remember, this will be run by the player in the above version of the script)
affect ( "smitty", FLUSH )
{
set ( SET_ENEMY, "Munro" )
set ( SET_BSTATE, BS_RUN_AND_SHOOT )
<etc...>
}
The "FLUSH" will break smitty out of his loop and make him run these new commands. You want to make sure this FLUSH happens right away or else smitty could go on looping that script and making Munro run that "getangry" script over and over and that would be very bad.
So, yes, it's possible, but a bit tricky.
Is it possible to beam the
player and\or AI units 'out' of one area of the
map and into another part
of the map? If this is not possible,
then how
would I
trigger the loading of a new map from within a script?
Well, you can just do this:
set ( SET_EVENT, EV_BEAM_DOWN )
On an NPC, but this removes them
from the world when the effect finishes.
You'd have to have a second NPC to beam in to the new spot (which isn't
a horrible thing, really).
But, if you don't want to go through
the hassle of deleting one NPC and spawning in another, you can try this: place an fx_crew_beam_in
in the map and have it target the NPC you want to move. fx_crew_beam_in's
"target" should match the NPC's "NPC_targetname".
When you use the fx_crew_beam_in, it will play
the beaming effect on that NPC (though it doesn't look exactly like the other
beaming effect, I think). After 2000 ms,
you can do a SET_ORIGIN on the NPC to move it where you want ... use a tag,
most likely... like so:
set ( SET_ORIGIN, tag( "newspot", ORIGIN ) )
and play that effect again (use the fx_crew_beam_in). This
will apply to the player as well.
The only way to change a map from a
script is with a "use" command targeted at a target_level_change
on the map, like so:
use ( "exitlevel"
)
Or whatever you call that entity
when you make it.
I was wondering how I would
go about spawning an NPC onto the map while
the level is running. Would I be using an NPC_spawner
entity? How would I get the entity to transport onto the map?
Use an NPC_spawner
with a targetname.
When you use that targetname, the NPC_spawner will spawn its NPC.
Is there a way to detect
whether the player chose Munro to be male or female? How can it be done?
You need to do a get and compare it
to a string. Like so:
if ( get( STRING,
"SET_SEX") = "male" )
for the male Munro and:
if ( get( STRING,
"SET_SEX") = "female" )
for the female Munro.
That's all!
Is it possible to just
display text on the screen without any accompanying audio? I looked at that doc that you sent, but I'm
not sure if I'm using the right format.
What format does the .PRE file have to be in? Also, when I call the print function in the
script, what do I reference?
If you want to put scrolling text on
the screen like at the beginning of the game, you need to have a line like this
(this is from real_scripts/borg1/extra.pre):
"@scrolling1" "On Stardate
48315.6, the U.S.S. Voyager was transported beyond our control, 70,000 lightyears across the Galaxy to the Delta Quadrant. There, without aid from Starfleet, we began
our 70-year journey home.\nIn our numerous encounters
we came into contact with many dangerous and violent species. Having a limited crew with no chance of
reinforcements, we determined that we needed a specialized team to handle the
more dangerous situations. Tuvok, Voyager's Chief of Security, assembled an elite
force of security personnel named the Hazard Team.\n\nEnsign
Munro is second in command of this uniquely trained team. Equipped with Seven of Nine's experimental
anti-Borg weapon, the Infinity Modulator, the Hazard Team has beamed to a Borg cube
on a dangerous mission.\nHowever, the team was
quickly overwhelmed and the I-Mod is now in the hands of the Borg.\n\nSeparated from the rest, Munro is attempting to rescue the
team."
Then, in your script, do this:
set ( SET_SCROLLTEXTCOLOR, WHITE ) //(or whatever color you want)
set ( SET_SCROLLTEXT,
"@scrolling1" ) //This is the
identifier - the keyname in the extra.pre
that corresponds to the text you want to show
If you want normal text, use an
entry like this in the extra.pre:
"@endlevel" "Entering New Area."
And put it on the screen from a
script, like so:
set ( SET_CENTERTEXTCOLOR,
"WHITE" ) //(or whatever color you want)
print( "@endlevel"
)
I think that will print it to the
middle of the screen. If you want it
kind of framed, use this:
set ( SET_LCARSTEXT, "@endlevel" )
If you want a dialogue print with no
sound, you can just use an mp3 that's silent and give it subtitle text, like so
(again, in the extra.pre):
sound/voice/tuvok/borg1/empty.mp3 "Ensign, I've uploaded your mission objectives
and tactical information." TUVOK
Note that the "TUVOK" on
the end not only specifies that it the text should appear in the comm box at the top of the screen, but it also indicates to
the game *whose* head should show up.
Also, when you do this (assuming you're using a silent sound for some
reason) - make sure the sound is long enough so that the comm
message stays up long enough to be read (I believe the comm
box stays up as long as it takes to play the sound?)
Good luck!
I'm trying to have Munro
(the player) say something and have it appear with the head and text on the
screen. I have it working fine for the
AI teammates, but can't get it to work for the player. Here is the chunk of code I am calling in the
script:
affect ( "Munro",
/*@AFFECT_TYPE*/ FLUSH )
{
task ( "Play_Munro_CargoBay2" )
{
sound ( /*@CHANNELS*/ CHAN_VOICE,
"sound/voice/Munro_CargoBay2.mp3" );
}
dowait (
"Play_Munro_CargoBay2" );
}
In the map, I have the NPC_targetname property on AI's to identify them, do I need
something similar for the player? I
looked at some of the existing maps and scripts to see if there was something I
was mission, but nothing jumped out at me.
Strangely, if I just play the sound without the using the 'affect' call
I can see the head and banner appear at the top of the screen for a brief
second.
Well, there's a couple things that
may be wrong...
Did you put text after the .mp3 in
the extra.pre?
That's how it knows what text to put up.
It also should have the "MUNRO" identifier after it, like so:
"sound/voice/Munro_CargoBay2.mp3" "Munro to Cargo Bay 2." MUNRO
You might want to put the mp3 in the
sound/voice/munro directory, but I don't think that's
why it's not appearing (not putting it in that dir will probably just mean it
won't work right if you play as Alexandria).
The script you sent is fine,
"Munro" is the player's targetname.
The reason you get that pop up on
the top of the screen for a split second if you don't affect Munro is that only
NPCs and the player can wait for sounds to
complete. Not using the affect means
it's probably not running on an NPC (unless another NPC is calling that
affect?) and so the sound finishes instantly.
All this being said, I don't think
we ever had Munro's head appear up in that comm
window because that was meant for people talking to him, not for him
talking. I'm not quite sure what you'd
have to do to get it to work. If you're
set up the way I described above, let me know and I'll mess around with it here
to see if I can figure out a way to make that work.
The only hack I could imagine
working right now is to have an NPC_Munro somewhere
on the map and play the sound on him at the same time...? If you are willing to mess around in code,
there may be a better solution I can suggest.
Another issue I'm having is
that I've given an AI the order to follow me in formation (which he does fine),
but then I have a trigger area I enter which instructs the AI to go to another
waypoint, but the AI doesn't go to the other waypoint. He still keeps following me.
When you tell him to go to another
waypoint, you're also going to have to change his Behavior State- try BS_RUN or
BS_WALK. Putting him back in
BS_FORMATION will make him follow you again (you do not have to do a CREATEFORMATION
again- that is only needed once and should be called only by the leader of the
formation- the player (not once for each member of the formation)).
Is it possible to record
demos in Elite Force?
Only in multiplayer, sorry...
I'm trying to use a global
variable and can't get it to work.
Basically, I
want it so the player has
to go into a specific room (where a script will be
run) in order to use the
transporter. I'm declaring the variable
in the
worldspawn script:
//(BHVD)
declare ( /*@DECLARE_TYPE*/ FLOAT, "Transporter_Active" );
set ( "Transporter_Active",
$0$ );
then setting it in the
script when the player enters the correct room
//(BHVD)
set ( "Transporter_Active",
$1$ );
and then checking the
variable when the player enters the transporter pad
//(BHVD)
if ( $get (FLOAT, "Transporter_Active")
= 1$ )
{
use ( "exitlevel"
);
}
But it doesn't seem to
work. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Hmm, this looks right.. and it seems
as though everything is in the right order... one thing to keep in mind is that
these global variables do not carry over level transitions... is that what
you're trying to do?
how do i
terminate a endless loop?
I have something like
loop ( -1 )
{
use
( "redalert" );
wait
( 4000.000 );
use
( "redalert" );
}
I want to terminate this with
another script when the user presses some button or something.
I tried to set a float variable “redalert” and was always checking if it’s set to 1.. But EF
didn’t like this and it crashed. It doesn’t like
It on endless loops. On defined loops
it’d work.
I read on the doc about the flush
command
I also tried this:
affect ( "munro",
/*@AFFECT_TYPE*/ FLUSH )
{
loop
( -1 )
{
use
( "redalert" );
wait
( 4000.000 );
use
( "redalert" );
}
}
in another script that is called I
have this:
affect ( "munro",
/*@AFFECT_TYPE*/ FLUSH )
{
flush
( );
}
But for some reason, it doesn’t
work. I read that flush should overwrite the commands and terminate the loop. I
also experimented with INSERT in the affect() but it didn’t work too.
Please help!
The flush should definitely work. Are you sure that
flushing script is running? (turn on the icarus debug info - "Icarus log
munro"). As a matter of fact, the loop will be broken as soon as you
do an affect( "Munro", FLUSH ), the "flush" command itself
is redundant (aside from the fact that you may need at least *one* command
inside the affect for it to do anything). Verify that that second script
is running (try putting a print command in it), then let me know if you still
have the problem.
How can I enable shields
for the player, and make them adapt just like regular borg?
Also, is it possible to make the player start out with assimilation tubules,
the taser, or the borg
weapon?
I'm assuming you're talking about
single-player...
Without actually changing the code,
there's no way I can think of to make the player adapt to shots like a
Borg. The problem is adaption
requires that the person hit has a team of Borg (which you can set in
scripting) and a race of RACE_BORG (which is only settable on NPCs). So I don't
think that could be done in SP (MP already has this- in the game mode
"Assimilation"), sorry.
You can give the player the Borg
weapons if you like. Have the info_player_start target a target_scriptrunner
that runs a script like this:
affect( "Munro", INSERT )
{
set(
SET_WEAPON, WP_BORG_ASSIMILATOR )
set(
SET_WEAPON, WP_BORG_TASER )
set(
SET_WEAPON, WP_BORG_WEAPON )
}
Now the player will have all three
of these, and will start off with whatever weapon you set on him/her last.