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LEON · Posted: 10.09.2008, 00:34 Post subject: Ship selection

Hey.

How do I make the ship selection screen b4 the level start, where you can choose between pyro, pheenix or the tank? Or even BP if that is posible.

Thanks
Leon.

Grendel · Posted: 10.09.2008, 05:16 Post subject:

Heh, you should know that Auf den Arm nehmen

The selected ship is tied to the pilot profile -- in the menus select the pilot you want, IIRC under "Configure" you will find "Ship selection".

LEON · Posted: 10.09.2008, 09:05 Post subject:

Hehe Grendel

Im talking about d3edit and making levels, SP levels.
I want an option on what ship to fly in my singleplayer mission.

Thanks for your info, though. Auf den Arm nehmen

Leon

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

Not tried this up to now:

DALLAS
Levelstart ->
ACTION -> Mission
Enable the given ship [Ship], so it can be chosen in single player

And I believe you can enable the ship if you end the first level and start the second inside level briefing too.
That's why I inserted a Startlevel inside FiringRange if I remember this right.

LEON · Posted: 11.09.2008, 11:37 Post subject:

Thanks Atan.

Now I only need to install and get dallas to work.

LEON · Posted: 20.10.2008, 05:59 Post subject:

Ok, i've been playin around with dallas, but seems i can't get this to work.

I have 2 levels, a intro level and the main level. First level have the script: owner>level, event>level end, then always performe enable given ship to use in singleplyer.

Must i make a briefing screen, so the ship can show up for selection on the next level? or will the selection screen show up by it self?
And what is the name of the ships? will D3 [dallas] understand 'phoenix' or 'magnum' or 'magnumAHT'?

I tried to open up your Firingrange, but the cpp file wasen't there so i couldn't study the scripts you made.

Leon

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

I used the briefing for ship selection in FR.

And for Dallas you must use the names out of your (table) gam.
Look at the little pic below to see how to write the names the right way. (Without 'Ship:' for sure)
But I can't say if this will really work in DALLAS because I didn't used that way up to now.
If you can't get it to work please tell us, I will have a deeper look then.

LEON · Posted: 20.10.2008, 18:06 Post subject:

Thanks for your help Atan.

Still no go. Geschockt

Excuse my newbieness Sehr glücklich

.. but acording to my logic......the 'enable given ship script' used in the first level, doesn't say anything about what the second level should do. So when second level loads, it just loads like nothing have happen. I dont see how the 'enable given ship script' in first level would make second level start with an ship selection screen. But then again....Im really new to this Sehr glücklich

Is it possible that I need to adjust some of my settings in D3edit as well, so it reads all the files right? I'm thinking of the tablefile manager.

Thanks again
Leon

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

No, no need to change something if the rest of your script is working in your level well.
Never change a running system! Tag den med ro! Smilie

Please wait, I'll have a look if I can made ship selection working by using a DALLAS script.
May take some time to check this out..

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

I found a function called 'PlayerChangeShip' which IS the one needed, but I wasn't able to use it inside DALLAS.
There is no given interface for us to handle it inside Singleplayer, at least I found none Traurig

So I'm sorry, but I can't find any other way than the briefing to use the ships.
Remember, you still need to enable the wanted ship(s) in the Start level script.
With the end of the level two briefing there will come the ship selection dialog automatically then, no need to search this inside briefing.
I'm not pretty sure about, it's just what I remember, which may be to wrong.., sorry.
I would have to test this out, to make two test levels and a briefing, but I have not the time doing this in the moment.
If you can't figure it out please tell me, then I will take the time and build such a test mission.

LEON · Posted: 20.10.2008, 21:51 Post subject:

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

Ok LEON, now it was me who couldn't sit still Winken

I did a quick build of two level, made a script for level1 which enables the Magnum and starts a timer which will end the level one in 10 secs.
Then I made a mini briefing, just a picture without any other stuff.
Collected both levels, (cpp), dll, msg, brief+picture inside a mission and told level 2 to own the briefing.
This minimal mission works. I attached the mission here so you could try it out.
I added the cpp so you could test the phoenix yourself.
Let me know if the problem is solved.

LEON · Posted: 20.10.2008, 23:12 Post subject:

Atan!! That worked!!

Thanks big time for fast service Sehr glücklich

C ya.
Leon

WillyP · Posted: 22.10.2008, 03:54 Post subject:

Did you try enabling the briefing for level one? First I tried as level two briefing, then I switched it to level one and I was able to choose the ship before level one started. Then I tried a different pilot and could not choose the ship. Is there a flag in the pilot's file (.plt) to enable ship choosing, after enabling for a given level?

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

No, I didn't try to put it into the first level, never thought that this will work. That are good news.
I think this is only for the one selected pilot. But if you start the level1 with the other pilot it should work again.
Every player own bits for the enabled ships, with scripting you can enable/disable, but choosing that ship is possible during the mission, at level change, only.

Q · aka. RagilRal Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 116

Yo!

How about letting the Player start in level2, setting
level1 as 'done'?

Roth 513, and Alien Territory allow to choose the
ship from the very first start. The Original Missions
too, but i've played them through.

Atan · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2001 Posts: 876

this is one more idea too.

WillyP · Posted: 23.10.2008, 00:05 Post subject:

Yes, I experimented a bit... IF briefing is at level one AND player has completed level one, THEN player may choose ship, BEFORE level one. ELSE IF player did not play yet, THEN player may NOT choose ship. Weinen

So if you think a mission allowed you to choose a ship before level one start... Are you sure you could, first time you have played this mission? Try with a new pilot.

For the other idea, to mark level one done at the level start, so essentially level two becomes the first playable level... I think this could work, but would be kinda unprofesional, as the player would spawn in level one and immediately get the level over screen. I think most people would be confused, and think level one had crashed or something. There would constantly be new topics in the forum: 'Level one of Such and Such mission doesn't work!!!'

LEON · Posted: 23.10.2008, 10:21 Post subject:

What would be really awesome, is if we culd enable the black pyro as well. But i guess that's another story, somthing that require some deep digging in codes and stuff.

Or? Winken

Leon