spawnset syntax

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:57 am

OK I have 4 ai that I want to spawn, run to a pathnode and then fire. Now I can do that with the targetname enemyspawner, but I need to to check if they are alive in the script, and since that is everyone elses name, that won't work. I've got them set up like normal, connected to a pathnode and all and key/values of:

#set 1400
targetname assault1

and then in my scprit:

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thread global/ai.scr::spawnset 1400 assault1

and that is called by a trigger.

If I can't do it that way, how can I do it so i can still check if they are alive? I may need to do each seperate though, but at least get them spawning first.

Thanks!

kai0ty · Post by **kai0ty** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:50 am

did u try the isalive command?

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:40 am

I am not home now so can't check but I think you can use the key enemy and set it to the targetname you want the ai to have after it is spawned then you can use that . also I think that the global/ai.scr sets level.totalbaddies to the number of alive enemyspawners .

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:15 pm

um did you mean using a key/value of enemy/assault1 -->that my targetname I want...?

and that is what I want to do kai0ty, but doing:

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if !(isAlive $enemyspawner)
{
//blah
}

obvisouly wouldn't work...

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:05 am

OK folks I have my guys spawning like in m6l3a (the snipers) like so: (it works btw)

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messhallmg42_trigger:

	iprintln "The mess hall assault begins!!"

goto assault1

end
thread assault1adie
thread assault1bdie
thread assault1cdie
thread assault1ddie
thread newroundcheck

thread assault1
assault1:
level.messhalldeaths = 0
$assault1a thread assault1adie
$assault1a exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1a exec global/runto.scr $t37		
$assault1a waittill movedone
$assault1a exec global/enable_ai.scr



$assault1b thread assault1bdie
$assault1b exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1b exec global/runto.scr $t38		
$assault1b waittill movedone
$assault1b exec global/enable_ai.scr

$assault1c thread assault1cdie
$assault1c exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1c exec global/runto.scr $t36		
$assault1c waittill movedone
$assault1c exec global/enable_ai.scr

$assault1d thread assault1ddie
$assault1d exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1d exec global/runto.scr $t35		
$assault1d waittill movedone
$assault1d exec global/enable_ai.scr


goto newroundcheck
end


assault1adie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1a died!"

level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault1bdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1b died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end




assault1cdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1c died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault1ddie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1d died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end

newroundcheck:
thread spawnnewround
if (level.messhalldeaths == 4)
{
iprintln "Time for a new round!"
goto spawnnewround
}
else
{
goto newroundcheck
}

spawnnewround:
iprintln "New round spawning!"
end

Now as you can see at the bottom I need to respawn these guys.

Should I spawn them like:

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spawn models/human/german_panzer_obershutze"targetname" "assault2a" "type_attack" "turret" 
$assault2a.origin = $assault1a.origin

then put that:

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assault2:
level.messhalldeaths = 0
$assault2a thread assault2adie
$assault2a exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault2a exec global/runto.scr $t37		
$assault2a waittill movedone
$assault2a exec global/enable_ai.scr

//blah blah, rest of the ai move/spawn, death checks, and goto newroundspawn yada yada yada...

I would have to do all that 9 more times, to get the 10 waves of ai I want...

I know that should work, but it won't be effecient. Is there a more effecient way?

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:40 am

EDITED:

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messhallmg42_trigger:

	iprintln "The mess hall assault begins!!"

goto assault1

end
thread assault1adie
thread assault1bdie
thread assault1cdie
thread assault1ddie
thread newroundcheck

thread assault1
assault1:
level.messhalldeaths = 0
$assault1a thread assault1adie
$assault1a exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1a exec global/runto.scr $t37		
$assault1a waittill movedone
$assault1a exec global/enable_ai.scr



$assault1b thread assault1bdie
$assault1b exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1b exec global/runto.scr $t38		
$assault1b waittill movedone
$assault1b exec global/enable_ai.scr

$assault1c thread assault1cdie
$assault1c exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1c exec global/runto.scr $t36		
$assault1c waittill movedone
$assault1c exec global/enable_ai.scr

$assault1d thread assault1ddie
$assault1d exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault1d exec global/runto.scr $t35		
$assault1d waittill movedone
$assault1d exec global/enable_ai.scr


goto newroundcheck
end


assault1adie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1a died!"

level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault1bdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1b died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end




assault1cdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1c died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault1ddie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault1d died!"
level.messhalldeaths++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths)" deaths in the mess hall"
end

newroundcheck:
thread spawnnewround
while (level.messhalldeaths >= 4)
{
iprintln "Time for a new round!"
goto spawnnewround
end
}


spawnnewround:
iprintln "New round spawning!"
goto assault2
end





//-------------------------ROUND 2---------------------------------------ROUND 2--------------------------------------
thread newroundcheck2
thread assault2
assault2:
level.messhalldeaths2 = 0
spawn models/human/german_panzer_obershutze "targetname" "assault2a" "type_attack" "turret" "gun" "Panzerschrek"
$assault2a.origin = $assaultspawnera.origin 
$assault2a thread assault2adie
$assault2a exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault2a exec global/runto.scr $t37		
$assault2a waittill movedone
$assault2a exec global/enable_ai.scr


spawn models/human/german_panzer_obershutze "targetname" "assault2b" "type_attack" "turret" "gun" "Panzerschrek" 
$assault2b.origin = $assaultspawnerb.origin
$assault2b thread assault2bdie
$assault2b exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault2b exec global/runto.scr $t38		
$assault2b waittill movedone
$assault2b exec global/enable_ai.scr


spawn models/human/german_panzer_obershutze "targetname" "assault2c" "type_attack" "turret" "gun" "StG44"
$assault2c.origin = $assaultspawnerc.origin
$assault2c thread assault2cdie
$assault2c exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault2c exec global/runto.scr $t36		
$assault2c waittill movedone
$assault2c exec global/enable_ai.scr


spawn models/human/german_panzer_obershutze "targetname" "assault2d" "type_attack" "turret" "gun" "StG44"
$assault2d.origin = $assaultspawnerd.origin
$assault2d thread assault2ddie
$assault2d exec global/disable_ai.scr
$assault2d exec global/runto.scr $t35		
$assault2d waittill movedone
$assault2d exec global/enable_ai.scr


goto newroundcheck2
end


assault2adie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault2a died!"

level.messhalldeaths2++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths2)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault2bdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault2b died!"
level.messhalldeaths2++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths2)" deaths in the mess hall"
end




assault2cdie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault2c died!"
level.messhalldeath2s++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths2)" deaths in the mess hall"
end



assault2ddie:

self waittill death
iprintln "Assault2d died!"
level.messhalldeaths2++
iprintln "There are: "(level.messhalldeaths2)" deaths in the mess hall"
end

newroundcheck2:
thread spawnnewround2
while (level.messhalldeaths2 == 4)
{
iprintln "Time for a new round!"
goto spawnnewround2
end
}


spawnnewround2:
iprintln "New round spawning!"
end

That works not too shabby!

Now I'll need to copy it over 8 times to acheive 10 rounds! Thanks!