General map editor thread

[Nuka]

Alright, just seen this thread, very useful. Am in the process of making my first proper mission.

[Sparko]

Be sure to watch the tutorial vids :thumb:

[BrotherTobious]

Guys can I also ask that in future maps please can we remove the nightstalker from the ammo box.

Many Thanks

[sulky_uk]

It's a useful weapon as long as people don't use thermals, I thinks it is the only weapon with a built in range finder. I use it but don't use the thermals.

As you can probably tell by my low scores

[TwoBad]

Guys can I also ask that in future maps please can we remove the nightstalker from the ammo box.

Many Thanks

Gents, to do this in the virtual ammo box:

Open INS_revive\VAS\config.sqf

Scroll to the bottom and find this line vas_r_items = [];

Change it to vas_r_items = ["optic_Nightstalker"];


As a side note, you may have noticed in my last couple of missions i've been using a different box/create.  This is simple to avoid the normal contents being available and only being able to access the weapons etc i want the player to have.

[Chaosphere]

It's a useful weapon as long as people don't use thermals, I thinks it is the only weapon with a built in range finder. I use it but don't use the thermals.

As you can probably tell by my low scores

We want neither thermals nor the built in range finder, really Nice to have someone designated with a standalone range finder for such things, IMO.

Ty for the good work TwoBad!

[TwoBad]

Gents, another two scopes are to be added to the remove list please.

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vas_r_items = ["optic_Nightstalker","optic_tws","optic_tws_mg"];

[Nuka]

Hey everyone,

Just making another mission - Does anyone have a script or command line that would make enemies spawn in randomly and attack a town/objective that players would have to defend for about 15 minutes or so until the task is completed. I don't want it to be a whole mission, just a standalone objective. The mission I'm making is in the same style as my Weapon Cache one - you get to choose which objective to go to.

Cheers

[TwoBad]

Sounds like my Wave Assault mission

[Nuka]

Slightly It's not the entire mission though, just a part of it Do you have a script to make it work?

[TwoBad]

I do but it's a little bit complicated.  Think the easiest way to get you set up is to talk you through it on TS one night

[Nuka]

Alright, It only needs to be a small version of that - a few waves of enemies come in one after the other, that last wave completes the objective. I think it was John that had a mission where you would have to defend a small town from enemies, they would come from loads of different directions. A few people have had a smaller scale "defend the town" objective I think. If its a huge script that I only need for one small task it might not be worth the hassle?

[smilodon]

I think that map was mine or I at least wrote a map that had us defend a hill top town from waves of enemies. The tools I used are part of the standard mission editor that come included in the game. They're modules that are simple to set up and spawn random AI from various marked spawn points. The only two issues I had were that it was not easy to turn the module off (buggy) and the enemy AI can only be instructed to move to a set location. Once there they simply stop, which is why we sometimes ended up with dozens of AI crawling around the damaged tank but not doing much else. It would have been nice to have had them converge on the town and them roam about looking for us.

Like a full on script though it's a complicated solution to a small problem and is designed to be the main part of a mission not a simple task.

[TwoBad]

Well i know you've played my one Nuka, we have to defend a FOB.

I found a script online but it didn't quite do what i was after so have edited it to for my needs.

Random spawn location for enemies.
They are given a waypoint by the script (including setting them up for SAD etc).  Can give more than one waypoint if required.
Can spawn the pre-defined groups (in the editor) or create your own (as i did).
Set the spawn on a timer or when all the previous group are dead or a combination etc.

Plus a few other things