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Title: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 17, 2015, 01:15:10 pm
Hello,

 I created the example mission following the mission extended walk through in the editor tutorial. I've completed making the mission and I followed all the instructions however, Basestar 3 doesn't jump in when its supposed to and I don't understand why. attached is the file in which the mission was created. can anyone help see where I made my mistake. Thank you.

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Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 17, 2015, 04:27:43 pm
Basestar 3's arrival cue is tied to the event "Send in Basestar 3". This event checks that one of the events "Persephone close Enough", "Kubaba Close Enough", or "Cybele Close Enough" is true. All three of these events have the same problem:

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$Formula: ( when
   ( <
      0
      0
      ( distance "Persephone" "Basestar 2" )
      3000
   )
   ( clear-goals "Persephone" )
)
+Name: Persephone close Enough
+Repeat Count: 1
+Interval: 1

0 will never be less than 0. None of these events will ever evaluate to "true".
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 17, 2015, 05:29:15 pm
how do i fix this?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: General Battuta on November 17, 2015, 05:31:15 pm
Don't use a < sign to check whether 0 is less than 0, right? It should just be

<
distance "Persephone" "Basestar 2"
3000
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 17, 2015, 08:11:55 pm
Here's what it should look like.
(http://diaspora.fs2downloads.com/FREDDocs/walkthrough_events_persephone_close_enough.png)
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 18, 2015, 09:05:25 am
thanks I figured it out. I realized that's where I went wrong LOL LOL
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 18, 2015, 02:31:39 pm
I'm Creating a new mission, I'm using the background editor, how do I change the background to a Nebula?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 18, 2015, 08:00:46 pm
If you want the mission to be in a thick pea soup style nebula (Ragnar outpost style) you only need to tick the Full Nebula option in the background editor. If you instead want a nebula in the background, you want to add background bitmaps in the background editor. Just click the add button and play around with the choice of bitmaps and their scale and PBH settings until things look the way you want.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 18, 2015, 09:01:47 pm
Thank you, another question I want to ask is there a way to look around in the Cockpit of either the Viper or Raptor? I have a laptop and I don't see a pad lock key on my computer.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 18, 2015, 09:34:41 pm
Padlock view defaults to Shift + Alt + D from what I can see in the tables.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 19, 2015, 10:24:25 pm
is there a way to add a planet in the bacground?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 19, 2015, 10:30:01 pm
Two ways, either you use one of the planet skyboxes or you use one of the bitmaps. Skyboxes tend to look better in general so I would suggest picking one of those and then adding the nebula you want as a bitmap.

In the Diaspora Documentation you'll find a link on the first page to the Diaspora Resource List. That page has a picture of all the skyboxes and their names. All you have to do is to enter that name into the Skybox box in the background editor.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 19, 2015, 11:05:21 pm
where do I find the Diaspora Documentation resource? and is there a station similar to Ragnar Anchorage i can download for Diaspora?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 20, 2015, 12:04:51 am
In FRED go to help -> Help Topics. It's basically the same place you found the Extended Walkthrough you just did.

As for a station, you do have Armistice Station in R1 but if you need something bigger you'll have to look elsewhere on this board for something Freespace related that looks right in the BSG universe.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 20, 2015, 08:25:39 am
Is it possible I can create my own command briefing animations for my missions?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 20, 2015, 08:38:29 am
Yeah, but depending on what you want to do, it might not be that easy. You need to create an EFF animation. You can find the details on the format here (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/EFF#ANI).
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 20, 2015, 11:09:23 am
I just want to create a Command briefing eff that just says " Battlestar Auberon  BSG 83"
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on November 20, 2015, 09:13:50 pm
That shouldn't be too difficult provided you are good at art work or can find someone who is.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on November 24, 2015, 01:25:07 pm

How exactly do I add this station to Diaspora? and I also downloaded the MarkII Viper as well, how do I add it to Diaspora?

 
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 14, 2015, 08:29:46 pm
I wanted to know how do I add my BSG Auberon logo to the Command Briefing as an animation?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 14, 2015, 08:46:24 pm
Right now (i.e. prior to me completing apng support), I think you just need to create a single frame EFF of the logo, put all the EFF files into MOD/data/cbanims/,  then configure that file to be used in the mission via FRED.

Details on the EFF format here: http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/EFF#EFF
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on December 15, 2015, 03:00:10 am
Did you ever figure out how to add those ships?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 09:38:48 am
No I never figured out how to add the ships and as for the logo I have it saved as a JPG file how do I convert it to a EFF or ANI file?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 15, 2015, 03:35:25 pm
You don't need to convert it to use it in an EFF.  To create EFF, create a textfile with these contents:

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$Type: JPG
$Frames: 1
$FPS: 1

Name that file something like: Auberon_lg.eff

Then name the jpg: Auberon_lg_0000.jpg

And you're done :)
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 04:38:29 pm
How do I add Ships?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 04:42:00 pm
How do I create a text file?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 15, 2015, 04:59:11 pm
Download & install notepad++ (you can use the builtin windows notepad.exe, but notepad++ is much more useful for editing FSO related files, like tables)

Create a new file, add the info, "save as" in the correct location. That should be all there is to it.

I'm not as familiar with adding ships, in general you need to:

1) save the .pof to data/models
2) save the textures to data/maps (IIRC)
3) add the table entries, either modifying the .tbl or adding a .tbm to data/tables

I *think* that's it? Assuming no modifications to the model are required...
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 05:56:16 pm
how do I configure the logo for FRED?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 06:08:22 pm
in the Command Briefing editor it only allows me to use ANI files should I configure the file to an ANI?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 15, 2015, 06:19:10 pm
in the Command Briefing editor it only allows me to use ANI files should I configure the file to an ANI?

The FSO code supports EFF's for command briefings, not sure why FRED wouldn't allow it.  Actually - how does it not allow an EFF to be selected? The CBAni file should be written to the mission file without an extension anyway.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 15, 2015, 06:46:33 pm
Im still lost....
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 15, 2015, 07:15:52 pm
OK, I can't run FRED on Linux so I can't check why you can't add the EFF file in the command briefing editor.  Can you please explain in detail why you can't select the EFF file in the command briefing editor? Screenshots might also help.
Title: My Mission par 2
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 16, 2015, 12:07:07 am
I cant send attachments my attachment box is full. But in FED mission editor I only have the option of adding an ANI file.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 16, 2015, 04:53:03 am
OK, I've finally got to my Windows laptop and have started FRED. I can see that the command briefing editor says "Ani filename" next to the "browse" button.  Ignore the fact that it only says "Ani", it'll should let you select a EFF file here as well.  Browse to Diaspora/data/cbanims/Auberon_lg.eff and click OK.

Also, if your attachments box is full then you can post a screenshot to an image sharing service like http://imgur.com/, then post a link to the image.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 16, 2015, 09:05:21 am
I clicked on the browse button next to ANI, and when I get to the cbamin folder nothing comes up I saved the jpg and the eff file in that folder I'm not sure why its not letting me select it?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 16, 2015, 03:41:27 pm
Check that the eff file is called Auberon_lg.eff, and not Auberon_lg.eff.txt.

This should show you how to show file extensions in Windows 10: http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/06/windows-10/show-file-name-extensions-windows-10.html
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 09:56:32 am
OK do I save the EFF file and the JPG file together or do I save it separately? when located it in the command briefing editor do I select the Auberon JPG or the EFF?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 10:12:35 am
Ok I saved the EFF and I saved the JPG, how do I convert it so that it looks like the other EFF's in the command briefing? I put both the eff and JPG in the Data/cbaanim folder.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 10:46:04 am
I loaded the EFF into the game however it shows up in a weird way.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 10:54:33 am
here is the link to my image I uploaded: http://imgur.com/9dX3jE8
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 18, 2015, 11:13:00 am
OK do I save the EFF file and the JPG file together or do I save it separately? when located it in the command briefing editor do I select the Auberon JPG or the EFF?
Ok I saved the EFF and I saved the JPG, how do I convert it so that it looks like the other EFF's in the command briefing? I put both the eff and JPG in the Data/cbaanim folder.
I loaded the EFF into the game however it shows up in a weird way.
here is the link to my image I uploaded: http://imgur.com/9dX3jE8
Okay, firstly, please don't post multiple times in a row like that. If you have more to add to what you said before and nobody's replied, just edit your previous post.

Secondly, you're going to have to be more specific than "it shows up in a weird way" if you want anyone to help troubleshoot what's going wrong. Can you show us a screenshot of what it looks like in-game?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 03:15:04 pm
My Apologies, I will do that for future purposes. How do I take an in game screenshot to so I can show you what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 18, 2015, 07:06:24 pm
Your Print Screen (or "Prt Scr" as it's usually abbreviated) key will make FSO save a screenshot in TGA format to a folder called "screenshots". If you'd rather not deal with TGA format, you could always try something like FRAPS.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 18, 2015, 08:03:52 pm
I'm unable to send attachments I have the screenshot I just cant attach it because my the file is to large.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: niffiwan on December 18, 2015, 09:18:41 pm
Also, if your attachments box is full then you can post a screenshot to an image sharing service like http://imgur.com/, then post a link to the image.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: mightyjoe83 on December 19, 2015, 07:16:02 pm
what is FRAPS?
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 19, 2015, 07:33:25 pm
If you haven't already heard of it, it probably isn't worth going into detail; Google it if you're curious, but if you already have a screenshot in TGA format, you just need to find someplace to upload it.
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: jherndon on August 30, 2016, 10:15:32 am
 :banghead: is there a link for the mission? :confused: :confused: :confused:
Title: Re: My Mission
Post by: karajorma on August 31, 2016, 11:50:10 am
A lot of these sorts of mission ended up in my Quick and Dirty archive.

Without the filename, it's a little hard to know which mission this was and if it made it in.