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Hosted Projects - Standalone => Diaspora => Diaspora 3rd Party Missions, Mods & Campaigns => Topic started by: mightyjoe83 on November 17, 2015, 01:15:10 pm
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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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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:
$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".
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how do i fix this?
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Don't use a < sign to check whether 0 is less than 0, right? It should just be
<
distance "Persephone" "Basestar 2"
3000
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Here's what it should look like.
(http://diaspora.fs2downloads.com/FREDDocs/walkthrough_events_persephone_close_enough.png)
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thanks I figured it out. I realized that's where I went wrong LOL LOL
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I'm Creating a new mission, I'm using the background editor, how do I change the background to a Nebula?
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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.
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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.
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Padlock view defaults to Shift + Alt + D from what I can see in the tables.
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is there a way to add a planet in the bacground?
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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.
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where do I find the Diaspora Documentation resource? and is there a station similar to Ragnar Anchorage i can download for Diaspora?
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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.
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Is it possible I can create my own command briefing animations for my missions?
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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).
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I just want to create a Command briefing eff that just says " Battlestar Auberon BSG 83"
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That shouldn't be too difficult provided you are good at art work or can find someone who is.
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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?
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I wanted to know how do I add my BSG Auberon logo to the Command Briefing as an animation?
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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
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Did you ever figure out how to add those ships?
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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?
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You don't need to convert it to use it in an EFF. To create EFF, create a textfile with these contents:
$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 :)
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How do I add Ships?
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How do I create a text file?
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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...
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how do I configure the logo for FRED?
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in the Command Briefing editor it only allows me to use ANI files should I configure the file to an ANI?
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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.
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Im still lost....
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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.
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I cant send attachments my attachment box is full. But in FED mission editor I only have the option of adding an ANI file.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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?
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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.
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I loaded the EFF into the game however it shows up in a weird way.
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here is the link to my image I uploaded: http://imgur.com/9dX3jE8
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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?
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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.
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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.
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I'm unable to send attachments I have the screenshot I just cant attach it because my the file is to large.
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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.
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what is FRAPS?
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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.
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:banghead: is there a link for the mission? :confused: :confused: :confused:
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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.