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Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: redmenace on March 11, 2003, 10:09:47 pm
Would it be possible to program a waypoint tool that would create waypoints for a formation of ships. The Ships would follow the waypoints with out breaking formation. The formations would be able to turn and everything like that.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Goober5000 on March 11, 2003, 10:33:29 pm
Um... they do that already... :wtf:
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: redmenace on March 11, 2003, 11:01:59 pm
I don't think it does, you can select a group of ships but the ships don't maintain that formation. the Ship converge on the first waypoint. not maintaining their distance from one another.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Bobboau on March 11, 2003, 11:03:29 pm
put the ships in a wing and tell the leader to folow the waypoint
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: redmenace on March 11, 2003, 11:29:27 pm
oh ok. But can we increase the the wings size. the limit is at 6 right now.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: diamondgeezer on March 11, 2003, 11:42:36 pm
They crash in to each other quite enough as is it...
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Fetty on March 11, 2003, 11:50:44 pm
perhaps somebody can increase the ai ? :rolleyes:
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: diamondgeezer on March 11, 2003, 11:53:49 pm
Now come on, you know what Zylon will say -

Code: [Select]

;; A.I can be high, medium or low
A.I level = High


He'll laugh at your grasp of programming complexities, and you'll have brough it entirely on yourself.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Slasher on March 12, 2003, 12:09:51 am
I'm surprised he hasn't gotten around to saying -

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;; Mission designer intelligence can be high, medium or low
Mission designer intelligence level = High


Adjust Mission designer intelligence level accordingly. :D
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Fury on March 12, 2003, 02:38:42 am
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Originally posted by Slasher
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;; Mission designer intelligence can be high, medium or low
Mission designer intelligence level = High
[/B]

I believe "low" is standard value.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Exarch on March 12, 2003, 03:07:50 am
I believe wing sizes above 6 would require new interface art, so that's unlikely to happen. You can order all the ships you want to fly in formation to guard the formation leader, then just have that ship fly your waypoints, and the rest will follow.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Solatar on March 12, 2003, 05:33:40 am
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Originally posted by Exarch
I believe wing sizes above 6 would require new interface art, so that's unlikely to happen. You can order all the ships you want to fly in formation to guard the formation leader, then just have that ship fly your waypoints, and the rest will follow.


:wtf: Why new interface art? HUD art:D

We could always limit Alpha, Beta and Gamma to four players, Delta and Epsilon to six, and anything else can be higher.

EDIT: And I want cargo wings...
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: ZylonBane on March 12, 2003, 10:00:20 am
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Originally posted by Hades
EDIT: And I want cargo wings...
You can do that. FRED complains, but it works.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: diamondgeezer on March 12, 2003, 11:02:22 am
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Originally posted by Hades
EDIT: And I want cargo wings...


No, you want corvette wings ;7
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: redmenace on March 12, 2003, 11:04:39 am
Well we could have wings of more than six for wings that are not going to on the display. Such as a group of capships.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: diamondgeezer on March 12, 2003, 11:10:38 am
What's more important is geting rid of the wing name prerequisits - we've proven that the player can happily fly in Alpha, Beta or Gamma wing but anything else and the ship selection, weapon selection and wing monitor screws up... very annoying.
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Darkblade on March 12, 2003, 12:20:59 pm
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury

I believe "low" is standard value.


That is at least valid for me. :)
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 12, 2003, 01:56:33 pm
What's so hard about making a number of waypoint for your ships in formation. Hold on, I am making a mission at the moment in which I do just this. I shall upload it and you shall see.

Be Warned, 'twas made with latest FRED. and has that brand spanking new NTF CBani that is less than 1 week old.

Mission of waypoint ness (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/PoVBB/PoVBB1-1.fs2)
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: miniDwarf on March 12, 2003, 01:59:42 pm
could you have wings for sentry guns, i hate numberin them, especially with 20...
Title: Waypoint tool
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 12, 2003, 02:18:15 pm
Try it. I never have, so I wouldn't know.

And it's all done with syringes, doughnut wise.