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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: dragonsniper on January 27, 2009, 07:50:04 pm

Title: Discard part of briefing
Post by: dragonsniper on January 27, 2009, 07:50:04 pm
Is it possible to get rid of the part of the briefing that informs you of the mission objectives that you need to complete?
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: Dilmah G on January 27, 2009, 07:58:11 pm
Don't think so, I mean it's a part of the briefing hard-coded into the game

OR-

You can use a red-alert briefing
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: dragonsniper on January 27, 2009, 07:59:17 pm
I'll see if I can try the red-alert briefing, but I'm not sure if it'll work. Thanks.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: blackhole on January 27, 2009, 08:04:46 pm
Technically you could un-hard-code it :P
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: Dilmah G on January 27, 2009, 08:08:15 pm
I'll see if I can try the red-alert briefing, but I'm not sure if it'll work. Thanks.

No probs. This for a campaign or stand-alone mission? If it's a campaign you could consider (if viable) making the mission previous a cutscene mission or something so the player's performance isn't hampered if they did badly in the mission before.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: Rodo on January 27, 2009, 08:29:49 pm
Check the "mission specs" tab, there is an option to toggle mission briefing on/off.


specially useful when you need to do extensive testing...saves you an extra click.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: eliex on January 28, 2009, 12:58:32 am
Although turning the any type briefing off isn't really recommended unless of course it's a cutscene in a campaign.
Certainly never for a standalone. 

specially useful when you need to do extensive testing...saves you an extra click.

You've got that right.  :nod:
I always save my briefings, CB's and DB's for the last part of FREDding.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: Aardwolf on January 28, 2009, 01:09:19 am
Is it possible to get rid of the part of the briefing that informs you of the mission objectives that you need to complete?

Bolded to point out that what some people have been suggesting is not what he's asking for.

What is it you actually want it hidden for?

I'm not sure, but this seems to me like the sort of situation where you're asking how to do something you don't really want anyway. Have you looked at the objectives screen, and particularly at what 'valid' versus 'invalid' objectives means, and what the validate-objective sexps (can't remember the actual name atm) do?
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: karajorma on January 28, 2009, 01:43:14 am
That would be my bet too. If it is, this (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/fredretail.html#events) explains how to use invalid objectives.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: dragonsniper on January 29, 2009, 06:31:01 pm
A big problem I have, is I've checkmarked the button to turn off the briefing in the mission specs, bu I'm still getting completion music. It's very odd. I'll mess around with it and try to fix it, but I may need some help on this. :)
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2009, 06:37:17 pm
I think you need to actually state your problem rather than asking how to do things you think might fix it.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: dragonsniper on January 29, 2009, 06:39:24 pm
Never mind. I fixed it doing something I didn't think I could. Thanks for all the help.
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: Goober5000 on January 29, 2009, 08:24:51 pm
Let me guess, you made it a training mission?
Title: Re: Discard part of briefing
Post by: dragonsniper on January 29, 2009, 10:01:43 pm
Nope. I added a mission objective (even though you wouldn't see it) that told it to be true if 5555 seconds had passed from the time that Alpha 1 left.