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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: CenturionModel0005 on February 07, 2013, 06:49:36 am
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Waypoints: :mad:
Hi Can someone Please explain a little better How Waypoints are placed and then used in FRED I can get the Waypoint Editor open but It will not allow me to add any text to name it so I am guessing That is not the right way
How do I get ship a to move to a place in the sector. I have tried to find the answer but cant find anything that really explains how you go about placing the lines I see in other missions or setting them up.
any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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In order to add a waypoint to an existing path, you must select it before placing another point, otherwise FRED's going to create a whole new path. Same thing with the waypoint editor: you need to have a waypoint selected in order to be able to edit its name.
To order ships to follow waypoint, you give them waypoints or waypoints-once orders either as initial orders (ships editor) or via SEXP (event editor).
EDIT - Since 3.6.16, you can also move waypoints around during the mission itself by using the set-object-position SEXP. It's very useful if you want your capship to have semi-dynamic behavior, but it's a bit tricky to do, so I'd recommend getting more used to FRED before doing that.
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To be totally clear, waypoints are in the drop-down ships list up at the top of the GUI, and you place them with ctrl-click like any other ship.
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Great Information Many thanks for all the Input :cool: