[Tantalus53]

Ok, im trying to make a recon mission. Heres the problem.

I have two wings of fighters on patrol through waypoints that send them chriscrossing through the field the player is most active in. When the gaurd comes within 500m of the player, they are suposed to detect them. the problem i have is that i want them to reak off their patrol & attack you & the other fighter with you. what allways happens is, they fly right by you & continue with their patrol. What should i do?

[Snail]

 add-goal
  Patrol Wing
 ai-chase
  Alpha
  89
?

[karajorma]

Clear their current goals?

[Roanoke]

add-goal
  Patrol Wing
 ai-chase
  Alpha
  89
?

put a:

when
<
distance
patrol wing
Alpha1
500
add-goal
  Patrol Wing
 ai-chase
  Alpha
  89

offhand, that should do it. Make a copy for each ship

[0rph3u5]

Make a copy for each ship

use when-argument (if you aren't too afraid to use it) instead of creating lots of events

[should look like this:]
when-argument
- any-of
-- patrol 1
-- patrol 2
-- patrol 3
- <
-- distance
--- Alpha 1
--- <argument>
-- 500
- add-goal
-- <argument>
-- ai-chase
--- Alpha 1
--- 89

[Tantalus53]

Thanks , everyone. im encorperateing it into the mission now.

also, does annyone know a good positioning for an Hecate Vs. Orion battle, to give bothe a 50/50 chance to win? so far whatever i try, the Orion sliced the hecate to bits before it can use its fo'ard beams.

[Tantalus53]

also, the pre-set Nebula backgrounds...

Every time i try to use one, i get this MASSIVE error window, then fred runs into problem & closes out. what can i do to fix this, cause its a backbreaking task to construct a nebula from the bits & peices that the program lets me use.

[0rph3u5]

also, the pre-set Nebula backgrounds...

you mean you want to use the "Pattern"-stuff below the "Full nebula"-fields?
oh boy, those are dead remains of FS1 no one removed

One idea to circumvent this is to got to this place:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,32341.0.html
here you will find several BGs which you only have to insert into your mission by using the editor...

BTW is there a limit for bg-maps in one mission??

also, does annyone know a good positioning for an Hecate Vs. Orion battle,

"beam-lock"?

[karajorma]

also, does annyone know a good positioning for an Hecate Vs. Orion battle, to give bothe a 50/50 chance to win? so far whatever i try, the Orion sliced the hecate to bits before it can use its fo'ard beams.

The problem is that you're trying to set up an uneven battle as if it should be even. The Orion is meant to beat the Hecate in one one one battles.

[Roanoke]

Put the Hecate in the Orion's 4/5 o'clock position and tweak beam firing times. That way both ships will have 2 TerSlash & 1 BGreen to play with.

[Tantalus53]

A question about debriefings...

It sllways plays failure music.  even when the "is-goal-true" is preasent.

[Goober5000]

If you're using retail FreeSpace, it will do that.  This is a bug when missions are played in the tech room, as opposed to in a campaign.

[Tantalus53]

Ok, here is another question.

Some of my command briefing have things i can tie in with some FS1 is there a way i can put the VP files into my FS2 directory? i tried & got an error prompt.

[jr2]

Hng, either use FSPort, or, extract the files you need, package them in a .vp, and use them as a mod.  If I'm understanding the situation correctly.

[Tantalus53]

another question, though its alittle off topic from my campain.

just downloaded the FS open from tureys installer. problem is when i try to start it by going into the FS2 Directory & pressing the launcher, i get an error that reads:"this application has failed to start because OpenAL32.dll was not found. re-installing this application might fix the problem."

tried that. no differance. when i finaly get the launcher up, i cant apply or run, because it says the same thing. i have the retail FS2 installed via the original CD's, so i can still open that. what do i do? im so close to playing & modding FS2 open, i realy need help with this.

also, are there anny programs you guys sugest to do the custom voiceovers for my missions?

[jr2]

Hmm... Did you install Open AL?  If so, try looking for the old versions of Open AL, that might be causing a conflict.  (Search in the threads, you will find the names of the files, something like nv_oal.dll and another one, I forget.)  If you have old versions, delete their files, and reinstall Open AL.

[Tantalus53]

i didnt see it during the instalation, & i cant find it in my fs2 directory.

Is it easyer to download everything from the intaller or intall retail with the CD's & then get the Open files from the installer. cause right now im compleetly confused.

[jr2]

Install Retail 1st, then use the Open Installer on top of it.  Then install OpenAL.  Err, here, just install retail, then use my walkthrough.

[Tantalus53]

lol problem solved.

Thank goodness for the search function on the HLP main page.

The only thing is there's massive lags in asteroid fields & during bem cannon fire, but i can probably solve it on my own.

lol my campain looks beyond incredible in FS2_open.

[Cobra]

The only thing is there's massive lags in asteroid fields & during bem cannon fire, but i can probably solve it on my own.

Crappy system, maybe? What are your system specs?