[Vertigo 7]

ok this is really a 2 part question...

1... is there a way to have a player launch from a hanger bay instead of just being in the map?

and 2... is there a way to have a player emerge from hyperspace before the mission allows me to take control?

[blowfish]

1) Place the player's ship in the hanger (no, there's no other way)

2) You can't actually make the player emerge from subspace, but you can lock the player's controls (player-use-ai), and use cutscene sexps to show another ship warping in (then just have it vanish, and restore the player's control).

[Vertigo 7]

well hrmph. ok no biggy, now can you have a player depart to a hanger instead of hyperspace?

[blowfish]

Yes.  Like this:

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( when
   ( <
      ( distance-ship-subsystem
         "Alpha 1"
         "MyBigShip"
         "fighterbay"
      )
      300
   )
   ( end-mission )
Note: You may have to adjust the distance.  And be sure to make it chained, just like a normal RTB directive.

[Vertigo 7]

how do you make a chained event?

[Snail]

1) Place the player's ship in the hanger (no, there's no other way)

Unless I'm misunderstanding someone's post, why can't you just do this?

It works perfectly fine for me...

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[blowfish]

Well, then, you can do that.  I don't have much experience with FRED, so listen to Snail.

[Droid803]

You can set arrival cue for the player wing to be a hangar. it works (and snail, that's the wrong screenshot. you can't set arrival cues nor waves on player wings).
Well, at least on the version of FRED I have.

[Snail]

Well, then, you can do that.  I don't have much experience with FRED, so listen to Snail.

Oh, yeah, you're on a Mac, right?

Well, anyhow, that should work for making the player arrive inside the hangarbay. Though it doesn't always give the best results. Sometimes wingmen smash into you and you go around bouncing around the walls of the hangar until you die.

(and snail, that's the wrong screenshot. you can't set arrival cues nor waves on player wings).
Well, at least on the version of FRED I have.

I had that screenshot lying around. Instead of taking a new one I just grabbed it. That's why there's that random name (Cyaegha) in there.

[PL_Harpoon]

As for the "landing", in the campaign I`m making every mission starts end ends in a fighter bay, and the best way to do this is to create a normal RTB event, but instead of jumping into subspace, create a waypoint in the middle of a fighter bay, and end the mission, when the player is approx. 50 meters from it. I also added that the player ship must stop to end mission.
And as for the "takeoffs" you can also disable the engines of a player`s fighter and then fix them, when player presses some button (like: \ in my campaign).

[blowfish]

You don't need a waypoint.  You can just test the player ship's distance to the larger ship's fighter bay subsystem, as I demonstrated earlier.  This also allows you to move the big ship around without worrying about the waypoint.

[Droid803]

You don't need a waypoint.  You can just test the player ship's distance to the larger ship's fighter bay subsystem, as I demonstrated earlier.  This also allows you to move the big ship around without worrying about the waypoint.

Yup. I use that for all mission that require landing, as do many other custom campaigns.

[Vertigo 7]

thats awesome guys. I really appreciate your help =)