[MatthTheGeek]

Title says all. A sexp to replenish the CMs of a ship is all I need to perfect my fake respawn system in BP Multi. Given the existence of the set-primary-ammo and set-secondary-ammo, hopefully this shouldn't be too hard to implement (famous last words).

[Colonol Dekker]

Title says all. A sexp to replenish the CMs of a ship is all I need to perfect my fake respawn system in BP Multi. Given the existence of the set-primary-ammo and set-secondary-ammo, hopefully this shouldn't be too hard to implement (famous last words).

Is "Shift + End" still a factor in your system?

[MatthTheGeek]

Shift-End means you're bypassing the whole fake respawn system, and you die for real. It's based on the fact players and AI-controlled player ships don't really die.

[Colonol Dekker]

That was my point

So you're making a bot-match mission in effect? Ok, SHIFT+END won't work. So.......... what if i want to self-destruct?

Sorry to detract from a fine feature request by the way 

[MatthTheGeek]

You can't. I could have tried to use a key-pressed sexp, but I'm pretty sure that won't work correctly in multi : you can't have the sexp check which player has pressed the keys - and I haven't tested, but chances are it will work only for the host, as usual.

[karajorma]

Key-pressed will only work for the host. There's no easy way to fix this as it's only really possible to fix SEXPs that change things rather than those that simply check the status of something.

Nonetheless a set-countermeasures SEXP is probably ridiculously easy to code. When I'm not hungover, I'll take a look at it.

[Goober5000]

This should be coupled with a get-countermeasures sexp if one doesn't already exist.

[Dragon]

Indeed.
That could also be used in other places, for example in carrier rearming system I'm going to soon start working on.
Combining combat landings, a few SEXPs and a model adapted for this, it should be possible to make a beliveable combat rearming/refuelling system.

[karajorma]

This should be coupled with a get-countermeasures sexp if one doesn't already exist.

Already coded in. I just need to do some preliminary testing since I coded it on a packed Chinese train while being asked to keep score in my friends game of Gin Rummy

[karajorma]

Committed and available in the latest nightlies.

[mjn.mixael]

  HOT!