How to make late joining players spawn somewhere else?

[CodeMonkee 10]

Hey all!

I'm normally pretty savvy with the editor, however I'm running into a little bit of an issue with my current mission.

I'm starting the mission with a helicopter insertion, so the players at the start of the mission spawn inside a helicopter, and are taken to the drop point. At the drop point, the swimmers are ejected, and the helicopter flies away, to be destructed off screen.

However this is posing a problem with spawns for me. I want only the players that start this mission on time to spawn in the helicopter, and ones later to spawn on a beachhead by the drop zone, because the original spawn heli will not be present after the start.

Does anyone have suggestions for how to do this?

I tried to make a trigger switch spawn zones after the helicopter reaches a certain area, but that didn't work, probably because I was moving them into the helicopter in their init lines...

So consider me stumped, for the moment.

How do I make late players spawn on a beach rather than trying to spawn into a helicopter?? :confused:

Many thanks,

CodeMonkee

[iceman77 18]

Try this, untested.

init.sqf

if (!isDedicated) then { //Run code on the client(s) 

waitUntil { !isNull player }; //wait Until player variable is viable to use (jip)

  if (isNil "M_Start") then { //if the helo hasn't reached the LZ then move player into the cargo. Else move them to a position on the ground.
     player moveInCargo myHelo;
  } else {
     player setPosATL getposATL someObject;
  };

};

When the helo reaches the LZ, to drop of the players initially, assign M_Start any value and PV it. IE; M_Start=1; publicvariable "M_Start"; This way, JIP players will spawn into the helo if it's still enroute to the LZ, else they will spawn at the position you designate. Hope that helps.

Edited October 21, 2013 by Iceman77

[BL1P 35]

I have a very similar question hope its ok to hijack post.

Is it possible to call up the respawntemplate MenuPosition option at start for Jips ?

[CodeMonkee 10]

Try this, untested.

init.sqf

if (!isDedicated) then { //Run code on the client(s) 

waitUntil { !isNull player }; //wait Until player variable is viable to use (jip)

  if (isNil "M_Start") then { //if the helo hasn't reached the LZ then move player into the cargo. Else move them to a position on the ground.
     player moveInCargo myHelo;
  } else {
     player setPosATL getposATL someObject;
  };

};

When the helo reaches the LZ, to drop of the players initially, assign M_Start any value and PV it. IE; M_Start=1; publicvariable "M_Start"; This way, JIP players will spawn into the helo if it's still enroute to the LZ, else they will spawn at the position you designate. Hope that helps.

EDIT*: Nope, I lied, I just found an issue... It spawn the "player" in the helicopter, but not any playable characters. The playable characters that the rest of the units spawn as just spawn where I set them in the start... How do I fix that??

Also the people that spawn, if they die, instantly respawn in the area they were at before... which is also problematic. Help?

Edited October 22, 2013 by CodeMonkee

[iceman77 18]

Try this, untested:

if (isServer) then {{_x moveInCargo myHelo} foreach playableUnits;};
if (!isDedicated) then { 

waitUntil { !isNull player }; 

  if (isNil "M_Start") then {
     player moveInCargo myHelo;
  } else {
     player setPosATL getposATL someObject;
  };

};

[] Spawn {
waituntil {!isNil "M_Start"};
"respawn_west" setmarkerPos getPosATL object_name;
};

I'm a little unclear about how units are respawning, where, and how. Are you using a simple respawn_west marker with "base" type respawn?

Edited October 22, 2013 by Iceman77

[CodeMonkee 10]

Try this, untested:

if (isServer) then {{_x moveInCargo myHelo} foreach playableUnits;};
if (!isDedicated) then { 

waitUntil { !isNull player }; 

  if (isNil "M_Start") then {
     player moveInCargo myHelo;
  } else {
     player setPosATL getposATL someObject;
  };

};

[] Spawn {
waituntil {!isNil "M_Start"};
"respawn_west" setmarkerPos getPosATL object_name;
};

I'm a little unclear about how units are respawning, where, and how. Are you using a simple respawn_west marker with "base" type respawn?

Yes, it's simply a base respawn with respawn_west marker. I have BTC revive going, and with the previous code, when any other person but the player died, they would instantly spawn back at the predetermined position, which was a bit odd, to say the least.

I've yet to try your current code above, but I'll have a chance at a test run in around an hour, I'll let you know how it works!

[CodeMonkee 10]

Alright, this partially works, the players that join in late spawn at the buoy I've created. However if they spawn in at the start, they spawn where I placed the actual units initially. So now it's working in reverse I suppose. It's something with the server specifications I think, it's causing the other players to not be counted as playable unit. Any more advice?