Re-spawning under a global timer OR on objective completion

[phant 10]

Hi there!

I am attempting to make a PvP 'Push' type game-mode, where Blufor must take a series of zones/objectives (one at a time) from Redfor. So Blufor are slowly pushing their way to an end objective, and Redfor are defending each objective. It's designed for lower numbers.

Anyway, I want to allow respawning, but only under one of these conditions (I'll only use one of these conditions in the mission, not both):

1. Anyone who is dead will respawn when an objective is completed. So when Blufor capture a zone and the objective completion is triggered, any Blufor or Redfor soldiers who were killed will respawn at a marker.

2. Anyone who is dead will respawn after a set global timer has counted down. The timer will reset when it reaches 0. Anyone who dies (even 1 second before the timer reaches 0) will respawn on a marker. It's basically the respawn system Red Orchestra employs, where you respawn in reinforcement 'waves' after a timer reaches 0, but no sooner.

I don't even know where to get started with either of these, so any help or documents I can read would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Phant

[R3vo 2654]

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It seems that, if the player is dead he won't respawn even though I used forceRespawn. Maybe someone else has experience with this.

Edited February 25, 2015 by R3vo

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The Arma3Respawn Wiki page is probably worth a read if you have not been there already, especially the templates section "wave" and player respawn time.