I need a beta tester

[theavonlady 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FSPilot @ 12 May 2003,21:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">theavonlady

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">- Put a Briefingname statement in MISSION.SQM and give your mission a more original name than SCUDS or DESTROY THE SCUDS.<span id='postcolor'>

"Kill the SCUDs"? <span id='postcolor'>

How about "Evening Breeze"?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">- There should be no drivers in the SCUDs.<span id='postcolor'>

This is a tough one. The only way I could get the SCUDs to register for a trigger, at least I trigger that I knew how to make, was to make them all under the "East" instead of empty category. I couldn't find a way to get rid of the drivers.

hmm... I suppose I could get them to disembark and go have a chat with some soldiers or something.<span id='postcolor'>

For each scud:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">init="myDriver1 = driver scud1; myDriver1 action [""EJECT"", scud1]; unassignvehicle myDriver1; deleteVehicle myDriver1";<span id='postcolor'>

Do the same for myDriver/Scud 2 and 3

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">- There's a jeep roaming around. I haven't checked this but if anyone in the jeep detectes the player, they should disembark and search for the player. What's a patrol for! <span id='postcolor'>

They don't? I swear I remember them doing that.<span id='postcolor'>

I said I didn't check this.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'll probably have to make the ending trigger bigger.<span id='postcolor'>

Yep.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Check, check, check, double check.

*gasp*

<span id='postcolor'>

At ease.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm particularly interested in knowing what you guys think of the intro.<span id='postcolor'>

Very nice.

[FSPilot 0]

I sort of ripped off the music from the "trinity and beyond" soundtrack. It's an amazing soundtrack for a documentary, I figured they wouldn't mind if I didn't make any money for the mission.

anyway I'll work more on the mission after wednesday, last day of finals!

thanks for the feedback!

[Skul 0]

The intro was very good.

Here's a few tips:

When you don't have any recorded speech (like me and a few other mission makers) and use text-only speeches, you could make it look a little better by typing in the speaker's name. Something like the following:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Guba: 'Me an evil git!'<span id='postcolor'>

In the script.sqs (or w/e you call it), it would look like this:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">titlecut ["Guba: 'Me an evil git!'","PLAIN DOWN",1]<span id='postcolor'>

I find that 'PLAIN DOWN' is good for speech.

You can have radio text by typing this:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[West,"HQ"] sidechat "Right, go and blow those SCUDs up, or whatever you're there for..."<span id='postcolor'>

What did you use to activate your intro? If you used a trigger, I suggest moving the activation of the intro script to the init line of a unit (say, the player).

You can just simply type in:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[] exec "intro.sqs"<span id='postcolor'>

and it will start as soon as the mission loads.

Having done that, you should add this to the start of your intro script:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">titlecut [" ","BLACK IN",5]

~5<span id='postcolor'>

This will make the screen black in over 5 seconds and wait 5 seconds for the fade to complete before continuing with the rest of the intro.

Now, at the end of the intro, tpye in this:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">titlecut [" ","BLACK OUT",5]

~5<span id='postcolor'>

Like above, it will fade the screen over 5 seconds. This time, to black. This allows a nice transition at stops the player from seeing his ( or her, Avon ), position.

And finally, if you want to stop the player from mucking up your cutscenes, or to stop them skipping your cutscenes, type:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">disableuserinput true<span id='postcolor'>

at the start of your cutscene script. After you type this in a cutscene, you MUST type

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">disableuserinput false<span id='postcolor'>

to reinstate the player's control. If you don't type that, you won't be able to move your character. In fact, you won't be allowed to type a single command into your computer. You can't even Alt-Tab out!

.........Phew.....

Well, I hope this helps you. I'm not giving you all this because I thought it was crap (because it wasn't), but to simply aid you in bettering it beyond it's current stage.

By the way, the intro was good. If it had had recorded voices, it would have looked pretty proffessional. I liked the way the camera tilted up to the sky, then all you hear is the gunshots. That was a good cinematic effect. See ya!

[Gareth Gates must die]

[Skul 0]

EDITED:

I double-posted...?

[FSPilot 0]

Thanks for the input skul. I think I'm done working on the intro, it's coordinated very carefully to get the AI to do what I want when I want. I might consider adding in those little transitions at the beginning and end of the intro so you don't get a little flash of the thing loading. Thanks.

What'd you think of the music? A bit melodramatic?

[Skul 0]

The music suited it. Good choice.

Scripted cutscenes rule, don't they? When I made my first one, I was like, 'No way! I didn't make this!'. lol

...Now if I had only learned 'em sooner...

[Gareth Gates must die]

[FSPilot 0]

Oh yeah, I had always wanted to be a movie director. I also thought intro scripting was way over my head. Then I tried it, it's easy and fun!

[Skul 0]

Easy as hell! I can throw together a good-looking cutscene in about 2-3 minutes with scripts!

[FSPilot 0]

Well, school's out. I've been working on this mission some lately and frankly I'm stumped. I tried theavonlady's script in the SCUDs and it didn't work, so I tried to make my own and it ended up CTDing OFP.

I'll have to do some research before I can get this thing to work.

But just to keep you guys interested, here's a list of changes...

-Updated briefing, including photo and more concise, and grammarically correct, briefing.

-Mission will be much harder, and I didn't just move the "skill" slider to the right either

-More soldiers, more articulate defense system.

I'm also considering putting in landmines. I'm just not sure I want to make installing it that much more complicated. It'll probably happen though.

[FSPilot 0]

Well, it's almost done.  The only thing that's holding me up is giving all the soldiers NVGs.  I can add it to their inventory but can't force them to use it, anybody know the command for that?

Other than that it's basically done, complete with landmines.

[theavonlady 2]

Of course, you could still make it AMORE compliant.

[Skul 0]

AMORE compliant? What's AMORE?

[FSPilot 0]

Well you see...

When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie

That's amore

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine

That's amore

Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling

And you'll sing "Vita bella"

Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay

Like a gay tarantella

When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fagiole

That's amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet

You're in love

When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not

Dreaming signore

Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli

That's amore

When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie

That's amore

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine

That's amore

Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling

And you'll sing "Vita bella"

Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay

Like a gay tarantella

When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fagiole

That's amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet

You're in love

When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not

Dreaming signore

Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli

That's amore

Lucky fella

When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fagiole

That's amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet

You're in love

When you walk down in a dream but you know you're not

Dreaming signore

Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli

That's amore, (amore)

That's amore

And it recquires resistance.

[theavonlady 2]

And it recquires resistance.

Amore? Nope. V1.20 and above.

[Skul 0]

I see......... I didn't understand a word...

[Gareth Gates must die]

[blackdog~ 0]

Was just reading through this thread (although I usually do multiplayer maps) and I thought I might let you know that you can do "this moveInCargo" to a gamelogic, and you might be able to use a game logic instead of the drivers. Not sure about it though.

[Skul 0]

Whoah! Someone other than me, Avon and FSPilot replied in this thread!

P.S. Blackdog, you seem to have evolved...

[Gareth Gates must die]

[FSPilot 0]

Was just reading through this thread (although I usually do multiplayer maps) and I thought I might let you know that you can do "this moveInCargo" to a gamelogic, and you might be able to use a game logic instead of the drivers. Not sure about it though.

Problems already fixed (I used that nifty trick where you group an empty object and a trigger).

But just so I know, what's a game logic?

[Skul 0]

It's under Side|Game Logic

It's essentially just something that you can use to do stuff, like activate triggers and so forth, without using soldiers.

[Gareth Gates must die]

[FSPilot 0]

This one is almost done, all I need to do is play with the briefing/overview to get it right and I'll probably post it at some popular website. I think I'm done working on it.

Anyway, look forward to a sequel and maybe even a trilogy coming up.