respawning

[Koll_Man 0]

Hi Everyone .....this is my 1st time here.......and i've been playing Arma for a few months....Im sure this topic has been covered,but Im having problems getting my players to respawn...so i dont have to restart the game over and over... this is on maps that i've created .....and i've tried everything to get them to respawn.....if anyone now how to do it ,which im sure there is or step by step instructions,or a forum that will tell me .........please let me have it thank you for your help

[Dynamax 0]

you are asking in the wrong section, this is for ArmA2 related stuff.

this should be posted in the ArmA section under mission editing.

[Master gamawa 0]

There you go

- (optional step) Add a marker on your map if you want to respawn in a specific point (like a base etc) and call it respawn_west or respawn_east or respawn_guerilla or respawn_civilian depending on what you play as.

- Save and export your mission to create a mission folder.

- Go to your My Documents>Arma>Missions>Your_Mission_Name folder and create a new txt file called description.txt

Now you need to specify what kind of respawn type you prefer and type that in there on the first line.

respawn=1; makes you a seagull

respawn=2; revives you right where you died, like nothing happened

respawn=3; respawns you to the marker you placed on your map earlier (if you did).

respawn=4; respanws you as a remaining team member. When all team members die you become a seagull.

Then you define how much time it will take to respawn by adding the line:

respawnDelay=5; for example, to enter the game 5 seconds after you died.

Change the number as you like. A 10 second delay is good because it gives you time to rethink what you did wrong.

then save the file and change the extention from .txt to .ext

That's it.

Go back to the editor again, export your mission again and test it on a multiplayer game.

You cannot test the respawn function while in the editor.

It is very important to export the mission again after you create the description.ext file. It took me hours to understand why respawning didn't work at first.

[Placebo 29]

Being new it's advisable to spend a little time look around the forums to see what belongs where

Moving to Mission Editing.