Respawn into Halo?

[Hop1ite 10]

Hi, I've searched for this idea and found many threads about Halo jumping which I can get to work just fine, but is there a way to respawn falling from the sky at a certain height? Any help would be much appreciated!

(I apologize if this has been covered before but I couldn't find it)

-Gary

---------- Post added at 10:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 AM ----------

Oh, I've been using this to start units mid Halo drop, if that helps.

[this, 5000] exec "ca\air2\halo\data\Scripts\HALO_init.sqs";

[Joshii 10]

Addeventhandler killed

make the eventhandler execute the script?

[Fuzzy Bandit 10]

Indeed.

If not, post the code of HALO_init.sqs so we can have a look at what exactly that does.

[Hop1ite 10]

I was toying with something like this, couldn't get it to work though.

player addEventHandler ["killed",{[] spawn {waitUntil {alive player}; execvm "ca\air2\halo\data\Scripts\HALO_init.sqs"};}];

I don't have a very good handle (no pun intended) on eventhandlers so any help would be great!

[Fuzzy Bandit 10]

Ok add this to the init of your unit:

_xhandle = this addEventHandler ["killed", "_this execvm 'respawn.sqf'"];

Then, create a file called respawn.sqf and add this to it:

_unit = _this select 0;

waituntil {alive player};

_unit = player;
[_unit, 5000] exec "ca\air2\halo\data\Scripts\HALO_init.sqs";

That might work.

[Hop1ite 10]

worked perfectly! Thanks for the help!

[Fuzzy Bandit 10]

Awesome and glad to hear it!

May I ask what's inside the HALO_init.sqs script? Might be useful to me as well! :) Or is it built into the game?

[Andy455 11]

HALO_init.sqs is built into the game but if you unPBO the air2.PBO you can easily find it:

_HALOunit = _this select 0
_HALOunitaltitude = _this select 1

;// Set the unit pos in the air
_HALOunit setpos [getpos _HALOunit select 0, getpos _HALOunit select 1, _HALOunitaltitude]

;// Run player or AI script
~0.05
? (_HALOunit == player) : playsound "BIS_HALO_Flapping"; setAperture 0.05; setAperture -1; _HALOunit switchMove "para_pilot"; [_HALOunit] exec "ca\air2\halo\data\Scripts\HALO.sqs"
? ! (isplayer _HALOunit) : [_HALOunit] exec "ca\air2\halo\data\Scripts\HALO_AI.sqs"

exit

Just find yourself a good unPBOing tool and you can see how BIS made a lot of the built in scripts / modules...

Edited May 16, 2010 by Andy455

[Fuzzy Bandit 10]

Good stuff! Cheers! :D