Player height after respawn

I'm creating a map with 5 respawn points, which is working fine, two of the respawn points are on top of buildings, this is where my problem is.

Prior to using the multi point dialog script I could get the AI and myself to spawn on roofs etc.

I wanted to know if anyone could look over the multi-respawn script and let me know where I need to insert the height/position for the character.

init script :

Quote[/b] ]RespawnLocation = "m_Start"; // marker name, init start location

player setPos getMarkerPos RespawnLocation;

//player addeventhandler ["Killed", {_this execVM "scripts\respawn_player.sqf"}]; // would rather use event handler

player execVM "scripts\respawn_player.sqf"; // infinite loop, controls respawning

I have this active in the init field of each player, with the player set as flying it basically drops them onto the roof.

this setpos[(getpos this select 0),(getpos this select 1), 12.80]

This is the respawn_player.sqf:

Quote[/b] ]// Desc: A respawn control script

for [{}, {true}, {true}] do

{

 //waitUntil { !(alive player) };

 while { alive player } do { sleep 1.0 };

 

 nul=[] execVM "Dialogs\Respawn_Dialog.sqf";

 // wait for respawn countdown to finish and for the selection to be made from the dialog

 // (Upon auto respawning after countdown, you will respawn at "RespawnWest" marker.)

 //waitUntil { alive player && !dialog };

 while { !alive player || dialog } do { sleep 1.0 };

 

 // player spawned at "RespawnWest" marker initially, so move him to final selected spawn location

 player setPos getMarkerPos RespawnLocation;

};

As the dialog box looks so good I would still like to keep it but more importantly I need my players to spawn at the highest point of 12.80 if they select that building.

I'm still quite new to this, so sorry if this is a very straight forward thing to sort out.

Cheers!

getMarkerPos would return the x and y coordinates - not the z coordinate. You'd need to check if the selected respawn point is on top of a building, and set the height if so.

Do something like this:

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switch (selectedBase) do

{

  case loc1: {player setPos getMarkerPos RespawnLocation;};//if the selected base is loc1, then go along as normal

  case loc2: {player setPos [(getMarkerPos RespawnLocation) select 0, (getMarkerPos RespawnLocation) select 1, 12.80];};//if selected base is loc2, then change the height

  case etc: {};

};

Now, I don't know how the rest of your scripts look, but I assume the name of the base is stored in a variable (here selectedBase). I went with switch do instead of if because you said you had 5 different bases (then again, only two were on buildings, but nvm ).

Alternatively, you could use a gameLogic or invisible H instead of your RespawnLocation marker (assuming you set the height of that one somewhere in your scripts).

Hey mate I would just like to say a big thanks, I came home tonight and re-did the script including:

player setPos [(getMarkerPos RespawnLocation) select 0, (getMarkerPos RespawnLocation) select 1, 12.80];

it basically drops the player from 12.80, which is the height of one of the spawn locations, the other roof is a little lower.

For players selecting a different location the drop a little but I willing to live with that to get the whole 'spawning' on a roof/rooftops thing.

Thanks again mate.

Look out for my map in the mapping section when complete.

Southy