Respawning on LHD

Hi all, I'm having a problem trying to respawn in my MP map. Can someone please check my code and tell me if I have everything right?

My init.sqf looks like this:

[] execVM "briefing.sqf";

[] execVM "description.ext";

My description file looks like this:

respawn=3;

respawndelay=5;

respawnvehicle=3;

respawnvehicledelay=15;

disabledAi=1;

AiKills=1;

Now, I had a marker set up as respawn_west, and it worked, except everyone respawns under the carrier. I've tried to place a game logic object there with this code in the init box...

this setPosASL [getposASL this select 0, getposASL this select 1, 16];

...but everytime I respawn, it places me in the exact position that I died.

Is there a better way to respawn on an object, or should I use a marker? And if I use the marker, how do I get it elevated enough to spawn on the deck of the LHD? I've tried looking for answers and can't find much. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Any ideas folks? I'm just trying to get them to respawn at a certian height on the LHD. I've tried to find the answer, unsuccessfully...

1st start with remove

[] execVM "description.ext";

from init.sqf

then in init.sqf add something like this

player addEventHandler ["killed", {_this execVM "scripts\respawn_player.sqf";}];

next is to make respawn_player.sqf

waitUntil {!isNil {player}};
waitUntil {player == player};
_pos = getMarkerPos "respawn_west";
player setPosAsl [_pos select 0, _pos select 1, 15.9];

;

i have not tested this tho.. but it should work in theory

Thanks for the help. That looks reasonable, but I still can't get it to work. I've tried.... it about as many ways as I can think, and still no luck.

It looks like the script works, but it just doesn't get me to the altitude I need. Any other ideas? Thanks for any suggestions.

Is this map Utes and the LHD in question the default one? If so, 15.6 - 16 is perfect for most of the deck area. If you're using ArmATech's LHD spawner on Chernarus or you've manually placed it you'll need to play around with the heights though I think.

Add this to the init.sqf :-

"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal [markerPos "respawn_West" select 0, markerPos "respawn_West" select 1, 15.9];

Use the respawn_west marker as default, that should do it.

Shadow.D. ^BOB^

setMarkerPosLocal works on 3d format ?

i thought setMarkerPosLocal & setMarkerPos was in 2d format.

WOW, thank you Bob and others who helped me out. I sat up for days trying to get this through my head. And, for clarity's sake, I'll post everything I found out below.

Step 1: In your init.sqf file, put these two lines of code

"respawn_west" setMarkerPosLocal [markerPos "respawn_West" select 0, markerPos "respawn_West" select

1, 15.9];

player addEventHandler ["killed", {_this execVM "scripts\respawn_player.sqf";}];

Step 2: Make a file called description.ext and place it in your missions folder with at least this...

respawn=3;

respawndelay=5;

respawnvehicle=3;

respawnvehicledelay=5;

disabledAi=1;

AiKills=1;

respawnDialog=true;

Step 3: Make a file called respawn_player.sqf and place it in your mission/scripts folder. Place this inside...

waitUntil {!isNil {player}};

waitUntil {player == player};

_pos = getMarkerPos "respawn_west";

player setPosAsl [_pos this select 2, _pos this select 3, 15.9];

Step 4: In your editor, make a marker and name it respawn_west. Then you should be good to go.

You don't need to setPos the player after respawn.

Just set the respawn marker in the correct height and the player will respawn there.

Am using it in co50 The Longest Day for some time now, it's working fine.

Xeno

if setMarkerPos & setMarkerPosLocal is working with 3d format [x,y,z] in arma2 the wiki/biki needs to be updated :p

if setMarkerPos & setMarkerPosLocal is working with 3d format [x,y,z] in arma2 the wiki/biki needs to be updated :p

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=setMarkerPos&curid=1788&diff=51138&oldid=48272

Xeno

Great ;)

seams like Dr Eyeball

added some info there while i was asleep

02:03, 7 August 2009 (CEST)

Not intending to throw this off topic, but what does AiKills=1 do?

maybe this has been fixed in a patch? I just tried it and I always respawn on the deck of the ship. respawn_west marker size is critical though.

Now if I could just figure out how to get OBJECTS to start on the flight deck instead of underneath Men seem to start at the lowest accessible level, which is the flight deck but any editor placed object starts in the water.

add this to init line:

this setPosASL [getposASL this select 0, getposASL this select 1, 15.9];

if setMarkerPos & setMarkerPosLocal is working with 3d format [x,y,z] in arma2 the wiki/biki needs to be updated :p

You can use modelToWorld to put a marker into 3D format.

Example Respawn onto LHD script:

while {true} do {
waitUntil {!alive player};
_p = player;

};



_Offset = [5, 20.5, 16.20];
_respawnPos = LHD_Center modelToWorld _Offset;
_p setPosASL _respawnPos;

};

if (true) exitWith {};

;)

have a look at the longest day or GITS evolution - both use the LHD with spawnpoints and vehicles, ammo boxes and AA guns etc on the LHD.