Actors: multi0, multi1, multi2 etc.

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Mon May 11, 2015 10:09 am

At the moment, they appear to be linked to the slot you happen to be in before the game starts.

Now that we have lettered spots on the map, would it not be better to link the "multi" to the letter? So multi0 = spot A etc.

Post by **Murto the Ray** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:30 am

zinc wrote: ↑At the moment, they appear to be linked to the slot you happen to be in before the game starts.

Now that we have lettered spots on the map, would it not be better to link the "multi" to the letter? So multi0 = spot A etc.

Can you not already do that editing the spot's owners to the respective multi? (i havent tried this)

Post by **Sleipnir** » Mon May 11, 2015 12:15 pm

The spawn points (defined by the 'waypoint' actors) are independent from the player slots (named 'multiX' by default by the editor). Mappers can force certain slots to use certain waypoints, can deliberately set more spawnpoints than there are slots (e.g. have a 4p map with 8 different starting point choices), or can have no spawnpoints at all (giving players pre-placed starting forces).

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Thu May 14, 2015 9:59 am

Murto the Ray wrote: ↑
zinc wrote: ↑At the moment, they appear to be linked to the slot you happen to be in before the game starts.

Now that we have lettered spots on the map, would it not be better to link the "multi" to the letter? So multi0 = spot A etc.
Can you not already do that editing the spot's owners to the respective multi? (i havent tried this)

Well maybe, but I have no idea how you would do it...

Post by **abcdefg30** » Thu May 14, 2015 12:23 pm

You need "LockSpawn: True" and "Spawn: <spawnnumber>".
Example:

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	PlayerReference@Multi0&#58;
		Name&#58; Multi0
		Playable&#58; True
		Race&#58; Random
		Enemies&#58; Creeps
		LockSpawn&#58; True
		Spawn&#58; 1

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Fri May 15, 2015 8:40 am

abcdefg30 wrote: ↑You need "LockSpawn: True" and "Spawn: <spawnnumber>".
Example:
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	PlayerReference@Multi0&#58;
		Name&#58; Multi0
		Playable&#58; True
		Race&#58; Random
		Enemies&#58; Creeps
		LockSpawn&#58; True
		Spawn&#58; 1

OK thanks. I will try it.

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Fri May 15, 2015 8:42 am

"Spawn: 1" would = position A ?

Post by **abcdefg30** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:13 pm

zinc wrote: ↑ "Spawn: 1" would = position A ?

Yeah, that should it be.

PS: Don't forget "LockSpawn: true"! Otherwise setting the spawn won't work.

noobmapmaker · Post by **noobmapmaker** » Fri May 15, 2015 6:35 pm

If I am correct there is a wiki about these codelines, isn't there?

Not sure what is written there, but it would be great if people would describe what options there are. For example:

LockSpawn:
Locks the player blabla etc.

Possible answers:
True = player is locked blabla
False = player is not locked blabla

Possible use:
If you want to assign various starting points blabla then blabla
An out of the box use of this line would be by not answering true or false. Instead make this dependent of blabla by adding blabla

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Also is there a general guide on WHERE you can find the code of a map, and with WHAT program you can alter it and how to save and test it? #noob #daretoask

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sat May 16, 2015 7:45 am

I have been trying to do this stuff with just the Windows text editor and it's not working. I assume I'm not getting the format correct somehow. With the changes made, I just screwed up the map.

Is there a better programme to use to edit it??

Post by **Murto the Ray** » Sat May 16, 2015 8:05 am

zinc wrote: ↑I have been trying to do this stuff with just the Windows text editor and it's not working. I assume I'm not getting the format correct somehow. With the changes made, I just screwed up the map.

Is there a better programme to use to edit it??

Notepad++; its brilliant:

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sat May 16, 2015 11:57 am

Murto the Ray wrote: ↑
zinc wrote: ↑I have been trying to do this stuff with just the Windows text editor and it's not working. I assume I'm not getting the format correct somehow. With the changes made, I just screwed up the map.

Is there a better programme to use to edit it??
Notepad++; its brilliant:

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Thanks for the suggestion. Will probably try it.

BaronOfStuff · Post by **BaronOfStuff** » Sat May 16, 2015 12:25 pm

+1 for Notepad++, it is indeed brilliant.

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sat May 16, 2015 1:34 pm

OK I got it to work. Thanks all.

You still have to be in the 'correct' slot, but the slot only allows one choice of spot. So yeah, it kind of does what I wanted -- it will force players to be in the correct position.

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:01 pm

I still can't turn off the building of iron and chrono etc. yet.

Got a "this map is not compatible with this version of OpenRA" message.

Is there any change to what you need to do?

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Actors: multi0, multi1, multi2 etc.

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