Save Game Function (aka Dynamic Campaigns!!)

So ill keep this sort and sweet. I finally made my Save Game function. This function will allow the mission maker to transfer units and their positions and the variables you want to transfer over to another mission. Don't know if this has been done before as a separate function but as far as I know it has not. The only one whos done this is MBOT with his amazing campaign. I want to give MBOT a boat load of credit for this. I had to write most of this code all new but I used his external scripting idea for this. Would have never have been able to even think about this if he never posted his campaigns.

A quick run down on how it works:

Now this function is great for dynamic campaigns because you can now transfer almost anything you want over. Im still working on this and will try and release this as its own function with a sample mission so you guys can build off of it and make your own campaigns.

Heres a video of it in action... https://youtu.be/tcfxGAEP7ec

NEW video https://youtu.be/nM0Smj05h7I

You've raised an eyebrow.

I'm building a persistent campaign now. I'm too far in at this point but we're doing more of these going forward, so this is yuge.

Thanks for working on it.

/Fargo

You do realize that if this works as I understand it works then you don't even need to create multiple mission files to stitch a campaign. Start with a Lua file containing all units and overwrite it everytime you exit the mission. It will act like a mission save for a finite number of resources in a conflict. You can even script resupply with spawn functions. Can't wait to see it.

You do realize that if this works as I understand it works then you don't even need to create multiple mission files to stitch a campaign. Start with a Lua file containing all units and overwrite it everytime you exit the mission. It will act like a mission save for a finite number of resources in a conflict. You can even script resupply with spawn functions. Can't wait to see it.

The way I have mine set up is I just use two missions. The first one lays down the ground work to get the campaign started and the second one is the one that is played infinitely. The reason behind this is because since the first one sets up certain parts of the mission it has to use different scripts that would not work or screw up the mission when loaded again. So the second mission uses some different scripts that can be loaded at the mission start over and over again. Don't know if that made sense or not.

Understood

Check DAWS script

It seems that it does not work in 2.5.

Does your script save spawned groups and units? Does it keep the original its names?

This is very important to make it compatible with other scripts such as CTLD, IADS etc, where you need to put specific names to make triggers to work.

Check DAWS script

 

It seems that it does not work in 2.5.

 

Does your script save spawned groups and units? Does it keep the original its names?

 

This is very important to make it compatible with other scripts such as CTLD, IADS etc, where you need to put specific names to make triggers to work.

Interesting but yes it does save dynamically spawned groups and yes you can transfer over the groups original names.

Check DAWS script

 

It seems that it does not work in 2.5.

 

Does your script save spawned groups and units? Does it keep the original its names?

 

This is very important to make it compatible with other scripts such as CTLD, IADS etc, where you need to put specific names to make triggers to work.

Now It's online 2.5.2 version for testing, and with working scenery object persistence :smilewink:

(if works....)

A Hamburgler, why don't you give a chance to DAWS for your dynamic campaign idea? if you check in the downloaded packages you will see some unfinished disabled functions and files that need talented coder to be done... and I don't have the time to do that :).

Feel free to PM me if you're interested.

Now It's online 2.5.2 version for testing, and with working scenery object persistence :smilewink:

(if works....)

 

A Hamburgler, why don't you give a chance to DAWS for your dynamic campaign idea? if you check in the downloaded packages you will see some unfinished disabled functions and files that need talented coder to be done... and I don't have the time to do that :).

Feel free to PM me if you're interested.

Ill definitely look into it but I already have put a lot of time into my scripts and its almost complete. Definitely still going to release it because the more scripts out there the easier it is for people to learn from it. But after my initial release Ill definitely look at your scripts maybe we can work on some scripts together in the future.

because the more scripts out there the easier it is for people to learn from it.

I agree :)

Any news?

So you run mission 1 the first time and the second mission after that? Corrector do the first switch you over to the second?