Ship respawn and follow route

[BattleRabbit]

For the upcoming Viggen release I have thrown myself back into the ME and MIST trying to make a training mission with ships that respawn and follow the original route after being destroyed.

 

The only way I've been able to do that was with the MIST script

mist.goRoute('SHIP_original', mist.getGroupRoute('SHIP_original_route'))

the group(single ship) SHIP_original_route has the same route setup as the SHIP_original group and is set to invisible and immortal but naturally it can still be seen by the player.

 

Is there another way this can be done or do I just have to live with this one immortal ship sailing around.

 

Thanks

Edited January 24, 2017 by BattleRabbit

[feefifofum]

Would mist.respawnGroup (ship, true) work?

 

Should grab all the properties of the original including route...just need a way to detect if the ship is dead. If it's a simple map, a switched ALL OF COALITION OUT OF ZONE trigger should do just fine. If it's more complex you can use MiST to create a table of your respawns and check if they're dead hut you're getting above my pay grade at that point. :)

 

Good luck!

Edited January 24, 2017 by feefifofum

[ENO]

Have you looked into MOOSE At all yet?

[BattleRabbit]

Would mist.respawnGroup (ship, true) work?

 

Should grab all the properties of the original including route...just need a way to detect if the ship is dead. If it's a simple map, a switched ALL OF COALITION OUT OF ZONE trigger should do just fine. If it's more complex you can use MiST to create a table of your respawns and check if they're dead hut you're getting above my pay grade at that point. :)

 

Good luck!

 

I want them to respawn randomly inside a zone using mist.respawnInZone but they just sit there and only move once I use

mist.goRoute('xx', mist.getGroupRoute(xx'))

 

Does mist.respawnGroup work differently than mist.respawnInZone?

 

Have you looked into MOOSE At all yet?

 

Not yet, I though it would be possible only using MIST.

 

 

EDIT I just checked the docu and saw that there is a task value available for mist.respawnGroup, I don't know how I could have missed that.

Edited January 24, 2017 by BattleRabbit

[feefifofum]

Yeah, respawnGroup will create an exact copy with their original route if you include 'true', but if you're looking for something more than a target range it won't meet your needs.

 

There is a function called mist.grouptorandomzone or something like that that might do what you want though and give you a little more variety coupled with your random respawn location

[BattleRabbit]

Yeah, respawnGroup will create an exact copy with their original route if you include 'true', but if you're looking for something more than a target range it won't meet your needs.

 

There is a function called mist.grouptorandomzone or something like that that might do what you want though and give you a little more variety coupled with your random respawn location

 

Thanks, I'll give it a try. :thumbup:

[Pikey]

I just used the mist.grouptorandomzone myself and had three target zones. It works very well for randomisation. I also spawn them in a random zone, so in effect you can't predict the location or route once you do it which is good for randomisation.

[FlightControl]

For the upcoming Viggen release I have thrown myself back into the ME and MIST trying to make a training mission with ships that respawn and follow the original route after being destroyed.

 

The only way I've been able to do that was with the MIST script

mist.goRoute('SHIP_original', mist.getGroupRoute('SHIP_original_route'))

the group(single ship) SHIP_original_route has the same route setup as the SHIP_original group and is set to invisible and immortal but naturally it can still be seen by the player.

 

Is there another way this can be done or do I just have to live with this one immortal ship sailing around.

 

Thanks

 

I strongly advise you to have a look here:

 

https://github.com/FlightControl-Master/MOOSE/tree/master/Moose%20Test%20Missions/SPA%20-%20Spawning

 

hope this helps,

Sven