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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => OFP - Editing/Scripting General => Topic started by: Willie on 16 Jun 2004, 16:41:26

Title: Help!
Post by: Willie on 16 Jun 2004, 16:41:26
Help anyone

I am at the end of the mission i am creating and i don't know how to end it and start the next

William
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: macguba on 16 Jun 2004, 17:03:49
Could you be a bit more specific?   Are you stick in the mission editor wondering how to save, or are you talking about making a campaign?
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 16 Jun 2004, 18:40:17
I'm making a campaign and i don't know what to do to get the mission completed to go to the next mission
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: macguba on 17 Jun 2004, 01:02:20
This is all handed by a special file called description.ext, which does other things as well.    There are tutorials in the Ed Depot - try under Tutes - references - file format.
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 10:26:31
I can't find any file format tutorials under references
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Artak on 17 Jun 2004, 10:56:38
Your not really trying now are you?  :hmm:

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=18

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=3

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=124

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=45

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/resource_view.php?id=28

Here is what the search found with keyword campaign (http://www.ofpec.com/editors/browse.php?browseon=&browsewhat=-1&catselected=-1_-1&catagory=-1&subcategory=-1_-1&numreturn=25&displayformat=0&ofpv=1&searchwhat=1&searchlevel=0&searchwhat=1&searchopts=&searchstring=campaign)
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 11:00:11
It would have been easier if you told me how to do it and not send me to tutorials, but thanks anyway
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Planck on 17 Jun 2004, 19:22:00
Hmmm.....well.

Using 'Search' is very easy.

It involves pushing a little button at the top of the page called.....emmmm.........'Search'.

Enter your search preferences and send it looking.

Easy Peasy.

Have fun playing with it.


Planck
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 19:28:25
Shut up!, you cheeky BASTARD!!!

Can no one get straight to the fucking point, instead of sending me to Tutorials
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: BHD Mod on 17 Jun 2004, 19:42:08
THats because its too complicated for someone to just put in a message.
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: dmakatra on 17 Jun 2004, 19:44:10
You talk like that you get yourself banned or at least this thread is going to be locked. If you want everyone to just do everything for you you can just download a mission in mission depot, change the name and call it yours.

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Gooner861 on 17 Jun 2004, 19:58:02
U asked for help and ur getting help, i dnt see wot ur problem is.
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: macguba on 17 Jun 2004, 20:06:40
Tutorials are there to help you learn how to create missions and campaigns.    The forum is here to help when you are stuck on a tutorial, or when there is no tutorial.    

There is an enormous amount of material in the Editors Depot and it does take a while to get to grips with what's there, but until you've done that - and obviously studied some of the tutes - you're not going to understand any answers given in the forum anyway.     The answer to your question is well covered in the tutes to which Artak referred.  
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 20:59:06
You talk like that you get yourself banned or at least this thread is going to be locked. If you want everyone to just do everything for you you can just download a mission in mission depot, change the name and call it yours.

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:

Most missions i downloaded are ©copyrighted©, and i would rather create one my self

P.S I don't give a shit if i get band it just adds to the 6 other forums i have been band off
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:02:20
Tutorials are there to help you learn how to create missions and campaigns.    The forum is here to help when you are stuck on a tutorial, or when there is no tutorial.    

There is an enormous amount of material in the Editors Depot and it does take a while to get to grips with what's there, but until you've done that - and obviously studied some of the tutes - you're not going to understand any answers given in the forum anyway.     The answer to your question is well covered in the tutes to which Artak referred.  

No patience to read tutorials
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:04:01
U asked for help and ur getting help, i dnt see wot ur problem is.

if you didn't give me any help then it's none of your god damn buisness
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: sim on 17 Jun 2004, 21:18:53
hey

wtf willie, you've got an attitude problem man, how do you expect to learn without tuts... thats where everyone starts!
You say you don't want tuts cos you can't be bothered to read them but anything we post involves reading and im sure any of our explanations would be as long as a simple tut anyway!!!!  ::)

sim
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: dmakatra on 17 Jun 2004, 21:23:11
FFS, I wonder how you make it IRL with an attitude like that.

*presses the inform admin button*

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:27:51
hey

wtf willie, you've got an attitude problem man, how do you expect to learn without tuts... thats where everyone starts!
You say you don't want tuts cos you can't be bothered to read them but anything we post involves reading and im sure any of our explanations would be as long as a simple tut anyway!!!!  ::)

sim

Most games and other software, I get come with tutorals and i don't use them as most things are the same like (W) key to go forward, Left click mouse to shoot the gun
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:31:24
FFS, I wonder how you make it IRL with an attitude like that.

*presses the inform admin button*

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:

WHAT!
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: sim on 17 Jun 2004, 21:34:38
hey

@Armstrong, FFS???

wat you mean man?

sim
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:38:50
If you create two missions can you join them up
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:39:30
how do you edit the Description.ext file

I've downloaded these things do they help

ofpmav120
ofpeditor
Files_for_Campaign
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: sim on 17 Jun 2004, 21:49:18
hey

Im not sure which files they are but a good tut to d/l would be campaign description for beginners

sim
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: macguba on 17 Jun 2004, 21:51:53
FFS - For Fuck's Sake ?

The description.ext file is edited with a text editor like Notepad.
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:55:10
hey

Im not sure which files they are but a good tut to d/l would be campaign description for beginners

sim

Token from campaign description for beginners download

How do you open it?


Description.ext - Introduction

This is the main file that tells the game how to deal with your campaign and, most importantly, what order your missions go in. It also contains other details such as the number of lives you have throughout the campaign, an awards system and the identities of characters used.

Open the example in the campaign files you just downloaded. While reading through this, you should refer to it and this should make better sense. I will now cover some of the parts that a basic campaign Description.ext will have.

Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Willie on 17 Jun 2004, 21:59:39
There's no description.ext file in my missions folder, how or what do i use to create one
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: Planck on 17 Jun 2004, 22:02:18
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Open the example in the campaign files you just downloaded

Didn't you get any example files?

The description.ext files can be opened with Notepad as Macguba already pointed out.


Planck
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: macguba on 18 Jun 2004, 00:56:06
At the risk of self advertisment, read "macguba's guide to mission editing for beginners."     Then download the Tutorial Mission and use the description.ext in there as a template.   It doesn't have any campaign stuff, but you can copy and paste things in from the description.ext tute.
Title: Re:Help!
Post by: KTottE on 18 Jun 2004, 08:45:54
I think a lot of people in this thread needs to step back, take a chill pill, and grow up.

Artak has linked to tutorials which solve the issue first presented in the thread, so I see no use in letting this flaming go on.

*Locked*