Multi Person Rappel

[Blip]

Hey All-

Trigger I totally follow you with the ropes.  I actually realized that when I was making the initial scripts but couldn't find a way around it.  

I was able to jump on a network and try the scripts out in MP and saw pretty much just what Flaber described.  After digging through snYpirrs support pack and how he runs his rappel scripts for MP, I think we need to look into the scripts just running local and not the server like Flaber mentioned.

I am going to pm snYpir and see if we can't get his help as well.

Later,

Blip :joystick:

[Triggerhappy]

i'm pretty sure this will make it local, but we still have the global problem:
?!(local server):exit

[RONIN =ASP=]

Any news on the MP thing yet??

This is way kool - Would b good 2 see it working for MP - Any Progress??

Happy New Year Peeps

 ;D

[Triggerhappy]

i don't know anything really about mp scripting, so i'm at a loss on this one.
and gurus out there still listening?

[Blip]

Happy New Year-

I too have no clue how to convert it to MP.  I posted for some help in the recruitment depot but haven't got any replies.

Do you think it would help to start a thread in the MP scripting forum?

Later,

Blip

[Triggerhappy]

probably

[Flaber]

I'm working on it, at this moment in single player you can use multiple helicopters rappelling at the same time.

(I have also reduced the script to 3 files)

[Triggerhappy]

how'd you do it?
I had an idea using arrays of ropes to keep track of them. is that how you did it?

[Flaber]

I used local variables when creating the ropes:

_rope = "snyrope" createvehicle [0,0,0]

But I have also added more parameters to the secundary scripts to track the ropes. and I removed all global variables like ground and precalculate times needed for rappel.

I also don't use 4 scripts to create 4 ropes, only one script for all ropes,and  one for all rappel proccess


I will left the mision you left here but with 3 or 4 helis rappelling at the nearly same time.

Give me a few hours to sleep, and I will post here the mission.

MP version is also giving me a big headache

[Triggerhappy]

yeah, thats almost exactly what I tried, but I got a headache....and a school...lol

[Flaber]

yep... here is the mission , so you can test the mp rappel.

The example mission is located in nogova, I have used 4 helicopters.

you are in one of the roofs from petrovice, so you can see all choopers at the same time.

put the mission in your user/missions folder.

one more think, as I'm testing the scripts in mp, the scripts need a logic variable called server to properly run.


Flaber

[greg147]

I tried this, and I got a problem.  :-\

When the guys rapelled, the chopper slowed down and hovered like it should, but the guys inside we're teleported 50m over the sea somewhere, where they all died instantly.

[Triggerhappy]

worked fine fer me...

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[Flaber]

teleported... mmm strange... do you have the addon needed ?

Addons Needed: snYpir's support pack

did you put a game logic called server ??

it works fine for me...

[greg147]

Ah, I don't have snypirs support pack  

Thanks, i'll get that then try again