How would I script a Pelican to drop off troops?

Recorded animations, I believe.

Yea, but how would I use recorded animations?

Use the vehicle_load_magic command to load the vehicle with marines, then position a trigger volume where the pelican is going to come down, sleep a script until the pelican is in that trigger volume which uses the vehicle_unload command to drop the allies off.

But you'll have to position the pelican carefully so that the recorded animation doesn't smash into walls and such.

To import recorded animations, in Sapien, File-> Import Recorded Animations. Find a a10-d40 scenario and load it. Then scroll down to Game Data-> Recorded Animations, and you have a whole list.

To get a recorded animation to play, use the recording_play <vehicle name> <recorded animation>

E: Fixed for easier reading.
Edited by Mythril on Dec 26, 2008 at 03:57 PM

How would I stop an animation? Like force it to stop playing?
Edited by Gamma927 on Dec 26, 2008 at 09:15 PM

recording_kill

Could command lists work as well? What's the advantage or animations?

It would work, but you better train those AI well, because them and vehicles is a recipe for disaster.

Yea, I won't be using command lists. I've tried letting them alone for a few minutes, and they span around in circles, stopping occasionally to rest, and then continued. Also, their head sticks right through the cockpit, so I will not be using AI to fly. But is there any way to make your own animation, because the only ones I found don't fit well in Blood Gulch. The best I found was x10_pelican_2_in, but then, I have to cut it, and kick out the ODSTs from the Pelican before the AI has time to have some flying fun.

Sadly, the coding to make custom recorded animations was removed..

=( but u could kill the animation and then make it start a new one.

i had one that fits in bloodgulch. cant remember though. it work around where the tank on the blue base spawn but after a while it hits a wall. so i made it happen as a pickup and recording_play_and_delete was the command.

Yea, I did cut it, but then if i waited a little for it to land, then the AI driver would take over. Unless there's only a hover animation? Besides, I think it fits ODSTs more, hurling them out of Pelicans 50 feet in the air...

there isnt a hover animation but you can make pelicans and other vehicles hover.

(vehicle_hover YOURVEHICLE true/false)

for example:

(vehicle_hover pelican true)

Would the AI have any control whatsoever?

Nope.

the vehicles_hover command just stops the vehicle from what ever its doing (so put after your recorded animation) and make the vehicle hover from where it is for how long you want it. so make it vehicle_hover true then vehicle_hover false tright after each other so it doesnt end up hovering at all. but lets it play another recorded animation. but you could add commands between them so it waits till they're completed then does what ever.