Well I was creating a death box on top of my map so players cant just fly over the walls. Im kinda lazy to add playerclip so I figured id just kill you instead. With my script however, I got an error and need to know how to fix.

01.11.09 12:27:38 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
01.11.09 12:27:38 reference function: _write_to_error_file
01.11.09 12:27:38 reference address: 401b13
01.11.09 12:27:38 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
01.11.09 12:27:38 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
01.11.09 12:27:39 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
01.11.09 12:27:39 Increasing sound decompression buffer size to 1048576 bytes
01.11.09 12:27:41 recompiling scripts after scenarios were merged.
01.11.09 12:27:41 this left parenthesis is unmatched.: (if (= (volume_test_object deathbox (list_get (players) 0)) true)


Thats the error.
BTW, I was using EHSv2

Add an extra ) at the end of the script.

At the end of that line or at the end of the entire script?

The entire script.

Did'nt work :\
Btw this is my script:

(script continuous deathbox
(begin
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 0)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 0)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 1)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 1)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 2)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 2)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 3)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 3)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 4)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 4)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 5)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 5)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 6)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 6)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 7)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 7)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 8)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 8)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 9)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 9)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 10)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 10)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 11)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 11)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 12)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 12)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 13)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 13)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 14)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 14)))
)
)
(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox) (list_get (players) 15)) true))
(begin
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) 15)))
)
)
)
)
)
Edited by Higuy on Jan 11, 2009 at 12:43 PM

FTFY

This one is much more simpler

(global short number 0)

(script continuous deathbox

(if (= (volume_test_object deathbox (unit (list_get (players) NUMBER))) 1)
(unit_kill (unit (list_get (players) NUMBER))))

(set number (+ number 1))
(if (= (> number 15) 1) (set number 0))
)

Thank kirby for this one

they both do the same exact thing btw.
if you need/want to know how they work then ill describe it. im a little busy atm.

Why would you want to kill someone if they flew too high?

Or if someone is trying to evade fire from another banshee and they lose track what their altitude is.

It's just for game play purposes, like in Sidewinder you can't fly over the middle cliffs right to the other base, except in this case he's using a kill script instead of a ceiling...which come to think of it, you're right, that isn't very smart...

If you want to avoid players doing that Higuy, just set the "vehicle ceiling" at the top of the BSP tag. This way, you can avoid messing with scripts and it won't punish players for going too high when it seems logical to go that high. The ceiling is just a force that pushes them back down quickly when they pass that height.

A kill box will just ruin gameplay.

I know, that's why I offered the ceiling solution right after I mentioned why.

I would use a playerclip, only if it could go threw geometry as seeing I have semi-complicated structure in the way were the player clip would go I didn't want to use a deathbox, but seeing as there was nothing other then a playerclip, which wont work in this map. Unless, theres something else I could use.
Wait ceiling solution? Is that a playerclip, or something else?

Oh so is it in .scenario or .scenario_structure_bsp?
Edited by Higuy on Jan 11, 2009 at 10:34 PM

It's what was used in chronopolis to keep the banshees below a certain height:

Ohhh I see it. Wow, thanks man, that helps ALLOT.
Now do I just set it to the hieght I want of the map, on the Z axis?

No problem. Yeah, I think you just set it to however many units above 0 on the Z axis you want the force to kick in.

Sweet, i'll test it tommoro and edit the post if I have any more probelms. Thanks.