K, so I want to make projectiles spawn in the sky, Mythril suggested using a script, what would the script be?
Thanks

1. Make a flag in the sky, name it

2. Make an effect that spawns a projectile.

2. Make a script like:
(script startup boom
(effect_new )
)

Compile scripts, blah blah blah, test ingame.

I get:
[boom line 2] the "effect_new" call requires exactly 2 arguments.: (effect_new)
recompiling scripts after scenarios were merged
[boom line 1] this parenthesis is left unmatched.: (script startup boom
o_0

get halo scripting bible. should help you at this.

Ok,
I have a flag in the sky called "boom"
and an effect called "boom"
in weapons\rog\effects

my script looks like this:

(script startup boom
(effect_new "weapons\rog\effects\boom" "boom")
)

And the projectile still doesn't come from the sky :V

The effect occurs at the given flag. So put the flag in the sky, and change the effect to nukez. I guarantee nuke shots will be appearing.

still not working
:V
I thought it might be my effect tag, but i tested the script with some other effects, and none of those work either. Can someone please tell me how to fix this?

The effects occur on the flag. Unless there's an effect that's something falling, idk if you can do anything. But you can make pretty colors in the sky :)

My effect spawns a projectile.
Wait... Should I make the effect being activated by the script the firing effect?

Well, it's a startup script, so the effect is created right when you load the map and then never created again. Maybe it does spawn, but you don't have time to see it.

If that's the case, then try adding (sleep "ticks") before the (effect_new) so that you have time to see it. I'd say a minute is good, so that would be 60 seconds times 30 ticks per second = 1800 ticks total. So add (sleep 1800) before (effect_new), and then see if it works after a minute.

Or use a continuous script, so fireworks go off all the time. You would use:

(script continuous boom
(sleep 500)
(effect_new "weapons\rog\effects\boom" "boom")
)

But the point is to make the effect spawn when you shoot.

erm...I'm not sure if this is what you want, but could try moving the Primary Trigger node in the model up like 200 units or so.

Yeah i already did that.
I looked at the one in Ambush and mine was now working like theirs all along and I didn't even know it :P
Thanks for your help guys :)
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on Feb 28, 2009 at 06:30 PM