well, i tried to make my own script so that when i walk into the trigger volume, the ai spawn.
but when ever i compile it in sapien, i has a bunch of errors.

heres my script:
(script dormant)
(sleep_until (volume_test_objects beach_1 (players)))
(ai_place beach_lz)
(game_save_no_timeout)


so have i done something wrong? or is sapien just messing up

(script dormant
(sleep_until (volume_test_objects beach_1 (players)))
(ai_place beach_lz)
(game_save_no_timeout)
)

FTFY

alrighty....sapien compiled the scritps, and i added onto the script as well. heres what i have:

(script dormant
(sleep_until (volume_test_objects unlock_path (players)))
(ai_place unlock_hall)
(object_create hog1)
(game_save_no_timeout)

(sleep_until (volume_test_objects beach_1 (players)))
(ai_place beach_lz)
(ai_place beach_crash)
(object_create drop_crash1)
(object_create drop_crash2)
(game_save_no_timeout)

(sleep_until (volume_test_objects peli_crash (players)))
(ai_place spartan_crash_peli)
(game_save_no_timeout)
)


so i compiled the map and open halo up and opened the map to test it....
none of the scripts worked. and one scenery object that didnt have a script attached to it didnt spawn. so what happened? do i just have a lying sapien or what?

is the script even being woken?

(wake "name of script")

so your suggesting like adding (wake "name of script") to the end of it? ill try that cause i tried gammas recent meathod and none of the scripts worked.

no in the startup script add the (wake "script name") command so the dormant script can be used.
eg



notice that the dormant script is before the startup script.
this is because the game reads the script down. and if it cant find the dormant script it doesnt think it exists. :| so put the (wake "script name") after the dormant script.

I was assuming you woke the script...

sorry, gamma, i wasnt aware that i had to "wake" my script. im kinda new to scripting.

If you want it to be working immediately, just set it to a startup script instead of dormant. Replace dormant with startup.

well, ive looked at ai placing and scripting tutorials. and my scripts still wont work. if i type like: ai_place "encounter name" they will spawn. but i want them to spawn when i walk through the trigger volume. everything that i have posted about my script is whats in the .hsc file, the file is under data\scripts\"map name" so i dont know. help would be greatly appreciated

You have it in the wrong place. It goes in data\"map name"\scripts

i made an ai ally script that works pretty well. try mine if the one you have still dont work :)

(script startup allyspawn
(sleep_until (volume_test_objects call_backup (players))15)
(ai_place allies)
(ai_follow_target_players allies)
)

this is a script i made for an sp map i have been working on. it is almost complete 2! :)

and btw, i am not a good script writer either, but i have made some well-working scripts by myself