hey i have some questions about halo ce, can any one answer it?
1.how can i make recorded animations? i want to run a vehicle to a specify point?
2.how can i tell an ai to drive a vehicle to a specify point?
3.i can write some scripts . but i cannot move bipeds in script

Oh and for the sake of good english, its specified.
Edited by jacknme on Jul 20, 2009 at 07:30 AM

meow meow, you CAN make recorded animations. recorded - anims, the name says it

Use world related animations, you do exactly the same because you don't know what the button for recorded animations does anyways =3

yes you can make cutscenes, and it can be done in 3 ways as far as i know.

-world related anims, so it's linked to the coordinates
-just anims, you have to add it to the biped anim graph
-nifty AI placement. <--- good luck with that
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jul 20, 2009 at 09:11 AM

Meow meow, you CAN'T make recorded animations. You run recorded animations using "recording_play". You play custom animations using the custom animation command.
Edited by Gamma927 on Jul 21, 2009 at 12:08 AM

This. Beachparty, what you said was not, in fact, recorded animations if I actually get what you were trying to say. Recorded animations is what bungie and the guys who made the game used, but locked on our HEKs.
Edited by gruntfromhalo on Jul 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM

Thank you, all of you


You want to move AI, read some tutorials
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but i don't know wich tutorial is it , i can't find it.
and i know how to move ai ,but i can't move bipeds
Edited by 117MC on Jul 21, 2009 at 02:40 AM

Then you move ai using that biped. Problem solved.

enter what?

You know how to move ai don't you? Open the .actor_variant, change the box with unit to another biped.

i just know how to use command list to tell ai do something.
and i don't know how to use command list in script

i entered ai_(i forget what are these words) marine2 snipergo
"marine2" is an encounter name , and "snipergo" is a command list .
i compiled the script into my map , and tested it . but this command list was not work
Edited by 117MC on Jul 21, 2009 at 06:50 AM

You can activate a command list through a script, but that's all you can do with both scripts and command lists.

Of course, many interesting things can be done with AI in scripts, more than you can ever hope to achieve with command lists.

What are you trying to find out again? =P

i entered ai_(i forget what are these words) marine2 snipergo
"marine2" is an encounter name , and "snipergo" is a command list .
i compiled the script into my map , and tested it . but this command list was not work
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Edited by 117MC on Jul 21, 2009 at 06:53 AM

You don't have to use AI, if it's a cinematic you can use world relative or local biped animations. read up on TP animations, I'm using them in my map.

as for the second question:
(unit_enter_vehicle )
(ai_attach )
(ai_command_list )

world relative

what is it ....

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as for the second question:
(unit_enter_vehicle )
(ai_attach )
(ai_command_list )

can you give me a example?
because i tryed this :(unit_enter_vehicle ) , but it did not work

You need to use (ai_command_list marine2 snipergo) in this case.

As for world relative animations, they're certain types of animations that reference certain locations. So when creating the animation, you put the coordinates at this certain location, the unit will appear at that location on the map.

(ai_command_list marine2 snipergo)
(unit_enter_vehicle marine2 warthog1)
(ai_attach ajjohnson marine2)

then?what should i enter next?

come on! my command list does not work in scripts
Edited by 117MC on Jul 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM

"AI attach" has to be first, then "unit enter vehicle" then "ai command list".
This is a script right out of my map. Three marines enter a vehicle and drive away when a trigger volume is entered.

(script startup wart
	(begin
		
		(sleep_until (volume_test_objects wart (players)) 15)
		(unit_enter_vehicle driver wart W-driver)
		(unit_enter_vehicle pass wart W-passenger)
		(unit_enter_vehicle gun wart W-gunner)
		(ai_attach driver wart/driver)
		(ai_attach gun wart/driver)
		(ai_attach pass wart/driver)
		(ai_command_list wart/driver wart)
		(sleep_until (volume_test_objects exit (players)) 15)
		(object_destroy driver)
		(object_destroy gun)
		(object_destroy pass)
		(object_destroy wart)
		
		
		
		
))

Note that (unit_enter_vehicle) needs 3 parameters. unit, vehicle and seat.

Why do you need to attach? Unit_enter_vehicle is enough.

But he wants the biped to drive the vehicle, witch requires artificial intelligence.

EDIT:
Your not using the (ai_command_list) command right. you need to specify the squad, not the encounter. if I have a squad named "driver" under the encounter "Wart", the I need to type (ai_command_list wart/driver <command_list>).
Edited by yukonmuffin on Jul 23, 2009 at 03:46 PM

Oh right. I thought you wrote object_attach for some strange reason.
As for (ai_command_list, the syntax is to specify the AI ENCOUNTER, not the SQUAD. It should look like this:

(ai_command_list [AI ENCOUNTER] [AI COMMAND LIST])

that's what the description says but my script won't compile unless I specify the encounter and the squad, like (ai_command_list Encounter/squad command-list). The squad has the actor_variants. the code I wrote above compiles and does what it's supposed to in my map.

Maby the way you have your encounters set up you don't need to specify a squad... but better safe then sorry.

thank you for ever