Okay, I need to know how to make firefight scripts,so that the ai will spawn each round,I looked at Lod3x's tutorial,and that is not the way I want it done, I don't want any dropships,just for the ai to spawn once one wave is killed. how would I do this?

global boolean waveXdead

(sleep_until waveXdead)
spawn next encounter

of course there's more to it than that but hey.

(ai_place wave1)
(ai_magically_see_players wave1)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave1) 0) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave2)
(ai_magically_see_players wave2)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave2) 0) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave3)
(ai_magically_see_players wave3)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave3) 0) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave4)

etc, etc

Thanks elefant,can you have one where it will tell which round you are on? Like a message will appear each time? Or where you could type "Round 2 AR unlocked"

Behold, the scripts to Timberland Firefight:

(script startup AIplace
(ai_allegiance human player)
(show_hud_help_text true)
(hud_set_help_text obj1)
(hud_set_objective_text obj1)
(sleep 150)
(show_hud_help_text false)
(show_hud_help_text true)
(hud_set_help_text obj2)
(hud_set_objective_text obj2)
(sleep 150)
(show_hud_help_text false)
(sleep_until (volume_test_objects AIspawn (players)) 15)
(ai_follow_target_players MarineARs)
(show_hud_help_text true)
(hud_set_help_text obj3)
(hud_set_objective_text obj3)
(sleep 150)
(show_hud_help_text false)
(ai_place wave1)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave1) 0) 15)
(show_hud_help_text true)
(hud_set_help_text obj5)
(hud_set_objective_text obj5)
(sleep 150)
(show_hud_help_text false)
(ai_place wave2)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave2) 0) 15)
(show_hud_help_text true)
(hud_set_help_text obj7)
(hud_set_objective_text obj7)
(sleep 150)
(show_hud_help_text false)
(ai_place wave3)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave3) 0) 15)
(ai_place wave4)

that's the first few lines, anyway. As for HUD messages, I think there are some pretty good tutorials out there.

Thanks, that helped me remember what the hud message script was lol. :) Thanks again.

added the hud text

Holy..Thanks elefant, that worked! I just figured out how to script better too,learned some new commands,and hopefully, I will be able to make a firefight with dropships! +rep
to everyone who replied here and helped.

A firefight isn't a firefight if you have to do each wave one by one.... ugh that idea just makes me hurt inside.

I agree. That was one of the things I disliked most about Firefight Portent. It was way too limited.

If you guys would trust me I'd fix it up for you and make it a wee bit more engaging.

Ya I would like to make a firefight too. Oh and, Pakar I have to wait until before christmas eve to get my new laptop right now i'm typing from my Ipod because my other computer got infected with trojans lol so yeah you can see I'm not on xfire anymore.... PVT Jenkins: <:(
Edited by PVT Jenkins on Dec 6, 2009 at 05:20 PM

Not in ODST firefight.

(ai_place wave1)
(ai_magically_see_players wave1)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave1) 3) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave2)
(ai_magically_see_players wave2)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave2) 3) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave3)
(ai_magically_see_players wave3)
(sleep_until (= (ai_living_count wave3) 3) 15)
(sleep 150)
(ai_place wave4)

3 is a rough estimate. Furthermore, "each wave means more bad guys. Five waves make up a round. 3 rounds in a set." L0d3x's script suits that.

If you want a real ODST replica, which I don't really want.

Gee, I wonder why we don't.

I wonder as well.

If that was a serious question, look at the way you handled your own Firefight. I'm not going into exactly what you did, but you should know.

Interaction with other people or gameplay-wise? I know of several things that might fit.

Edited by Dwood on Dec 7, 2009 at 08:28 PM

Ok, well then you don't have to use the script. I posted it to meet pakar's requirements not yours :\

Firefight is overrated.

The only things he said were making the AI spawn once the wave was killed and no dropships. I made a mistake on "the wave was killed", but nothing else.

anyone wanna tell me if i put these in different scripts but. make a tut on how to get them to work right like do i name some ai wave1

L0d3x has a tut on this site, follow that.

Everything you need to make a basic Firefight with no extra fuzz is in this thread.

ok but i dont get how to make all the ai spawn on the wave do i just import scripts name ai wave1 and wave2 and call it good?

Be sure all starting points are placed.

ok I know that much but do i name them a certain thing the spawn points the encounters idk im just guessing now

Look up each script in the Halo Script Bible.

http://www.freewebs.com/desphm/HS_Bible.htm

@ gamma, i know that you use a scrpit to make the ai go to you/find you. what is it? cos i cant remember ATM

(ai_magically_see_players [name of encounter])

i was trying that but they were just standing there, making attemts at shooting me
i want them to run and find me

BTW its on QPQ

Make sure there are firing positions near you.

This. If there are no firing positions they won't go after you.

That means they'll ignore everyone else, unless its absolutely important.

Then there'd be no reason to set the script up in the first place, because they'd be chasing you...

Then they'd be ignoring who's not there.