Did we ever get a working script that allowed for Pelicans to carry warthogs, scorpions, etc? I remember the old one which, while technically functional, looked god awful(lagged like hell, fell then jumped back to the dropship repeatedly). Did this ever get improved?

the best way to do it is just to do objects_attach on the pelican and the warthog like on Coldsnap.

Well, technically, he never mentioned detaching it after it was attached.. Merely attaching it, clients will stop receiving its location until its detached... It wouldnt lag if it just wasnt syncing.. lol.

Anyways, go do tests ingame, vehicle positions only update every 15 ticks at most. If you have a bad connection, it will be longer. So, minimal half a second delay if you expect the host to tell the clients about where it is.

And if you want the client to determine the location on their own side, the client needs a hook into the vehicle so they can reference it by scripts, since object names do not sync. Anyways, hooking requires opensauce, and people really didnt like testing with me when I was doing hooking tests, so that field has a long way to go before its practical. I do however, have hooking updates that I would like to try some day making use of the client instructing the host in exactly what they need updated.




TL;DR :: Half a second delay unless you use OpenSauce, and work on a scripting method that is in the beginning stages of its testing/development/etc.

What if the pelican had a seat named "cargo", and the vehicle can enter that? I have done this before.

Anything being inside a seat doesnt sync. They have to enter on each PC, or have the clients join when the thing is already in the seat. So, if you want it to enter on every PC, you'll need OS with hooking still.