Alright, I wanted to get a better understanding of scripting firefight, so I took a look at firefight descent, played it for about 2 hours, extracted the tags and scenario, got it open in sapien, added the scripts.hsc that was included in data\levels\a10\scripts and hit compile scripts, and this is the error it gave me:

05.08.15 01:45:25  [scripts line 948] this is not a valid navpoint name: item player awesome_orb 0.5)

05.08.15 01:45:25  recompiling scripts after scenarios were merged.
05.08.15 01:45:25  [scripts line 722] this left parenthesis is unmatched.: (script static void weapondrop_regularweps

Any idea on what I should do or what is not working? I didn't touch any of the script files inside so I have no idea why it wouldn't be compiling. Can anyone help me?

the scripts.hsc

http://pastebin.com/2P2f56Qd
Edited by S12Spark on May 8, 2015 at 02:46 AM

The script extract does not extract exactly what was used

But why?

It has to do with how the game handles the scripts when it compiles them. There is no way to extract the 100% how they went in scripts. You'll see most dormants turn into static voids and other odd changes

This was in the download of firefight descent, I didn't extract it.

I am determined to get this to work.
Edited by S12Spark on May 8, 2015 at 01:50 PM

Download the scripts from this thread: http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=40736

Maybe get an editor (like notepad++) and address the issues that it gives you (the thing tells you what line you have to fix for crying out loud!!)

I prefer Microsoft Visual Studio Community//

Nickster, I am sorry that I am new to scripting for halo custom edition, and have no idea what I am doing, but I am sorry for whatever pain I have caused you. I can't help it.

Onto a more helpful post, Thank you PRPatxi, I will try these out, I appreciate it.

I made a 2 hour long introduction into scripting video bruh.

Link: http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=47665
Edited by Nickster5000 on May 8, 2015 at 02:33 PM

Thank you nick, I will be watching that. I appreciate it.

Oh my goodness, I did it! I replaced item player with default player, I just need to figure out how to create new types of nav points I suppose, but it works! Thank you everyone, I must study scripting.
Edited by S12Spark on May 8, 2015 at 03:11 PM

Huh. Just wondering how zteam extracted the campaign scripts.....did they re-make them?

No. It either
A) extracted fine with the way the scripts were compiled
B) they fixed it up

Put a script into halo. Then use the script extractor and you'll see it's not the same.

Anyway I totally forgot Mooose included Descent scripts in the file. Those should work.

Question about scripts from firefight descent and scripting possibilities. Are the weapons in the awesome_orb flag truly random? I haven't been able to tell, and honestly I need to know before I go trying to recreate that, Is it even possible to have a random weapon spawned? Completely random.

They are truly random.

Question.

How can I extract scripts?

I personally use the halo script extractor.

I find it works pretty well, though it won't extract the script formatting and will occasionally mess something up.
Edited by Pepzee on May 14, 2015 at 04:11 PM