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ATAG_Freya
Sep-03-2014, 11:50
Looking here: http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8885 and trying to make a spawn point for vehicles for a multiplayer mission. Not working....


[BirthPlace]
Shoreham 1 133723 198467 0 1 1 1 . . .
Abbeville 2 283913 124718 0 1 1 1 . . .
BirthPlace_2 1 230035 102116 0 1 1 1 gb . .
BirthPlace_3 1 230526 102291 0 1 1 1 gb . .
BirthPlace_0 1 134386 197687 0 1 1 1 gb . .
[BirthPlace0]
Aircraft.SpitfireMkIIa
Aircraft.BlenheimMkIV
Aircraft.DH82A
Aircraft.SpitfireMkIa_100oct
Aircraft.BlenheimMkIVF
Aircraft.HurricaneMkI_100oct
[BirthPlace1]
Aircraft.Bf-110C-4N
Aircraft.Bf-109E-3B
Aircraft.DH82A
Aircraft.Bf-109E-1
Aircraft.Bf-109E-3
Aircraft.Ju-87B-2
[BirthPlace2]
Tank.Guy_Mk_IA
[BirthPlace3]
Tank.Guy_Mk_IA
[BirthPlace4]
Artillery.Bofors


Any Ideas what could be wrong? I get the birthplace selected on the map but no pics of vehicle or flak come up with the 'create' button, the map just drags around without clicking the mouse...if that makes sense. The spawns for a/c are all good. Could any kind soul show me the proper way to do this? I must be missing an important step somewhere. I could send you the mission files if you like. I'm wondering if I screwed something up by renaming birthplace_0 and b-place_1 to shoreham and abbeville respectively, then created more birhtplaces after doing that, hence the part where it says:

[BirthPlace]
Shoreham 1 133723 198467 0 1 1 1 . . .
Abbeville 2 283913 124718 0 1 1 1 . . .
BirthPlace_2 1 230035 102116 0 1 1 1 gb . .
BirthPlace_3 1 230526 102291 0 1 1 1 gb . .
BirthPlace_0 1 134386 197687 0 1 1 1 gb . .

(where birthplace_0 must be birthplace_4 ?)

Any help much appreciated, and if anyone has an example mission of such spawn areas using vehicles and flak guns that they could send me, I'd be happy as hell. :salute:

ATAG_Freya
Sep-03-2014, 18:47
Corrected the birthplace numbering issue and still no go....it seems the game isn't recognizing vehicles, at least not the names I'm using ie 'Tank.Guy_Mk_IA' and such...I also tried using airfeild spawn points and runway, just as the spawns are for a/c, and still no joy... so is a birthplace all that is needed for vehicle spawns?

:smash:

RAF74_Buzzsaw
Sep-04-2014, 02:07
This method of spawning in only works for dogfight missions, not for COOPs.

If you want to use a vehicle in a COOP or single player mission, you need to spawn in as an aircraft, and then switch to a vehicle.

The problem is though, only vehicles with waypoints can be selected, which means if you switch from driver to gunner, the AI will then take the vehicle back to its pre-determined path.

We hope to fix this in the future. :salute:

ATAG_Freya
Sep-04-2014, 09:27
Hmmm...roger that Buzz, thankyou. I recall a mission on the ATAG server, where the Germans had 'cornered' littlestone in an invasion scenario. There were lots of vehicles spawnable and totally controllable in that one. That is what I'm aiming for here. I confess I don't understand what you mean by 'dogfight' and 'coop', I didn't realize there was a difference in mission types other than 'single' and 'multiplayer'. I test this mission by selecting 'Server' and therefore creating my own server and loading the mission,selecting a side, etc etc...unless I'm doing that wrong too...I'm quite a noob at this MP mission thing so plz forgive my lack of intelligence on this stuff! :salute:

ATAG_Colander
Sep-04-2014, 11:15
Not all vehicles are "manable" . Try adding different tank models till you hit one that is enabled.