SoW Reddog
Dec-03-2013, 06:18
Been mulling over some ideas for missions, and thinking that it should be possible to write a small txt file at the end of a mission saving the states of objectives, front lines, that sort of thing, which next time the mission runs get read in to start the mission from that point, or maybe rebalance the mission automatically.
Example 1 something like Homeplate where the number of aircraft to destroy is fixed at 60. Lets say Blues win the map, the next time the map is run the number is 58 instead, but the blues win again, so the number comes down to 55 and so on.
Example 2 a mission with moving front lines, say a Battle of France scenario or maybe fictional Sea Lion. We don't want the mission to last more than 4-5 hrs to allow players to get some variety, but the scenario demands a longer playing time therefore next time it loads in the rotation we pick up from where we left off.
Has anyone tried this sort of approach, and if so does it work, or if not why not? Please note I'm not expecting to save every aspect of the mission, and buildings destroyed in one I fully expect to be "alive" in the next mission as that sort of thing is probably beyond the engine at the moment.
Reddog
Example 1 something like Homeplate where the number of aircraft to destroy is fixed at 60. Lets say Blues win the map, the next time the map is run the number is 58 instead, but the blues win again, so the number comes down to 55 and so on.
Example 2 a mission with moving front lines, say a Battle of France scenario or maybe fictional Sea Lion. We don't want the mission to last more than 4-5 hrs to allow players to get some variety, but the scenario demands a longer playing time therefore next time it loads in the rotation we pick up from where we left off.
Has anyone tried this sort of approach, and if so does it work, or if not why not? Please note I'm not expecting to save every aspect of the mission, and buildings destroyed in one I fully expect to be "alive" in the next mission as that sort of thing is probably beyond the engine at the moment.
Reddog