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spawn point code
#425209
06/29/13 03:08
06/29/13 03:08
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21
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LewyT
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I have a function I wrote to place multiple model entities in a map. The compiled map has an entity named "humanspawn" this function finds that entity and uses its location to place multiple copies of the player model. The problem I'm having is that the models all get spawned in the same location (exactly). I think I may be using c_scan() incorrectly when trying to detect if another model is already there. any ideas?
function spawnhumans( var num )
{
STRING* s = "";
STRING* s1 = "humanspawn"; // this is the name of a model already in the compiled level
var i;
var found;
VECTOR* loc = vector(0,0,0);
ENTITY* spawnpoint;
spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
if ( spawnpoint == NULL ) spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
str_for_entname ( s, spawnpoint); // get the name of the entity whe just set spawnpoint to
while( !(str_cmpni (s, s1)) ); // if the name of the ent is not "humanspawn" then its the wrong one and keep looking
{
spawnpoint = ent_next (spawnpoint);
if ( spawnpoint == NULL ) spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
str_for_entname ( s, spawnpoint);
wait(1);
}
spawnpoint.group = 1; //
//c_ignore( 1 );
loc.x = spawnpoint.x;
loc.y = spawnpoint.y;
loc.z = spawnpoint.z;
for( i = 1; i <= num; i++ )
{
c_ignore( 1 );
found = c_scan (loc, vector(0,0,1), vector(360,0,500), SCAN_ENTS | IGNORE_WORLD | IGNORE_MAPS );
while ( found > 0 )
{
loc.x = loc.x+(-100+random(200));
loc.y = loc.y+(-100+random(200));
c_ignore( 1 );
found = c_scan (loc, vector(0,0,1), vector(360,0,500), SCAN_ENTS | IGNORE_WORLD | IGNORE_MAPS );
wait(1);
}
if ( i == num )
{
player = ent_create("guy5.mdl", vector(loc.x,loc.y,loc.z), updatecharacter);
}else{
ent_create("guy5.mdl", vector(loc.x,loc.y,loc.z), updatecharacter);
}
wait(1);
}
}
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Re: spawn point code
[Re: Superku]
#425269
07/01/13 03:53
07/01/13 03:53
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LewyT
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Superku, thanks for your help! I used wait(1) and sometimes wait(-1) so I could see what was happening from camera location (before the player character was created. I also try to use wait(1) in every while loop to keep from freezing the game if I made a mistake and the condition never becomes false. I use str_cmpni in the first loop so it can match partial words. I added the 0 to c_ignore but it didn't seem to help. my intention with "found" is that it be zero whenever c_scan hasn't found any other entity close by. with most of your suggested changes and a wait(-.5) this is my working code: The main things seemed to be the VECTOR declaration and the wait which allows my action to set the ENABLE_SCAN emask.
function spawnhumans( var num )
{
STRING* s = str_create("");
STRING* s1 = str_create("humanspawn"); // this is the name of a model already in the compiled level
var i;
var found = 0;
var sp = 0;
var sp1 = 1;
var temp;
VECTOR loc;
ENTITY* spawnpoint;
spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
if ( spawnpoint == NULL ) spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
str_for_entname ( s, spawnpoint); // get the name of the entity whe just set spawnpoint to
while( !(str_cmpni (s, s1)) ); // if the name of the ent is not "humanspawn" then its the wrong one and keep looking
{
spawnpoint = ent_next (spawnpoint);
if ( spawnpoint == NULL ) spawnpoint = ent_next (NULL);
str_for_entname ( s, spawnpoint);
wait(1);
}
spawnpoint.group = 1; //
loc.x = spawnpoint.x;
loc.y = spawnpoint.y;
loc.z = spawnpoint.z;
for( i = 1; i <= num; i++ )
{
c_ignore( 1,0 );
found = c_scan (loc, vector(0,0,1), vector(360,0,100), SCAN_ENTS | SCAN_LIMIT | IGNORE_WORLD | IGNORE_MAPS );
while ( found > 0 )
{
vec_add( loc, vector(-100+random(200), 0, 0) );
vec_add( loc, vector(0, -100+random(200), 0) );
//loc.x = loc.x+(-100+random(200));
//loc.y = loc.y+(-100+random(200));
c_ignore( 1,0 );
found = c_scan (loc, vector(0,0,1), vector(360,0,100), SCAN_ENTS | SCAN_LIMIT | IGNORE_WORLD | IGNORE_MAPS );
//wait(1);
}
//loc.x = i*100;
if ( i == num )
{
player = ent_create("guy5.mdl", vector(loc.x,loc.y,loc.z), updatecharacter);
}else{
ent_create("guy5.mdl", vector(loc.x,loc.y,loc.z), updatecharacter);
}
wait(-.5);
}
ptr_remove(s);
ptr_remove(s1);
}
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