Interested in autogenerating neutrals?

MaHuJa · 03-25-06, 11:01 PM

One small problem I've had when making missions is that the step of including random neutrals in the mission is tedious to me. As a result, I never quite finish most of my missions.

Therefore, it's my intention to make a small utility, primarily for my own use but available to everyone, such that you can create a "bogus" object within the game, and give it a name that specifies how you want them generated. Then, you hand the thing over to a small app I will make, and then it changes your mission (creating a backup!), replacing those "object specifiers" with numerous neutrals, depending on exactly what you specified.

http://mahuja.servegame.com:800/medi...tralsGenerator

It's currently in a planning stage, but I want comments on the design already now - that way I might be able to avoid pitfalls or inflexibility later. Now is also the time to submit wishlist items for such an application...
(Note that the page above is supposed to end up as a sort of user manual, but feel free to use the discussion page...)

LuftWolf · 03-26-06, 05:45 AM

Great!!!

DW needs more 3rd party tools. :|\

OKO · 03-27-06, 09:29 PM

I use each time all neutrals DW give me on my scenarios.
~ around 12
then a dynamic group to choose some of them each time (min 5 max 7 for example)
I use to do that only after I made all the other stuff, including triggers.
Generally I need around 10 to 15 mn to complete this.
I'm not sure if you are not going to do something very difficult and a bit useless ...

03-25-06, 11:01 PM	#1
MaHuJa Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 59.96156N 11.02255E Posts: 385 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Interested in autogenerating neutrals? One small problem I've had when making missions is that the step of including random neutrals in the mission is tedious to me. As a result, I never quite finish most of my missions. Therefore, it's my intention to make a small utility, primarily for my own use but available to everyone, such that you can create a "bogus" object within the game, and give it a name that specifies how you want them generated. Then, you hand the thing over to a small app I will make, and then it changes your mission (creating a backup!), replacing those "object specifiers" with numerous neutrals, depending on exactly what you specified. http://mahuja.servegame.com:800/medi...tralsGenerator It's currently in a planning stage, but I want comments on the design already now - that way I might be able to avoid pitfalls or inflexibility later. Now is also the time to submit wishlist items for such an application... (Note that the page above is supposed to end up as a sort of user manual, but feel free to use the discussion page...) __________________ Teaching DW newbies how to climb the food chain.

03-26-06, 05:45 AM	#2
LuftWolf Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Free New York Posts: 3,167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Great!!! DW needs more 3rd party tools. :\|\ __________________ LW

03-27-06, 09:29 PM	#3
OKO Commander Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Solar system, mainly on earth Posts: 476 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I use each time all neutrals DW give me on my scenarios. ~ around 12 then a dynamic group to choose some of them each time (min 5 max 7 for example) I use to do that only after I made all the other stuff, including triggers. Generally I need around 10 to 15 mn to complete this. I'm not sure if you are not going to do something very difficult and a bit useless ...