Help scripting a sequence of events.

rentacow · 09-23-16, 12:34 AM

Hello everyone! I have good news and bad. The good news is that I'm working on a few new missions. The bad news is that the editor has shot down almost every good idea I've tried to implement so far. Things like having AI vessels dropping cargo overboard when triggered by the player, are utterly impossible as far as I can tell. Further, scripting sequences of events is a complete nightmare!

So here is what I'm trying to do:
Stage 1:
Ship A (player) approaches Ship B (AI)
Ship B runs away at flank speed at the first sight of Ship A
Stage 2:
After a few minutes Ship B has engine trouble and comes to a stop
Ship A receives orders to position a helo within a few hundred yards of Ship B for 5 to 10 minutes.
Stage 3:
Once the player does this, Ship A gets orders to recover the helo.

Right now I have the key units down and some triggers and scripts for stage 1 and 2 only. The way I have tried to do it is causing the game to crash just a few seconds after stage 1

Here is the mission file so you can see for yourself. Let the mission run for about 10 minutes, it should crash right after the first radio message is received. Using truth, watch the behavior of the small neutral boat also.

EDIT: Fixed! https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y3pss27jn...rt%201.mu?dl=0

Micksp · 09-23-16, 04:03 AM

I'll try to help you with the scripting after 10-12 hrs when I'm back home, but need to have the DW running. It was a problem I have described here couple of months ago. I'll try with different installation pakage, so let's hope..

Micksp · 09-23-16, 04:06 AM

According the 3: I can't remember, but I think the AI (not player controlled) units caused troubles with the triggers. In that order not sure tha thask for the Hello is possible.

Micksp · 09-23-16, 04:38 AM

Got it working in the office. Have your file dounloaded and will take a look..

Micksp · 09-23-16, 05:59 AM

Just opened the mission in the editor for a quick review. Noticed you made the helo player controlled, not realy sure in that order the helo can execute the orders. I prefere to leave it as inflight aircraf and then give him orders to move at specified possition. Also, it is a good idea to add some randomness to the both starting locations and do not give to shortes ranges in the triggers. Ill try to write it later, if you wish, find me on the Facebook: Mick First.

Best regards!

rentacow · 09-23-16, 09:52 AM

Ok thanks for the help. I really should remove the in-flight helo and see if the mission still crashes.

Everything is so close together because it is for testing. I must get everything working before I move the units to their final positions and add randomness.

EDIT: I might have found the solution. It seems that triggers and scripts may not have the same name. Stage 2 of the sequence starts correctly now... except it seems 0.01% fuel is all that small speedboat needs to cross the Atlantic! :O

rentacow · 09-23-16, 12:27 PM

Well I had too much coffee and finished the whole sequence of events. I'm going to add more objectives and dynamic starting locations for all the key units before I call this a mission. For now it is simply a proof of concept for testing purposes. Notice how the helo is able to deploy rescue swimmers and save everyone in only 2 minutes

. I do hope it's not too confusing to understand as I didn't leave much comments as clues to what everything does.

Anyway, enjoy picking through it and hopefully it might even help someone out!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y3pss27jn...rt%201.mu?dl=0

text only:

Micksp · 09-27-16, 01:45 AM

After 3 days of seakness I'm back on duty. Also managed the DW to work proper at my home PC. It was a simple sollution, just installed the latest NVIDIA drivers and ooops

I will take a look on your mission later today. I'm also planing a small camaign placed in the Black Sea region, hope i will prepare it in a week. I will create couple controllable units and will try to put the missions time for about 2 hrs, which will make it co-op MP playable. In the past being GNSF member bot missions has been limited to 2 hrs to prevent crashes and boring.

Best Regards!

rentacow · 09-27-16, 03:21 AM

I finished the mission which prompted this post asking for help. Despite what I wrote in the description, it can be completed in under 3 hours and will be a failure after about 4 hours since that's how long it takes the smugglers to get to shore.

The thread is here where you can download the completed mission:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=227799

09-23-16, 12:34 AM	#1
rentacow Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Onakushcloud Posts: 126 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Help scripting a sequence of events. (Solved!) Hello everyone! I have good news and bad. The good news is that I'm working on a few new missions. The bad news is that the editor has shot down almost every good idea I've tried to implement so far. Things like having AI vessels dropping cargo overboard when triggered by the player, are utterly impossible as far as I can tell. Further, scripting sequences of events is a complete nightmare! So here is what I'm trying to do: Stage 1: Ship A (player) approaches Ship B (AI) Ship B runs away at flank speed at the first sight of Ship A Stage 2: After a few minutes Ship B has engine trouble and comes to a stop Ship A receives orders to position a helo within a few hundred yards of Ship B for 5 to 10 minutes. Stage 3: Once the player does this, Ship A gets orders to recover the helo. Right now I have the key units down and some triggers and scripts for stage 1 and 2 only. The way I have tried to do it is causing the game to crash just a few seconds after stage 1 Here is the mission file so you can see for yourself. Let the mission run for about 10 minutes, it should crash right after the first radio message is received. Using truth, watch the behavior of the small neutral boat also. EDIT: Fixed! https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y3pss27jn...rt%201.mu?dl=0 Last edited by rentacow; 09-23-16 at 12:28 PM.

09-23-16, 09:52 AM	#6
rentacow Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Onakushcloud Posts: 126 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Ok thanks for the help. I really should remove the in-flight helo and see if the mission still crashes. Everything is so close together because it is for testing. I must get everything working before I move the units to their final positions and add randomness. EDIT: I might have found the solution. It seems that triggers and scripts may not have the same name. Stage 2 of the sequence starts correctly now... except it seems 0.01% fuel is all that small speedboat needs to cross the Atlantic! :O Last edited by rentacow; 09-23-16 at 12:28 PM.

09-23-16, 12:27 PM	#7
rentacow Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Onakushcloud Posts: 126 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Well I had too much coffee and finished the whole sequence of events. I'm going to add more objectives and dynamic starting locations for all the key units before I call this a mission. For now it is simply a proof of concept for testing purposes. Notice how the helo is able to deploy rescue swimmers and save everyone in only 2 minutes. I do hope it's not too confusing to understand as I didn't leave much comments as clues to what everything does. Anyway, enjoy picking through it and hopefully it might even help someone out! https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y3pss27jn...rt%201.mu?dl=0 text only: VERSION 3 OWNALLIANCE 0 DIFFICULTY 1 TOTALNUMSIDES 1 NUMDRIVEABLES 2 MONTH 4 WORLDGRID 2 LATLONG 26.072357 -79.690170 ; SEASTATE 1 MDR 0 0 0 BOTTOMTYPE 2 TIMEOFDAY 0 WEATHER 0 CLOUDHEIGHT 4500 SSP 0 MISSIONTITLE BEGINTEXT Miami Vice Part One ENDTEXT ENTITY 1995 SURFENTITY HULLID 2 ALLIANCE 0 POS 538395.437500 506432.375000 0 POINTS 750 COURSE 7 SPEED 9 PROB 100 DRIVEABLE 1 UNIQUENAME "FFG 39" TACTIC BARRIER WAYPOINT 551812.500000 613684.687500 0 10 -1 0.000000 AIRLOADOUT 12 AIRCRAFT 264 1 END ENTITY 264 AIRENTITY HULLID 3 ALLIANCE 0 POS 537527.375000 505879.812500 300 POINTS 100 COURSE 19 SPEED 150 PROB 100 DRIVEABLE 1 UNIQUENAME "MH-60R Seahawk -Player Ctrl-" LOADOUTTYPE "ASW" IFF 0 SOURCEOBJHULLID 2 INFLIGHT TACTIC AREAWAYPOINTS WAYPOINT 550549.812500 543603.312500 693 150 -1 0.000000 WAYPOINT 556232.062500 590324.312500 693 150 -1 0.000000 WAYPOINT 541079.000000 574540.500000 693 150 -1 0.000000 WAYPOINT 534134.250000 539183.812500 693 150 -1 0.000000 AIRLOADOUT -1 END ENTITY 1691 SURFENTITY HULLID 4 ALLIANCE 8 POS 541433.937500 509786.593750 0 POINTS 100 COURSE 240 SPEED 15 PROB 100 EMCON 1 UNIQUENAME "LCP 4" TACTIC TRANSIT WAYPOINT 496185.687500 484400.937500 0 15 -1 0.000000 AIRLOADOUT -1 END GOAL 564439.750000 531607.375000 1.000000 BEGIN GOALNAME "smuggler evades" GOALID 1 PARENTGOALID -1 GOALTYPE 1 TRIGGERTYPE 1 STARTTIME 0 ENDTIME 0 POINTS 100 MAXSPEED -1 MINDEPTH -1.000000 MAXDEPTH -1.000000 RETURNTOBASE 0 AUDIO touch3.wav ATTACHEDTARGETOBJ 4 OBJTOPROSECUTESIDE 0 OBJTOPROSECUTECOUNTRY 16 OBJTOPROSECUTECLASS 344 CREATEOBJECT 1 0 ACTION 3 MESSAGETYPEID 1 MESSAGETOHULLID -2 BEGINTEXT Suspect vessel is not responding to our calls. They must have something to hide. ENDTEXT END SCRIPTOBJECT BEGIN SCRIPTNAME "smuggler evasion 1" SCRIPTID 1 SCRIPT BEGINTEXT SetCourse 4 165 0 <R> SetSpeed 4 23 0 <R> ENDTEXT END GOAL 566648.937500 531450.250000 0.000000 BEGIN GOALNAME "smuggler evasion 2" GOALID 2 PARENTGOALID -1 GOALTYPE 3 TRIGGERTYPE 1 GOALAGGDEPENDENT -1 1 GOALAGGMIN 1 STARTTIME 0 ENDTIME 0 POINTS 100 MAXSPEED -1 MINDEPTH -1.000000 MAXDEPTH -1.000000 RETURNTOBASE 0 AUDIO touch3.wav CREATEOBJECT 3 0 ACTION 3 GOALDOCTRINE BEGINTEXT IF ( CompletedGoal -1 1 ) and<R> ( TimeSinceGoalTriggered 1 > 60 ) then<R> GoalTriggered <R> ENDIF ENDTEXT MESSAGETYPEID 0 BEGINTEXT The engine of the fleeing vessel has given out! The crew is hailing us for assistance. Position the helo nearby to recover them. ENDTEXT END SCRIPTOBJECT BEGIN SCRIPTNAME "smuggler evasion script2" SCRIPTID 3 SCRIPT BEGINTEXT SetSpeed 4 0 0 <R> AddEffect 2 4 <R> ENDTEXT END GOAL 568306.187500 531292.437500 0.900000 BEGIN GOALNAME "smugglers rescued" GOALID 3 PARENTGOALID -1 GOALTYPE 1 DURATION 120.000008 TRIGGERTYPE 1 STARTTIME 0 ENDTIME 0 POINTS 100 MAXSPEED 50 MINDEPTH -1.000000 MAXDEPTH 200.000000 RETURNTOBASE 0 AUDIO touch3.wav ATTACHEDTARGETOBJ 4 OBJTOPROSECUTESIDE 0 OBJTOPROSECUTECOUNTRY 16 OBJTOPROSECUTECLASS 24 GOALDOCTRINE BEGINTEXT IF ( CompletedGoal -1 2 ) then<R> GoalTriggered <R> ENDIF ENDTEXT MESSAGETYPEID 0 MESSAGETOHULLID -2 BEGINTEXT Helo Control this is Guardian 1, we have recovered the crew. Prepare flight deck for helo landing ops. ENDTEXT END GOAL 569884.625000 531410.750000 0.000000 BEGIN GOALNAME "Smugglers Busted" GOALID 4 PARENTGOALID -1 GOALTYPE 3 TRIGGERTYPE 2 STARTTIME 0 ENDTIME 0 POINTS 100 MAXSPEED -1 MINDEPTH -1.000000 MAXDEPTH -1.000000 RETURNTOBASE 0 CRITICAL 1 SUCCESSMESSAGE BEGINTEXT You rescued the crew of the distressed smuggling vessel. ENDTEXT FAILUREMESSAGE BEGINTEXT Mission in progress or failed... ENDTEXT DESCRIPTION BEGINTEXT helo lands with rescued smuggler crew ENDTEXT GOALDOCTRINE BEGINTEXT IF ( CompletedGoal -1 3 ) and<R> ( AirEntLanding 3 2 ) then<R> GoalTriggered <R> ENDIF ENDTEXT MESSAGETYPEID 0 BEGINTEXT ENDTEXT END MAPLINES LINE 289.971191 339.660980 301.542786 290.651886 LINE 301.542786 290.651886 304.265503 258.659851 LINE 304.265503 258.659851 298.139374 228.709839 LINE 298.139374 228.709839 287.929138 196.037109 LINE 287.929138 196.037109 273.634827 161.322342 LINE 289.970459 339.681519 272.846863 376.846497 LINE 272.846863 376.846497 242.870483 400.093475 END

09-27-16, 03:21 AM	#9
rentacow Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Onakushcloud Posts: 126 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I finished the mission which prompted this post asking for help. Despite what I wrote in the description, it can be completed in under 3 hours and will be a failure after about 4 hours since that's how long it takes the smugglers to get to shore. The thread is here where you can download the completed mission: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=227799 __________________ Dangerous Waters scenarios on pastebin.

09-23-16, 04:03 AM	#2
Micksp Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 50 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I'll try to help you with the scripting after 10-12 hrs when I'm back home, but need to have the DW running. It was a problem I have described here couple of months ago. I'll try with different installation pakage, so let's hope..

09-23-16, 04:06 AM	#3
Micksp Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 50 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	According the 3: I can't remember, but I think the AI (not player controlled) units caused troubles with the triggers. In that order not sure tha thask for the Hello is possible.

09-23-16, 04:38 AM	#4
Micksp Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 50 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Got it working in the office. Have your file dounloaded and will take a look..

09-23-16, 05:59 AM	#5
Micksp Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 50 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Just opened the mission in the editor for a quick review. Noticed you made the helo player controlled, not realy sure in that order the helo can execute the orders. I prefere to leave it as inflight aircraf and then give him orders to move at specified possition. Also, it is a good idea to add some randomness to the both starting locations and do not give to shortes ranges in the triggers. Ill try to write it later, if you wish, find me on the Facebook: Mick First. Best regards!

09-27-16, 01:45 AM	#8
Micksp Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Burgas, Bulgaria Posts: 50 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	After 3 days of seakness I'm back on duty. Also managed the DW to work proper at my home PC. It was a simple sollution, just installed the latest NVIDIA drivers and ooops I will take a look on your mission later today. I'm also planing a small camaign placed in the Black Sea region, hope i will prepare it in a week. I will create couple controllable units and will try to put the missions time for about 2 hrs, which will make it co-op MP playable. In the past being GNSF member bot missions has been limited to 2 hrs to prevent crashes and boring. Best Regards!