cam view wont work!!!

[Ockniel]

I just finished making a sp level and now I'm putting in some movies and whenever I make a ref_tag to be my cam it just points strait down even though I point it towards an info_null or just point it in the right direction, WHY!!!

[GothiX]

can you post the script? i think the problem is in there..

[Ockniel]

Sure! If it will help you help me, but not now, Im at a friends house but Ill give them to you tomorrow.

[Ockniel]

ok, I dont know how to give it to you without your e-mail so can you post it here?

[GothiX]

Sure, gothicx3@hotmail.com

[Ockniel]

Check your mail:)

[lukeskywalker1]

Highlight the whole script, and hit ctrl+c that will copy it. When you get to the page where you type, hit ctrl+v and that will paste it anyways, did you highlight the ref_tag first, then the info_null?

 

check this tutorial by kengo, its the best for begginers...

 

http://www.geocities.com/kengomaps/tutorials.html

 

Its the best cutscene tutorial you can find...

[Whitesaber]

I would think that LukeSkywalker1 hit the target with that one. When I first started, I did the same mistake. I (using a target_position instead of an info_null, but they're pretty much the same) selected the target_position first, then the ref_tag and connected them. It took me at least a day to figure out I had to select the ref_tag first and then the target_position. I can be such a stang-head sometimes.

[lukeskywalker1]

Yeah scripting is a real pain, for example, ive been trying to get a guy to walk to his nav goal, but he wouldnt do it. It worked fine for everyone else. In the end, the problem was, that i didnt capitalize NPC_targetname i wrote npc_targetname. Pretty dumb huh?

[Ockniel]

First off, don't assume Im a beginner at scripting just because I have a problem with it, even though I am one:)

 

Anyways it was working and it just stopped working, I dont know why!!!

 

(to many smilies) :D :D :D

[GothiX]

I found the problem. You set it to ORIGIN instead of ANGLES.

[lukeskywalker1]

Ah yes, i had that problem last night! With scripting, its always a stupid mistake...

[Whitesaber]

Yeah scripting is a real pain, for example, ive been trying to get a guy to walk to his nav goal, but he wouldnt do it. It worked fine for everyone else. In the end, the problem was, that i didnt capitalize NPC_targetname i wrote npc_targetname. Pretty dumb huh?

 

Was that in cam view? Because when I did it in cam view, my character still didn't walk to the waypoint navgoal. I capitalized NPC_targetname and everything. And that problem still hasn't been solved.

[lukeskywalker1]

its all the same, it doesnt matter whether its in cam view or not. The only difference between cam view and in game veiw is that your looking through a camera.

 

 

heres how to get an NPC to walk (make sure you check this throughly, because im not sure what the problem is, and it could be multiple things)

 

 

 

• Make an NPC, click "cutscene" and then give it a key NPC_targetname then a value X (anything you want)
  
• Put a nav goal 4 down where you want the NPC to walk. Give it a targetname X (whatever you want)
  
• Save and compile your map.
  
• Load up BehavEd. Double click affect, so it appears in the main view. It should say default in the affect box, change it to whatever you called your NPC_targetname
  
• Then double click task, so when you click the little + sign next to affect, task will apear under it. Call the task X (or anything you want)
  
• Then under task, choose set. Find set_navgoal. Call the NavGoal what you called the nav goal in radiant.
  
• Then under affect double click dowait, and call it what you called your task.
  
• Compile and it should work
  

 

BTW, dont forget to use the trigger_once and target_scriptrunner to load the script ingame. I hope it works, and i hope it makes sense....

[Ockniel]

thanks, I'll try that:)

[Whitesaber]

Okay, I don't think I tried the task thing. Does that work with animating the cinematic models too? Because when I try to animate them they won't work.