Respawning and NPC in MP.

[Darth Kaan]

WITHOUT setting an NPC up as a vehicle in a MP map, take the rancor for example, and you want him to re-spawn when killed as just a regular NPC_rancor, can this be done and if so how?

[lukeskywalker1]

Thats something i want to know. Maybe, if you know how to make vehicles respawn you can do the same thing to an NPC... but i dont know. Do you need cheats on for NPCs in MP? What about vehicles...? Im just wondering, because ive heard this and that about turning codes on to get vehicles.. is that just to use NPC spawn, or is it for them to load in the map?

[Darth Kaan]

You DO NOT have to spawn them in game, You can place a rancor in a MP map by simply adding them via the NPC menu as an NPC_monster_rancor.

 

I have not figured out how to or if it is even possible to get them to respawn when they die, without making them a vehicle.

[lukeskywalker1]

ok heres an idea i have gotten based on my reading on respawning vehicles. keep in mind, i dont know if it works, youll have to test it.. hope it does

 

ok, put your NPC in, then give it a key of "count" (remember no "") then a value of -1 this makes it respawn. Then give it a targetname. Also, give it a delay of whatever probably 5 (for 5 seconds) so it will spawn 5 seconds after your NPC dies.

 

Then for the worldspawn, give it a key of Spawnscript then a value of wherever and what ever your script is. Then the worldspawn should run that script when the map starts.

 

make the script, just put in it, USE and then the targetname you gave for your NPC. Save compile... your done hopefully!!! The use command is like a trigger, and since your npc has the targetname it uses, it should trigger it to spawn...

 

That should do it..... :-\

[GothiX]

That's wrong. If you make a Rancor; here are the needed entity keys:

 

classname: NPC_Monster_Rancor

targetname: Rancor1

NPC_target: Rancor1

count: -1

delay: 5

(Other stuff you may want him to have)

 

Now, around your entire map; create a trigger_once with:

 

target: Rancor1

 

That way, the Rancor will be spawned the moment a player/bot spans the first time.

[WadeV1589]

Now, around your entire map; create a trigger_once with

Well that's messy...Icarus would be much tidier.

[lukeskywalker1]

oh ok... like i said it was a guess i forgot all about NPC_targetname

[Darth Kaan]

Originally posted by gothicX

That's wrong. If you make a Rancor; here are the needed entity keys:

 

classname: NPC_Monster_Rancor

targetname: Rancor1

NPC_target: Rancor1

count: -1

delay: 5

(Other stuff you may want him to have)

 

Now, around your entire map; create a trigger_once with:

 

target: Rancor1

 

That way, the Rancor will be spawned the moment a player/bot spans the first time.

 

Well.... by simply adding an NPC_Monster_Rancor it will spawn at level start. I was asking how to make him re-spawn when killed.

 

I solved the problem by using the NPC_spawner entity and creating a custom NPC_mutant_rancor. All works fine now.

 

Thanks for your input LS1!

[MasterSidious]

Can you put ANY NPC in an MP map? (don't have JA yet )