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is it possible to change the campaing starting position to the bunker? that way, the maincharacter can buy his stuf from the start, en recruit to his own insight
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jimmyjay86
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It should be possible but you would have to make changes in quite a few files. The triggers in the bunker alpha may need to be changed and your starting squad would have to be added to that mission file. In Brahmin Woods you would have to remove the starting squad. I think the campaign.txt file would have to be changed to modify the order and then reimported into the bos.cam file. That should be all but would have to tested to make sure it would work.
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Yes but what exactly do I have to change in order to force FOT to start up in the bunker?
simply changing the starting location in campaign map doesn't seem to work.
simply changing the starting location in campaign map doesn't seem to work.
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jimmyjay86
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[font size=1" color="#FF0000]LAST EDITED ON Oct-14-02 AT 10:19AM (GMT)[p]1. Change the campaign.txt file so that bunker1 is visited and mission 1 is covered.
2. Remove starting squad from mission1.
3. Place starting squad in bunker1.
4. Reload campaign.txt in bos.cam
I assume that is all but I haven't tried it - you will have to test it and find out if it works.
2. Remove starting squad from mission1.
3. Place starting squad in bunker1.
4. Reload campaign.txt in bos.cam
I assume that is all but I haven't tried it - you will have to test it and find out if it works.
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Thanks, for the tips!
I have now almost completed the mod.
You will now start at the bunker and are able to hire up to 5 other initiates. You will also start with a sum of money that will can spend to your insights.
I have now almost completed the mod.
You will now start at the bunker and are able to hire up to 5 other initiates. You will also start with a sum of money that will can spend to your insights.
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jimmyjay86
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If you actually have to change the bos.cam file then this isn't going to be a mod for downlading! That file itself is over 100 Megs IIRC.
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No, basicly you only need to download 3 files:
campaing.txt
mission01.mis
bunker01.mis
packed these files are less then 0.5MB
of course to install you have to inport the campaign.txt in your bos.cam file (by using the editing tool)
campaing.txt
mission01.mis
bunker01.mis
packed these files are less then 0.5MB
of course to install you have to inport the campaign.txt in your bos.cam file (by using the editing tool)
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OnTheBounce
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Yes, that's an option. However, you must realize two things:
1) This will require people to have at least some of the BOS files unpacked. Only modders/mappers usually have this done. The average person is going to need help doing it, so you'll have to include instructions in your ReadMe.
2) Unless you're going to include instructions on how to use the -path command and settting up a mirrored directory you're asking people to over-write their core campaign to play your mod. How many people will want to do that?
Don't get me wrong, starting in a bunker is a good idea as it gives the player the maximum number of choices possible. I'm doing the exact same thing in my SP campaign and had to go through some serious scripting voodoo to get it working correctly, but it's something that I felt should have been done originally, so I did it.
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1) This will require people to have at least some of the BOS files unpacked. Only modders/mappers usually have this done. The average person is going to need help doing it, so you'll have to include instructions in your ReadMe.
2) Unless you're going to include instructions on how to use the -path command and settting up a mirrored directory you're asking people to over-write their core campaign to play your mod. How many people will want to do that?
Don't get me wrong, starting in a bunker is a good idea as it gives the player the maximum number of choices possible. I'm doing the exact same thing in my SP campaign and had to go through some serious scripting voodoo to get it working correctly, but it's something that I felt should have been done originally, so I did it.
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You say you did some serious scripting voodoo?
Why is that nessisary? the only things I changed were:
- open mission 1
- update reqruits
- update quatermaster
- update movie
- update starting location
- update inventory recruits
for the rest of all those campaign variables, I trust they will be set right after level 1.
Why is that nessisary? the only things I changed were:
- open mission 1
- update reqruits
- update quatermaster
- update movie
- update starting location
- update inventory recruits
for the rest of all those campaign variables, I trust they will be set right after level 1.
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jimmyjay86
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There are triggers in the bunkers as well as the missions that make use of campaign variables. These variables are kept track of as you go between missions and bunkers. By changing the order of the bunkers and missions you must make sure that these campaign variables will still trigger what they are supposed to when you are in the right location at a certain time. Making your own triggers and scripting is one thing but trying to understand what the programmers had in mind is a little trickier.
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OnTheBounce
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Mainly it was that if you list your bunker in with the missions it will show up on the General's mission status screen. (The one you get when you speak w/a General.) So I had to set it up so that I had a "dummy" bunker that campaign starts on, then the players are x-ported to the first "mission" (which is technically the second) via a "GoTo Mission" trigger and then to the actual bunker map when that mission is over.
Making dummy missions isn't a really big deal, since all of the tile work is done, which is by far the most time-consuming part.
If having the bunker mission display w/the actual missions doesn't bother you, then you don't need to do any of this.
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Making dummy missions isn't a really big deal, since all of the tile work is done, which is by far the most time-consuming part.
If having the bunker mission display w/the actual missions doesn't bother you, then you don't need to do any of this.
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I will have to figure out if that is nesisary because I did things a bit different.