Ship spawning problem.

[CrossedOffName]

Hello.

I am having trouble with some ship spawning.  It's probably something obvious that I just don't see, or maybe its a faction issue(I doubt).  So when I add a Fighter Bay in the hard points files, a Fight Bay ship point on the ship, and give the ship the ability to spawn ships, I keep getting exceptions.

 

I added this for an Underworld ship.  It's is the Aggressor or Krayt, what ever you would like to call it.

Here is the coding for the hardpoint's of the ship:

 

		<HardPoints>
		HP_KRAYT_SHIELD_GEN,
		HP_KRAYT_MEGAWEAPON_ION,
		HP_KRAYT_MEGAWEAPON_DAMAGE,
		HP_KRAYT_TURBOLASER_LEFT,
		HP_KRAYT_TURBOLASER_RIGHT,
		HP_KRAYT_TRACTOR_DUMMY,
		HP_KRAYT_ENGINES,
		HP_KRAYT_FIGHTER_BAY

	</HardPoints>

 

The Space Behavior:

 

<SpaceBehavior>ABILITY_COUNTDOWN, SIMPLE_SPACE_LOCOMOTOR, POWERED, SHIELDED, TARGETING, HIDE_WHEN_FOGGED, REVEAL, UNIT_AI, DAMAGE_TRACKING, ION_STUN_EFFECT, NEBULA, SELF_DESTRUCT, SPAWN_SQUADRON </SpaceBehavior>

 

And the Hard point for the Fighter Bay:

 

	<HardPoint Name="HP_KRAYT_FIGHTER_BAY">
	<Type> HARD_POINT_FIGHTER_BAY </Type>
	<Is_Targetable>Yes</Is_Targetable>
	<Is_Destroyable>Yes</Is_Destroyable>
	<Tooltip_Text>TEXT_ENGINE_HARDPOINT</Tooltip_Text>
	<Attachment_Bone>HP_trac_bone</Attachment_Bone>             
	<Collision_Mesh>HP_trac_bone</Collision_Mesh>
	<Health>250.0</Health>
	<Death_Explosion_Particles> Large_Explosion_Space </Death_Explosion_Particles>
	<Death_Explosion_SFXEvent>Unit_Hardpoint_Engines_Death</Death_Explosion_SFXEvent>
</HardPoint>

 

 

It just gives me exceptions...

So please help?

[Dr. Nick]

Did you put in the lines to tell what to spawn, the reserves, and so on?

[CrossedOffName]

Did you put in the lines to tell what to spawn, the reserves, and so on?

 

Yessir.  I have the spawning set to:

 

		<Starting_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>StarViper_Team, 1</Starting_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>
	<Spawned_Squadron_Delay_Seconds>2</Spawned_Squadron_Delay_Seconds>
	<Reserve_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>StarViper_Team, 6</Reserve_Spawned_Units_Tech_0> 
	<Starting_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>Skipray_Squadron, 1</Starting_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>
	<Spawned_Squadron_Delay_Seconds>5</Spawned_Squadron_Delay_Seconds>
	<Reserve_Spawned_Units_Tech_0>Skipray_Squadron, 6</Reserve_Spawned_Units_Tech_0> 

[Droid803]

don't spawn StarViper_Team, its supposed to be StarViper_Squadron (or whatever) That's one problem. May fix the whole thing.

[DarthArbiter]

The multiple delay lines don't help either, I'm pretty sure.

[Droid803]

Yea, only one delay needed, those lines conflict.

[CrossedOffName]

Well I Changed it all twice.  It still doesn't work.

Now there is only one delay line and Starviper_Team is how the XML for the star viper squad is set up.

[Sidious_Invader]

Starviper_Team is the "container" name, containers group units together so when you select one fighter you select the whole squad. The proper spawn should be Starviper_Squadron.

 

You said you "give the ship the ability to spawn ships," does that mean you gave it the SPAWN_SQUADRON?

[CrossedOffName]

Starviper_Team is the "container" name, containers group units together so when you select one fighter you select the whole squad. The proper spawn should be Starviper_Squadron.

 

You said you "give the ship the ability to spawn ships," does that mean you gave it the SPAWN_SQUADRON?

 

OK, I'll try "Starviper_Squadron" and yes, I mean "Spawn_Squadron"

 

EDIT:

OK, it works now...

It was just a careless error.  Sorry guys.

Edited August 4, 2007 by CrossedOffName