AEF TRAIN

[NUKE]

Can anyone tell me how to get the AI to use this train ie move to waypoints without stopping all the time. I just want the train to move about the track like a train should so it can be attacked by other units etc.



thanks

[Zombie]

in my experiments so far they do an ok job of driving, but you gotta watch the switch positions.  Also the train doesn't travel uphill very well.  I still haven't figured out how to set the switches by script.
  Also to lay track on another island is a chore...hacking the sqm like in the old days...I have made a map I called trackwork that has the track pieces joined already so they can be cut and pasted...anyone interested?  I can post it

[greg147]

I'll be interested in that map zombie  

Personally, when I try to make AI move in a train, they go along fine.
Are you making the train start of at an Upwards hill? This will cause the train to go backwards at first, then go very slowly, stopping every now and again.

Also, have you got another train on the same track? A problem I had when I had 2 trains is they would move, then stop, then move, then stop etc.

[Zombie]

ok, here it is.  Nothing fancy but you can go in to the editor and get all the aef objects, (except the bridges, they didn't work   ).  Just cut and paste the pieces.  Hopefully someone will do what is required so these pieces can be accessed from the editor instead of needing to edit the sqm.
  Beware...if you open any track object, or any aef object in the editor, except the train, the piece will revert back to a default editor selection.

[greg147]

OK, thanks